It’s simply over two years after we first appeared on Facebook on the finish of November 2012 and wrote our first weblog. So it is about time we did one other weblog to let you know just a little extra about us. The first ever weblog went one thing like this: 

FRIDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2012 Gamesyouloved.com dwell on Facebook

After growing a number of concepts round Gamesyouloved.com for a 2013 web site launch, we wished to begin partaking with viewers on Facebook. Now is the time we stated…. …Let’s get that Facebook web page going…! So up we went on www.fb.com/gamesyouloved On twenty third November 2012 – we kicked off our first submit with a submit on the traditional tornado.

We cannot wait to get speaking and chatting to all of the players on the market…there’s so a few years of gaming and sort of video games to speak about..video video games, board video games, conventional video games, arcade video games, handheld video games, outside video games, board video games, card video games…the checklist us limitless…

Now:

Since November 2012 we went on to launch the primary model of the web site in April 2013 which has now only in the near past been enhanced to a cell responsive model on the ninth December 2014. We additionally began our Twitter in spring 2013 and Youtube quickly after. 

Events – there have been a lot and now we have met so many superior folks in selling and attending the primary gaming occasions throughout the UK. Instagram has simply began (which you’ll see on the feed on this web site) and now we have supported and promoted quite a lot of retrogaming Kickstarters within the final 12 months that produced some superb merchandise and have generated a whole lot of 1000’s of kilos. We could have a devoted Kickstarter part on this web site very quickly too.

So right here we’re in December 2014 and the way have we carried out?

concepts@gamesyouloved.com or tell us on our social channels we’ll be listening to you on Facebook and Twitter when this Blog goes out at present and afterwards. Send us a DM, tweet or submit to our fb web page. 

We at all times got down to make this a big scale group venture – one the place it would not develop with simply with us being concerned, however the many 1000’s and tens of millions of players which can be enthusiastic about retrogaming worldwide.

We could not have carried out it thus far with out everybody getting concerned within the some ways they do every day. From the interplay every day to the contribution and concepts. So the beginning of this weblog should most definately be a MASSIVE thanks to you all!

(pictured – @RETR0JOE)

So from the place we began in 2012 from zero – to the place subsequent? From organising GamesYouLoved or GYL (as we are sometimes identified) – we did not really perceive the eagerness that a whole world group had for retrogaming.

Sure, we adopted folks on Youtube channels and a few Twitter accounts personally between our Team – and to some extent, pages on Facebook. But since now we have been partaking and speaking with everybody we realise this ‘factor’ is a lot greater, stronger and filled with promise for the long run. For everybody concerned it may solely get higher and extra rewarding. We are so happy to be a part of it.

(pictured – ‘Alex’ @NintendoArcade)

Retrogaming is a passion, ardour and obsession – and has an infinite variety of areas to the topic – with nearly an limitless variety of topics. The 1000’s upon 1000’s of video games we are able to play, evaluate, talk about and reminisce about are an enormous topic alone.

But there’s additionally the opposite areas surrounding them. The suggestions, guides, occasions, music, artwork, teams, Kickstarter tasks, remakes, indie retro gaming, know-how and lots of different elements to this which makes it probably the most coolest factor to be concerned in.

(pictured – Sami Cetin @SamiCetinSMK)

As far as our personal private targets we wish to proceed to entertain, help, inform, enagage and discover attention-grabbing topics round retro gaming to speak about and share with you all. We need your views, articles, opinions, blogs, movies the place we are able to share and promote throughout our followers and followers. 

(pictured – Mike Pollock @itsamike)

We additionally wish to keep one side which we at all times wished to incorporate in what we do..it sounds just a little infantile – however the easy thought of enjoyable and pleasure.

It’s actually key to us and it is what will get us up within the morning and have the power to be concerned on daily basis. Games are difficult, usually irritating, however what they provide you is the large ingredient of enjoyable and pleasure general. Whether enjoying by yourself as a ‘choose me up’ with previous associates. and even new associates discovered by means of our group – you get an actual sense of reward from being a gamer.

Thanks once more to you all!

GamesYouLoved Team. 2014.