Year End Review 2025

2025 is over. Let's see the stats

PS1: 1 (↔) PS1: 10 (↑ 9) VR: 2 (↔) Nintendo Switch: 1 (↓ 1) PC: 8 (↔) PS5: 4 (↔) PS4: 1 (↔)

Shooter: 3 (↑ 1) Action: 11 (↑ 3) Puzzle: 2 (↔)

Racing: 3 (↓ 3) Fighting: 6 (↑ 5)

Other: 1 (↔)

Game Played: 26 (678) (↓ 1)
Finished Game: 26 (565) (↑ 5) Perfect RUN!!!

Game of the Year

10) Lonely Mountains Snow Riders
9) Sword of the Sea
8) Jusant
7) and Roger
6) The Rogue Prince of Persia
5) Batman Arkham Shadow
4) Star Wars Jedi Survivor

3) Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

This was the best game of 2024 and was the first game I played this year. It didn't diasapoint. The Metroidvania style gameplay. Tight controls and great combat made this game something that I feel is a must play for all fans.

2) Dead Cells

Tried playing this game before but this time decided to stick with and I was not disspointed. Fast pace combat couple with with multiple types of weapon types makes this a game I keep coming back to again and again. Even with cheats it is still a fun game to play.

1) New Star GP

The first actual long game I played on my Steam deck and I am not disspointed. Arcade style racing with simulation style gameplay and you got yourself a winning recipe for a great game. Not to mention that the movie F1 also influence my decision.

Honourable mentions
Castlevania Symphony of the Night Blue Prince Mortal Kombat 1 aperture Desk Job

Series

This year I watch a lot of great shows. Going slowly trying to finsh my backlog of shows. It is going to take a while but I did watch a couple of great shows on the way.

Memorable moments and shows

Rick and morty the anime Saying goodbye to Star Trek Discovery, Lower Decks, Prodigy, Superman & Lois, The Equalizer, The Good Doctor and Tacoma FD Watched Schitt's Creek and Scandal. Both are great series. Cobra Kai the most satisfying series I have watched in a long time New Series such as The Pitt, Shogun, Ted, The Studio    

Total series that I watch is 1061 (↑ 10)

Movies

Movie of the year

3. Look Back
2. Thunderbolts
1. F1

Unrelated = 39 (↓ 6)

NEW STUFF FOR 2025

1.A new 2TB Steamdeck OLED. This machine is amazing and I only have scratch the surface of the games. I am planning to playing more this year. 

2. New prescription lenses for my Meta Quest 3. Now I can play games without glasses 

  

(UN)MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR 2025

2025 has not been as bad as last year but there are some sad moments as well. Nowadays I have come to terms that whatever happens, it happens for a reason and I need to be okay with it.

Baby the cat died due to carelessness. It could have been avoided but it was her time to go. With Baby gone H1 finally moved out of the house and live at her university. But took a couple of months for her to recover My best friend had an accident and cost the total loss of their car. Gladly that she is not hurt but she did buy a more expensive car whihc I think it is just a bad idea. Wife depression this year has gotten worse and I am getting less and less sex which I am coming to terms with. Nothing much I can do and just support her decision I gave a lot of money to help my best friend. It sucks but I know I'll get the money back eventually.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR 2025

Met a couple of my English students. Met a 16 year old boy and took him for lunch and my favorite student came for Raya Lunch. Probably will do it again next year Went to for a mini vacation alone in Penang. Met my aunt and cousin. Climb a hill ate some food. It was a great time of doing nothing Mom got a lifetime achievement award. She has reach her peak and she still manage to climb another mountain. I am always proud of her. Met a new best friend and help her with a lot money. Seems like she needs it more and I am a sucker for a sad story. Hopefully next year she can turn herself around

2025 New Year's Resolutions

1. Save 30000 this year. or more. (I am going to count this as win. I think the total is close to 26k but that is still a lot of money to save. Next year is going to be better)

2. Buy a switch 2 (Nope, so far that console is too expensive and the games as well. I will wait for the crack version in a couple more years)

3. Go on 4 vacations this year with one international destination.

(Yes we did went on 4 vacations with one international destination being South Korea)

4. 3500 classes a year (Yes, this year classes was 3885 classes with a net profit of $6776.15, next year is probably going to be more)

5. Buy a new laptop for work (Nope, with the money I had to use this year, a new pc will have to take a back seat for a while. Not sure if I will ever get to do it with the prices of parts going higher)

2026 New Year's Resolutions

1. Save at least 10000 in my asb (17xxx)

2. 4 times vacation with 2 overseas trips 

3. Buy Airpods OR Playstation portal 

4. Try to lose 5kg 

5. A new PC/laptop again...

And with that. 2025 is done and dusted. It was better than last year and there are a lot of suprises in store for me and I can't wait for the adventure which is 2026. Ameen. The same thing I write every year.

