Finally, we are nearing kick-off

Gaming culture will get a boost from Gaming Culture

It has been in the works for a while now, and eluded to and hinted about on social media such as the BookFace, and on the Your Sinclair Magazine website. But what am I talking about here?

Soon, on the crowd-funding KickStarter (KS) portal, a new campaign for a printed-matter publication about gaming culture, called Gaming Culture, will launch. And, unlike some other modern days magazines, it'll do exactly what it says on the cover.

From the official announcement over on the KS site, it promises a kick in the joystick! Yikes! Chris Thacker, known as "That Retro Video Gamer" is the man with the plan; he is bringing together a collection of talent from Popular Retro, and a once popular Amiga-related publication that isn't Amiga Addict. In short, it'll be a gaming magazine with more byte.

It seems like it's time for me to un-retire from writing and focus on articles for a magazine again. At least for a couple of issues, and depending on editorial demand for my work of course (as Andrew Merman once quipped, "it's a little more complicated than that"). That's if the campaign gets funded by you lovely people. But please note that my involvement or interest in this project does not mean it's going to focus on retro gaming. As far as I can tell, Chris has no interest in competing with Retro Gamer for that market. From some of the early content that I've seen, it'll be all formats and all eras, no matter how niché. In short, if its happening, it'll get some coverage.

If you are keen to hear more about this, you may follow Chris on the Twitter, and some updates may also appear here too. Stay tuned for more.