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I hadn’t used my main website in ages–mostly leaving it as a hub to random things that were incredibly old. I’ve found a lot of joy in writing about games<\/a> I’m currently playing<\/a> and other things I enjoy doing so I figured I’d make something more generally for when I don’t feel like making a giant blog just to a specific game. <\/p>\n

There isn’t too much to say right now, but I’ll be working on getting pages up and a layout set during today while also playing both games linked above and in the sidebar. Lots to do today <3\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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