The current Mayan Countdown has us at 348 days left until the end of the world, so we here at 8bitrocket.com have decided to spend some time looking for stories that we think show that something weird is going on this year.

The next Sign Of Doomsday: Tom Chick goes solo

Tom Chick is an independent video game critic.  He has been writing since about 1994.  I discovered his writing in 1998, when he was the only guy I could find who wrote a positive review of Roller Coaster Tycoon.  Why?  Because he was the only guy to actually play the game.  Roller Coaster Tycoon was a great game that came out when only RTS and FPS games were allowed to exist on the PC.  Mr. Chick saw this, and his review helped make the game a top seller for several years.

I have formed a deep respect for reading his reviews because I know they will be honest.   Mr, Chick does not care about ruffling the feathers of giant franchises, and he takes the time to play indie strategy and RPGs with an eye for innovation and promise.  I don’t always agree with him, but that’s not the point.  He’s a great writer, and great writing is worth reading. Today Mr. Chick announced they he was no longer going to spread his reviews around the internet, but instead, keep them all in one neat and tidy place: Quarter To Three Dot Com .

The funny thing is, I found Mr. Chick’s site about 10 years ago, looking for exactly that: a place where I  could find links to all his reviews.  At the time, that was a preposterous idea (I’m not sure why), but this year…it’s not.  Why?  I think we are know the answer.

Is the Quickening, er Doomsday er Armageddon coming this year?   Is it just the Winter Solstice?* Is this another sign of the end times?  Did Ancient Aliens dictate the end of the world to people on Yucatán Peninsula 100′s of years ago or did some old Mayan guy just run out of space when trying  to mark upcoming birthdays on his stone calendar? Only 349 more days until we get the answer. What else will happen in the coming months?

Tune in to find out.

*Maybe.