Friday, October 23, 2009

THE GAMER REPORT HITS THE PAUSE BUTTON


The Gamer Report will not be updated for a few weeks, possibly months, as a shift in my life will be taking place. After a full year of updating this site, I'm packing my bags and moving up North. (No, not back to Canada, but close) Positioning myself in a more centralized population of game industry giants. And I'll be bringing some bigger, and better plans for The Gamer Report along with me.

During the actual move, I will not be able to update the top headlines of the day or provide new game related articles. No computer, no internet access and no time to do what I love to do. But rest assured, The Gamer Report will be re-launching as soon as I can get settled into my new inspirational environment.

Don't be surprised if The Gamer Report reinvents itself and comes back with a new name, new logo, new site design and covering a variety of topics of some of the best things in life. Not just games.

Please continue to follow me on Twitter and my RSS feed. I appreciate your patience and I look forward to providing you with a better and more entertaining blog experience.

Thank you for visiting and I look forward to hitting unpause.

Cheers! -Branden

Update 11/23/09: As you can see, I have updated The Gamer Report a bit and I think I am just about ready to hit the unpause button. I look forward to writing again by the end of this month.

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