Hello, how are you today? I hope you are keeping well.
It's the final wednesday of the month so it's time for me to talk about my January Favourites.
How has the start of 2022 been for you? I hope it's been good to you.
I've had a lovely January. I made the decision to take quite a long period of holiday off from work
So I only went back to work a couple of weeks ago and it's been a lovely relaxed January for me, for the most part.
I think I'm gonna try and do that in the future, instead of take a little bit of time off in the run up to christmas,
Use that time off at the start of January instead.
Anyway, I'm gonna talk about some of my favourite things and I am going to start with a purchase,
And a purchase that I've been going on about quite a bit in videos this month so apologies for the continued going on about it,
But this month I got a PlayStation 5!
I, like many people, have been trying to get one, and this month I was lucky and I succeeded.
It arrived last week, it is now sitting behind me on my desk. Ta-da! It is there.
Very happy with it. It's a little bigger than the PlayStation 4 so I have had to rearrange my desk slightly to accommodate it,
So if you're wondering what the difference is in my background in today's video,
It's that my monitors have moved along about three inches in that direction.
But I really like the style, it's very sleek, I like the light colour.
I really like the controller as well.
Like the console, the controller is slightly bigger, and it's currently causing me a few little problems because I have teeny tiny hands.
I think in time it'll be fine, I'm just getting used to it.
But yeah, I like the speed of the console, it's quiet,
And I only have one game so far but it looks really pretty and the sound's very good.
So very happy with the PlayStation 5 overall so far and I can't wait to get some more games to play on it.
Speaking of, I'm going to talk about some games now.
The one PlayStation 5 game I have is Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and I'm really enjoying it.
I tried to play on the PC but my specs were too low but now very luckily I can play it on the PlayStation 5 and I'm really enjoying the game.
I love the script, I love the characters, it's got the Guardians of the Galaxy vibe that you would hope for.
I'm only a few hours into the game so I can't wait to continue and play it all the way through, it's going to be such a blast.
Also this month I have started playing A Plague Tale: Innocence, this one on the PC.
And I'm really enjoying it. I was unsure, to be honest, whether I would get on with this game.
On paper, and from what I've seen and heard of it before, I thought it might be a little too scary for me.
But so far I've been fine.
I think because you're in control of the things that keep the scary things at bay,
And it's not full of jump scares,
And you can see where the scary things are because
Kind of the point is to try and navigate around the scary things and it's more sort of a puzzle than anything.
And a few years ago I probably wouldn't have enjoyed the puzzle aspect to it
But I am, I am enjoying it, I think I've grown as a gamer and I'm very proud.
So yes, I recommend A Plague Tale: Innocence. The story is good, the characters are good,
And my preconceptions are unfounded, I think.
I think maybe watching me play the game is more scary.
Now onto a couple of TV shows.
I talked about this show last month but I have now finished it so I want to mention Wheel of Time again.
Really enjoyed it, like the story, I want to know what happens next.
And this month I have started watching Hawkeye, the Marvel TV show which is on Disney Plus.
It's shorter than I was expecting, it's only six episodes.
I'm four episodes in, I've been rushing through it. I mean rushing for me, I don't tend to watch shows very quickly.
I'm really loving it, big fan of the characters and the relationships and it's entertaining and exciting,
And it's got some good action sequences and some good plots.
So I'm looking forward to finishing it,I might finish it tonight if I can. Definitely worth a look.
Now a couple of films. Firstly, Tick, Tick... Boom!
This is on netflix, it's directed by Lin Manuel Miranda, and it's based on the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson.
Loved this film, loved the music, loved the story, loved the way the story is told.
Really good film, I was so impressed. If you like musicals, definitely check it out.
And sticking with musicals, Encanto.
This is the Disney musical about a family who all have superpowers except for one of them.
Love this as well, fantastic film, some of the best music in a Disney musical for a while, I think.
Really loved it, highly recommended also.
And finally a song I just briefly want to mention the song SMILEY by Yena featuring BiBi.
It came out, I think, last week. I have been listening to it non-stop.
It's such a happy, fun, uplifting song so I want to share it with you, it 100% changes my mood every time I listen to it, it's so good.
Right, those are my favourite things from January.
I'd love to know what you think about any of the things I've been talking about
And also what are some of your favourite things from January?
I hope you have a wonderful rest of the month and a great start to February.
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