Happy 4th birthday to Joystiq! (That's like a million in blog years)

by Christopher Grant on Jun 16th 2008 11:20PM

Frequent readers may have noticed a few things in their last four years of reading Joystiq. First, and most unfortunate: you've all gotten older and grown hair in uncomfortable places. Second, you've seen our humble gaming blog grow from a scrappy publication (a "blawg") to one of the top gaming destinations on the web.

In that four year period, we've amassed over 27K posts and nearly a million of your comments. Doing the math, that breaks down to almost 20 posts a day on our side and over 600 comments a day on your side ... for four straight years. Clearly you're working a lot harder than we are and that's why the collective "we" wants to thank the collective "you" for reading along at home and making Joystiq not only a huge success, but something we're all very proud to be a part of. Here's to you, Joystiq!

Love,
–Chris, James, Ludwig, Ross, Alexander, Justin, Kyle, Jason, Scott, Griffin, Randy, and Kevin

Reader Comments (119)

I have been reading Joystiq every day for the past two years. I can't stand other gaming sites. You guys are easily the best of the best. Happy birthday!

Captain, I am detecting large quantities of win in this sector.

Happy birthday.

HB,J! YTMND!! WTG!!

L8R

HAPPY BDAY JOYSTIQ!!! Todays my birthday too! Hooray for people born on the 16th of June!!!!!! yea, im a lil excited.

Happy b'day joystiw.

Joystiq podcast ftw - greatest podcast of all time!

Four years?!?! Really?? Wow!! That's incredible. It certainly doesn't feel that long ago. Congrat's to all the hard working staff, both those here now and any that may have left over the years! You've all done a great job and deserve to bask in the praise of the fans!

Happy birthday Joystiq! I hit the site every morning when I get in.

Were it not for you we would all be on the streets arguing Wii vs PS3 with hobos. We all know that wouldn't end well. So thanks for the great place to scrap.

Congrats Joystiq! You keep me sane while I'm at work (like right now!)

Yeah, congrats! This is what keeps me from sleeping a work!

here's looking forward to another four years and beyond.

*raises glass*

to the 'Stiq!

4 years of distracting me from work, thanks jerks!

- love ya

Happy belated birthday Joystiq!!

Happy birthday Chris and everyone at Joystiq. Apparently having a Gemini blog is the cool thing to do...

Congratulations Joystiq! You, combined with all your sister sites, have created a fantastic source of gaming news, commentary, and flamewar! I kid... because it's true. But it is a great site, one that I'm proud to be a part of. It is a huge part of gaming culture, my culture! Lol, I probably read the 'stiq more (at work, of course) than I play games at home.
Cheers All!