I’ve debated doing this for over a year, but the cost of living, cost of blogging and costs of staying up to date on everything in my line of work have pushed me to add a Donate button to the right sidebar.<\/p>\n
I don’t do this lightly. I blog for myself, primarily, and – as I’ve said – I would probably podcast now for an audience a quarter the size of what we are getting now. But times are tough, travel costs are growing and I have always counted on the kindness of strangers.<\/p>\n
So why donate? Part of it is so I can help cover costs of podcast people. Buying new games to talk about is expensive and review copies are not always available, so every now and then I’d like to help people out with that. It’s also nice to get a little thank you for what little I do here, but really this is about me wanting to keep blogging and podcasting which means finding stuff to write about. Yes, advertising should be covering the server costs, but I am still waiting on a check from one of my advertising partners. (It rhymes with Boogle.)<\/p>\n
The blog is still free and I have no intention of making the podcast a subscriber thing. The button is in no way an indication that I feel like I am entitled to anything. Give as much or as little or as nothing as you wish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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