This is so tricky so I'm going to pick American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I read it when I was a student and I hadn't read much of his stuff at the time so it was really exciting. I love Neil Gaiman's prose and while the tv show eventually became a bit of a disappointment, I liked season 1.

This book has really cool interpretations of gods and mythology and that's something I was obsessed with at the time I read it. And now that I'm writing about it, it might be time for a reread since it's been about a decade (probably more) since I read it last!

My WASD highlights were:

• Chatting with Lowtek Games about Bib Goes Home - what a cool and innovative game!

• Losing repeatedly at Slope Crashers - it's giving SSX meets Happy Feet!

• Buying enough Cult of the Lamb merch to make people believe I may in fact be in a cult

• Finding a new game that'll eat up my life with Bootleg Steamer

• Playing some cool cosy games like Preserve, Pieced Together and Paper Trails!

I played Bootleg Steamer at WASD last week and it ticked all the boxes for me. Between the rogue-like elements and the inventory management, it's exactly what I enjoyed about similar games like Sunless Sea or Sunless Skies.

The setting was very cool and the theming all added to that. The demo had a couple of maps to have a go on which was great. It's also super fun to make your little boat go super fast on the currents too! I got caught by the cops multiple times so I might be a rubbish bootlegger but I had a great time trying.

Bought it the minute I got home!