A Year in Emotions

What these numbers do not convey is how much The Mane Quest has grown to mean to me. In many contexts, telling people you run a website about horses in video games comes across as at least a little bit silly. But for those of us who have had an interest in this subject our whole lives only to be constantly ignored and underserved by the gaming industry and gaming media, The Mane Quest is magical.

Over the past year, I have received dozens of emails, Discord introductions and Twitter DMs from people telling me some variation of the phrase “I have finally found my people!”

Considering how both gaming and horses are incredibly popular hobbies, it should not come as such a surprise that there is significant overlap between the two. And yet, to the best of my knowledge, there has never before been any sort of general community to bring these people together and let them know they are far from alone. It brings me immeasurable joy to be part of building up such a community and to get these reactions from people feeling right at home with us.

Even though the concept may sound a bit funny to some people, I feel immense pride and joy whenever I tell people about the website and the community.

If you are a reader of TMQs articles but not yet a regular on the Horses & Video Games discord server, I wholeheartedly invite you to join us and be part of this magic.