Jonathan Jacobs has announced that his influential roleplaying blog, The Core Mechanic, will be shutting down effective July 1.
“I've decided that I can no longer support all my extracurricular activities.” Jacobs wrote in an email to the RPG Bloggers Network. “Between my research (Jacobs is a medical research scientist), my family, gaming when I have time, maintaining Open Game Table and my blog The Core Mechanic, and... Nevermet Press... you might say I'm a bit over extended. So, after exactly 1 year of blogging about RPGs at The Core Mechanic; I've decided that the site will go silent on July 1st. It's been a fun ride.”
Jacobs is closing the blog in order to focus his energy on writing more game content professionally, including the launching of Nevermet Press along with fellow RPG Bloggers Michael Brewer (Mad Brew Labs) and Quinn Murphy (At-Will).