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Celebrating Videogames, Forever and Ever

 

Where it all began...
                                                     

 

 

 

 

Since the very first article in the Viewpoint was published, it has always been about celebrating videogames and all the myriads of reasons why they’re as great as they are. But slowly, the Viewpoint branched out and there were articles about music, movies, comics----basically everything that this writer enjoys. So, over time, the Viewpoint went from Celebrating Videogames to Celebrating Life, or different slices of Life. And after a pretty long hiatus, which is now well over a year, I can say (er, write) with complete certainty that The Viewpoint will be returning back to the Cyberspace, starting with this post. 

 

The Human Society as we knew it, has undergone a massive shift since the last article had came out back in March 2020, and maybe so has the individual viewpoints of most of you. Cause that’s what change is; a rippling affect that encompasses all it comes in contact with. The state of Gaming, as we know, has undergone some subtle but noticable changes too, as is expected. And all of that will reflect itself in different ways as we move through time----gaming, comics, music, and all the rest. 

 

But where the Viewpoint returns, is to it’s roots, which was always about celebrating Videogames in all their glory. So the coming articles will be more in line with that----from exciting new list based articles to in-depth analysis of different machinations of the medium itself, from the greatest examples of Videogames and what exactly made them what they are to the most influential developers in gaming whose ideas have relentlessly shaped Videogames into what they are now----you’ll read about ‘em all through this particular Viewpoint (pun very much intended). 

 

And the 'slices of Life' aspects will be there as well, namely articles about music, movies, comics and more. So if anything, the Viewpoint will be expanding, more than what it was, into more of  what it always was. So until then, here’s the heartiest of regards to all of you from this writer, and wishing you the happiest of moments in gaming, forever and ever. Cause the Play of Life goes on, through all the changing times, places, circumstances and Lifetimes. And as Sony rightly puts it, Play truly has no limits. So play on, and never stop playing.



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