There are a few things that make a man a man, most of these come through at puberty and are harrowing and traumatic affairs, one however was something I looked forward to greatly; Growing facial hair. To me having a beard was a true sign of manhood, it made me think of rockstars, bikers, lumberjacks and Brian Blessed, all things that as a young teenager you aspire to be.

As I reached the ability to grow facial hair I unfortunately could only manage a mustache and a couple of random hairs on my chin. Over a decade later I’m sat typing this with a beard that hides half my face and hasn’t even been trimmed in 4 months. In games you don’t see the day to day annoyances of owning a beard, mild itching, food and drink sitting proud on the hair based nest and people’s assumption...