#wanderstop

My gaming library is huge. No, this is not a brag, it's a statement haha.

Video games are a huge part of my life, cozy indie titles especially. Sometimes getting lost for hours taking care of a farm does more than slapping enemies in the face with a sword, you know?

And lately, work has been weighing on me, which most of the time leads to a domino effect of old wounds reopening. This time is not different, as former people I trusted and that let me down are showing up even in my dreams of all places (not the first time this happens, but hey, still sucks).

So there I went, scrolling through my library to see what to play...and then I noticed Wanderstop.

I've had it in my library for a while now. I vaguely knew what it was about: a warrior who's forced to take a break and work at a tea shop. It has quirky characters, some puzzle mechanics and mostly it just... lets you play at your own pace, with as much liberty a cozy game can mechanically give you.

Who knew, though, that playing a burnt-out fighter in a fantasy setting who is forced by the world around her to take a break is exactly what I needed. So yeah, sometimes books, movies, and even games sit on the shelf until the right moment.