LEFTWRITEB: A Time to Respec
After a good few weeks (and then some) since my last post, some may be wondering where I’ve been and why the content on the site has decreased a tad. I mean, E3 2019 came and went and not a single new post went up. That said, it’s time to explain and elaborate on how the site will be going through a bit of a respec going forward.
As personal circumstances change, the free time available to spend creating content is something that ever changes and so to must the way I use this site. Equally important in this is the landscape of gaming related content, especially in the written form. Once upon a time, I had the ability to write about the more breaking pieces of news promptly as they happened. But that’s no longer the case and, to be honest, that isn’t necessarily the end of the world.
The thing about games journalism is that it’s a field that has become increasingly cannibalistic. Rather than offering unique insights and something new, most sites will regurgitate news pieces from other sites. When you compare the volume of unique pieces compared to news/fluff pieces, you realise it’s incredibly disproportionate. When you’re all discussing the same things it’s a little inevitable and something that Leftwriteb is just as guilty of. But why would you come here when you can read the latest news from a million and one other places?
That’s why, going forward, the focus will be shifted. Rather than churning out a larger volume of less interesting pieces, the aim will be to post more lengthy and in-depth pieces instead. Quality over quantity. It’s fairly common-sense really but that’s how things will change. It is, I would think, more exciting to see something new that is lengthy and full of the unknown than a news piece that likely seems like all the others dotted around the web.
That’s not to say that news pieces will disappear from the site, of course. Sometimes there are events or announcements that are so important or so stupid that they simply need to be shared. The site will continue to try and bring you the finest pieces of writing and entertainment around, but this time we are just going to be a little more selective. Anything of real interest will still surface in the News section but don’t expect a breakdown of every tiny thing that surfaces within the industry.
Thank you to those who have visited the site and supported it so far and I hope you all come to agree with me that this change is a positive one that will help Leftwriteb continue to grow. With plenty of drafts in the pipeline for deeper dives on news, issues and opinions with the realm of videogames, there’s plenty of meaty articles on the way.