The past 2 weeks, I had decided that I would take a break from working and focus on enjoying the games I recently bought and try to get through as many games I can so I can cycle in some new games to play. It's not so much as stepping away from work as it is allowing my mind to be at ease and actually enjoy free time. Despite not actually being in a work environment with strict deadlines, getting up early, and having the same pressure as a job, my mental state of mind prevents me from enjoying games during the day on weekdays because it feels necessary to be productive. Even on weekends, I feel like I need to make the most of my time to play or do what I want before the weekdays arrive once more for me to stay productive. This often leads to indecisiveness when choosing which game to play. Because of this, I often try to play games to finish them rather than to simply enjoy them.
These past two weeks have been blissful peace with my own mind and being able to enjoy many different games. I was able to get through two dozen games this past month. The problem is that I accumulated three dozen games within the past month. A majority of the games I finished were games I bought during the Steam Summer Sale. I have to say that the discounts weren't the best this year, and so this is possibly the most I've ever spent in a single sale. I also bought a lot of videogame soundtracks with those games which added to the cost. Along with playing all those games, I was watching Summer Games Done Quick on the side. There were some interesting runs this year, but I noticed that I pay less and less attention to the runs now. It's not like EVO where I put all my focus into watching the streams. I suppose an entire week worth of watching people play videogames is rather exhausting, especially when I'm focused on playing games myself. I also received a Nintendo Switch just last Tuesday which added another option to a selection of games I could play. All-in-all, it was a really fun vacation for my mind to sit down and actually play some games. I honestly want to extend it and continue playing more since I have a ton more games waiting to be played, but I have too many things I want to finish this year to lollygag any further.
I might work on a few more remixes (if it doesn't take too long) before I get to creating original audio work. I have a lot planned for this month, so hopefully I can knock some projects down.
Games I really enjoyed playing this past month:
-BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle
-Metroid: Other M
-NOISZ
-Nex Machina
-Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
-Front Mission Evolved
-Livelock
-Nidhogg 2
-Pocket Rumble
-Mighty Gunvolt Burst
-Ruiner
Games I really enjoyed playing but didn't finish this past month:
-Agents of Mayhem
-Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition
-It Lurks Below
-Wizard of Legend
-Fire Emblem Warriors
