Things That Happened in 2013

I wrote a big long thing and it was dull, so here's a big long list instead:

• Learned how to play mahjong (thanks @ktern!)
• Beat Sakura Taisen 2 and 3, bought a Sakura Taisen Dreamcast, went to Edosakura
• Played through Wachenroder, which was terrible but fascinating
• Took a vacation in Kyoto and visited Saihouji, the Moss Temple
• Started going to Pico Pico Cafe (thanks Joseph and Natsuko!)
• Went to TGS and helped out with Crypt of the NecroDancer (thanks Ryan and Ben!)
• Through Pico Pico found a semi-regular game night group
• Made thirteen posts on MetaFilter
• Went to two MetaFilter meetups and joined a D&D game through people I met there
• Posted fourteen things here; had one abandoned rewrite of the backend, and another is in progress
• Re-read As We May Think
• Started going to events at Raizeen in Nakano
• Went to Comiket twice and planned ahead, had a great time
• Went to Design Festa without planning, lots of nice surprises
• Went to Game Market in the fall, with some planning
• Old friends visited several times to stay over or just eat a bit
• Saw lots of live shows; The Thrill and 385 stand out
• Started writing a few games, abandoned most but I have some good design notes
• Started using Livescript
• Read a lot of manga and found some great authors who I'll write more about later (thanks Atsushi!)
• Started reading replays and light novels (mostly Kino's Journey)
• Went to the Akihabara Radio Store when it closed

2013 was pretty good. Here's to hoping 2014 will be even better. Ψ