This entry was posted on LiveJournal in my personal blog in November of last year and was the seed that germinated into the column you are now reading.

I'm in a bit of a conundrum. You see, I eventually plan to move this (this being my personal blog) to Ophelea.com. But I kept saying "I'll get it ready" for about 6 months. And there were these thoughts I kept wanting to get out of my head and as I rarely write on paper anymore I was at a loss as to where to place them. (This is not the conundrum, by the way.)

So, now I have this spot here on LiveJournal, with the Robots that cause the reaction, "Are robots really you?" I have no idea why they cause that reaction...

And I think there's maybe 3 people reading it? Assuming I've told that many...

The conclusion being that if I've told them about it they know me and what I do for a living.

This brings me to the conundrum. I just realized, I have two...conundrums, that is. Ok, the first. Do I write this as if there may be an actual stranger reading this? Or do I assume that only people who know me are? Wow, that would be sad. For now, I'll pretend random people have found these ruminations even though they're all of 5 days old.

The second conundrum and the point of the title is this: I manage a website known as GamersInfo.net. It's up there in the corner on the left (at least in this incarnation of the journal). We do game reviews, interviews, blah blah blah. I've been around games, books, movies - entertainment media for 15 years now. No, 17 years. Christ, I'm old.

Occasionally, or more than occasionally, I have thoughts on trends. For example, this year as I review children's games, I notice after a 2-year campaign of complaining vehemently that an E-rated game doesn't at all indicate whether the game is appropriate for a 6-10 year because children of that age vary GREATLY and who knows whether someone of age 7 can even read yet! Games finally say on the back (in eensy weensy little print) "Game requires basic reading ability to be enjoyed fully"

Score!

I should get to the conundrum.

I'm considering an Editor's Thoughts column on the site. We have several editors and they write well as a whole. And more often than not they have valid ideas.

Is this a worthy endeavor?