As you may or may not know,
I created, own and run the gaming news site Feed The Gamer.

I’ve got some names on board as writers, which gives the site some serious leverage.

Grant McMaster, author of Metro 2033: Britannia, and Luke Dicken, a Games AI researcher and contributor to #AltDevBlogADay.

Feed The Gamer started out as a tiny blog, built by myself, for myself.
It was just an idea that came to mind, as I couldn’t find what I was looking for around the interwebs. So I simply decided to create what I couldn’t find.

A few weeks passed after I made the site live, and I started noticing more and more traffic. I thought to myself that as long as you do something right, there’s always going to be someone around to take notice and visit the site from time to time. Little did I know however, that the traffic would increase so much that I had to start working on the site close to every available hour, just to keep up with what I started seeing as demand.

More and more traffic, and more and more emails. Emails stating, demanding even, that Feed The Gamer needed something more. So I started writing the odd original article for the site myself. But, I found myself again needing to spend every hour keeping up with maintaining, structuring and even writing to keep the wheels turning. I went to Twitter, and asked for help. Which brings me to my mentioning of the two writers above. 

Luke came along and brought his own style and thoughts to the table. He gave Feed The Gamer the lift it needed, and he gave the readers what they demanded. After his joining as writer, it’s safe to say that he helped Feed The Gamer establish a household name. Without going deeper into details, I’ll leave it at saying that Luke proved to be more than I could ever hope for.

Grant came along a few months later, a close personal friend for many years since before Feed The Gamer was even an idea. After finishing his novel Metro 2033: Britannia, he shared an interest in writing for Feed The Gamer and I immediately grabbed the opportunity welcoming him on board. That decision was golden as Grant’s article and reviews are still to date among the most read collection of words on Feed The Gamer.

So, why share this?
Well, that’s easy: I have a lot to thank these two for.

If it wasn’t for their involvement then I don’t believe my little project would have reached the level it has today, or should I say: so far?

Thank guys. I owe you.