Mike- I think I have been following you and reading your essays, emails, and once upon a time, tweets, for at least 5-6 years.
Substack has some significant problems. Like writers who promote calling me ni$$er. And there isn’t a way to report someone promoting taking away my civil rights…but everyone uses this platform.
I would pay to read your writing. I am not a video gamer, unless you count Atari pong, I was pretty good at it back around 1980. My favorite game that I played is pokemon snap. And I loved to watch my son play fallout, which is now a great show. Anyway, put out the tip jar.
1. I finished reading your book and I loved it! Congrats on having such a cool career. As a game designer (and former comedy writer), I’ve only ever imagined what it’s like to work at Nintendo of America. Now I have some understanding of the culture, which I really appreciate.
2. I used to be on Substack. I left during a particularly unpleasant winter a year and a half ago where leadership here admitted to monetizing and profiting off fascist creators. A lot of folks are using Buttondown and Beehiiv. (I setup a Wordpress blog with The Newsletter Plugin and Postmark, a crunchy solution that made sense for me personally.) It probably won’t be free. I pay $15/mo for my setup. It’s worth it to me for the peace of mind and flexibility.
3. The last game I finished was Arzette and I had a lot of fun with it! ICYMI - Arzette is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the CD-I Zelda games. I enjoyed the floaty platforming, hand drawn backgrounds, and silly animated cutscenes. The experience was dreamlike, or like playing a memory of a game long forgotten.
Mike- I think I have been following you and reading your essays, emails, and once upon a time, tweets, for at least 5-6 years.
Substack has some significant problems. Like writers who promote calling me ni$$er. And there isn’t a way to report someone promoting taking away my civil rights…but everyone uses this platform.
I would pay to read your writing. I am not a video gamer, unless you count Atari pong, I was pretty good at it back around 1980. My favorite game that I played is pokemon snap. And I loved to watch my son play fallout, which is now a great show. Anyway, put out the tip jar.
This alone might have sold me. Give me a beat to figure out my best options, but I’ll try to do it this month!
1. I finished reading your book and I loved it! Congrats on having such a cool career. As a game designer (and former comedy writer), I’ve only ever imagined what it’s like to work at Nintendo of America. Now I have some understanding of the culture, which I really appreciate.
2. I used to be on Substack. I left during a particularly unpleasant winter a year and a half ago where leadership here admitted to monetizing and profiting off fascist creators. A lot of folks are using Buttondown and Beehiiv. (I setup a Wordpress blog with The Newsletter Plugin and Postmark, a crunchy solution that made sense for me personally.) It probably won’t be free. I pay $15/mo for my setup. It’s worth it to me for the peace of mind and flexibility.
3. The last game I finished was Arzette and I had a lot of fun with it! ICYMI - Arzette is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the CD-I Zelda games. I enjoyed the floaty platforming, hand drawn backgrounds, and silly animated cutscenes. The experience was dreamlike, or like playing a memory of a game long forgotten.