I’ll be honest: This week was tough. It started harmless enough, but on Wednesday I suddenly lost my hearing. Gone. Just like that. As you can imagine, this wasn’t the most pleasant experience. I spend the following days at the doctors office and in bed, hoping that my hearing would get better. And it did - right now only my right ear is still somewhat impacted. And I hope that this will resolve itself with time, too.
I’m not sure what caused this. Maybe the stress of the pandemic finally caught up to me. I don’t know. But this surely feels like a warning shot and I’ll need some time to reflect and adjust, so that something like this doesn’t happen again.
The only good thing about this was that I had some time to check out the Steam Games Festival - a virtual showcase event where you can try out free demos of upcoming video games. I played a bunch of them: Slipways, Potion Craft, Dorfromantik, Rougebook, Sands of Aura. Yeah, I tried really hard to keep my mind from wondering why I didn’t hear properly.
The standout, though, was Loop Hero. I’ll buy it the moment it releases. It’s just such a clever mix of card mechanics, city building, RPG elements… basically all the genres I adore meshed into one. I also really dig its gloomy pixel art.
Give it a try - I promise you won’t regret it.