The VGO Is Back

If you've ever read a blog, you know it's the bloggers perogative to take long, unannounced hiatuses only to return as if nothing ever happened. Or, at least you do now.



The difference is I'm not acting like nothing ever happened. Now that I've taken some time to enjoy the last days of summer (and am preparing to enjoy a long Labor Day weekend) I'm ready to rededicate myself to the Ombudsman. This will manifest itself in a few ways:

• Regular Updates: Promises, promises, I know, but this time I'm serious. The Video Game Ombudsman will be updated with features every Tuesday and Thursday, starting next week. By features, I mean longish articles, usually falling into one of the following categories:
• Interviews: These have gotten some good response from readers recently and, frankly, they're easy to do, so expect more of them in the future.
• Reviews: I figure if others can review games, why can't I review them? Magazines (both specific issues and entire publications), web sites, and books will be subjectively reviewed for overall quality based on what I consider important (which should be apparent to readers by now). Expect my usual unapologetic opinions.
• Editorials: My usual post style, dealing with the larger issues of video game writing that I find interesting. These will sometimes be general diatribes and sometimes be specific complaints.
• Coverage Analysis: As big events happen in the world of videogames, I'll look at how the videogame press deals with them, as I've done in the past.
• Other Updates: On other days of the week, expect shorter updates with links to videogame-journalism related things I find interesting or short commentaries about how I'm right and everyone else is wrong.
• Administrivia: Little things around the site are changing along with Blogger, including different Google ads (on the right), a new comment system (see the bottom of this post), each archived post on its own page, and the ability to e-mail posts to friends.
  
  
  
  In the interest of full disclosure, I do make some money from the ads, based on clicks, but I don't actively solicit them. Rather, they're provided automtically based on the content of the page. So if you notice me trying to awkwardly fit in the names of big companies to attract big-paying ads, feel free to call me on it.

That's about it for now. Expect a major revision to the now quite-outdated introduction early next week, after which the new schedule will take effect. Until then, feel free to leave your comments below, as always.