After contributing segments to many Retroist podcasts over the years, Vic spread his wings and began creating his own shows. On Saturday Frights, Vic talked about horror movies, television shows, and even soundtracks. On Diary of an Arcade Employee, Vic spoke in depth about the arcade games he encountered at Arkadia. After launching his own website, Pop Culture Retrorama, he started a podcast for that, too. The avalanche of content Vic created for the Retroist’s website was a preview of what he would go on to produce.

If you want to know a little bit more about Vic, check out the interview Sean Johnson did with him. This heartfelt conversation offers a peak behind Vic’s public persona, including several stories about his childhood and where his love of movies came from. It’s a great listen.

Over the past few weeks Vic has publicly shared that he is changing jobs, which contributed to his decision to hang up his blogging and podcasting hats. There’s more to it than that, but I’ll let Vic tell you about it himself. It’s a bittersweet message from the man himself that covers everything from writing while juggling multiple jobs to the pain of creating content only to struggle with getting the word out to his audience. It’s a problem many of us have experienced, but for a guy who has published more than 6,000 articles and 300 podcasts, it has to be particularly heartbreaking.

Vic, I raise a virtual cup of Great Bluedini in your honor. Thanks for more than a decade’s worth of content and, more importantly, friendship. I’ve enjoyed all our conversations, both electronic and in person, and wish you the best in your new endeavor.

And, should the itch return and you decide to once again begin serving cake, I’ll be in line for the first slice.