11 Before 11

I made the jump last night. I am now on Windows 11. I got the upgrade option a couple of days ago and I was a little apprehensive about doing it after reading about some potential gaming performance hindrance. Though the reports of massive issues seemed overblown, which is typical whenever there is a Windows upgrade, after looking at the test results from a variety of sources that showed the plus and minus fluctuations depending on the games and security settings, I concluded that it was indeed safe for me to proceed.

The new theme is cute but isn't it time to make animated ones a standard?

Game Library: Celebration or Condemnation?

I am a loner, that fact is probably quite obvious. I do find solace in doing things on my own. I find that experience comforting, soothing... complete! Since an early age, I have always found myself at odds with the general populace. I felt out of place growing up because there was a standard of social conformity that I just couldn't possibly abide by. Though the social refrain began to be more relaxed into my adult life, being lucky to be in a part of the world that's modern enough, I took with me a childhood that was spent mostly in my own head. What you have now is a guy who still feels awkward in social settings, someone who is still learning the norm of friendly conversations. At one point, I thought that perhaps I needed desperately to make real human connections with others and that lead to a period of confusion and longing but that's behind me now.

Gothtober 2021: Embracing Fear

The Gothtober 2021 event on my YouTube channel for the entirety of October of this year (it will definitely be a yearly streaming thing from now on) has done me good. As you may already know, I am really, really bad at horror games these days. I just couldn't stand them because they tend to be too scary for me. I used to be able to tolerate horror games. As a matter of fact, I remember playing the first Silent Hill alone, at night in my small apartment during my undergraduate years. I can still recall how thrilling the game was because it was very scary. Fear used to be an actual flavor, not an unwanted side effect.

Killing off these horror games one title at a time.

Prettiest amiibo: Zelda & Loftwing

Out of all the Zelda games out there, the best representation of our titular character for me is found in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. You can read my glowing impression of that version of her by clicking here. It shouldn't be a surprise then that the best and most beautiful amiibo that Nintendo has ever produced to this point is the Zelda & Loftwing amiibo that was recently released alongside the game's HD version for the Nintendo Switch:

amiibo perfected.

Board Games Are Taking Over

Board games are cool and all, I have quite a number of them now, but as someone who is primary living in the video gaming world, things are getting a little out of control. I started getting into physical tabletop games in May of this year, and just three months in, I think I have reached the saturation point for this additional hobby due to its high demand for storage space. Let me show you how they have infiltrated and taken over my Game Room:

Where there are video games, there will also be tabletop game boxes.