Time to talk about the stuff we liked in 2023!
## Interesting Stuff
Not much, tbh. Uh, here's some good [[Raging Strike Tech]] I picked up if you play [[Granblue Fantasy Versus - Rising|GBVS:R]] lol.
### [[The Cohost Project Database]]
We've hit over 30 entries in the CPD! I'm gonna start talking about specific projects once I'm back from my trip (more on that in a bit). I'm happy people have been so interested in posting their stuff here!
## Writing
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### [[Favorites of 2023]]!!!
It's time! Check out my favorite games and movies of the year, along with the stuff my friends were into last year too! With great art by [deltahead](https://cohost.org/deltahead?page=0)! I'll also just post the full list here so you don't miss anything:
### Mint
[[Mint's Games of the Year 2023]]
[[Mint's Movies of the Year 2023]]
### Robin
[[Robin's Games of the Year 2023]]
### Mordread
[[Mordread's Game of the Year 2023]]
### Loz
[[Loz's 2023 Wrap-Up]]
### [[I Hit S5]]
I wrote about how I got to S5 rank in [[Granblue Fantasy Versus - Rising|GBVS:R]] and how it made me feel, as well as my thoughts about "The Fighting Game Community."
### [[The Fabula Ultima Retrospective]]
I finished up our Fabula Ultima tabletop campaign, and wrote about what I think was good and what didn't go so well. Super excited to start Lancer next!
## What I'm Playing
I just finished *Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown*. It was an absolute banger. Extremely happy with it, my favorite metroidvania after *Castlevania: Symphony of the Night*! Now I'm probably gonna be chilling with *Astalon: Tears of the Earth* until *Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth* comes out on the 24th and I devour it like a monster.
## Velvet Album
The Worldless OST has been fantastic for working, both creative and capitalistic. Lots of ambiance with some nice soaring / epic tracks when I wanna hunker down, haha.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMdOE4Ry7ObUU8gArNQLqdBT7g3fTX0mU
## Status Update
Gonna be on a work trip for the first half of next week. I'm...ambivalent. I can't even hang out really, it's just gonna be 3 days of work and socializing, and then straight back home, haha. BUT I realized I could take my Steam Deck with me to play *Infinite Wealth* in my hotel Tuesday at midnight. So that's nice!
I don't think I've mentioned it in this newsletter, but I'm also writing a very large story[^1] called *Zahra and the Divine Frame*. I've been writing a little of it every day and I honestly have been quite happy with it, as far as a first draft. I'd like to finish it before the end of the year - we'll see how it goes!
I've been waking up early lately - around 5:30AM. Apparently it's one more aspect I've taken from my grandfather on my mom's side. I've never met him, even though I feel like I have with how similar we seem to be. Regardless, it's been great! I enjoy having all this extra time to myself to play games or watch movies or write. I hope to keep the habit going for 2024.
### Signing Off
That's all for now! Thing's have been pretty good on my end, and I hope they have been for you too!
[^1]: I hesitate to call it a "novel" because I don't like the connotation, haha. A novel sets expectations that I'm not interested in engaging with.