PATCH NOTES #1: INTERVIEWS, PATREON, AND OTHER STUFF

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This is just a little update post as I have a couple of bits to address, and they are slightly to wordy to include as an italicised addition to another entry. Firstly, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has subscribed and is reading what goes on here. I only started TYPEDBYTOM in February, but your support and interest is encourages me to keep on writing, and to work harder to make each post as compelling as I can. The few updates of concern are the start of a new series of posts that are on the way and the new naming conventions of posts.

First up is this - /CHAT, which will be released along with the bulk of the blogs offerings (those being the ‘THOUGHTS ON’ and the ‘A JOURNEY INTO THE VIRTUAL WORLD’ posts). /CHAT will be a series of interview posts with various folk who are either working on something associated with videogames in some way or are at least videogame adjacent. These posts will be rather sporadic, as the process of finding interviewees, getting the questions written, receiving the replies, and putting together the posts after will of course take time, but hopefully they will be a welcome addition to the blog for those of your who like that kind of content.

Our first interview will be up on the blog soon, and will be with Chris Carpineti, the creator of Raidercast, a Tomb Raider focused podcast which delves into the shadowy depths of Lara Croft’s world. In the post we’ll find out a little about how the podcast began, and a little about Chris’ views on the franchise. Be sure to subscribe to be notified when the post is live!

Along with the new /CHAT posts, we now have an alternative method of supporting the blog other than regular paid subscriptions, which I have disabled here. I have decided to keep the entire blog free, including the archive. If you’d like to support what goes on here you still can, but in just a slightly different way. If you’re feeling particularly generous, you can subscribe for as little as £1.11 per month over on Patreon.

Any money raised there will be put back into the blog, either to buy books for research, to buy games to talk about, or to fund whatever else might improve the content here. To reach the page, either click the following link, or click on the Patreon tab on the blog. Rewards there are still an incorporeal thing, and I will focus on improving the Patreon experience soon, but for now, save for the odd behind the scenes post, poll, or discussion, all tiers are merely a means to show your support, to help keep the blog going, and to make it a bit less messy here.

And a last small change to the blog, and that is the naming conventions for certain posts. I felt as though the ‘THOUGHTS ON’ series would be better suited for more general ideas and discussions on gaming, and thus I have decided to rechristen the single-game focused posts to ‘QUEST LOG’, to better suit the content. Old posts may display the original titles in some places however… Also, as you’re here, you’ll have noticed that this post is titled ‘PATCH NOTES’ and these will just serve as updates to the blog - the name was my favourite part…

If you’d like to catch up on all the previous posts in one place, check out the Archive.

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Many thanks again for reading all the words, and I hope you enjoy what I have coming up in the blog over the next few weeks and months!