Game Design Journals... who reads them?

I'm new to this site but I have read a few entries and made one of my own.

If I find via some thread that some individual is working on projects that have a bearing on what I'm working on, I'll certainly go and check out some of their journal entries to learn more.

I have not yet left any comments yet nor had any. I don't think I'd be likely to offer comments on specific design issues (unless asked a specific question), rather I'd be inclined to introduce myself and say 'hey, we seem to have some comon interets here', or something like that.

I'm not 100% sure whether this will happen, but my hope is that on the new site, the journals/blogs will be integrated with the forums so that discussions about journals will be easier. The journal format at present just isn't as conducive to discussion as the forums are, but hopefully the new site will integrate the two so that it's easier to start up discussions.

-Jeff

There is a new version of the web site that will be created. It will include more features, including a Wiki.

Now about the journal, I don't really read them. I read them one or twice since I am a member. I do not also write anything because I don't feel the need to write everything I do when I design a game: it makes be lose time.

The only thing I write on my computer are "game draft". These are fast notes and and rapid ideas written about the concept of the game to make sure I don't forget what I tought. Of course, I could submit this information has a journal entry, but I will need to rewrite the draft to make sure other people can understand what I wrote.

The question is, "Do you read the journals?"

Good point.

Yeah, I read them, but usually only after I've exhausted the forums on whatever interests me. I find them interesting (usually) but for some reason they're not as appealing as the forums... probably because they don't lend themselves well to interactivity.

Still, I do like to keep informed on everyone's progress, especially on those games that we've seen develop over months here.

~Josh

I read the Journals when ppl make an update to something. Some are more interesting than others, i.e. Jeffs Thirty Years War is most interesting.

At the moment I just have one Journal entry, to give an overview of the games I am currently working on and what state they are currently in. This is mostly to give other people an idea of the types of games I am working on, and so that anyone interested in any of my projects can ask me questions about them, or for more info...

I think I may use the blog type function offered in the new website to keep track of my design processes, though at the moment I am using a different website of my own to record my playtesting sessions and to record comments from my playtesters, and that has proved quite a good way to keep a record of things.

I use my journal to report on progress on my designs. I enjoy reading how other people's games are coming along. Therefore, the journals that regularly write about their progress interest me the most.

I will comment if I feel I can offer a useful suggestion or compliment.

I read (most) journals as I find the time for that. Some interest me more than others, some I only find time to read them when they are already long/old...

I also discussed games / journal-entries in chat. It's quiet easy to exlpain something in the chat by just referring to an entry. Chat and journals are a nice combination, I think.

Cheese.