It’s been a hot minute since I posted on this blog. As is expected, I’ve changed a lot since the start, both personally and professionally. I’ve been through the ringer and I’ve had my shining moments, to the point where I think it’s worth revisiting this same type of post through a different (older) lens.
I’ve answered all these questions before, in 2018. Let’s do it again in 2024.
Let's Get Personal - a look back at December
2018 is coming to a close. I’m not quite sad, but I’m not quite enthusiastic. I’ve found that, as I get older, years coming and going seem to get shorter and shorter. I’m unsure if anyone else feels this way, but I can’t possibly be the only one.
This month, the Praxis curriculum had us do 30 straight days of blog posts. I will admit, I went into the experience thinking it would be a lot easier than it was. Of course, I proved myself wrong. I underestimated my obsession with consistency – once I made one post over 800 words, I felt in my heart that I needed to do the same for each and every subsequent post or else I wouldn’t feel accomplished. In a way, that’s unconsciously honorable of me.
Let's Get Personal - some kind of reasoning, here
We interrupt this program to bring you: a review within a review.
By this I mean I’m taking some time to backtrack and observe my thought processes for the posts I’ve done this month. I’ve reviewed 12 games/franchises of varying genres - mostly horror, but with hints of simulators and indie games. Whatever comment you want to make, it’s clear and apparent at this point that I have a preference for what games I like to talk about.
Fetch Quest - Stardew Valley
Sometimes I just need to unwind. For that, I play a game called Stardew Valley. The setting is lovely and romanticizes living simply, growing your own food and raising animals, which is a far cry from what my life is like now. Sometimes, urban life becomes tiring, and i like to retreat to something nicer and less crowded.
Fetch Quest - Terraria (part 2)
Fetch Quest - Terraria (part 1)
Have you every played Minecraft and felt like it was missing something? I have. And it’s not because I’m extra picky with games that don’t have an overarching plot or high-end graphics - sometime a game can have the same idea but execute it much better. You’ve probably already guessed which game I’m talking about, seeing as the title is pasted above in big grassy letters: Terraria.
Fetch Quest - Viscera Cleanup Detail
Merry Christmas everybody, and Happy Holidays if you don’t celebrate. A whole lot of people took off work today to celebrate with their family and friends, which made me think of all the work that’d be waiting for them when they returned to their jobs. We are, unfortunately, living in a society that determines our worth by how hard we work and how much money we make.
There are a lot of thankless jobs out there, like janitorial work. Even in the world of science fiction, janitors are swept under the rug (no pun intended). They never really get the appreciation they deserve.
Fetch Quest - Agar.io
Here’s a short little review of a game that honestly would’ve been one of my favorites had it existed in middle school: Agar.io
I went through a stint of playing nothing but browser games for a good two years, starting in fifth grade. I usually found a few fun ones and would stick with those, and rarely I would try to expand my horizons with a good click of the “random game” button on whatever site I found myself on. I played a lot of games on the Disney Channel website, including those Kim Possible: a Sitch in Time games (which a lot of other people probably loved as well).