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Before Pokéwatch
1. Steve's Other Stuff (1997-1998)Original name, no? This site was hosted on GeoCities (long before becoming a part of Yahoo!), back when I wrote a Mac column for the school newspaper (which wasn't pretty). The site itself was pretty bad, as I insisted each page have a different background color, and it had basically no design. Then again, not many sites had good design back then. Come to think of it, a lot of sites today don't have great design, not to say Pokéwatch's is perfect, either.
2. 64DD Central (?)Although I never actually worked here, I did try very hard. I sent in lots of material, but it's probably just as well I didn't make it.
3. 64 Minutes (1998)This is when I really started to know what I was doing. Among other things, it featured in-depth news articles about the Nintendo world. Unfortunately, I was wholly unable to make it visible in the world at large. Although I got a few links, the site ultimately did not attract viewers. I even tried out a Virtual Boy section and a spinoff, 64 Minutes Express, but a better offer did come along.
4. SMBHQ Game Ideas (1998-1999)This would probably prove to be a great career move for me, but a horrible move for SMBHQ. I had known SMBHQ for a long time, and was good friends with Kyle Orland. Kyle wanted a new staff member to take over the Game Ideas section. Of all the people who applied, I was the only person to complete the process, and was therefore hired. It was a disaster. Although I did contribute quite a bit (including the site logo-not bad for a 33Mhz computer, eh?), I was way too critical of the ideas, and people asked Kyle to fire me. I also managed to snag a near-complete set of Mario Cartoons, which would come in handy.
5. SMBHQ Cartoons Section (1999)My next site worked much better. Once the old Cartoons guy quit, I stepped in. I quickly relinquished control of Game Ideas. This is one of my most popular web sites ever, getting over 100 hits a day many times. It was a good time to be the webmaster too, since the Mario Cartoons were back on the air (albeit on PAX, which I don't get). If you had visited the site, one thing that would particularly surprise you is how much I trashed Pokémon. It wouldn't be until I got my 2.B.A. Master CD that I would like it.
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