COVID Is Sick

So, 4+ years after the start of the COVID19 pandemic, I finally caught the bastard. And yes, I am one of those people who would wear a mask everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Whenever I'm outside the house, I am wearing a mask because I really, really don't want to have anything to do with the virus. Every time I come back from the store and get to my car, I would immediately use my hand sanitizer. The guy I'm hanging around with is a little lax in his approach however - though he has never had COVID either, until now - so I am fairly certain that he's the source of my infection. After all, he got sick first. Well, not really, really, sick but he was seemingly coming down with a cold and started coughing. Whatever the case may be, I am here now, battling what I would describe as a nasty case of sore throat and cough.

Never thought that I would ever see this in my life.

Is It Time to Stop Streaming?

I was looking at my Twitch channel the other day and saw the following thumbnail for a recent livestream session. I think the universe is trying to tell me something. I mean, it's been a little tough to stream without interruptions recently since I have to deal with a medical situation, so maybe it's a good time to transition away from all of this.

I know. Just so that you are informed, I was merely yawning while scratching myself.

A Month Almost Entirely Without Gaming

It's almost the end of February, and this must have been the most unproductive gaming month in my whole gaming life. Many wouldn't consider gaming a productive activity, but those of you who are gamers out there should know what I mean. I had very little time to partake in the hobby this month and would continue down this path at least until early March. It's all due to medical reasons because well, life happens, or more appropriately, sometimes life doesn't want to continue happening, but you know, that's just the way it is.

Life of clamps and needles.

Living the 2024 Gamer Strat

After you have been on this planet for a while, the whole "New Year" thing doesn't seem that exciting anymore, or is it just me? The arrival of a new year just signifies a closer proximity towards the end of all existence to us as individuals. It's a scary thing, isn't it? The fact that we know not about the availability of existence before we get here, and now that we are experiencing it, we dread the fact that we will return to that state. Oh, don't get too depressed: there's always video gaming! Well, the new year is off to a mediocre start for me. For one, I thought that my love life was going to get really exciting but that had fizzled out as quickly as it presented itself to me. Still, there is much to celebrate with this new year cycle. With the ever-expanding Game Library, I have recently stepped on the brakes hard on getting new games. I didn't accumulate as many titles during the recent Christmas season compared to previous years because, well, I am all caught up pretty much and two, I also want to live that gamer millionaire life by truly enjoying the things that are already here. I have also come up with a game accumulation management strategy that I had been developing for the past couple of months and so far, I have benefited from its positive effects!

The key to my salvation.

The Steam Awards 2023 Votes

Here are my votes for this year's Steam Awards. Many of my nominees didn't make it to the list of finalists but that is always to be expected. I didn't nominate for No Man's Sky this year for the "Labor of Love" award - and apparently many agreed because it didn't make it to the top of the list - because even though the updates keep on coming, Hello Games has been too focused on the multiplayer element of the game, which I am not a big fan of.