The End of 25
It is the end of another year, and I thought it could be cool to write a little blog post summarising this year, and talking about what comes next.
What happened this year?
Game Development
I decided to dedicate a lot of this year to improving at game development. It's something that I started learning in 2023, but I floundered around never achieving much other than a few prototypes that could never materialise into anything more.
In April, I decided to create and release my first ever video game Care(taking). I never expected anyone to really play it, I was just excited and happy to put software out into the world. To my surprise, a decent amount of people played it, and some even spent money on it. I wrote about Care(taking) here and here if you want to read more.
The Sickness of The Computer
I got increasingly frustrated with how I interact with technology in my life, particularly on the computer. Everything changed from those rosy mid-to-late 2000s/early 2010s where everything felt so exciting and new. The internet and the software I used felt fresh, interesting and most importantly just never got in my way too much. Of course, there was still issues. I don't think using a computer without encountering lots of issues eventually is possible. But, in that, I felt no malice.
Fast forward to today, everything feels horrible. Nothing feels like it was made for the end user. Everything breaks, everything is continuously pestering and badgering you to subscribe to this, to sign up for that, to see these ads. Windows 11 is the biggest pile of shite I've ever had the misfortune of using. I've been increasingly toying with using Linux as my primary operating system over the past few years, only to hit certain roadblocks along the way, however, I think dealing with those roadblocks might be preferable to the next batch of Windows updates that ruin the experience of using the computer. I will need to continue testing and find out what works long term.
Tech companies cozy up to fascist wankers more and more as time goes on, and I feel like there isn't really any other choice at this point. Were it that I could use a modern Windows 7 style version of Windows and just have all my stuff work, that would be awesome, but I cannot. So Linux seems like the next best thing. I'm writing this on my Fedora install right now, and I plan on staying on it throughout all of January to see if it suits my needs long-term. 
The computer felt like home, and overtime it has increasingly become a fucking pain to use due to the fucking losers running big tech. Our devices are not some separate incorporeal entity from our lives, they are a part of us whether you like it or not, and I feel like software annoying the shit out of everyone 24/7 just has to be bad for us as a society.
The Social Sickness of The World
Something really strange happened after COVID, and I only really fully realised it this year. Everyone became so much ruder, so much more prone to outburst and uncontrollable rage. People want to annoy as many as people as possible, but complain if they ever get called out for their horrible behaviour. I've noticed this more in younger people than people in their 30s+, but, you can see it across all age ranges.
I'm unsure on the specifics of what happened, or why. I'm not that intelligent so I cannot provide an analysis other than, it was like this and now it's like this. It's incredibly frustrating. You see it way more on the net, but, these things also happen in real life too.
Next year?
I hope to release another video game and make lots of friends.