Ian Boudreau: There's weird guilt attached to non-work-related gaming that I can put down now but haven't been able to entirely let go of yet

Wrapped up the DLC for Horizon Zero Dawn tonight and uninstalled the game. Feels good. Genuinely odd to try to get back into playing games for their own sake and not feeling obligated to come up with a pitch about it or a take or what have you

Being on the review treadmill for a decade and then stepping off last year was a liberating experience in some respects.

There's weird guilt attached to non-work-related gaming that I can put down now but haven't been able to entirely let go of yet

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