Let's focus on more positive things, then. I said that MoeGamer and my videos bring me joy and meaning, so let's concentrate on what's next in those regards!

First up, $5 Patrons, I'll get you a new wallpaper within the next few days — likely over the weekend.

Second up, I've got one more article about The Expression: Amrilato to post, but I'm waiting on some interview responses from SukeraSparo via MangaGamer, so I'm not sure when that will happen, since MangaGamer's staff has been at a number of conventions recently. I'll chase it up if I haven't heard anything by tomorrow.

Given the slightly up in the air nature of that last part of the feature on The Expression: Amrilato, I'm thinking about moving on and just posting that piece whenever it eventually happens. It'll ultimately end up categorised correctly on the Hub Page for The Expression: Amrilato, it'll just miss out on some time featured on the front page. Or I might leave it featured there anyway; it's not like there's a rule that all the featured content needs to be from the same game or series, I've just stuck to that so far.

Moving on to what? Well, I'm pretty sure that the next feature I've got in me is Catching Up with Senran Kagura, which is something I've been putting off for a long time, but the recent release of Peach Ball made me want to actually get off my bum and cover the games I haven't written about yet. Specifically, those are Bon Appetit, Peach Beach Splash, Burst Re:Newal and Peach Ball. Senran Kagura is a perfect "summer series" so now is the time, I'd say.

In the near future, I have a number of things in mind that I'd like to cover, both drawn from recent releases and slightly older stuff that I've had on my shelf for a while. I haven't "prioritised" these or anything yet, but these are the ones that are at the forefront of my mind when I think about "what's next?"

• Dragon Star Varnir

• Date a Live

• Super Neptunia RPG

• Dark Rose Valkyrie

• Song of Memories

• Worldend Syndrome

• Death Mark

• Unlimited SaGa

• Trinity Universe

I've been thinking about all these games for a while; some I want to cover because they're recent releases, some I want to explore because they've been on my shelf for a while, and some are ones I just think will be interesting to talk about.

This is by no means a comprehensive list of what I intend to cover, mind; I may well find myself changing my mind on what's next depending on my mood and what comes out! If you have anything you're particularly interested in me exploring as a Cover Game feature, though, do please feel free to let me know — last year's Project Zero feature ended up being so detailed and thorough because of Patron feedback, so please do speak up if I happen to offhandedly mention anything you'd like to hear more about.

Anyway, I should probably get some day job work done. Thank you once again for your support, and I'll speak to you soon.

Sorry, forgot to write yesterday. Too much Custom Order Maid 3D 2. I was expecting to do a quick runthrough of its main features, assuming it would be almost identical to Custom Maid 3D 2 with some minor additions, but instead… well, this happened and before I knew it it was midnight. Whoops.

I am having… a bit of a variable time in terms of wellbeing right now, I'll be honest.

On the one hand, I'm pleased that I'm managing to stick to my new early-morning routine of getting up by 6.30am at the latest (ideally earlier… though that doesn't always happen) and going to the gym. At the time of writing, I've been to the gym every weekday morning since last Monday. I'm at the point where I'm actually quite enjoying myself there. It helps, of course, that I watch some short-form anime such as Magical Senpai, Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? and Are You Lost? while I'm doing cardio and have How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? opening theme Onegai Muscle on loop while I'm doing weight training, but I'm also just… quite enjoying it. Who'd have thought it?

On the other hand, I'm feeling very down right now. Depression and anxiety are really doing their best to do a number on me, frequently giving me feelings of bleak frustration and stress over nothing in particular. I'm feeling somewhat bored and unfulfilled at my day job — largely exacerbated by these feelings — but I'm also frustrated because I know that 1) it's a good job and 2) if I go somewhere else I'll almost certainly end up feeling this way there, too.

I'm just trying to focus on the things I love doing, which are making videos and writing stuff for MoeGamer. Those things consistently make me happy, satisfied and creatively fulfilled, so even if I'm feeling dissatisfied with the rest of my life to a degree that it's making me feel bad for quite a lot of the time, I can rely on those things to bring me joy when I have the opportunity to work on them.

With that in mind, I thank you all once again for your ongoing support and for believing in what I do enough to want to help me out. It really means a lot.