Moving usually sucks, for more reasons than we like to admit. Gamers have priorities – and I, for one, made sure my fiber installation was sorted out as soon as possible. But I did have one rather large oversight; a desk – the space we layout for our perfect setup. So now, I have internet, and I have my PC, but nowhere to actually put the thing. Have I considered setting it up through my TV in the lounge? Yes, yes I have. Have I done it though? Well, no. I’m personally someone who loves having designated spaces for most items – so maybe that’s on me. It does leave me in a weird situation though: I haven’t had access to my PC for over two months, and it’s driving me a little up the wall.

Before packing up my old place and moving I was very deep down a Minecraft rabbit hole. With the release of the caves and cliffs update on 30 November, I’ve been eager to climb into it. Watching YouTubers create their fantasy worlds has not really aided my feelings. Instead, it’s made it worse. So how have I been keeping myself sane? I haven’t really, I’ve been reading every available book in the house – which is not too unusual for me – but I miss gaming.

A good friend has generously lent me her Nintendo Switch to try to fight off some of the boredom. A week with a new console isn’t entirely enough time to rate and review it, so I won’t even pretend to do so. I will say this though, the little blue and orange controllers have bested me (maybe I’m getting old).

The Minecraft world I loaded into was stunning, but things quickly went sideways for me. As night settled, I found myself surrounded by creepers, skeletons, and baby zombies – they all cast their pixelated eyes on me. Doors, not typically a difficult object to traverse, would be my downfall in the end. Failing to not only open a door, but then struggling to close it as well, left me respawned in the middle of nowhere running and screaming through the dark Minecraft world. I could not for the life of me remember the controls and quickly shut the app off rather mortified with myself. Sheepishly glancing around to make sure no one had witnessed my ten-minute blooper reel, I decided to perhaps try a different game for now.

Okay, so Minecraft on a Switch might have gotten the better of me but surely I could conquer other games? Right? No, the answer is simply no.

Said good friend decided to load up two games I’ve always wanted to try but haven’t yet, Overcooked 2 and Human Fall Flat. If I thought I was getting old and perhaps getting bad at games overall these two games just solidified it. It was almost comical the series of events that went down that day. How was I this bad? Was I always this terrible at video games and I just didn’t have the sense to realise it?

Let’s start with Overcooked 2; this cute little co-op cooking simulation is one of the most chaotic games I have ever played. Violently chopping vegetables, burning soups, missing orders with a whirl of words I’d rather not repeat on a public platform was the theme of the day. Then to top it off you add in levels where the level itself moves and pots are thrown about and lost to the ship you’re oh so conveniently cooking on. Just me? Yeah, maybe it was more my fault than anything, I did personally throw several cooking pots filled with soup into oblivion. It’s the controls and my lack of knowledge of them, I swear.

EsProxy sat across from me on the other couch in awe of the destruction and sheer disbelief of what she had just witnessed. Overcooked 2 is definitely an incredibly fun game overall and should definitely not be overlooked when deciding on a multiplayer game to play with some friends. So, two games down, and no win insight for me just yet. Perhaps I could redeem myself slightly with Human Fall Flat. Everyone’s bad at that one, right? Human Fall Flat, in short, is actually the funniest thing I’ve ever witnessed and it left both EsProxy and me in a fit of giggles.

The puzzle platform game with hysterical physics instantly lightened my mood. Yes, I was terrible at it, but it was hilarious to watch. In essence, the game is rather relaxing (which sounds weird, considering how frustrating it is). Human Fall Flat doesn’t take itself too seriously and the feeling of that is carried out towards those who are playing it. Even if the little console has triumphed over me, I’m still truly grateful for having a chance to experience it. As I said before, a week is definitely not long enough for a review, but the Switch has no doubt given me hours of enjoyment sprinkled with a little defeat here and there. Thank you again to EsProxy for graciously lending it to me, even if I do sometimes get the side charge panel things stuck and have to Google the fix again.

To end this off, I will say that my desk has been ordered and should be arriving in a week or two. I’m excited to finally get my setup going and finish the last little area that’s been so desperately needed in my new home. Keeping sane while moving is so dependent on the person. I personally went a little mad from it, but others may cope better. The moral of the story is, if you’re a gamer and want your setup with you as soon as possible, make the necessary arrangements for it.

Don’t do a me and completely forget a desk.