Podcast recording day today — Chris and I have a good chat about the games we're looking forward to playing in the new year. I was a little concerned I wouldn't have much to talk about because initially I wasn't sure I could even name that many games that were coming out in 2021 — but as it turns out, we had plenty to talk about, even without delving into our respective backlogs too much.

There are lots of exciting games coming up over the course of just the next few months, so I'm excited to explore them in detail, along with continuing to explore the wonderful world of retro gaming. And the concept of "retro" gaming is expanding more and more as we move onwards into yet another generation of consoles — so that's pretty exciting. It's certainly giving a whole bunch of stuff I have fond memories of from 20 years ago or so a whole new lease on life.

I'm also excited about starting Atelier Escha & Logy, and Nekopara vol. 4 has been as charming as you'd expect so far. Will try and polish that off over the course of the next couple of days so I can give it the write-up it deserves — then onwards to more Atelier and even more "Bizarre" lands. Good stuff. I'm feeling positive about this new year; it just remains to be seen whether I can keep up that energy, I guess!

Did I miss a day? I didn't think I had, but I think I had. Oh well. I'll figure it out. Either way, a very happy new year to you all!

Insert usual platitude about 2020 being a very tough year for us all here. It has, but it's also been a year of opportunities in some strange and interesting ways, too. I certainly won't be missing 2020, but I also achieved a whole bunch despite everything else that was going on, so I can't complain too much. I certainly wasn't hit hard by the whole pandemic thing in the same way that some people were, so I should be thankful for that.

Tomorrow will be a quiet day on the site; there'll be an Evercade A to Z video and a brief public Happy New Year message, then I'll post the next Atelier MegaFeature piece on Saturday again. Normal business should resume thereafter!

We made it, everyone. Rest well tonight, and face the new year full of piss and vinegar or something. Having drank a large bottle of raspberry lemonade Hooch this evening (I'm a classy chick, me) I certainly have the "piss" part covered.

Happy new year — and thank you, as always, for all your support throughout 2020 and beyond.