Year in Review: Year Two

Year in Review: Year Two
by Nancy Schultz

Well, we made it through a second year. I have to admit, I'm impressed. Getting a bunch of gamers, regardless of gender, to be able to focus on something for two years... that's an impressive feat. When Frances proposed this back in spring of '04, I thought it could be fun, but I also thought that at some point it was going to break down because life was just going to get in the way. I figured it would happen sooner rather than later. I was wrong. In the last year, we cracked out two seven-article issues (November and February). Three of our members participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. We had our first article by a cub reviewer, and our first article from a male perspective (no, they weren't the same article.) Heck, we didn't stumble at all until July when life hit us hard in the free time department. We picked up, brushed ourselves off, and have been doing fine for the past three months. We've reviewed a lot of games, and had some really great other articles as well. Some highlights, in no particular order: Gaming My Way to Fitness, Part 1 and Part 2 – How to exercise and have fun doing it... provided you can get the darn game to work right. I Robot and Other Character Inconsistencies – We can get more from the movies than plot and character ideas. Dear Lady Gamer – A fun, lighthearted look at questions gamers may have. What the Customer wants: Indexing – I could kiss Lori for the existence of this article, and think every game publisher needs it on his wall. For the Love of Gaming – A very insightful look at gaming and relationships Party Cohesion – As a non-fan of intra-party conflict, this article does a lot to make me question that stance. And there are several more, all available through our Archives. What does the future hold for the Lady Gamer? I wish I could answer that. This month, we start our new publication schedule which Marinda has written more about here. I know there's a lot more to be done. More games to review, more articles to be written. I know we want new perspectives too: people new to gaming, and people who view us as still being "young kids" (despite three of us having kids of our own.) I know The Lady Gamer has a lot of life in her yet, so here's to Year Three!
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