Undoubtedly feeling good now after a quick series of Beach Sunrises and self-pampering. I’m back on the merry-go-round but it’s all different this time.
I CAN breathe again.
It’s a new dawn, It’s a new day, It’s a new life for me…..
Warning!!! Shop, Stream and Send levels exceeded.
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.
Dirty device
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.
rm /path/to/2021/*
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.
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.
Budget 2022 – Infections rising
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 |
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