@vook64.bsky.social “Full disclaimer - I’m not a gamer”. Lol.

@nick.bttr.reviews But sometimes it’s important to look back and reflect. 12 months ago I was pretty sure I was done. Google’s March core algorithm had effectively removed all my work from search results, which was my primary traffic focus.

@nick.bttr.reviews It was July/August that I did the work, but this time last year I was thinking hard about removing my reliance on Google by changing my strategy from an affiliate revenue business to a membership business.

@nick.bttr.reviews Now, things are slowly progressing. I’ve grown from 0 to 184 members in 9 months. I wish it was faster, but I’m also really happy that all that has been organic.

@nick.bttr.reviews I’d really, really love to get to 200 members by the end of May, though. So if you’re reading this and want to support an indie tech publication for Australians, I’d love to welcome you. www.bttr.reviews#/portal/acco…

@nick.bttr.reviews But the retro graphics and gameplay, when compared to the likes of Breath of the Wild or Super Mario Odyssey, were just not interesting to their younger minds.

But this school holidays, my daughter started playing FFVII Remake. And watching her connect with the game has been amazing.

@nick.bttr.reviews (I haven’t gotten around to playing remake yet myself. My plan was to wait until I could play through the entire saga, though the past week may have changed my thoughts on that).

@nick.bttr.reviews Even though it has been years since I last played FFVII, my daughter and I are connecting over the characters and the story, even though our experiences have been through quite different games.

@nick.bttr.reviews If Square Enix had never done the remake, I’m confident my daughter would never have played it.

I feel like some of the arguments that we don’t need remakes or remasters fail to account for the new, younger audiences who are going to be able to experience the game for the first time.

@nick.bttr.reviews Is it as good as the original? Who can say. But I know that even though I have my old Xbox 360 set up down the back of the house and a copy of Oblivion to pop into the disc drive, my kids wouldn’t choose to play that game with all the choices we have today.

@nick.bttr.reviews But they might choose to play this newer version. And if that lets me connect with them over something I enjoyed when I was younger, then I’m all for it.

@Bruff I miss that good boy every day.

@nick.bttr.reviews Optus denies Catch Connect is closing its operations, so I’ve updated the article: www.bttr.reviews/catch-connec…

Trying to work out why the affiliate email was sent now.

@nick.bttr.reviews And I love Outer Rim! Unfinished business expansion is also worth it - played with the missions in the expansion for the first time last week and it added a nice new dimension.

@nick.bttr.reviews If you haven’t got it already, the @bgstatsapp.bsky.social app is well worth the couple of bucks to keep track of your games.