Back at It (Sort Of)

I haven’t posted anything here since mid-2023, you’d think that would mean there’s loads to catch up on, but honestly… there isn’t.

I haven’t been streaming for a long time, and finding both the time and the drive to sit down and play games has been challenging at best. Life filled the gaps pretty efficiently, work, kids, general dad stuff, and gaming slowly slipped from being a regular thing to something that just… didn’t happen.

That said, late last year I found my way back into gaming in a way I didn’t really expect. I picked up a Nintendo Switch and it’s quietly become the reason I’m playing games again.

The kids have had Switches for years and, if I’m honest, I never really rated them. Most of what I saw being played was very kid-focused, and I just assumed the platform wasn’t really for me.

Turns out that was less about the console and more about who was holding it.

What the Switch does incredibly well is fit into the strange, fragmented bits of free time that come with being a parent. Waiting in the van. Sitting at dance classes. Ten spare minutes here and there. No booting up a PC, no committing to a long session, just pick it up and play and less doom scrolling.

That alone made a massive difference.

Bioshock, For the First Time

I decided to give Bioshock a go, somehow, despite it being around forever, I’d never actually played it before.

I really enjoyed it. More than I expected to, if I’m honest.
Coming to it fresh, in short bursts, worked surprisingly well. The atmosphere, the world, the pacing, it all held up far better than I thought it might. Playing in ten- or fifteen-minute chunks felt focused rather than rushed, which isn’t something I usually associate with story-heavy games.

It was a good reminder that there are still plenty of games I’ve missed over the years, and that enjoying them doesn’t require locking myself away for hours at a time.

Adele, my wife, was understandably a bit jealous of me getting back into gaming so I did the only sensible thing: I bought myself the Switch 2 and gave her the OLED Switch. Problem solved. Mostly.

Streaming, Probably Not (For Now)

I’m very unlikely to kick-start streaming again any time soon. The idea of committing to scheduled chunks of time just doesn’t really work for me right now. Between work, kids, and everything else, those neat, predictable windows don’t exist, and pretending they do just adds pressure I don’t need.

What might happen instead is some short-format stuff. A few TikToks here and there. Clips. Thoughts. Small updates that fit into real life rather than trying to organise life around content.

No promises, no schedule, just documenting things as and when they happen.

New Hobbies Have Snuck In

I have, however, found the time to pick up a couple of new hobbies.

I’m finally part of a regular weekly D&D session (which has been a long time coming), and I’ve also taken up archery. Both have slotted into life far more naturally than I expected, and I’m enjoying them for very different reasons.

I’m sure both will feature here over the coming weeks and months, not as guides or how-tos, just as part of documenting what I’m doing and learning along the way.
I’m not entirely sure what FutureProject.tv is going to look like going forward, but this feels like the right place to start again.

No big relaunch. No grand plans.
Just a dad documenting stuff.

More soon. Probably.