*builds an entire island*

I was genuinely not expecting to get sucked into Dragon Quest Builders 2, but HERE I AM. Apparently, "here is a nice island, build some stuff on it, here's some suggestions of what you could make!" is about the right level of emotional investment for me right now, which I probably should have guessed from all of my friends being ambushed by Animal Crossing at the same time.

... In news shocking to everyone, the demo is like... The entire first quarter of the game. Which makes sense, because building games are better when you've got more time to get invested in what you're doing, but also: holy crap this is a lot of game to be given for free. I guess points to whoever made that decision for it working?

But yes, it's great, I have a very minimal emotional investment and a bunch of mindless tasks to be getting on with, A+, fantastic work everyone.

(Spoilers through to the third plot island – Moonbrooke?)

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I mean, I DID spend three weeks just playing video games

RIGHT, I have been pretty much stuffing my face with media that isn't books, so here is a quick runthrough of everything that I've been playing/watching/whatever to keep my mind off The World Outside.

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