They say the older you get, the quicker the years seem to go by, and usually I’d have to agree. 2024, however, did not go by quickly for me. That was partially because I had some spicy personal stuff going on, partially because the international sport on offer was a ridiculous embarrassment of riches all year long, and partially because I happened to come across this video on the “holiday paradox” right as things were starting to speed up.
But mostly, it was because 2024 had already felt like it had squeezed in several years worth of outlandish videogame news sucker-punches by the end of May, the JRPGs were out in force like it was the 1990s again, worthwhile movies were actually coming from wildly different sources and getting proper coverage in the wake of the blockbuster industry taking a long smoke break, and I went through yet another significant shake-up in my K-Pop / K-R&B listening habits.
It was also a bit of a highlight year for this site, if I do say so myself. I hit my personal goal of publishing a new post every month except February, making it the most prolific year for Vagrant Rant since 2019 – yes, the pandemic made me less productive, go figure – and it would have beaten even that year if Nintendo had just announced the stupid Switch 2. But I’m not bitter about that. Oh wait, no, I am, but more on that tomorrow, when we kick off another year of annual countdowns on Vagrant Rant!
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