Hey
everyone,

I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
wish
you
all
a
very
merry
Christmas!
And
if
you
don’t
celebrate
Christmas,
then
I
wish
you
an
awesome
25th
of
December.
These
days
it
seems
fewer
people
have
the
Christmas
cheer.
I
hope
you’re
holding
onto
the
fun,
the
simple
joy
of
the
day,
whether
it’s
an
extravagant
day
full
of
presents
and
family
or
something
quiet
and
chill.

As
I
write
this
I’ve
got
a
new
favourite
Christmas
movie
on
in
the
background:
Violent
Night.
It’s
a
great
time
involving
David
Harbour
playing
Santa
Claus
as
he
is
trapped
in
a
situation
where
mysterious
attackers
have
taken
a
rich
family
hostage.
Stranded
due
to
his
reindeer
running
away,
Santa
has
to
battle
the
attackers
in
increasingly
violent,
bloody
fights.
it’s
a
really
fun
blend
of
comedy
and
action,
and
a
dab
of
wholesome
entertainment
as
Santa
has
to
work
with
a
young
kid.
Okay,
maybe
wholesome
isn’t
the
right
word
because
I’ve
just
watched
Santa
fill
a
sock
with
snooker
balls
and
use
it
to
beat
the
shit
out
of
a
guy.
And
then
he
stabbed
him
the
eye
with
a
Christmas
star
decoration
before
turning
it
on
and
electrocuting
the
poor
bastard.
Check
it
out
if
you
can.
It’s
on
Netflix.
You’ll
have
a
great
time,
as
long
as
you
aren’t
looking
for
a
wholesome
Christmas
family
flick.

I
can’t
even
begin
to
tell
you
how
crazy
the
last
year
has
been.
It’s
a
long
story
but
suffice
to
say
it
has
involved
connecting
with
a
brother
I
had
always
assumed
I
would
never
get
to
know.
And
now
he’s
here
and
we’ve
had
that
chance,
it’s
incredible
how
quickly
he’s
become
part
of
my
life.
We’ve
picked
up
Warhammer
as
a
hobby
which
turns
out
is
a
very
dangerous
thing
to
do
for
your
bank
account.
With
his
arrival
also
comes
a
shocking
fact:
being
sociable
and
going
outside
is
exhausting.
I’m
not
a
naturally
extroverted
creature,
preferring
mostly
to
hang
out
where
the
games
and
food
are,
but
my
brother
has
been
dragging
me
out
to
eat,
visit
places
and
hang
out.
I
don’t
know
how
extroverts
do
this,
man.
I’m
tired!

I’ll
use
this
as
a
bit
of
a
New
Year
wrap-up
as
well,
shall
I?
Based
purely
on
the
views
this
has
been
the
best
year
ever,
drawing
in
about
290,000
visits.
I
know
that’s
not
a
lot
compared
to
the
big
sites
and
Youtube
channels,
but
it’s
kind
of
a
mind-boggling
number
to
me.
I’ve
somehow
written
454
posts
this
year,
totalling
267,000
words.
So
basically
I
talk
too
god-damn
much.

As
for
the
website
itself,
it
continues
to
trundle
along.
I
admit
that
I
still
love
writing
about
games
there
is
a
little
current
of
frustration
flowing
throgh
my
veins
at
how
I
seem
unable
to
grow
the
site
properly.
The
amount
of
views
and
people
that
visit
every
day,
week
and
month
has
gone.
It’s
good
that
it
isn’t
going
down
obviously
and
I’m
immensely
thankful
for
that,
but
at
the
same
time
it
doesn’t
grow.
Except
randomly
when
the
magical
math
that
powers
the
search
engine’s
bestow
upon
me
some
minor
blessing,
boosting
up
traffic
for
weeks
or
even
a
few
months
before
it
slowly
goes
back
to
normal.
Why?
Who
knows!
I
don’t.
It’s
a
mystery
to
me.
You
know
how
I
said
this
was
technicaly
the
most
successful
year?
Well
that’s
mostly
because
of
two
random
months
where
Google
decided
to
send
heaps
of
traffic
my
way.
Without
those,
it
would
have
been
a
static
year.
But
as
dar
as
I
can
tell,
there
was
nothing
different
in
those
few
months.

Whatever
the
reason,
I’m
left
to
ponder
why
I
can’t
grow
the
site;
is
it
just
because
writing
about
games
is
a
dying/dead
artform,
only
really
sustainable
by
the
massive
pe-existing
sites?
Or
the
more
likely
one,
which
is
just
that
I’m
not
very
good
at
it.

Enough
of
those
dark
musings
though.
I
might
be
a
tad
annoyed,
but
I’m
stll
immensely
thankful
for
everyone
that
keeps
coming
back
and
reading
what
I
do.
I
still
have
great
fun
talking
about
games,
and
thanks
to
all
of
this
*gestures
broadly*
I
get
to
play
a
lot
of
games
I
wouldn’t
normally
be
able
to
afford.
That’s
a
very
awesome
situation
to
be
in,
and
I’m
extremely
thankful
for
it.
It’s
all
thanks
to
you
wonderful
people.
Yes,
even
you,
whoever
you
are
reading
this
whom
I’ve
never
met.
You
might
not
realise
that
your
single
visit,
even
if
you
never
come
again,
does
have
an
impact
on
my
life.
It
makes
it
a
little
bit
better.
It
lets
me
do
cool
shit.
I
dunno,
I
just
find
the
idea
of
being
able
to
have
an
effect
on
someone
by
doing
something
so
seemingly
inconsequential
kind
of
cool,
ya
know?

And
in
the
end,
like
I’ve
said
before,
I’ll
keep
on
writing
even
if
there’s
just
one
solitary
soul
reading,
because
it’s
fun
and
keeps
me
sane.
That
doesn’t
mean
I
don’t
want
to
do
better
and
make
the
site
bigger
though.

So
enjoy
your
day,
my
friends.
Enjoy
good
company,
eat
tasty
food,
play
some
cool
games,
watch
terrible
Christmas
movies
and
love
life.
For
those
of
you
out
there
who
maybe
can’t
do
all
those
things,

Baden