tl;dr: We’re adding a paid subscription plan!
Starting next week (May 4th 2020), paid subscribers will get long form content written by games journalists, hobbyists, and freelancers.
The free newsletter isn’t going anywhere, and will still be in your inbox every week.
🌟 To thank you for being an early supporter, subscribe in the next 48 hours and get 50% off for the first year — just $30 or $5/month 🌟
❓ Why Are We Doing This?
To create more valuable gaming content for our readers
When we launched a year ago, we had no idea where we'd be now. We were certain of was one thing: we loved video games and wanted to share that love with others. It started off as long newsletters (too long honestly). More recently, we’ve moved into short-form bites, delivering aggregated content and insights on a weekly basis. Now, we’re hoping to build out a full-fledged publication. After continued prodding from friends and readers, we’ve decided to take it paid.
Over the course of this past year, we learned that games journalism is a really tough space to operate in — disparate news sources and underpaid journalists plague the industry. So, in large part, the inspiration for a paid format comes from wanting to bring in the best talent to write about video games and compensating them as best as possible, and also to provide you, our awesome readers, with the best type of video games content. Think of the paid subscription as an opportunity to read valuable written content about gaming across a variety of curated segments.
📚 What’s Changing?
We’re adding exclusive content in addition to our newsletter
The free newsletter will continue to be free! We might change the frequency of it, but we still want to deliver our favorite reads of the week directly to you.
The only difference now is with our exclusive content. If you sign up as a paid subscriber, you’ll get access to content written by industry experts: people with years of experience in streaming, gaming, esports, and more. We’ll start once a week, but as we generate more interest, we’ll be delivering content to you as frequently as possible.
✏️ Why Should I Subscribe?
To read exclusive video game content
Whether you’re an industry vet, or a casual consumer, think of this newsletter as your one-stop shop for gaming information. We’ll bring in people from across the industry to share their experiences, stories, and insights exclusively with you.
💴 How Much Will It Cost?
$60/Year or $10/Month
For the cost of a single game, or a few Twitch subscriptions, you’ll unlock tons of content from industry veterans. People who specialize in every aspect of the gaming field will be creating content you can’t find elsewhere.
Fairly compensating our writers is just as important to us as writing good content. By charging this price, we’ll be able to make sure that we bring in the best quality people to write, and pay them what they deserve.
Think of it this way, if you spend 10 minutes reading an exclusive Pause Button article a week, by the end of the year you’ll have spent nearly an entire work day reading about video games!
🌟 Subscribe in the next 48 hours and get 50% off for the first year — just $30 or $5/month 🌟
If you’ve found the news we’ve provided over the last year valuable, or just want to support us, consider subscribing. It would mean a lot to us.
Play On,
Max & Fawzi