To go with the post question: Has this changed at any point in your life? Are you currently one due to your circumstances but wish you were the other? Do you find your sleep impacted by this?
I saw this trailer and thought that this game looks great. I know Tarkov released a Single Player/Co-op mode and I feel like if I were to get back in to these type of games I would end up going with this style as I don't have the time to put in to playing online with other people where a hacker or someone woh plays way more than I would has the time to get good at the game.
My friend has convinced me to catch up with him on Hajime no Ippo.
I previously read it but dropped all manga in college so I could focus on graduating. Since it's been so long I'm starting from the beginning. Going to be a long time to get caught up with over 1500 chapters.
I think I'd be interested. I've been wanting to grow more things at home and this could help me get over the hump and start transforming the garden space where we're staying now from a grass patch into a nice garden
To add to this list Fang of the Sun Dagram (or Taiyou no Kiba Dougram) has none of the anime turn-offs. There's also no random beach episodes or any episodes that break out from the general pacing/plot of the show.
I love the animations, the music is SO GOOD and the new stuff is simply adorable. I love the small changes in A1 for every character, like the Silent starting in a forest, but the Regent starts in the sewers. It adds so much to the experience, imo.
I just wanted to get back and note that the starting act isn't character dependent (which would be awesome!) but there are currently two alternate acts for act 1 with more alternate acts (at least for act 2 and 3) coming later.
I'm loving the game so far, but after my initial string of wins I'm still getting used to the expanded card pool and balancing my deck.
I'm needing to get out of the mindset that Nemoder mentioned of always hunting elites.
On one hand, I like getting to the highest difficulty faster. On the other hand, I enjoyed the slow climb with the difficulty gradually increasing.
I'm excited to see what all they add, and I'm curious if they'd add additional ascensions down the line or if modders will open that up. Either way I see this gamer being one that I'm going to play for years. I came in later on StS1 so it'll be interesting watching them balance and add new things this time around.
While they are long watches, I found when I first wanted to start climbing ascensions in StS1 that watching some of the Jorbs over explained videos was a great way to up my game knowledge and how I was approaching the game.
I also found the Subreddit daily card discussion threads to be interesting when I wasn't sure about a card or a relic and how they would fit in to decks. I still personally don't like playing Wraith form builds on Silent even though I know they're good on paper. Just doesn't feel as fun to me.
I'm enjoying coming into StS2 with the knowledge I have from the first game and I'm trying to puzzle more things out myself and I'm planning to not look up other people's opinions on things for awhile.
My speculation would be that after seeing how the showrunners finished it he may not want to give up control on what he views as his magnum opus.
Even though I've been waiting for so long, I'd still like to see the series end at some point. Will I rush out to buy the next book when it does at this point? Probably not, but I did really enjoy the books that we have. I've only ever read one dunk and egg novella and would like to read the other stuff he's put out eventually, there's just so many completed series that are also excellent that there's no rush to get back there.
I managed to beat A0 on all but Ironclad as I haven't looped back to do another run with him.
I'm loving this so far and looks forward to being able to play more
Steam was having some issues with processing payments after the game went live on their store. I woke up in the middle of the night locally and couldn't sleep, so I decided to go ahead and get the game purchased. Took an hour + to process my payment.
I was able to get in a bit over 1 run before work, and I'm excited to play more on my lunch break! There are so many new encounters, and I'm trying not to get too far in the weeds yet in terms of crafting my decks and just playing more for fun and to see what is new.
I agree with you on most everything you said.
What you said about the originals struck a cord with me, in that I wish I had physical copies of the movies/shows that I'd want to revisit in the future. I don't like being beholden to streaming services, and I also don't trust them to not go back and edit movie or shows as time goes on or just no remove them from their platform entirely.
If I could go back to my pre international move, I probably would have spent some time building my own physical media collection in the states through thrifting before I had kids. Now I have much less disposable income, and building that media collection isn't as big a priority. I had also planned on building a home media server at some point, but the price of everything computer related as ballooned recently so I've put that off until things settle down.
The Obsidian Chronicles by Lawerence Watt-Evans are a great series that I don't think I've seen people recommend or discuss online (besides as reviews on book tracking sites like GoodReads). I enjoy the take on Dragons and felt like it was an interesting premise behind how Dragons are created and what their role in the setting is.
I read it a few times as a kid, and plan to reread them eventually as an adult.
I didn't get into Podcasts until I was near the end of my time in college. Started listening to them on my walks to work/campus and immediately got hooked to the point that they have taken up the majority of my audio time. They also got me to look forward to doing housework. It's great to learn new things or be entertained while tidying up the place or doing acts of service for my wife (which is one of her main love languages).
I do enjoy long form video essays, but those are usually watched/listened to while I'm folding clothes since I'm in one spot and can fold without paying that much attention to the clothes themselves.
This makes me wonder if when people see me walking my dog and being on my phone that they think I'm scrolling on social media when I'm usually reading a book.
I know I try to avoid being on my phone when I'm with people unless I'm specifically looking for something relevant to what we're doing, and notice when I'm in the room and everyone else is doing something on their phone. I am trying to be better at being off my phone around my kids at the end of the day, as there will be those exhausted days when I want to read an article or finish a chapter of my ebook, but my kids don't know what I'm doing and just see me on my phone. To help with this I've started keeping one of the books I'm currently reading in my kids' bookshelf. When they're happily playing together, and I want to do something for myself I can keep my phone in my pocket and read that book instead.
That's fair, maybe you'll be able to come back and enjoy some of those games/shows/movies you enjoyed after taking a longer break from the setting.
I've enjoyed exploring around, and we live in a time when there are so many great works easily available that it's easy to just drop Star Wars completely. It's sad to do, but you can always vote with your wallet.
I appreciate you taking the time to recommend it and explain your point of view on the show!
Just to clarify from my end, I am interested in the show after getting so many recommendations to watch it from people whose opinion I take in to consideration for media and I do plan to watch it eventually. I was more trying to say that if it had released years ago when I was more of a Star Wars fan I would have bumped it to the top of my list and watched it right away by virtue of it being a great show that is set in the Star Wars universe. Now I'm just treating it like any other show that I'd like to watch and it being a Star Wars show has no bearing on when I'll get around to it.
I don't have a list of shows that I plan to watch in a specific order, but I also rarely watch shows in general. My wife and I will slowly watch through a series together, and then I'll watch an episode or two of my own show occasionally. Sometimes it is an episode a night for a week, sometimes (like right now) I don't watch any shows for a month or two and do more reading. Once I finish Armored Trooper VOTOMS I've been wanting to watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes, but that could be months to a year away and I might change my mind and watch something else entirely.
If Disney decided to not keep Andor on their service by the time I get around to watching it and I can't find a way to watch it legally where I live, I'll find a way to watch it.
I see all the positive mentions of Andor, and based on my brother recommending it and other people I know I'm sure I'd find it enjoyable.
I just don't consider myself a fan of Star Wars in particular anymore and with all the other shows that I want to watch, and I've been planning to watch, Andor isn't getting any priority on the watch list. Based on how fast I watch other shows these days I'll probably get around to this sometime in the next 5-10 years. With how popular it is I don't see Disney taking it off their streaming platforms in that time frame.
Did you find there was a point where Frontier Saga picked up for you? I'm on book 3, and I don't find them bad by any means, but I also don't find myself very curious to see how things go, so I've relegated them to a very slow read. I may just pick them up after seeing your comment since I've been in a bit of a lull in my reading.