Setting my goals for 2023

At this point, I think we all have a pretty good idea of what a great year it was for game releases, but now I’m interested in focusing the conversation a bit more on how this year in gaming went for us individually. After all, it’s the time of year when a lot of us will set new year’s resolutions to help us introspect and change our habits as the clock ticks over into 2023, and I want to do the same when it comes to my favorite hobby. I’m someone who benefits a lot from structure in my life, so anything I can do to create expectations and goals for myself I think will help me be more of the gamer that I want to be in 2023. So, here are my gaming resolutions for next year.

Pick up the controller

This first one seems a bit obvious, but it’s a big one for me: play more games. After dealing with some gnarly mental health issues that have knocked me on my ass over the past few years, I had trouble getting myself to do anything, let alone work up the energy to start a new game I had never played before. Thankfully I have help now and things have slowly been improving for me, which means I played way more games in 2022 than I have in ages — and I actually got lost in the games I loved this year for a change.

Another little goal I’m setting for myself is to finish at least one open world game this year. I did QA for a third person action game a few years ago, and ever since then I’ve a ton of trouble sitting down and playing for more…