Is it that difficult?

Tycho was particularly poignant in today's PA post, but it was his offhand mention of OMM that gave me pause.

What happened to OMM? Does anyone know? Does anyone care anymore? What does it mean that we are now without that little voice in the collective head of the gaming world which reminded us through juvenility and latent homoeroticism that our beloved hobby was, in actuality, pretty fucking stupid?

Those were the questions that sprang to mind, when the reference to the long-silent old man was thrust upon my slightly inebriated mind. Those questions, and one more, which was simply, "how hard is it to write a post about games every now and then?"

Honestly, that's basically all OMM was: some cleverly phrased industry bashing. Hell, that's essentially all QT3 ever was, too. And both sites went into a coma, seemingly due to the intolerable burden of having to post some coherent words periodically.

Is is that difficult?

No one expects Pulitzer material three times a week. But is it so difficult to occasionally reflect on what you're playing, that it's preferable to just step down from the soapbox altogether?

This perplexes me. I think I'll go wander around Liberty City a bit.