T w e n t y S i d e d
This was not a great year for me. My health took a turn for the worse in May, and things sort of spiraled out of control from there. Eventually there was some surgery that went poorly, some drugs with bad side effects, some complications, and a small but permanent downgrade to my quality of life. And then just to keep things interesting, my wife was injured this August, right when she had a ton of stuff to do at work and I needed a lot of help at home.
I turned 50 this year, and I felt every bit of it.
My wife is back on her feet now and I’ve adjusted to my new condition, but still. What a year. I had several months where I didn’t really play much in the way of games, or I played familiar low-stress “comfort-food” style games. I’m pretty sure my Factorio series was cut short by the hospitalization. I seem to remember I had more posts planned, although I can’t remember the details now.
So this was a weird year. Normally I look over the industry and try to find a trend or theme to tie the year together, but I spent most of 2021 looking inward and not paying attention to the news. Did I miss anything important? Did Half-Life 3 finally come out? Did Rockstar announce GTA VI yet? Did a new MMO displace World of Warcraft? Did EA finish rehabilitating Anthem? What’s going on? What was the big story this year? I wasn’t paying attention.
I don’t know about any of that, but I do know I’m cold all the time and I suspect my blood pressure medicine is to blame.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Dénouement 2021 Part 1: I Need a Medkit”
