Ihsahn - The Observer https://youtube.com/playlist?list=RD1Ui76Zd-GXg&playnext=1&si=9HPc6Ax-Q1lTL66Q

Yeah, no I think you are spot on in that last sentence. We, as viewers, enthusiasts and consumers can only vote with our wallets. I have spent a lot more effort trying to bring people to independent showing and movies that aren’t the highest grossing/budget films.

But while that may be true, I definitely also went and saw Oppenheimer, Barbie and across the spider-verse.

But I think the whale, tar, Banshees of Inisherin, everything everywhere all at once, triangle of Sadness - all did fairly well at the movies, and despite being far from low budget indiemovies, I think that gives me a lot of confidence that cinema is alive and thriving!

While I don’t disagree on the main points of your post, I’d like to counter by saying I think we are back on the rise. We see eastern movies more frequently make it to our cinemas (at least where I live), and a decline in interest when it comes to superhero stuff. We had a Norwegian movie outsell Aquaman the past weekend and that’s wild. (I know, Aquaman isn’t at the top of people’s hype-list).

I myself also decided to make the choice to go and see more indepent films, attend screenings/festivals in my city and stop going to the marvel shows. It’s been a blast and I’m loving going to the movies more than ever as a result!

The more I play it, the more I enjoy it. Sure it has its flaws and definite issues, but they’ve also hit a perfect mid of systems to manage (food, temps, disease etc) where it makes sense and it’s not too overbearing. They’ve also included a hefty amount of welcome QoL changes.

Still, I can’t craft bulk cloth at once etc and some of those things irk me. The procedural (?) generation is a bit repetitive and mob spawns are a complete mess

Been playing Return to Moria with a friend and we’re having a blast! Got to do a few games of The Finals playtest and that was great fun.

Also got to test a few games of CS2 and actually enjoyed that more than expected as well.

Yeah that would be my tip. Once the seasons end in these games, they are transferred over to become non-seasonal characers so nothing is lost.

But that can be a solution for the next one! d3 is such a fun game

This is Wes Anderson in top for, it’s a really fun watch!

It might not stay with the quaint forever.

However I had a lot of fun reading the “Mage Errant” books! It’s a progression Fantasy (comparable genre with shounen anime) that follows a group of students at a magic school as they grow into their powers as they attempt to become strong magic wielders.

I find the book to not only not be bigoted, but be delightfully inclusive in so many aspects, it also includes characters dealing with trauma in a positive way.

I blazed through this 7 book series like popcorn.

Other than that, there are many good suggestions here!

I guess how the streaming services promote and place shows in their own service matters.

Are your recommendations really “yours”? Or are they based on trends outside of your viewing habits. Despite having down voted every comedy show on a service, will it still recommend it to you if it’s widely popular?

I think a lot more people chose things from their “wheels” on the Frontpage than we give credit to.

There’s a “spinoff” of the skyward series written by a female author! But having really both that trilogy and skyward I’d say chest GPT is off. But it definitely is closer to skyward flight (the spinoff)

There’s a whole bunch of fillers each time they remotely catch up to the Manga and several “guides” about which ones to skip etc. It’s not too hawrd to catch up if you make it a consistent low-time commitment like watching half an ep on the pooper

I ordered parts and built my own, super fun hobby! The custom keyboard scene is very fun

I agree about the quests feeling fairly good, but my hod is the jour Al itself atrocious. No way to remove/hide quests from the map. Many quests sort of remain in this “not done” quest state because completing it will have undesirable outcomes and it feels weird that I have to keep it there still

Purely based on population I’m an exceptional climbing instructor.

Do you mean so it was balanced around encounters instead of rests? If so, yes please

I always get compliments by hairdressers on how healthy my hair is and I don’t really do much (or know what to do, admitting my ignorance on the matter).

However I’m not anti/shampoo or anything I just shampoo by need instead of by habit

Mine was worse when it was shorter and I washed it daily, but as I grew it out so the bother of washing grew. But somehow it didn’t get greasy. But - I still use that as a gauge, if I spend too much time in the climbing gym or in the woods it tends to get greasier faster so I’ll wash it more often.

Long hair here! Cut my hair at home and wash it every 7-10 days and its healthy and lush, still cheap!

Got Express right before they sold. Going to swap very soon! Mainly looking at proton for the swap

Was my third time seeing them and they always deliver a tight performance! Enjoy!