6 years later (the sequel to 5 years later)

I waited a little longer this time. Wow has a lot happened in the last 6 years. I'm married, own a house, FINALLY almost finished my degree (doing honours this year)... And I am the furthest into GameDev I have ever been. Can't write much of an update right now (leaving tomorrow on a trip), but I plan to write more updates here. I thought about making a new Blog and deleting all these old posts, but I think it is important to never forget your past. People do change (and hopefully improve) over time. If you are embarrassed by who you once were, that is good, because it means you have improved. Some things that haven't changed, still have mild insomnia (although I cope with it better) and still love gaming (although I enjoy it more than
"'pwning noobs" and see more value to it than before). That is all from me, have a great day :)

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