And with that, one of the most packed years for entertainment media I can remember is done and dusted.
I’d normally be looking to relax and take most of January as a bonus chill month to watch and play some old stuff, but I’ll be honest: the first quarter of 2024 is looking so scary that if I don’t pick up any games between April 1st and December 31st, I might still struggle to finish all the meaty games I’d have already started by then. In particular, I’m one of the many people who has February 29th circled seven times on the calender, as the sequel to my 2020 Game of the Year (and Dune 2, while we’re at it) looks set to land with a titanic crash that temporarily eradicates several categories of life priorities at once.
But in this very brief calm before the storm, here are all ten of the countdowns that summed up my busy 2023:
Vagrant Rant 