A recap of June’s Monthly Musings

Last month, there were a ton of blogs written for June’s Monthly Musings, “The start of the affair”. Twenty-seven “The start of the affair” blogs were promoted in all to the front page, setting a new record for how many blogs were promoted to the front of Destructoid. 

Reverend Anthony has laid down July’s Monthly Musing theme and I expect even more blogs to be written for the new theme, “A cast of thousands…of polygons“. Here’s a protip: Don’t wait until the last minute to put up your Monthly Musing blog. At most, I will promote three blogs in a single day — so if there are, like, 20 promotable blogs that go up on July 31, only three will go up. Got it?

Hit the jump to see all 27 Community Blogs that were promoted for June’s Monthly Musing.

• The start of the affair: Amphibians — A metamorphosis of obsession by necrozen
• The start of the affair: Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt by pedrovay2003
• The Start of the Affair: Mega Man Battle Network by Kazooaloo
• The start of the affair: Earthbound by Dexter345
• The start of the affair: Civilization by SilverDragon1979
• The start of the affair: Final Fantasy IV by zeph
• The Start of the Affair: Load”*”, 8, 1 by Scientist tz
• The start of the affair: Sunset Riders by Gynecologist Cobra
• The start of the affair: Mega Man 2 by Brahms
• The start of the affair: The Atari 2600 Jr. by Brilliam
• The start of the affair: Final Fantasy VI by Aurvantoid
• The start of the affair: Link’s Awakening by Zulu
• Start of the affair: The Amiga and Mega Drive 2 by Kif 
• The start of the affair: Hunt the Wumpus by Conrad Zimmerman
• The start of the affair: Apple IIe by NihonTiger90
• The start of the affair: Super Smash Bros. 64 by SWE3tMadness
• The start of the affair: Harvest Moon by nintendoll
• The start of the affair: Final Fantasy VIII by Count Grishnack
• The start of the affair: A slow descent into obsession by aborto thefetus
• The start of the affair: Romance of the Three Kingdoms NES by Dagerr
• The start of the affair: My friend’s house by Zac Bentz
• The start of the affair: Penny Arcade by Qalamari
• The start of the affair: Rampage World Tour by Cowzilla3
• The start of the affair: My very own mute, my very own heartstrings by unangbangkay
• The start of the affair: Final Fantasy II (IV) by Aoi
• The start of the affair: Zelda II by RJG
• The start of the affair: The local rental store by Ashley Davis

Many of these people are veterns of the front page. Ashley Davis, Count Grishnack, Cowzilla3, Conrad Zimmerman, and a few others have made it to the front page before for their always excellent write-ups.

Most of the people here had their front page cherries popped, though, and it’s always great seeing fresh faces grace the front. If you wrote something last month and wondered why you weren’t promoted, give these “The Start of the Affair” blogs a read-through and look at what they got right. Try to pick up on what they did and apply it to your stuff.