PixlBit

Well first of all, don't apologize about anything you posted.  I appreciate your comments no matter what!  I just have to say my side of the story, too, just 'cuz.

I have so much control over the content on the GamerDad site it's almost like I own it. :)  But some people can be a bit sensitive so if I ever went to the head editor with any questions about starting my own site, I would want to be prepared and make sure I had a failsafe in case someting went awry.

Since I get a lot of games for free, I consider that some sort of payment.  With things going more and more digital, it's becoming less lucrative, so I am more selective on what I review now.  Regardless of what you may think, I do not feel like I am being taken advantage of at GamerDad.com.  I have a lot of freedom to do what I want there and not have to worry about the nuts and bolts of the site.  Believe me, if I did feel like I was being taken advantage of, I would've stopped a long time ago (for example, ever wonder why I don't talk about volunteering at the National Videogame Museum anymore?)  As far as experience goes, I do have a lot of it, but in this world, it's not what you know, but who you know.  I do have backup plans, and one of them is to start up my own site.  But as I have no idea how to even start that, it may remain on the backburner for a while as I still have a lot of things I have to worry about, like keeping up with my part-time job while looking for full-time work, as well as the duties and commitments I have around the house.  It's a balancing act, and sometimes you have to pick and choose your battles, even if it means you may not get to do everything you want.  And even if I did get paid, it would be a drop in the bucket and I'd still have to worry about all that other stuff.  Aside from ad revenue, I doubt the writers here at PixlBit get paid very much, if at all.  I didn't mention it in my blog, but I did get a lump sum of money at GamerDad one time on the 'old' site whenever he archived a lot of the reviews at WhatTheyPlay.com.  So I did get paid a bit for my earlier works (but that was ten years ago).  Anyway, everyone's life is different so you may not understand completely what I'm going through, but hopefully you might just a little bit.  But thanks for reading and commenting!

Thanks!

Most of the (small amount) of interviews I've done were by email.  But I wouldn't recommend Journalism right now anyway because it's not that marketable.  From what I can tell, anyway.

I reviewed both Costume Quest 2 and Max: The Curse of Brotherhood.  I thought it was interesting that the second game is actually a sequel to a DS game called Max and the Magic Marker.

LEGO Jurassic World is actually one of the funnier LEGO games I've reviewed.  LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is also pretty funny, too.

Right now I'm not really playing anything worth mentioning, just a bunch of dinky games I'm reviewing.  There just isn't anything good coming out until September.

I'll wait until Nintendo announces something officially before I get excited about anything.  I do wish they would've at least said a litlle smidgeon about the NX at E3, though.

Speaking of Nintendo news, here's an article that I just posted that you might be interested in:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2016/07/27/summer-fun-with-nintendo-and-yogurtland/

If Lara Croft had a pink dinosaur sidekick who threw cupcakes at bad guys, I'd be more interested in the Tomb Raider games.

For a while, I was reviewing a lot of Disney-made games.  But then I lost my PR contact for them.  I don't know why I didn't review this one.  I guess it just didn't appeal to me.

Yeah!  You should play that Pocket Card Jockey game!  I love it!