January 2025 wrap-up

In January 2025...

Played: Creaks (2020); Obduction (2017); Scar of the Doll (1998; 2017); The Caribbean Sail (2017); Eric the Unready (1993); Stars Die (2020); Cocoon (2023); various shooters

Got: nought

Favourite: The top 3 is Creaks, Obduction and Eric... but the favourite has to be Obduction. It was a new experience and finally let myself get immersed into a type of mystery I hadn't managed to before. The "ah-ha!" moments are delightful and the pace that you keep cracking them away and progressively unpeeling the gameworld is sublime. By the end it does become unfortunately absurd in its mechanics but, in a way, it too was memorable.

Read: Home Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation; História de Portugal em Datas; Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty; The Dreamcast Encyclopedia.

Got: Dreamcast Encyclopedia, GameCube Anthology, Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word, Teddy Boys by Max Decharné

Favourite: Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty. It had been too long since I had dove into this series and I had a fantastic time, rediscovering it. The fact that it was by reading the scripts instead of by watching it does not change a bit. I love this medium as everything is as memorable in my head than if I had seen it.

Listened to (new): nought

Got: Rose City Band - Sol Y Sombra

Favourite (new): nought

Final thoughts: This month marked the restart of writing after a long hiatus. I seem to have taken to it and managed to put down my thoughts on a few subjects. It was also marked by a few other conscious decisions like buying less games, or not buying anymore from the "Az" book store.
 

So far, so good. I managed to not only replay games I was fond of, but also rediscover a few I had bought before but hadn't really got stuck in them. Books-wise it was a bit more mixed between new and old as I started the month with another big order. I will have to try and be less fanciful. Music-wise things are somewhat muted because I have mosty listened to music when driving. My strange mental block with YouTube is now almost come to one year. I will have to go back into it sooner or later. I must surely have dozens if not hundreds of videos to listen to, and I'm sure a good deal of them will be good. New artists I haven't heard yet, and artists I already know and love with new songs and records.

February is the shortest month of the year. I don't expect drastic changes from January. In part due to the bitter cold of January I have neglected playing the guitar. I could point to this as my goal for this month. To listen to and to play more music.