Tapping into the World of Video Games (A Throwback Post)

When I wrote this blog post back in October 2020. I remember the rising cases of Covid in Malaysia. At that point of time, people started to panic quite a bit when the cases hit 432. Thinking back, it was nothing compared to tens of thousands of cases later on but we didn't know that then. We braced ourselves for lockdown to happen again.

At this point of time, I was still working on my doctorate thesis on gamers' purchasing behaviours so I was working on my research. I wrote the following in the original blog post.

Research on the Gaming Industry

I’ve been doing a lot of research on various topics of gaming. While it’s mainly my interests, I’m also writing my doctoral dissertation on the business perspective of the gaming industry. People, in general, may not pay much attention to video games but there are so many related areas that we could study on including psychology, sociology, culture, arts, business, etc. I’m sure there are more that I haven’t come across yet.

To begin with, I saved a couple of books about video games in my Scribd app. While there are not many books out there written on this industry, it’s more than enough for me at this moment. I managed to dive into only 3 books as I usually do in a month.

Life After Game Guide

In September, I’ve spent the majority of my time putting together a more proper game guide for my favourite mobile game. It was bit and pieces here and there that I posted in this blog but I’ve structured them properly for ease of viewing. Some are still work in progress but nothing gives me greater joy than to work on this during my free time. Do people even write a game guide as a hobby? I’m not even a pro gamer, to begin with but I’m happy to share what I’ve learned from the game with others. It’s sort of a way to improve my own gameplay. If you play the game and would like to check out the game guide, feel free to.

Reviving my Personal Blog

I revived my personal blog. Being a multipotentialite, it’s really hard to stick to just one or two topics. I also don’t want to blog about my domesticated life in my gaming blog since it’s likely not going to be relevant to the readers. Hence, the revival of this blog.

Back to now in 2025, I would say I haven't played LifeAfter for a while. I returned to it very briefly a few months back but it's not sticky for me anymore. However, you don't forget your "first love" right? It was the game that propelled me to start a gaming blog and a gaming channel so it'll always have a special place in my heart. Besides, I'm pretty surprised that there are still a lot of traffic in my blog specifically for LifeAfter related posts.