IT'S SNOWING

A wind-driven blizzard buries the driveway; he recalls no such snow since 1961 and notices frozen insects and roaming dogs. Rainbow Six repeatedly resets voice-chat volume to 100, frustrating him because children’s chatter breaks the intended SWAT-team immersion. Because radiators malfunction, he adds a GoPro-monitor CCTV setup with voice control, an electric blanket, and a silent oil heater.

Home upgrades support indoor isolation and gaming; age also weakens his childhood snow- building tradition.