Portal 2 coop is phenomenal.

I read it just last month, very interesting book. You can really tell he studied zoology.

• Currently finishing up Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. I’ve been looking to read more Science Fiction, and had heard Brandon was a staple, so I went to the library and picked one of his books almost at random. Turns out it was Fantasy. Still a blast though, I have enjoyed it a lot.
• Earlier this week I also got inspired by the new show and picked up A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. I have read A Song of Ice and Fire way back (all that we got at least), but never read any of his other stuff before.

This is kinda part of a new shift to “go back” to reading more fantasy and science fiction again. The last years I have mostly read contemporary stuff and non-fiction. Over Christmas I read both Children of Time (very good, but not quite as captivated as many others) and I re-read A Game of Thrones (even better than I remembered it), and it has kinda rekindled my love for reading.

I have wondered what percentage of Gnome users use either dash to dock or dash to panel. At this point I think they should both be options in the stock settings app.

Absolute insane decision to me. Yes, they haven’t looked great, but they are top 8 in CL and only 4 points behind in La Liga. It wouldn’t be the first time Real looks underwhelming in the first half of the season before stepping up on the second half.

I kinda liked the ending, but unfortunately I was thoroughly bored through most of the season. There are just too many characters, the pace constantly stops to fit in a heart-to-heart that doesn’t affect the overall plot at all, and they are all immune to death and any other kind of lasting consequences. So many times I found myself rolling my eyes as the characters stop to have a chat about their feelings in the face of impending doom, but it always turns out great anyway, so I guess they know better than me. I wanted to like it because I really liked season 4, but this felt like a huge step down. There are so many plot holes and inconsistencies, which may not break the show, but it’s weird how it seems like the writers haven’t watched their own show sometimes. It’s not the worst thing ever though, there are some good moments here and there, and I’m happy it got an at least decent ending.

I don’t think the quality of Black Ops 7 itself has affected the sales a lot honestly. Of course, if the game was sensationally good, there would be a lot of hype and people will get it, but my impression is that a game being bad generally doesn’t stop a game from reaching their sales targets. What you see what CoD and some other big franchises is the effect studios gradually ruining their reputation over many years by consistently releasing subpar products. They are now seeing the consequences of their extreme focus on maximizing the profit from each game, but to be completely honest, it was probably totally worth it from a financial standpoint even if upcoming games flop completely.

I have been kinda interested in this, but it somehow hasn’t been on sale since August 2024, and with so many other great games to play it just has to wait.

I’m so baffled by the Mbappe no-penalty/no yellow card for diving call. What did the ref see that made him give Athletic a freekick but no yellow card for the turtle?

That’s funny, I loved the puzzles, but dropped it because the combat didn’t click for me.

Probably nothing, as I’m already kinda busy juggling Silksong and Hades 2 with the occasional Starvaders and Splatoon 3 session. I might end up just getting Cuphead for later though, and would maybe have considered God of War or Spiderman if there weren’t so many other great games to play.

For people who haven’t played it, Ori and the Will or the Wisps is a great buy at 75% off. Probably my favorite metroidvania if you don’t count Tunic as a metroidvania.

The Newcastle press is crazy wtf

Many changes today, but this lineup should still be more than good enough to beat Valencia.

Wow Lando got shafted

Looks good! Will check out the demo, and probably wait for a sale unless I like really want it.

Didn’t know he had it like that tbh

Interesting that Casado and rashford are starting. Would have thought Gavi would have gotten a start before both honestly, he has been very good lately.

I hate that I can’t tell if this is sarcastic or not

The coop is genuinely incredible

This is just hilarious