THANK GYGAX IT'S FRIDAY! This week, I've racked up a stupid number of hours at my desk, to the point that I am staying out of my studio all weekend. The massive workload means that I am going through audiobooks at a fair clip, and I have put two books by food writer and critic Jay Rayner to bed and I am well into White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook, whose mix of political and social history I really enjoy. This latest volume covering the 'Swinging 60s' weighs in at just under 40 hours and is very enjoyable indeed. I've been thinking a lot of my previous life as a game store owner in the mid to late 90s, as 2025 sees the 30th anniversary of being offered managership of what became my own store a few years later. I thought it might be interesting in future posts to write honestly about my experiences in that and how it almost ended my marriage and indeed almoset ended your correspondent's time on this mortal plane. That said, it was also arguably the greatest time I