Arrows of Love was a nearly completely unvisited, unread, and unloved website that was active from September to December 2024. As of today, it is also a nearly completely unvisited, unread, and unloved website that has been active from October 2025 to who knows when.
At the inception of Arrows of Love 1.0, I said this:
I can’t not create blogs. It is a terrible curse to bear. But because of when I came of age (the mid- to late 90s) and where I dumped my skill points (the read and written word), I will always believe in them. No matter how many video essays I watch or how many TikToks I scroll through, I will always believe the internet is for reading. I will die on the hill that text is the best way to communicate and convey information on the internet until I actually die.
That entire paragraph remains true. Thankfully, in this case, I didn’t have to create something entirely new. I thought I had purged and deleted Arrows of Love and let the domain lapse, but I hadn’t, which I’m glad for, because I seem to be finding myself at one of those inflection points I reach from time to time where I feel like I really need such a thing close at hand. Sometimes I really like being able to process what I’ve read, played, heard, etc. in writing. I guess there are sympathetic online communities where I could scratch that itch, but I’ve always preferred having my own space. It’s a desire that crests and ebbs, and right now it’s cresting.
My wife got me an iPad Pro for my birthday, so I’m devouring books at a rate I haven’t achieved in decades, maybe ever. Something in the air is also making me feel like we’re at an “end of history” of sorts when it comes to video games, so I think I can comfortably occupy the rest of my life with whatever I’ve got collecting dust in my vast “collection” (wink wink, yarr harr). Maybe some music talk every now and then. And I always inevitably start talking about Magic: The Gathering wherever I get an opportunity to write. So who knows what shape this thing is going to take this time.
Into the breach once more, dear friends. 💘
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