This is a lovely little game that came out on Game Pass this week. I was able to finish a full play through in a couple of days. The game is just exquisite to look at! The gameplay is alright, with enough variety to keep things fresh for its size. But again: the visuals are just something to pause and stare at.
I’ve read Alex Bellos before and quite liked the first one. This one is good too, barring the first chapter which feels more like a chapter on numerology/favourite numbers etc.
The sequel to Ilium and quite enjoyable, although massive. Somehow the author makes it all work in a way that is quite satisfying.
My first Le Guin. A scientist from an anarchist moon colony escapes to the mother planet and is faced with a clash of ideas. I wasn’t too sure what to expect from this but was pretty happy with how nuanced the cultures were.
A short fantasy from the author of the excellent Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Recommended.
Um this one is extremely disturbing. I don’t what I expected going in, maybe something like Dorian Grey if he was a yuppie. But this book was quite gruesome.
A phenomenal introduction to philosophy. Skips all the boring bits, has great examples, and has some really good sections on critical thinking. I wish I’d read stuff like this when I was much younger.
I’m relatively new to the Halo series but have enjoyed playing through the originals (1, 2, 3, Reach, 5) and the current iteration (Infinite). Part 4 and ODST are the only ones left in my backlog.
I finished MK XI recently and it brought back fond memories of playing the first 4 titles in the series way back in my younger days. The cutscenes in this new one are really great!
The dreaming, slumbering ghost of Lovecraft is alive and well in this collection of horror stories.
Fairly light reading. Does not go too deep but gives a sense of how wide-spread Calculus is. Some nice historical examples show how it has been used across the years.
Nabokov’s last published novel. This protagonist here feels like the one that’s the closest imitation of the author. Beautiful, lyrical prose as always.
Grant Morrison looks at Super Heroes across the years, and weaves in his own childhood and career. Recommended for comic lovers.
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