We didnt have the usher ask the question during the movie BUT there was a prerecorded Francis Q&A regarding the movie that was just the perfect digestif capper to the whole thing.

It truly is quite the New Year's film

You better believe it was rationing that little stinker throughout the entire picture lol

All of that aside,
for 2026 I want to see my stalled projects through, read more, create more, get myself out there more, and just, do more good.

But until then, I’m gonna cozy it up for the last few hours to put this horrible horrible year to rest.

But my heart’s GOTY belongs to Silksong, but then again that game is in the Game of the Decade tier. Went in expecting a 20ish hour game and a desire to master Hornet's 45 degree pogo and left 90 hours later blown away & completely rethinking my approach and philosophy towards fighting games

And out of what I’ve played, my gut’s GOTY is Unfair Flips, every time people’d see someone play that game, you’d see different micro existential crises play out through flipping that coin over a thousand+ times. Very illuminating experience, both playing and watching people watch me/others play it.

Shoutouts to Umineko again, Wanderstop, Deltarune (ESPECIALLY its Ch 3 SWORD route), The Hex, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Spec Ops: The Line, of the Devil, Style Savy: Trendsetters, Too Many Picross Games, Soul of Sovereignty, Peak, Oneshot, and Spirit Island

Watched less movies than I’d like (caught sinners in theaters at least), read less books than I’d like (Finally finished Miura’s Berserk, really enjoyed Prince in the Basement, & two chapters of Umineko—really need to get Back on That), but upside was I dove into a lot of super neat games this year

There was a period where I was just "please, give me something!"

….Which lead into my most surprising development, going from “I will not play that card game” to “I have built out 4 complete MTG commander decks & I’m seriously eyeing an upcoming prerelease event” all in the span of like…3 months.

This is such incredible timing because I just watched The Shining for the very first time today and

I agree, she is correct

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