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It's already the SIXTH year of 12-in-12 for Z Space? Dang.

What is 12-in-12? It's the initiative to beat 12 games in 12 months. If this concept is new to you, check out my maiden post on the subject. Also check out last year's 12-in-12.

With that said, let's list the games I completed this year:

• Secret of Mana [SNES]
• Soul Blazer [SNES]
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky [NDS]
• PEAK [Steam]
• Soul Calibur VI [PS4]
• Celeste [Switch]
• Street Fighter Alpha [ARC]
• Ballionaire [Steam]
• Dark Souls III [Steam]

As usual, this list will update as time passes.

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Welcome to yet ANOTHER year of 12-in-12 fun. What is 12-in-12? It's the initiative to beat 12 games in 12 months. If this concept is new to you, check out my maiden post on the subject. Also check out last year's 12-in-12.

With that said, let's list the games I completed this year:

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X [Vita]
• Crash Team Racing [PS1]
• Dead Cells [Switch]
• Dark Souls II [PS3]
• Banjo-Tooie [N64]
• Crashmo [3DS]
• Hypnogogia [PC]
• Torchlight [PC]
• Peglin [Steam]
• Marble it Up! Ultra [Switch]

Totaling 10/12 games. Not too shabby, since I did art and other stuff this year!

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What's up guys? It's time for my FOURTH 12-in-12, the initiative to beat twelve games in twelve months and take out the backlog! Newbies to this concept can check out my maiden post on the subject; then you'll get what's up here. Also check out last year's 12-in-12.

As always, here's the successful hit list for 2024:

• TMNT III: Radical Rescue [GB]
• Sonic CD [Sega CD]
• Factorio [Steam]
• Final Fantasy Adventure [GB]
• MagiCat [Switch]
• Yoku's Island Express [Switch]
• Hades [Switch]
• The Misadventures of Tron Bonne [PS1]
• Persona 5 [PS3]
• Resident Evil 2 Remake [Steam]
• Narita Boy [Switch]

That makes for eleven games this year! Not quite hitting the mark, but we're still on track to clear this backlog! There are some stats at the end of the post, if you're into that sorta thing.

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What's up guys? It's time for yet another 12-in-12, the initiative to beat twelve games in twelve months and take out the backlog! Newbies to this concept can check out my maiden post on the subject; then you'll get what's up here. Also check out last year's 12-in-12.

As always, here's the successful hit list for 2023:

• Dark Souls [PS3]
• Marble it Up [Switch]
• FAST rmx [Switch]
• Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [Switch]
• Terraria [Steam]
• TMNT: Shredder's Revenge [Switch]
• BIT.TRIP RUNNER [Steam/PC]
• Cogs [Steam/PC]
• Furi [Switch]
• Geometry Wars 3 [PS3]
• Symphony [Steam]
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night [Switch]
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder [Switch]
• Castlevania: Dracula X [SNES]
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters [NES]
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters [SNES]
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters [Genesis]
• TMNT 2: Back From the Sewers [GB]

(yep, those TMNT games are each different!)

That's a total of eighteen games beaten this year! Huzzah!

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I've spent the past few weeks reflecting on the sort of content that tends to get posted this time of year: retrospectives. Opportunities to review the events of the year, look at what went well, what didn't, what we'll do in the future to be better. Even though companies and other bullshit are joining in the spirit, it's still important to give yourself moments to look back and self-assess your life. A new year is a new opportunity to improve. You don't need a new year to justify it, but it feels right for some people. I kicked a nicotine habit cold-turkey with a New Year's resolution, back in 2005. It can be done.

So, what was 2022 like? Let's try to exclude the grim politics and general state of the world. Life is rough right now. Some countries are at war. Some are dealing with radical extremists. Some are starving or struggling to stabilize their currencies. Others are fighting for basic rights of expression with clothing, or to keep their culture alive in the face of re-education camps. Let's try to find the good stuff.

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