Towards all odds, the 12 months 2021 now attracts to an finish (for some time, I wasn’t positive we would make it this far). The previous three hundred and sixty five days have dragged on longer than 2020 did, however in some way additionally they handed within the blink of an eye fixed. As we put together to have a good time the tip of the 12 months and look hopefully towards—or brace ourselves for—a shiny new 2022, we have got one final little little bit of enterprise left. Vital enterprise!
Similar to we did last year, let’s have a look again at what shocked, stunned, delighted, and appalled the PC Gamer group in 2021, not by flexing our reminiscences or writing well-considered think-pieces however by merely looking out our Slack channel to see what number of instances we mentioned “holy shit” over the previous 12 months and revealing what, precisely, we have been speaking about once we mentioned it.
And a whole lot of issues made us say “holy shit” this 12 months! E3 trailers. Laptop computer prototypes. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Tiny Draculas. Anime illnesses. Vacuum cleaners. And extra. Typically, even videogames. Listed below are 91 issues that made us say “holy shit” in 2021.
January 5
Mollie begins us off with our first “holy shit” of 2021. It was in response to Graeme saying he places curry in his grilled cheese. “Holy shit, that sounds wonderful,” mentioned Mollie. We’re off to an incredible begin!
January 6
“Holy shit, what a day” declares Morgan. In the event you’re within the US, you will not want context.
January 14
Morgan delivers a “holy shit tyler lol” whereas we talk about PC gaming things that have gotten smaller or bigger, and I discover a image of an absolute unit of a gaming chair. Tyler says the chair (which we dunk on in its very own article) appears prefer it ought to shut round you and make you right into a chunky Iron Man.
January 15
Morgan drops one other when Andy Kelly tells him concerning the Berlin level in Hitman, which is holy shit-level good.
January 18
Morgan continues his streak, saying “Lol holy shit” when MMA fighter Max Holloway talks about Warzone’s DMR nerf and stim glitch throughout a UFC press conference. “Holy shit, feeling very focused right here,” Andy Chalk says the identical day when Jon Bolding tells him the sim sport “Farmer’s Life” was about him.
January 19
James googles “blood pc.”
Look, if you understand James, that is not an sudden factor for him to do, however this was particularly as a result of he learns electronic blood is a factor. This results in him discovering photos of a tiny Dracula rising from a coffin on a keyboard (the numpad + key). Evan says “oh, shit” however edited it to say “holy shit” contemplating the spiritual ramifications of the wee vampire lord.
January 26
James exclaims “holy shit whooping cough’s headpiece!!!!!!!” and I am tempted to skip the context as a result of it is a particularly bizarre factor to say, even for James. However the context solely makes it weirder as a result of Taiwan’s Heart for Illness Management created extremely detailed anime characters for different diseases, and everybody in chat freaks out over how good they are.
Some days we do not get a lot work accomplished.
January 29
Andy Chalk closes out the month by saying “Holy shit, who remembers Koss headphones?” as a result of that Wall Street Bets thing was pumping up Koss inventory.
February 2
“Holy shit, these game controllers look wonderful” says Dave.
February 4
“Holy shit” says Fraser, our Agent 47 appreciator, when Andy Kelly mentions desirous to interview Agent 47’s voice actor and have him create a customized voice message for Fraser. I do not assume that occurred, sadly.
February 8
A flurry of “holy shits” erupt in a single dialog, as Wes considers a headline that learn “Holy shit, this laptop computer” a couple of laptop computer prototype that had seven screens. Morgan and Tyler counsel alternate headlines (one with holy shit and one with out), and Wes revises his, protecting the holy shit, although he finally goes with a sadly holy shit-less headline.
February 18
Tyler exhibits us some video of Hellish Quart, a dope and gory sword preventing sport. “Holy shit” mentioned Andy Chalk. “That is some Mortal Kombat worthy motion there.”
February 19
Phil “holy shits” concerning the whole value of Crusader Kings 2’s DLC (£230).
February 24
Andy Chalk reacts to a website created for a category motion swimsuit towards Bethesda over the Fallout 4 season move.
February 25
Morgan exclaims “holy shit, dude” when Steven posts an image of a pizza he badly burned. Most of us agree we’d nonetheless eat it.
March 3
Mollie says “holy shit robin that feels like the beginning of a television present” when Robin reveals he as soon as lived with “a drug vendor, a creationist, and the creator of Plague Inc”.
March 8
Dave considers the headline “holy shit, there is a sale on for an RTX 30-series gaming PC?!'” He doesn’t use that headline. Holy shit by no means makes it into our headlines. Aside from immediately.
