Man, don’t you hate it when you settle in for an evening of multiplayer gaming and then, suddenly, the guy who was hosting quits out unexpectedly: “Sorry guys, uh… the wife’s home and… she wants to watch TV.”
It’s a pitiful excuse.
You’ve got to restart the game, decide on who’s now going to host and reconfigure everything. Sure, it takes all of a minute to do that, but it’s annoying nonetheless.
Actually, I don’t really care about such matchmaking woes. It was merely a weakly constructed and vaguely analogous lead-in to announce that I’m leaving Kotaku.
Yep, I’m stepping down as editor of Kotaku Australia. Why? Well, I’ve been doing this for 21 months now, so I feel like I’ve had a good run. Working as an online editor, you’re constantly caught up in the daily news cycle. Which, while exciting, especially when you break a story, can equally be draining.
Events transpired in my personal life earlier this year that gave me pause to re-evaluate my goals and ambitions, bringing with it a desire to reconnect with the pursuit I’m most passionate about: writing.
Mostly, it comes down to wanting to do other things. I’m not entirely sure what those other things are, but I suspect they might involve writing about the games industry and gaming culture in ways that aren’t quite so tied up in the day-to-day news. I want to be concentrating on longer form stories, features and interviews that are more investigative and reflective, as well as – wait for it – writing about things that aren’t videogames. Also, a holiday would be nice. But that’s the future.
I’m not leaving just yet!
We need to find a new editor before I can vacate my ergonomic chair and escape the teetering piles of swag adorning my desk. So, yes, we’re hiring. If you think you’ve got what it takes to run one of Australia’s top three gaming websites, hit us up with your CV attentioned to Seamus Byrne at this address. We’ve also got the official job application details over here.
Oh, and since I’m leaving I can illustrate this post with a screenshot of Far Cry 2. Just try and stop me.
Naytan
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 4:42 PMThat really sucks.
I truly pray that your replacement is a worthy one, or else I won’t be viewing this site even half us much.
You’re good at what you do mate.
Andrew Burdusel
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 6:36 PMConsider my heart broken
I get back to Kotaku after a 1 week holiday and see this.
:’(
Andrew Burdusel
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 6:57 PMWhat is interesting is that I started reading Kotaku just before you started as editor (the first posts I read were when Seamus was guest editor in between editors.) So yeah, this sucks.
But, you gotta do what makes you happy.
Gman
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 10:06 PMYou’re definitely a great editor Dave! sad to see you go.
I hope you handpick the next editor because they would have to continue the Kotaku awesomeness!
Mr Waffle
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 10:53 AMI thought this was a post about multiplayer so I initially skipped reading it LOL. Sad to see you stepping down. I hope we can still see you contribute from time to time. I’ve been reading your stuff since PCPP days, so I hope there’s plenty left to come…
Matthew Lye
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 1:48 PMGood luck Dave,
Look forward to reading some of your new features.
Misato
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 4:52 PMGood bye and good luck with everything David.