It's been a crazy past year for me. I went through my first year in the work force as an intern. I grew a ton. I was standing on the edge a couple times there. The start of something, hopefully, great, even after a gruesome beginning.

Yet Strider stood. The only thing that kept constant throughout the entirety of my past year, that got met with so many passing trends and turbulences that it's hard to keep up with all of them anymore. This year sucked in many ways, hard. And I'm not going to pretend that this game always made me happy. But, for being so constant for me, being the one thing I truly kept around throughout the past year in my hobbies, even amidst the best and worst year of my life, it'll hold a very special place in my heart, even if the game isn't even 10 minutes long, and even if I didn't truly grind this game down to the bit like I did other constant games of mine, like Ghouls.

I feel good leaving this game to rest. May someone else break the 7:30 barrier. I shall leave it behind for now.