This year I played a LOT less; partly because I wasn’t home as much as I was in 2020 due to the COVID mitigations. Also, it was partly because I focused on programming with older Advent of Code challenges. Last year I wanted to make a list of games and go in order, but that fell apart when I got stuck on The Witcher 2 and stopped following the list. First up, a video of the games I played this year. Second, the text version of what I said in the video. Right before my Game of the Year selection, a graph of this year’s gameplay.

Took advantage of MIL’s presence to get some gaming done before I would be too busy to game for a while.

Civilization VI (18 hours):

https://youtu.be/9eHVWDntw4g?list=PLEJrELYLxNgWZ4TsugA53ODOuSvnraSVu

This time around I play as Greece and try for a cultural victory while also getting more involved in the religion part of the game.

Vertical Drop Heroes HD (1 hour 25 minutes):

https://youtu.be/2VyexAVIwEY?list=PLEJrELYLxNgXBv5HxeZNUxg5AWWM9QGJb

On Extra Life game day I end up further than I’ve ever been in the game.

Civilization V (8 hours):

https://youtu.be/IpCdWi0w0U8?list=PLEJrELYLxNgVwd6MWpI64II_fu14o3KpB

I started off playing the same multi-player games we’ve been playing for years now. Then I heard Civ VI comes out this year and so that inspired me to play a solo game.

Contraption Maker (1 hour):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEJrELYLxNgULZsu5WJW6Xyb1Hc4XPK_X

I started off just intending to check out this this game. Then Scarlett saw me playing and asked me to play some more.

Always Sometimes Monsters (1 hour):