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The personal struggle with a family member I mentioned before wasn’t the only emotional struggle in my life, our lives. Our daughter just celebrated her 5th birthday, and we are ready for the “next chapter” in her life: This August, she will officially be starting preschool (in her daycare center)! She has been craving more cognitive challenges and stimulation in the past few months which they…

It is that time of the year again! Blaugust will officially start on August 1. I tried to find good words for it, but I find myself repeating what Krikket already wrote on her post. So, I will keep it short and refer you to her blog instead for a longer description and more information. The very short explanation of what Blaugust is: Write up to 31 posts during August, engage with the other…

It is Summer Game Fest and Guild Wars 3 has been officially announced! We already know it is being developed, didn’t we? But here we are now, with a brand new trailer even. Right after they announced the game, the official website for Guild Wars 3 went down. I guess there is a huge interest in the next game! I am not sure yet whether I am personally excited or not because – apart from a few…

I have been very quiet for a long time now. Usually, I keep my private life away from this blog because I want it to focus on my gaming experiences and our shared interest in enjoying virtual worlds far away from reality (or close to some kind of reality that we want to face… depending on the games we choose to play). And I know that I do not owe an explanation to a mostly anonymous crowd (or…

For me, it has been a really good year when it comes to discovering new games!  I looked at the games that I got in 2025 which are not necessarily games released in 2025 – but as it turns out, when checking for the release dates, all of them actually are from 2025! I did not realize how many of these games are in Early Access. I guess it is a lot more common with smaller or indie games and since…