This thread has convinced me to play Outer Wilds.

My picks are:

  • Game: Portal 2.
  • Book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
  • TV show: Bojack Horseman.
  • Movie: The Shawshank Redemption.
  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    Oh wow, I actually haven’t read the Rama books (been meaning to!), but I vividly remember the flawed-but-wonderous PC adventure game. Have you played it by chance?

    Haha, grokking abstract space-math associations maybe wasn’t my strength when I was like…7 or something (prolly still isn’t LOL). But I sure did enjoy crudely drawing the biots and aliens. :D

    The soundtrack is still one of my favorites from any game, ever.

    This humorous review is fun to watch, but there’s really good gameplay and stuff without commentary too. :)

    https://youtu.be/Pu4n5YXPaMQ?si=adgsTuyyKWRXS8Xc

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      2 months ago

      I played the game back when it originally came out. Like any media based on a book, it was slightly frustrating for a while that the graphics didn’t match the visuals I had imagined whole reading the book. I still have the discs somewhere, might see if I can get it running somehow. I suspect I’ll find the game mechanics to be clunky but today’s standards.

      I’m surprised there hasn’t been a movie made yet.