During the 2.5 weeks since writing this post I’ve played at least 1 hour of:

• Alice: Madness Returns
• Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
• Genshin Impact
• Journey (finished)
• Minecraft
• Monster Hunter: World
• Outer Wilds
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered*
• The Elder Scrolls Online
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The Red Strings Club

It’s been a nice tasting menu, but I’ll probably reduce the variety now and focus on just two or three games at a time. Ideally, one RPG with a long campaign for the weekends, and a couple of games I can jump in and out of for 30 minutes a day.

*The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was released yesterday, and I’ve been able to play a little thanks to a shared Game Pass account. My 3050 Ti graphics card said “what do you think you’re doing?”, and even though dungeons are playable with low settings, when I step to the exterior the FPS drop is too high. So I have come to terms with the fact that I won’t be able to play it comfortably for a while, since a new PC or a PS5 don’t seem to be in my immediate future.

These weeks I have been reminded that I have more than I need, and how lucky I am to be living in a time where playing anything ever released is so accesible. It would take me several lifetimes to finish every game in my library. If I had a journal of gratitude, I’d write that.