March 19
Tyler makes use of abductive reasoning to show that if Spider-Man may save the Avengers and Spider-Man can do no matter a spider can, then a spider, too, can save the Avengers. Morgan: “holy shit.”
March 24
James drops one other one over the trailer of Rodent People: Origins.
March 25
Andy finishes off a reasonably gentle month with some ideas on {hardware}.
April 7
James declares “Conkers guidelines, holy shit” throughout a dialogue about video games we performed as youngsters. (This is a video about Conkers.)
April 8
Phil reveals he tweaked the problem on one in every of Management’s non-compulsory bosses as a result of “holy shit it was some bullshit.”
April 9
Evan says “holy shit” when Morgan exhibits us a Twitter thread the place somebody mentioned one thing imply to him however then… apologized? An apology on Twitter. If something is a holy shit second, it is an apology on Twitter. “God rattling,” Andy Chalk provides.
“Holy shit, the physique rely is deranged” Tim says, relating to the TV present Gangs of London. Tim is appropriate. The physique rely. Is. Deranged.
April 15
This subsequent one wants some context. Again in 2019 Ninja tweeted his “cellphone quantity” permitting followers to textual content him as a part of a advertising and marketing initiative. Little recognized reality: Andy texted him. Since then he is been getting fewer and fewer texts from the world well-known streamer. However on April 15 their friendship abruptly continued:
April 16
Mollie reacts to this story about somebody pretending to have a incapacity in Path of Exile.
April 20
Chris (that is me, hiya) says “holy shit” to a clip of Scavengers’ 9,000 player mode.
April 21
Fraser, when it is introduced Samurai Gunn 2 is coming to Steam.
April 23
Jacob is impressed sufficient to ship one for the two,730 MHz enhance of the Toxic AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition.
April 26
Nat points a “holy shit what” over information that somebody had apparently tried to assassinate the founders of MiHoYo, makers of Genshin Affect. That is grim.
April 27
On a lighter be aware, Andy Chalk discovers you’ll be able to sort “docs.new” right into a browser tab and it will create a brand new doc. “Holy canine shit” he mentioned, cleverly tweaking the components. Mollie concludes an eventful April by appreciating Fraser’s desk.
Could 6
A fast one-two of “holy shits”: Dave reacting to an image of the 64TB RocketQ Battleship SSD config, and Jacob admiring a pun (“HB Lovecraft”) a couple of pencil-drawn horror game.
Could 14
Wes reacts to information that the Weird Arby’s Guy, Andrew Bowser, could be directing The PC Gaming Present. It was a reasonably “holy shit” revelation, actually.
Could 21
One spotlight of the 12 months was Twitch including a Swimming pools and Sizzling Tubs channel, during which PC Gamer shortly climbed the ranks as a result of James establishing Geralt in his tub, enjoying some enjoyable music, throwing in random Witcher quotes, and infrequently a couple of squeaky farts. Good instances. Andy Chalk says, ” Lol, holy shit” when the official Purple Bull account seems and begins giving out free subs in our chat (Wes received one.)
Andy releases one other when his bestie Ninja proclaims a brand new YouTube channel (sure, he received a textual content about it). Steven strikes in Could with two extra “holy shits,” one for some Burning Campaign glasses adopted instantly by one other hoping I might seize his “holy shit” in my yearly wrap-up. (I simply did.) And Andy closes out the month expressing shock that Knockout Metropolis received a rating of 90. Hey, it is good dodgeball!
June 2
We have been knocking round concepts for a Twitch emoji that might symbolize PC gaming, and I declared that we must always carry again the Modem Wizard, my favourite fantasy spellcaster. Evan agreed.
I do not assume we did both of these issues.
June 7
James: “Ha ha, holy shit” after posting his avatar from the horrible E3 web site, prompting Wes to say that “you seem like the unhealthy man in a sci-fi present who’s making an attempt to excellent the human genome.”
June 12-15
It is tough to seek out context throughout E3 week, as we have been continuously watching streams of roughly 1,000,000 sport bulletins, however there have been a number of “holy shits” that week in regard to the awkwardness of one of many presenters, the stunning variety of video games that includes birds, the intense videogame-ness of the Elex 2 trailer, the size of one of many shows (Andy Chalk: “Holy shit, it isn’t accomplished but), the 11-year-late launch of UFO 2: Extraterrestrials, the dimensions of MLB: The Present (73GB), and the avatar of a Twitter consumer (large anime boobs) who chastised Steven for suggesting that Master Chief should die.
June 28
One other of Morgan’s “Holy shit lol” moments after studying a Cruelty Squad enemy can change your FOV.