Year End Review 2024

2024 is over. Let's see the stats

Nintendo 64: 18 (↑ 13) Nintendo Switch: 2 (↓ 2) PS5: 4 (↓ 1) PS1: 1 (↔) VR: 2 (↔)

Racing: 6 (↓ 5)
Platformer: 4 (↔)
Board: 3 (↔)
Sport: 1 (↔)
Action: 8 (↓ 1)
Shooter: 2 (↓ 1)
Board: 1 (↔)
Fighting: 1 (↓ 1)
Music: 1 (↔)

Game Played: 27 (652) (↓ 6)
Finished Game: 21 (539) (↓ 3)

Game of the Year

10) Star Fox 64
9) Diddy Kong Racing
8) Star Soldier Vanishing Earth
7) Balatro
6) Wave Race 64
5) First Encounters
4) Ghost of Tsushima Return to Iki Island

3) Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut

Another year, another one open world game I try to do. This game doesn't dissapoint. It was a delight from start to finish. I am glad I started this game later in life so I get to enjoy the whole package. I think I am going to do that with the sequel as well.

2) Beat Saber

I got a Meta Quest 3 and this game was amazing. It just shows that VR is just on another level to play. I love every minute of playing this game. Plus it does give me a good sweat. I think I will play this game for another year until I get bored of it

1) Astro Bot

A love letter to my childhood. I think I played most of these games growing up so I did enjoy going to memory lane. Plus this game won Game of the Year and I think it lives up to the hype. I won't probably touch this again but maybe one day I would. Awesome 2024 in gaming

Honourable mentions
Another year and another of no honourable mentions. It is probably due that I didn't play any good games and to get 10 was difficult enough. Hopefully next year I get to play a couple of awesome games.

Series

Every year I watch a lot of shows and this year is no different. The problem is I don't quite remember what I watched starting early of the year. So next year hoping it would be different.

Memorable moments and shows

Finishing Monk, The West Wing and Parks and Recreation and Twin Peaks this year
Saying goodbye to This is Us. I was trying my best to not watch it until I can't avoid it.
No more Young Justice, Doom Patrol, All Rise, Evil, Quantum Leap
Stating Kamen Rider from the 80's until now
New Shows like Fallout, Batman and Mr and Mrs Smith is a must watch

Total series that I watch is 1061 (↓ 153)

Movies

Movie of the year

3. Transformers One
2. The Wild Robot
1. Deadpool & Wolverine

Unrelated = 45 (↓ 4)

NEW STUFF FOR 2024

1.Proton Ativa (Wife got a new car and is a small cute SUV. She likes it but Im out 500 a month for 10 years +)
2. Meta Quest 3 (VR is an awesome piece of equipment. Best non crucial piece of equipment I need. Plus I get to mod it. Win for me)
3. Iphone 15 Plus (Finally after close to 7 years. Got a new phone)
4. Ayn Odin Pro (Not a steamdeck but it could play my retro games for now)

(UN)MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR 2023

2024 has been a whirlwind of a ride. This year I think it is the hardest for me with a lot of losses than wins

Hit my new car but it was just a scratch
Year two of not getting back our investment money. I think this is going to be at least 5 years.
I lost 18000 to a scam that made me think that I can earn a lot of money. Such an idiot. I decided to pull the plug so that means for this year it is time to get back what I lost. It is going to take a while but it will okay
Gain back my weight which sucks. It is so hard to maintain the weight

MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR 2024

One year for teaching English and loving it
Vacations that I took
H1 finally graduated high school and now it is Uni
Just being present for the things that matter in life.
Mom gave half a million to me and the kids

2024 New Year's Resolutions

1. Finish writing my will for the people that I love
(Nope, that hasn't happen yet. I keep putting it off which it really my mistake)

2. Bring the whole family aboard this year
(Nope, I got the money but just didn't have the time. I really need to do new passports for the girls)

3. Buy a steamdeck OLED (Bonus if get a second handheld)
(I got a Ayn odin but I didn't get a steamdeck OLED? Maybe this year?)

4. Start back investing slowly
(Finally a win. Yup Investing back slowly. Next year I am going to ramp it up but yeah. Looking like my 10 year plan is going into motion

5. Get abs (this is impossible but I love a challenge)
(I think I am going to stop doing weight loss challenges. It doesn't seem to work. But I am however going to work on myself)

2025 New Year's Resolutions

1. Save 30000 this year. or more.

2. Buy a switch 2

3. Go on 4 vacations this year with one international destination.

4. 3500 classes a year

5. Buy a new laptop for work

And with that. 2024 is done and dusted. It was not a great year year with it shares of ups and downs and I can't wait for the adventure which is 2025. Ameen. The same thing I write every year.

