2020 was a strangely kind year for me. 2020-2 (known to some as 2021) was the establishment of a new normal. Two whole years is the longest I have ever gone with stable employment, a consistent schedule and no immediate threats to income or relationships. As we enter 2020: Lightning Returns (known to some as 2022; not to be confused with 2020-2) I'm now teetering on the edge of a question: "Is this how my life is going to be for the next decade?"
If so, anything I write about games will be rather dull. Work and work-related routines take up 12 out of my 24 hours each day. Dealing with a group of miserable alcoholic men who in some cases have disturbing pro-apartheid views they love to express each day takes a ton of extra mental energy on top of my required tasks. By the time I'm home and done with the actions needed to stay alive I have the time to play a couple of credits in an arcade game then try to sleep. Maybe stream a galge if I really build up a head of steam beforehand.
So with all that moping done, let's celebrate the extremely strange year for computer game releases that we just lived through.