July 5
“Holy shit—flawless Scottish accent” says Fraser after seeing a TikTok of a parrot. He would know.
July 6
Two immediately. Wes sees Sonic statues promoting for $530, and Steven realizes this 20-minute Warcraft cinematic is superior.
July 13
Fraser says “Holy shit” to the “gloriously horrible” Aliens Infestation song. James additionally says it a second later. Evan: “It is like a machine-learned Nickelback music primarily based on a Wikipedia entry.”
July 16
Steven, after somebody leaks classified documents to show Conflict Thunder received the main points of a tank incorrect.
July 20
A Hunt: Showdown replace is 30GB, prompting Jacob to say it.
July 30
Mollie says what all of us really feel generally: “Holy shit, how is it 12 pm already.” The identical day, Andy says, “Holy shit, that is an enormous backyard” when somebody posts an image of a backyard. A giant backyard.
August 3
August 25
This sport that appears like GTA for kids has jetpacks. “Holy shit jet packs” observes Jorge. Then Jody says it once I announce I am reviewing Myst. It is truthful. Myst got here out 100 years in the past.
August 27
Andy Chalk reacts when listening to the World of Tanks devs had threatened a YouTuber after which apologises for it. I am uncertain if his response was to the risk or the apology.
September 1
Joseph Knoop drops one when listening to that To The Moon 3 has a release date.
September 9
Andy says it when Alan Wake remaster footage get leaked. Joe delivers one other when a narrative he wrote about India using Arma 3 footage to assert Pakistan bombed Afghanistan hits the highest of r/worldnews. It was a banger, for positive.
September 16
Matt Paget subbed in for a couple of days and shortly delivered two “holy shits,” one for me (Chris) driving a Lox in Valheim, and one for Tim displaying off a Future helmet (Masks of Bakris).
September 20
Nat tweets about how good Sable’s animation is, pastes the tweet into Slack, and reacts with a “holy shit” about how good Sable’s animation is. Sable’s animation is certainly good.
September 23
Nat once more, this time relating to Handcop, a sport the place you are a hand holding a gun, and in addition a cop. The identical day, Joe will get enthusiastic about 3D Kirby.
October 4
Evan explains how in Lemnis Gate you’ll be able to kill your personal dudes to make them ghosts after which unkill them in later rounds. “Holy shit, I do not know what which means, which suggests my mind continues to be on Earth,” says Morgan.
October 6
“Holy shit—New World’s upkeep has been prolonged, so I’ll miss the primary warfare I have been chosen for,” says Fraser. It is not going to be his final “holy shit” about New World.
October 8
Nat shows us a weird and magical mod for Teardown. Morgan mentioned, maybe predictably, “holy shit.” And he’s appropriate. On October 12, Fraser says “Holy shit…” with a uncommon ellipsis following. It was New World as soon as once more. “One second earlier than the warfare begins, I get kicked,” he says.
October 20
We study gamers in Star Citizen are utilizing therapeutic meds to manage deadly overdoses to at least one one other.
October 22
Phil throws October’s penultimate “holy shit” upon listening to that Titanfall’s maps could be imported into Halo 3.
October 26
Jody reacts to Action Button’s review of Cyberpunk 2077, which he and a number of other hundred thousand folks had been ready for since final 12 months.
November 2
Nat is updating Apex Legends, and the obtain goes to take 10 hours. “Holy shit,” says Graeme.
November 4
One other file size-related HS-bomb as a result of Misplaced Ark needing 50GB of house from Sarah.
November 26
Phil decides to make money working from home as a result of “holy shit, is it pissing it down”
Graeme says “holy shit” when he sees how good Solar Ash appears. It appears ok to warrant that response, frankly.
December 10
Morgan says “holy shit” in response to an article a couple of sport written manner again in 2004. It has not aged nicely. I will not title the article nor writer, however different reactions within the channel embody “UHHH,” “WTF,” “Oh, my god,” and “Woof, canine, that sucks.” Time makes fools of us all.
December 15
As I spend hours looking out by way of Slack chat logs searching for the time period “holy shit” for this text, I inform everybody they are saying “holy shit” lots. Nat: “Holy shit, actually?” Then Ted Litchfield joins the chat, and Andy Chalk says “Holy shit, it is Ted!” I’m being trolled now. As in science, you can’t observe one thing with out altering it.
Then, demonstrating my mind is a pile of sludge, I overlook and problem one myself, whereas describing my canine’s pleasure to scent a leaf.
There it’s, 91 issues that made us say “holy shit” in 2021. Let’s all hope there aren’t as many surprises, horrors, disasters, and anime illnesses in 2022. Blissful New Yr!
