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Broken impact

Time to prepare for the Dark Winter. Right now, I seem to break easily well actually my right knee is the weak point. According to Ai, it’s likely that I’ve caused a Meniscus Tear: The meniscus is a piece of cartilage that provides a cushion between your femur (thighbone) and tibia (shinbone). Hurts like a son of a bitch and I’m limping everywhere. It could also be a common grade 1 sprain of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) one of the four major ligaments in the knee that connects the femur (thighbone) to the tibia (shinbone). *Ai certainly makes one sound like an expert in anything.

Past few days I’ve been applying Conservative Treatment: This is usually the first line of treatment for meniscus tears and includes rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE) to reduce pain and swelling. Physical therapy can also help strengthen the surrounding muscles and improve the range of motion.

I should be up and running in a few days hopefully as I have my first trip to Edinburgh next week.

STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Still Your Father
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Joyful misery

Sometimes one needs to create a buffer as the onslaught of my PS5 widow’s complaints about my perpetual gameplay is insufferable. So for the next 93 days, I physically handed the box to a fellow veteran to babysit while changing my lifestyle.

I’ll still be Twitching and following, especially with some big titles on the horizon. It also opens up the Console sharing option where games purchased and downloaded can be played on the PS5 even though I don’t own the title. In my case, I’ll be diving into Horizon Forbidden West™ and a complete version of Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT in August.

Meanwhile, IRL, I’ll be tackling neglected areas of life, such as my weight and general fitness issue, as I can no longer blame COVID-19.

I don’t work here any longer
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Gaming Buffet set to damage lobbies

The “Have as much as you like” model has never been friendly to me. In the US, restaurants caused a permanent surge in obesity, offering a massive fixed price menu and the new PlayStation Plus subscription model would cause the gaming equivalent.

Everything is good in moderation, but self-control will be tested. Still, aside from that, it will hurt multiple player group lobbies, with newbies jumping in and out of titles to try it and rage quitting as things get more challenging.

I remember struggling to play with a consistent group in the 2021 title Alien FireTeam and, despite being a true Aliens fan, it was no fun playing with randoms and no comms every time.

Took 8 hours a week to level up my Ronin in Ghost of Tsushima Legends
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Plan C preemptive – Incomplete

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)