The Heat

I’m not good with heat.

Spent the past couple of days in a tired stupor, I haven’t been able to sleep at night due to the heat in the UK hitting 40°C. Hitting the hay as soon as I get back from work helps since it’s not the hottest part of the day yet but by the time I get to work the next day I’ve already been awake for 9 hours.

I prefer the cold since you can bundle up to deal with that. This heat is only solvable with architecture that allows for airy spaces or an expensive air conditioner. I have neither.

On a more positive note, I used my inability to sleep to play through Stray, the cyberpunk cat game that everyone has been waiting for. It was lovely, the cat controls and moves very much like a cat would and the mechanics that you can do such as nuzzling a robots leg are adorable. I played it on PS5 and when you find a spot to let the cat sleep it’s purring actually vibrates the controller in such a way that it feels like you are holding a purring cat which is a really nice detail.