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Yes, I realize I posted less than an hour ago! I was actually intending to go do something completely different after I posted that, but then I spontaneously sat down and wrote up this wrap-up instead. This has been split into three sections this year.

( my 2024 gaming year in review, beneath the cut )

Happy 2024!

And for me, happy truly is the key word here—I’m entering this year in a such a good place. 2023 had its ups and downs like all years do, but I’ve reached such a good place in my personal/real life this year. The kind of good that I was honestly worried that I’d never manage to achieve. So, I’m entering this new year feeling quite happy and hopeful for the future. /sappy

► Every year, I tell myself I’m going to do the snowflake_challenge again—and every year since my last successful attempt in 2017(!), I’ve failed at that. But not this year! At the time of my typing this, we’ve reached Day 2 of the prompts.

Day One’s prompt was to update your fandom information on your profile. I don’t really have an introduction post in the traditional sense, nor do I particularly feel the need to have an in-depth profile—I left those things behind back when I left lj. But there is one thing that I have changed my mind about, and that’s the interests portion of my profile. Again, it’s something that I used back in my lj days, but have always left blank here on dreamwidth—but now, that’s no longer the case.

Granted, it’s been so long that I’m not entirely sure what makes for “good” interests to include on it anymore, but regardless! I can always fiddle with it later; the important thing is that it’s no longer empty.

Day Two’s prompt is to set some goals for the coming year. I think that, fannish-wise, the main thing I’d like to do is make more space for writing again in my life. More specifically, I would like to finish some of my old WIPs—and even more specifically, I would really like it if I could tackle a good chunk of my list of Scum Villain WIPs—but really, the main point is writing, and taking joy in doing so.

► As the above suggests: I’m still rolling around in my Scum Villain revival feelings, yes. ♥ I’ve now finished reading the official translation—volume 4 was literally my final book of 2023, and I finished it on the final day of the year. Honestly, can’t think of a better note I could have ended it on <3 The intensity of my love for this novel knows no bounds.

► Here’s my usual gaming year in review round-up for 2023: ( beneath the cut )

► Still need to do my writing wrap-up—I haven’t looked what needs to go on there yet, but based on my memories, it should be a short one—but I’ve run out of time to do so before I need to go to bed, and I would like to post this entry tonight, so I’m just going to post what I have now and see about doing that + a few other things I wanted to write about next time.

I realize we’re already just about finished with the first month of the year, but I thought I’d throw up a (very brief) post about my gaming in 2021 anyway. Skipping my usual questionnaire this year, mostly because I don’t feel like I really did enough gaming to justify answering the questions.
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I just realized that I probably won't have time to post tomorrow (not unless work lets me out early like they did on Christmas Eve, which, would be nice! but I'm not going to depend on it), so I decided I'll post my end-of-the-year wrap-up posts now.

First up, my gaming year in review!

This year, my gaming list was a bit more difficult than usual to compile due to the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice—there were a lot of games I played only a little bit of before setting aside. Ultimately, I decided that I’d only put games in my “Other Games Played, Not Yet Beat” list if I’d actually gotten to the point where I logged them into backloggery as well.

(I also didn’t include games that I played two-player on with my brother, but, then, I never do.)
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Time for my yearly overlook of the gaming I did this year!
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► Yes, I’m still playing OZMAFIA!!. Most recently, I just finished up all the endings for the main three (Caramia, Kyrie, & Axel), including the transferred affection endings. I have a lot to say! —Mostly about the transferred affection endings, because I took pretty detailed notes for those, but I do have comments on the Caramia and Axel routes overall as well.

( spoilers, images, and a truly ridiculous amount of words beneath the cut )

tl;dr the transferred affection routes/endings were universally and overwhelmingly better than the standard routes! (I was about to say “with the exception of the love triangle sections”, except it’s not like those sections were any better when Fuka sticks with her original LI, so.)

► I’m still not 100% decided on whose route I’m going to do next now that I’m done with the main three, though I’ve narrowed it down. I did google the recommended route order, and ( more beneath the cut )

...I also wanted to talk a bit about one of my theories for something that didn’t show up in the main three’s routes / that I am now thinking might show up in the brothel or Robin Hood routes, if it shows up at all, but the above turned out to be so much longer than I thought it would be (almost 6K!!! holy hell), and I am exhausted. ….Seriously, this update took me so long to write. I really should have updated more in-between if I wanted to talk about this playthrough in that much depth. Someone save me from myself. ;_;

► Unlike the rest of this entry, this has nothing to do with OZMAFIA!!, but I also posted my usual writing wrap-up post for 2018 over here.

It’s that time of the year again, when I talk about my favorite media consumed in the past year. This year, I have no anime listed, mainly because I spent most of the year without any internet connection, and so only managed to finish up one series. (Grimgar of Fantasy & Ash, if you’re curious.) I did put a podcast category, because I ended up listening to a lot of podcasts this year.

And now, for the actual lists. Like last year, I’ve put everything in vaguely alphabetical order. ( cut for length + many images )

It’s the last day of the year… which means that it’s about time I started on my usual end-of-the-year posts! This time, I’m going to start off with my yearly favorites.

I know that I usually include movies in these posts, but...I actually can’t remember watching any movies this year? I know I rewatched Labyrinth for the Trick or Treat exchange, and I know I rewatched the Winnie the Pooh Christmas/New Year’s movie on Christmas, but I can’t remember watching anything else.

Everything is in vaguely alphabetical order.

( give these clay feet wings to fly )

So, I kind of fell off the posting-every-day-this-month bandwagon, but that doesn't mean that I've forgotten about my yearly traditions! (Though, um, I'm not sure if I actually want to do my questionnaire this year.) Here is my top favorites from the various forms of media I consumed this year. ♥

I know that Yuletide reveals just happened, but I'm likely not going to post my reveals post until tomorrow, when it's actually January 1 in my timezone. Look out for it!

Everything is in no particular order.

( they are the hunters, we are the foxes )