This arc is interesting, but it feels like it’s taking forever to go anywhere. I know we have to let him cook, but I’m hoping it picks up speed soon and gets back to Denji as CSM soon.
Maybe it’s because I’m reading scanlations, but this whole arc is surreal and sometimes I’m confused by how Twin Peaks-esque it all is.
I’ve been watching Good Omens, Cunk on Earth, What We Do In The Shadows and Walking Dead: Dead City.
Good Omens is great so far, I’m on the penultimate episode of season 1 and you can feel a lot of Gaiman and Pratchett in the dialogue. I haven’t read much of the book, but I just started it as well. The show is witty and hilarious, with a lot of heart and some great actors in the cast.
Cunk on Earth is An Idiot Abroad meets Nathan For You, and I love it. A smart person acts dumb to get very smart people to meet her halfway in interviews on the dumb shit she says, only for her to double down and say the wildest dumb shit. It’s very funny.
WWDITS is still funny in the most recent season, but it’s become a hang out show like Always Sunny where there’s very little remaining plot and it’s “the gang visits the mall” or “does pride”. Still good, but wish there was a little more meat on the bone.
Dead City isn’t bad. I stopped watching the original show after the Whisperers first were introduced, but the new show seems higher budgeted and has a little new life infused into it. Not my favorite show, but I’m enjoying watching it with my family.
From what I’ve played of the early access, it’s a pretty amazing game. It’s a lot like the Divinity: OS games, or handles similar to Dragon Age: Origins or Shadowrun. It has a lot of flexibility in how you handle encounters and situations, and the combat is challenging but fun and rewarding. The dialogue is top tier, and rewards paying attention to what’s going on in the world around you.
Much like D&D, anytime you attempt something with a reasonable chance of failure the game rolls for you, and your skills or the things you’ve said/done affect the rolls with modifiers. There’s a lot of exploration across unique locales with a lot of verticality to the environments, and a lot of secrets tucked away. All the side quests play back into the main quest in a satisfying way, and it almost never feels like you’re wasting your time doing something.
Tatsuki fujimoto, The author of the series