VGB’s 20th Anniversary!

[ad_1] VGB TURNS 20 YEARS OLD TODAY! WOW! As Albert Einstein mentioned in considered one of my favourite video games Command & Conquer: Pink Alert “Time will inform. Ultimately, time will inform…” And time certain flies whenever you’re having enjoyable! Time to as soon as extra blow out a birthday candle to make a want for a lot of extra years to return! 😀

It actually was a lifetime in the past once I began engaged on VGB again in October of 2005 with the purpose of serving to avid gamers take pleasure in gaming extra with information, opinions and guides. Solely to launch it a month later, at some point earlier than the Xbox 360 console launched. And instances, they're a altering… Whereas 5 years again Microsoft’s Xbox Sequence X / S and Sony’s PlayStation 5 consoles launched the ninth era of online game consoles, this Summer time of 2025 we bought Nintendo’s Change 2 console-handheld hybrid and this month an announcement for Valve’s first PC-console hybrid Steam Machine coming in 2026! What a time to be a gamer. ^_^

Thanks all a lot for visiting VGB over time. Virtually HALF A BILLION of you could have visited us over 20 years! An insane quantity! 😮 Our web site server nonetheless burns by means of 5 TerraBytes of information every month! Avid gamers are one of the best international neighborhood there's. As at all times, I really feel that’s as a result of all of us have a shared recollections of our favourite video video games that makes us acknowledge how related we're regardless of our variations.

Particular because of my people, my stunning household and dependable mates for at all times supporting me. What began as a dream to weblog about video video games as a pastime became a full-on profession, because of my advert company Playwire for serving to to make my wildest goals come true to personal a home, automobile, and semi-retire at 35, loopy stuff in a world the place video games journalism is the worst paying occupation. It’s why I nonetheless love updating the web site each week. I took the blue ocean strategy Nintendo is known for (learn Reggie & Iwata’s books for inspirational quotes) and dealing 112 hour weeks for over 10 years paid off (no shortcuts there; you simply gotta work exhausting, fortunately I don’t must work that a lot as of late). Due to Josh, Laura, Toni et al for protecting all the most recent gaming information like a professional for a few years alongside me. And if you happen to’ve ever contributed to the weblog, or perhaps we simply chatted that one time, I’ll at all times recognize the time we spent collectively. Avid gamers rule the world! 🙂