Senshi Transformation Time!
Hi friends! It’s been a wild few months. That’s actually a little idealistic- it’s been a really hard few months over here in calamity city, but this update isn’t about the tough stuff. I’ve spent plenty of time talking about and working through all of that in recent days. Today is exciting and terrifying and really really big for me.
I’m launching a new career! I’m launching a Patreon and with it, a new chapter of my life. To be honest, this was always the plan. In my years in the game industry, a pattern kept emerging over and over: incredible ideas, motivated individuals, even budgets and generous donations for great projects and causes - but no one with the time or energy to connect the dots.
Playing “support” is where I feel strongest, so when I left Child’s Play in December, the five year plan was to spend a few years in an environment where I could work on this jerkass PTSD, tuck some funds away for retirement, and get experience in a corporate environment - then, when I felt good and ready, I’d strike out on my own to become a mercenary for good in the games industry!
Unfortunately, life rarely cares much for “good and ready” - Amazon was unable to meet the minimum level requirements, and life threw enough calamity my way that the name feels less like an homage and more literal these days. But - per aspera ad astra - through the support of my indescribably wonderful friends and family, I’m ready to fight for love and justice now. Screw the five year plan! Let’s make a difference today.
Am I terrified? Yeah. But, I know how to plan charity events - and I’m already at it again, and it feels right. I know how to help companies understand their communities better. I know that the #trybesties are one of the best damn little stream communities on the internet. I don’t know how the rest of it will work out, but knowing those things is enough for me.