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I don't know if I did this because it was hinted at in Patrick's review, but I started exploring as soon as I was on that boat. I kinda wish I had done a bit more main plot to unlock the portals first, because they only unlock if you find them after talking to the dwarf.

I'm at where you are right now and I kind of feel like it's a good spot to start exploring, if you get what I mean. It's the first time I remember the kid saying "are we going to the main plot or do you want to explore first?" I almost get the feeling that the game wanted you to go to the second area first, it just doesn't stop you from exploring before then.

I live for Kratos getting really angry, breathing, and then continuing as just angry.

It was only a matter of time until the bots came back, and they have come in force!

I would call myself at around 60% on the hype meter. I'm probably going to play it, but interested in seeing how the word of mouth turns out for it.

I've been using Pocket Casts and have had no issues with it.

Tomb Raider (2018) - 3/5

A surprisingly solid movie. I went in expecting garbage and actually found myself enjoying it quite a bit. Good popcorn flick. I'm glad I have movie pass so that I didn't have to pay money to see it specifically.

Did anyone else get a Far Cry villain vibe off of the main antagonist?

I'm running strength/faith in pretty equal measure and it's been working out fine for me.

The only Dark Souls worth playing is Fashion Souls.

I would say no, it's not fair, but who cares? There are too many good games being made to be "fair". I have skipped out on and written off so many games for petty ass reasons. Just play what you want.

Huh, I didn't realize we had a thread like this.

This year I'm trying to make reading more of a habit, especially to break up the gamin', so I guess I'll summarize what I've been up to so far.

Dad is Fat: My wife got this for me because I like Jim Gaffigan's stand up. What she didn't realize that the book is a collection of essays entirely about raising children, a pastime we have no interest in pursuing ourselves. That aside, the book is less interested in being a laugh machine and comes off more as a frank and occasionally humorous look in this guy's life as a father. Especially as a father of five kids in a two bedroom apartment in NYC. So if any of that interests you, I guess give it a read. It's pretty short, shouldn't take more than a couple of hours, or a couple of days if you're a slow reader like me.

A Wizard of Earthsea: I'm rereading this book in the wake of LuGuin's passing. I had been meaning to go back to this for a while, and the circumstances kind of gave me the kick I needed. What a great piece of fantasy here, and what a great protagonist. I'm still at the part where the main character is a teenager, but the book does such a great job at making him flawed but not obnoxious. He's a shitty, cocky, overly impatient kid who's is too eager to get in too deep into magic, but it's done in a way where you don't just want to walk away. A lot of it comes from the storytelling style, which doesn't need to detail every little conversation, so you're not overwhelmed with character flaws.

Played the PS2 version, emulated at higher res. It was okay, I remember getting kind of bored towards the end but I pushed through. Good game, kind of overstays its welcome.