Seeing the WH10 background made me oddly emotional

A friend told me that the background had been in the game for a while, but I hadn't seen it until today after clicking through the background image options. I didn't cry or anything, but it did have me reflect on 10 years of playing (basically) the same game with the same level of kid-like excitement I had a decade ago.

Can't believe it's been 10 years since this game came out, and I am just as much, if not more, obsessed with it now as I was then. Back then, I was a poor graduate student who barely scrounged up enough money to buy a gaming laptop and had a ton of time on my hands. When WH2 came out, I think I played 40 hours that weekend. The laptop sounded like a plane taking off if I ever dared to zoom in to a battle, but I didn't care. The game rocked.

Since then, I've moved 5-6 times, got married, had a few kids, gone through different jobs, found a few more gray hairs in the beard, and somehow convinced my wife to watch every DLC trailer at least once. I think I've read almost every Black Library book, commissioned a few minis, read the wiki countless times, and watched an insane amount of hours of YouTube videos. I was putting DLCs on my personal calendar, and today they're marked on the family calendars next to soccer games and ballet recitals. Now, I'm just another boring dad who, instead of scrounging for money to buy a DLC, I scrounge for time when I can.

The game blew my mind when I first played it, and it continues to do so. Nagash was the first book I ever read, and it's nothing short of exciting and amazing to finally see him in the game. He'll be my first campaign when I get off work.

Glad this isn't the end of an incredible game and series. Old man rant and reflection over.