Retro Gamer

IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING

I’ve spoken in the past about my compulsion for collecting and how it’s most likely (in my case at least) tied to my mental health. I’ve been struggling quite a bit again lately and when I go down these dark pits of despair I typically do one of two things: gorge myself on food or buy videogames. They’re admittedly short term fixes to a bigger, underlying problem, which I’ve now started to address, but they can consume me.

My latest videogame bender has focussed not necessarily on for example. I’ve enjoyed my time playing it, but it’s plagued with VSync issues that really pulls me out of the game. is another title I recently returned to but its framerate is so poor I had to give up on it.

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