March 2025
I had a lot of fun in March, although I spent a decent chunk of time to simply beat a game I would have dropped otherwise (Borderlands). I think it’s good for my gaming fluency to have finally played it, but the gameplay got a bit stale towards the mid-game and I don’t think it ever recovered. It wasn’t a bad deal either way. Hellblade on the other hand, was such a thrilling ride, and I finally got my hands on Elden Ring (thank you Vash and Arrmeya) and I finally understand what the hype is all about. I think I sank close to 15 hours in my first two weeks and I’m still so, so early in the game hahaha it’s awesome.
Two SG wins beaten, four new wins (so total is -2), and two games beaten from my personal backlog. I’ll be kind to myself and try to limit my PAGYWOSG games to two at most, because I know most of my time will be consumed with Elden Ring. But that’s by no means an issue hehe
SG Wins
RESTLESS SOUL
3.5 hours, 22 of 30 achievements
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
14.2 hours, 13 of 14 achievements
Backlog
Borderlands GOTY Enhanced
24.1 hours, 35 of 80 achievements
milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk 
0.3 hours, no achievements
SG Wins
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Mad Max
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Wall World
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Itorah
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Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard
Keys received as a gift
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Heretic's Fork
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Zoeti
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Fae Tactics
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Picklock
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Grid Ranger
Purchases
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Ori and the Blind Forest
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Kairo
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Hylics
Freebies
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Isle of Jura
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Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy (1999)
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Ease Out
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Traveller's Hymn
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The Shadow Over Cyberspace
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Hellblade is such a great game. Atmosphere, storytelling, sound design, mechanics, everything. The enemies look so incredibly threatening too!
I definitely had to take long breaks in between gaming sessions. The puzzles and immersion + the threatening enemies were a bit too much to handle at times, emotionally speaking. It’s scary that, for some people with the conditions depicted in the game, that can be their day to day lived situation. Extremely humbling experience.