If you’ve only been reading this blog recently, you might not know how far back it goes, how long of a journey it was to get here.
It started in 2005, back when blogging felt like pulling up a chair at a truck stop, and seeing who stuck around for a conversation. And boy oh boy were there a lot of those way back when.
Since then, life happened. Got married. Kids suddenly became top priority (obviously!). Careers shifted. Priorities changed. The pace slowed, picked up, slowed again. And even crawled to a stop at some point. The blog never really went away though, but it did gather a bit of dust.
Over the past little while, though, I’ve been writing again in a more deliberate way. Not chasing volume, but following curiosity. Digging into things that stuck with me. That meant posts about coming back to EVE Online with older eyes, breaking down ship fittings and early PvE lessons, but also stepping back to look at why that universe still works the way it does. It meant long-form takes on city builders and strategy games — Foundation, Frostpunk, Surviving Mars — not as reviews, but as systems worth understanding. It meant writing about science fiction again, from Arcane to Avatar, Dune & Star Wars, from space travel concepts to the stories I keep returning to with the kids.
After taking the time to look back at the history of this blog, its numbers, and its long, uneven arc, I realized something: the writing had moved forward over the last few months, but parts of this site hadn’t quite caught up.
So over the last little while, I’ve been quietly cleaning things up.
Nothing dramatic. No rebrand. No “big comeback.” Just the kind of work that happens when you care about a place and want it to reflect what’s actually happening inside it.
What’s changed
First, I revisited the About page.
Not to rewrite history, but to reflect it more honestly. The early version was written by someone very much in the thick of EVE Online, trying to explain what this blog was for. The updated version speaks from a bit further down the road — still curious, still opinionated, but less concerned with defining itself and more interested in welcoming whoever finds their way here.
I also updated the Privacy page. Not because I suddenly became obsessed with compliance, but because transparency matters. And I'd left it empty long enough anyways. If people are going to spend time here, they deserve to know — in plain language — what gets tracked, what doesn’t, and where the lines are. No legal fog. No fine print gymnastics.
Behind the scenes, I’ve been doing some long-overdue cleanup:
- Tightening descriptions and meta text (or at least trying to)
- Tweaking the layout (from two to three columns, adding link lists, archived content, etc.)
- Switching all those .com to the new and improved CrazyKinux.ca
- Making sure things still work the way they’re supposed to (so many broken links, I actually gave up)
None of this is flashy. But it makes the place feel… well, maintained. Lived in.
Taking stock
While doing all this, I took a moment to look at the numbers. The old stats, as well as the more recent traffic. Not out of vanity, but curiosity.
Over the life of this blog, it’s received over 2.4 million page views (as I write this post). That's nuts! There are thousands of comments scattered across posts written at very different stages of my life. I'd completely forgotten how alive the community I'd build way back then had been. I was surprised, not because of the scale, but more importantly because of the consistency, and the amount of work I'd put in early in this blog. And how the traffic had picked up, ever so slightly, day by day, month after month. This wasn’t a spike. It was a long, very slow crawl up the stats mountain.
That realization shaped how I approached this clean-up, these updates. This isn’t a fresh start. It’s a continuation really.
What I hope this becomes (again)
I don’t have a content calendar carved into stone. I’m not chasing algorithms or virality. And I’m certainly not trying to recreate 2008. I've got a bunch of ideas. Things that I want to dive back into. Things that might work again, or might fall flat. We'll just have to see.
What I do want is this:
- A place where I can write long-form thoughts about games, world-building, and the communities that grow around them
- A space that values reflection over reaction
- Something that still feels personal
Some posts will be about gaming and the games I play. Some about the act of playing them (guides, how to, etc.). Others about what I'm watching, or have watched. Sometimes they'll about little gems of short films I come across.
An open door
If you’ve been here since the early days, thank you. Truly. This blog exists because people showed up and cared enough to read, comment, argue, and occasionally push back. That's starting up again, with a few fellow bloggers dropping in and leaving their thoughts.
And if you’re new, welcome! There’s no “start here” checklist. Simply wander. Read what catches your eye. Leave a comment.
This place has always worked best when it felt like a conversation rather than a broadcast.
That’s still the goal.
Same corner of the internet. Still figuring things out.
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