Year End Review 2023

 2023 is over. Let's see the stats 

Nintendo Switch: 5 (↓ 3) Gameboy Color: 3 (↓ 2) PS5: 5 (↑ 1) PC: 7 (↓ 1)
PS4: 8 (↓ 7)
Sega Saturn: 7 (↔) iOS: 1 (↔) Nintendo 64: 5 (↔)

Action: 9 (↓ 8) Racing: 11 (↑ 1) Shooter: 3 (↑ 1) Pinball: 1 (↔) FPS: 2 (↑ 1) Fighting: 2 (↓ 7) Adventure: 1 (↓ 4)
Other: 2 (↔) Puzzle: 1 (↓ 7)

Game Played: 33 (592) (↓ 27)
Finished Game: 24 (494) (↓ 27)

Game of the Year

10) Midnight Fight Express

9) Boomerang X

8) Horizon Chase 2

7) Venba

6) Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure

5) Marvels Guardians of The Galaxy

4) Returnal

3. Resident Evil 4 Remake

This game was an absolute delight from start to finish. Non stop action couple with intense moments. It also helped that I used the cheat engine for unlimited ammo. Made the experience 10 times better.

2. Spider-Man 2

The sequel to one of the best games I played just gets better. The story was captivating. The action was face paced and who can forget swinging and gliding from one place to the next. The only sad part is that it had to end eventually but what a ride it was. 

1. The Legend of Zelda Tears of The Kingdom

This game from start to finish shows that an open world game with no set of rules is the best way to play a game. I did everything here because I just wanted to explore. Granted I think I only did less than 40% of the game. But it was an unforgettable journey from start to finish.

Honourable mentions

For the first time, there were no honorable mentions. Most of the games this year I've played was okay. nothing too great.

Series

Every year I watch a lot of shows and this year is no different. The problem is I don't quite remember what I watched starting early of the year. So next year hoping it would be different.

Memorable moments and shows

• Andor was amazing
• Watching all of the Star Trek Series and with some coming to an end
• The Last of Us was a cultural phenomenon
• Ending of some of my favorite shows like the Resident, Doogie Kamealoha, Mighty Ducks, Succession, Ted Lasso, How I met your Father, Heels
• Evil and The Bear. Two of the most awesome must watch shows
• Another year of an awesome Rick and Morty

Total series that I watch is 1214 (↑ 435)

Movies

Movie of the year

3. Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves
2. Tetris
1. Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse

Unrelated = 49 (↑ 14)
Even more Unrelated = 79 (↓ 15) This is going to be my last. I've turned a new leaf

NEW STUFF FOR 2023

1.Proton X70 (I got a new car which I think covers everything I need for new Stuff of 2023)

2. New Apple Airpods 3 (I love my airpods. I think it is the most used item in my life)

(UN)MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR 2023

2023 has been a whirlwind of a ride. This year I think it is the hardest for me with a lot of losses than wins

• Wife trying to hurt herself. This time is has gotten bad where she does it in her sleep and I feel powerless
• It's been one year and the investment money is still not back with us. My friend hates me a lot because of this. I really screwed up.
• I loss my best friend. The person whom I love. The person who I thought is my soulmate. They have found someone else. I am happy for them, but it doesn't mean that it hurts inside. I think this makes 2023 the worse year ever.
• Losing some friends

MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR 2023

• Free burgers for a year
• Lost 15kgs and I'm loving it
• Twitter. Got some friends out of it.
• I got a new job teaching English to Japanese people
• By losing my best friend. I manage to get closed to God. I finally found religion. It was never loss but it nowhere and I have a better appreciation towards it. I am very thankful for that

2023 New Year's Resolutions

1. Play at least 12 2023 games this year (I only played 10 games of 2023 this year)

2. Save another 70k (Nope, no money coming in this year, so I didn't save anything)

3. 2 Vacations with the family this year (Yes we did, we went to the beach and we did a hotel staycation)

4. Watch a total of 2500 episodes (This was impossible from the beginning, but hey good effort)

5. Get new airpods (First thing I did this year)

Finally. I met my best friend and we are going in and out of this awesome friendship. I am going to say that is the most impactful moment of this year. She gave so much back to me and I couldn't repay her. I wish one day I get to see her in real life. But for now I will be happy to get to talk to her everyday. This is the friendship that I am going to cherish until the day I die so yeah. This is actually the start of something really beautiful (Yes I did)

2024 New Year's Resolutions

1. Finish writing my will for the people that I love

2. Bring the whole family aboard this year

3. Buy a steamdeck OLED (Bonus if get a second handheld)

4. Start back investing slowly

5. Get abs (this is impossible but I love a challenge)

And with that. 2023 is done and dusted. It was not a great year year with it shares of ups and downs and I can't wait for the adventure which is 2024. Ameen