What was once an uncertain landscape is now as predictable as Perma Death mod.
Accepting this will lead to a better path of contentment. Like many, I sat at home streaming, sending and shopping from our favourite forest. 2022 will need to be different because I don’t have any more space in the house but mainly because material things don’t generate a decent level of dopamine.
Path of the Nomad tactics are needed to regenerate my health and well-being over time, but seriously I’m now on the hunt for a new Path. In the meantime, I’ve attracted a gradual load of low-level pesky bot attacks but not too interesting to talk about here.
After navigating for the first time in months across the pond, I find personal data sprawled across multiple unknown official entities and a primary phone that is filthy with geolocators and suspicious tracking tech. I haven’t bothered with VPN for weeks.
So time for a brisk digital scrub down.
UK is now at COVID-19 Alert Level 4 and things do not appear to be getting better.
Last known incoming attack from 28°39’15.1″N 77°14’14.3″E – pretty standard, no real threat.
Bunker time as the world fights this new variant – Far Cry® 6
Well, this year has treated me pretty good in some ways and I’ve enjoyed a bit of success. Still, lots of areas to improve on and areas too painful to face so I’ve just put in a dark corner to rot.
2022 means just finding the courage to face the ugly painful things on my road to happiness.
Preparing to Survive in 2022 – Tom Clancy’s The Division
So with very limited opportunities for gameplay, my thoughts turn to finishing the stories I’ve started.
Open world adventures like FarCry 6 can be easily eaten in short bursts but linear titles like Alien Isolation demand a decent amount of continuous focus 1-2 hours per sitting.
This is time I simply do not have right now. Yet my games Library continues to grow with juicy titles like SnowRunner which is basically a throwback to being a boy playing with trucks in a sandbox albeit very virtual now. Meanwhile, I hope the borders remain open for the holidays.
Stuck in the mad…..err, I need to re-think my approach (SnowRunner)
Horizon Forbidden West is probably the most anticipated on my wishlist for 2022. I lost all my saved games for Horizon Dawn (Platinum trophy gained) and can’t be bothered to replay the titles, never did get a real chance to complete the DLC but hey ho.
Having finally got a PS5 I spend more time on actual gameplay which is good considering I have less than 5 hours a week available.
It’s time again to adjust my budget. 2022 sees my annual budget at well under $1000.
Software / Hardware
Release date
Cost
Horizon Forbidden West
18 February 2022
$60.00+
A Plague Tale: Requiem
unknown 2022
$60.00+
Tom Clancy’s The Division: Heartland
unknown 2022
Free-to play?
Star Wars: Eclipse
unknown 2022
$80.00+
Forspoken
May 2022
$60.00
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
unknown
$60.00
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
unknown
$60.00
VR Hardware
no target
$500.00
Total
$880.00
UK heading towards Alert Level 3 for real (The Last of Us™ Part II)
The alert levels are:
• level 1: COVID-19 is not known to be present in the UK • level 2: COVID-19 is present in UK, but the number of cases and transmission is low • level 3: a COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation • level 4: a COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation; transmission is high and pressure on healthcare services is widespread and substantial or rising • level 5: as level 4 and there is a material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed
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