So, you may have noticed my earlier plan to take my column biweekly didn't quite pan out. Was sad to learn that Suicide Girls is cutting content, including my column. Which bums me out - we were all just getting to know each other! In just a couple months I felt like I'd made a lot of friends and found some great conversations about gaming, morality, death, life, you name it. I'm going to be really sorry not to publish here anymore.

Truth be told, this might be good timing. I've put my main blog on hold for a while too, and I'm planning to take time off from my day job. An opportunity came up to go to Japan for the rest of the year, to teach English and hang out in arcades. I've never been on that side of Pacific, and I don't speak the language. I couldn't be more psyched.

Thanks again to all of you for welcoming me and swapping ideas here. Several of you have said you've been looking for smarter and wonkier game crit. Here's my tips:

GameSetWatch - A smart snapshot of what the industry's thinking. The columns and daily links are fantastic.
Critical Distance - One-stop shopping for the smartest game bloggers in the blogosphere
Offworld - A dozen or more updates of fun every day; great indie resource too
Rock Paper Shotgun - Smart + British. Good read.

Thanks again to you all for making me feel welcome and playing along.

Love always,

Rach