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Few days ago I finally deleted both Paladins and Smite from my PS4. 

And I got to say, I feel so much better now ^_^ And best of all, now I have more time to play Overwatch. So it's a win-win for everyone!

Unfortunately for me though living in Russia these days means you can't play Overwatch without resorting to black magic. 

Ah... Things used to be so easy back in the day (last week). But these days, in order to successfully login to any online game on my PS4 I need to boot up my PC first and then make sure that both NordVPN and Connectify are running. 

Both of those programs cost money by the way. And Overwatch costs money too. And PS+ subscription costs money. But thankfully I have you guys so I can afford such luxuries.

In case you have no clue what am I blathering about, Russian government had been blocking entire chunks of the internet here to prevent people from accessing the Telegram app. It's a huge fucking mess right now. A lot of online services are down. But the best part is, the Telegram app wasn't affected by this in a slightest. So this been going on for about a week now and nobody really knows when (if ever) things will be getting back to normal. 

But what a time to be alive though! So much excitement! And to think that I almost left Russia couple years ago. Really dodged a bullet there! So glad I am still here! What will they think of next I wonder? Cutting the electricity for the entire nation maybe? Can't wait!

Speaking of which, the building Smersh is renting an apartment at been without electricity for 2 days now... He came by several times to charge his phone and laptop. So honestly, I shouldn't complain about my INTERNET connection problems! Shame on me! At least my building has electricity! And water! Oh, the luxuries of the rich men.

OK, enough with the depressing shit, let's discuss something way more interesting: upcoming release The Mating Season. I have big news for you, guys! Are you ready for it?! OK! Here it goes: the game is coming soon*!!!

Didn't expect this, did you? :)

On a serious note, this week was actually super productive for me, a lot of things came together just right (well apart form my INTERNET connection of course) and as a result I made a lot of progress with getting the game ready for the release. Even commissioned the game logo from Cynicle Pickle. Normally I would work on it myself, but commissioning it will help me cut the development time (slightly).

I also sent the first fully playable build to DAHR. He will be working on the menus and the title screen art so I sent him the game for inspiration and reference. 

Currently I am working on the music (not composing it myself, obviously), and doing some minor dialog fixes. As soon as that is out of the way I will start sending the texts to Lyk for proofreading and editing. Sending the texts to Lyk is always one of the final stages of development for me so I am really looking forward to that.

All and all, really looking forward to the next Monday post since it will get us all even closer to the release of The Mating Season! Yay!

Thank you for your support, guys. Honestly, I don't even want to imagine my life without you in it. Thank you for your patronage. And now if you excuse I will go and switch the lights in my room on and off several times. Simply because I can. We need to learn to appreciate the little things guys.

P.S. I googled for "my location". Says The White House. Seems legit.