<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Grinding Down]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://grindingdown.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Paul]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://grindingdown.wordpress.com/author/mylifecomics/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Happy anniversary for Grinding&nbsp;Down!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="722" data-permalink="https://grindingdown.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/happy-anniversary-for-grinding-down/happy-anniversary-blue/" data-orig-file="https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg" data-orig-size="622,320" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="happy-anniversary-BLUE" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg?w=622" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-722" title="happy-anniversary-BLUE" src="https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg?w=500&#038;h=257" alt="" width="500" height="257" srcset="https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg?w=500&amp;h=257 500w, https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg?w=150&amp;h=77 150w, https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg?w=300&amp;h=154 300w, https://grindingdown.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/happy-anniversary-blue.jpg 622w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, my silent and stalky readers. <a href="https://grindingdown.wordpress.com/"><strong>Grinding Down</strong></a> is now celebrating its one-year anniversary. Woo-hoo!</p>
<p><em>::confetti and Daft Punk tunes::</em></p>
<p>Back in March 2009, I decided I wanted to take another stab at videogame journalism, but at a much more relaxed pace. Well, maybe too relaxed in the beginning. See, I posted a few times in March 2009 and then quickly forgot about the blog until the summer hit, wherein I found myself with a lot of topics to muse about online. And since then, I&#8217;ve been pretty good at keeping this thing lively (just not on the weekends, which is <em>fine by me</em>). There&#8217;s some reviews here and there, but it&#8217;s more of a home for randomness, reflecting on older games, and having a bit of fun with pictures and words. That really doesn&#8217;t plan to change much.</p>
<p>But yeah, a whole year of grinding. <em>Bow-chicka bow-wow!</em> Er, forget I just wrote that. There&#8217;s cake and punch in the back.</p>
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