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Happy Anniversary! Thank you for cataloging and chronologizing all those games so that they aren't lost to time, allowing some of us to re-visit memories of our own past or just games we might've been interested in but weren't around or didn't have the time back then. And for taking us on an entertaining journey through your writing. And for playing through games like Knightmare so that we don't have to.
ReplyDelete15 years comes out to 131490 hours in real-time, which would be enough for 483 full playthroughs of Fate: Gates of Dawn. Here's to the next 15!
Amazing! Been reading this since my son was born. He's 10, now.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This blog has been following me for many, many years. Interests use to shift over time but somehow I’m still very interested in your blog and are looking forward to every new post. All the best!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your blog for about ten years as of now, and I'm far from the only one who had stayed around that long, seeing the comments above. It takes a lot to make people follow you for that long.
Congratulations! And thank you for doing something so important and necessary for the history of CRPGs, also creating a whole community of followers interested in it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Doing something like this for 15 years with overall very high consistency is pretty remarkable.
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary! Still the best blog on earth :) Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteParabéns 🥳 Seu blog é incrível. Algumas entradas, como Pool of Radiante, já li uma dezena de vezes ao longo desses anos.
ReplyDeleteFelicidades , y que los dioses vean muchos años mas
ReplyDeleteI barely comment here, but I've read every entry and I always look forward for your posts. Congratulations on your anniversary!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! This blog is one of the bright points of my time on the internet these days. Perhaps that doesn't say much given the enshittification of the internet, but truly it'd be a kindness that this wonderful rabbit hole exists either way.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, post-apocalyptic banner artwork coming soon ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible milestone! Thank you for every obscure piece of history you bring back to life and share with the world!
ReplyDeleteHappy blog anniversary Chet. It has been a great pleasure to follow you over the years. And I'm glad to here you'll continue to provide us with exciting CRPG experiences in the future.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteCan't believe it's been 15 years already, time flies!
Stumbled on this blog somewhere near the start of it, then forgot about it only to rediscover it during your Fate playthrough. Been an avid reader ever since. Thanks so much for keeping us all informed and entertained!
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary, sir! If you need anniversary ideas, well, I'm still waiting for the glossy hardcover compilation of all these posts...sure would be nice to have an overpriced Kickstarter or a collaboration with Bitmap or something, for those of us 20th-century types who like overpaying for hardcopy books.
ReplyDeleteThat would be really something, I'd happily overpay for a slightly edited phone book version of this blog.
DeleteCongratulations, dear Addict!
ReplyDeleteI've been only following your for ten years of those fifteen, but it's been fun! Glad to see you still motivated, and I hope you get to still do a few contemporaty games on the side.
If I had to guess, you will be playing Baldur's Gate for the 20th ;). Maybe it won't even be that out of order, considering there's not much more pre-1993 stuff, and the number of games 1994-1997 goes down.
...and many more!
ReplyDeleteWell deserved congratulations. Lets hope blogspot lasts as long as you do.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeletehappy anniversary.. I dont remember how long I follow this blog, but I posted 12 year ago about it on reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/rpg_gamers/comments/q2cjf/the_crpg_addict_is_back_on_track_with_one_goal/
ReplyDeleteAnd I was reading for a few years at that point. So I dont participate much. But enjoyed reading from France for most of my life
Happy blogiversary! You give me (and many others) a lot of pleasure and I'm pleased if our comments make it more rewarding for you.
ReplyDeleteWow, has it already been five years since the "Ten years" series of posts? Time sure does fly if you're having fun reading this great blog. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteYour posting frequency over this long period continues to amaze me and I always look forward to seeing a new entry and your thoughts on another game(play session).
This is cool, hope for many more years of crpg's.
ReplyDeleteChet, your blog is THE best place on the Internet, and I write this 100% straight (would take a long time to explain why).
ReplyDeleteCommiting 15 years to a project is already special enough. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI can say that this blog is a go to stop on the interwebs for me. You inspired me to do my own project and I appreciate that. Even if my wife does not... hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteYou keep posting and I'll keep reading with the occasional comment!
Been reading this blog for most of the 15 years and I just wanted to say thanks for getting me through some tough days. Being able to shut off the outside world and focus on some obscure old CRPG for 30 minutes a couple times a week is a great mental safety valve. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to the games you bring up, document, and share with the world. Here's to another five years!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! I have been lurking for the last decade and more and love your blog. Book when? 🙂
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 15 years, here's to lots more.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 15 and thank you!
ReplyDeleteDo you have stats on engagement or activity around different games or posts?
ReplyDeleteI would love to know which ones generated the most attention!
The number of comments on a given post should give you a good estimate, when 'Ultima Underworld' has easily more than a hundred, but an ugly indie game from back when gets around three.
DeleteUnless an unrelated discussion about (A)D&D editions comes up, then it gets around three hundred.
DeleteReader for just over 8 years. Congrats on reaching such a milestone, and thank you for playing through and documenting so many weird and wonderful games!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! As always, your blog is a pleasure, :-).
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and best wishes for (at least) fifteen more years of blogging
ReplyDeleteI started following this blog while looking around for something that wasn't a walkthrough about Wizardry 6.
It was just a couple of months more of eleven years ago. somehow it still feels like it was just yesterday.
Thank you for your always enjoyable work
Congratulations on hitting 15! And here is to the many more to come!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, this blog is still one of my favourite little corners of the internet after all these years, hope for many more to come!
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