June 2025 has come and gone; along with half of July! Better late than never here is the look back at June.
The Blog
Blogger recorded visits for June: 61,663 (note: below graph includes some July dates and is missing June dates)
In other metrics:
- Posts:
- Target: n/a (been unmotivated lately to blog so every post is a bonus in June)
- Posted: 8
- Difference: +8
- Search Trends
- Search trends had a major shake up in June with searches for "ARC Raiders" taking over in the place of my longstanding top search topics of New World and Battlefield. Let's look at some of those ARC Raiders search strings:
- "arc raiders news" - everyone wants news about this potential GotY contender launching in October!
- "arc raiders countdown", "arc raiders shadow drop", "arc raiders timer" - a hidden countdown ended in disaster when ARC Raiders didn't surprise launch at the end of it. We were all disappointed.
What I Played
I got back into New World for a bit in June working on my Season 8 pass. Everytime I jump back into New World I get a little lump in my throat. The game plays so well and the combat is so satisfying; it's a shame it's not more popular.
I also jumped into Dune Awakening after some friends started playing it. I need to post more about my thoughts but for now I am just casually enjoying it with my friends because I know from my testing experience the end game is rubbish.
Years Ago
1 Year Ago
As June 2025 has me playing survival MMO Dune Awakening it is worth mention that in June of 2024 I was addicted to another survival MMO: Once Human.
Let us not forget as well that June 2024 marked the start of the dark ages for New World Aeternum as the "big announcement" turned into a big fat nothing. Read more in my Dark Days for New World post.
5 Years Ago
June 2020 featured no blog posts.
10 Years Ago
May of 2015 marked my blog's 10 year anniversary!
15 Years Ago
June of 2010 marked my 10 year mark in the military. Fast forward and I am now retired from the military!
I was also complaining about the "game that shall not be named: Counting the lies: Star Wars: The Old Republic "Hope" Trailer
The gaming community got our first look at the OnLive service which at the time blew my mind that graphically demanding games were going to be able to be played on an iPad via a game streaming service like OnLive. OnLive didn't end up lasting but the concept of streaming games still lives on even though its a small niche in the market.
20 Years Ago
I started blogging in May of 2005 so June of 2005 was month two! At the time I was hopelessly addicted to World of Wacraft and getting into organized group content. Of course this means I got screwed out of a loot roll and complained about it.
World of Warcraft also brought us the first PvP battlegrounds: here were the basics as I saw them back then.
I was also enjoying Battlefield 2 and playing the medic class. A trend that started a long trend of me playing supporting/healing roles in many games following.
