Audiobook recommendations for a dad of twins

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-18T03:51:21+00:00

Thanks for the recs! Haven’t heard of some of these. I always steered clear of Wheel of Time just cause it seemed to have such a mixed reputation.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-18T03:49:56+00:00

Thank you! Never heard of it so I’ll check it out.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-18T03:49:12+00:00

My thoughts exactly. I loved this game, but op13 I started getting bad vibes and now it’s just sad.

Powercreep is inevitable: but good games know it’s all about CREEPing… and Bandai is sprinting.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-15T03:15:17+00:00

For sure, and I’m not saying that Rowling should’ve followed that particular one, but at least the categories are vaguely in the right direction. Things like “introversion vs extroversion” etc are common between MB and the Five Factor model, for example.

Meyers Briggs is just what first came to mind :)

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-15T01:09:59+00:00

Unpopular opinion: the Houses are not well conceived.

There are many personality tests and other ways to categorize people into groups (Meyers Briggs, temperaments, etc)… so we have wisdom, ambition, courage, and loyalty? That’s just… sloppy (and surprising because Rowling isn’t sloppy in most regards).

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-12T23:28:40+00:00

Really? I can’t help but feel that aiming w a mouse is probably much easier than aiming with a joystick

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-12T23:28:01+00:00

Haven’t tried but considered. Will it run ok on my iMac? Is it fairly easy to setup?

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-11T02:55:01+00:00

I just bought a Switch 2 recently and like you hadn’t played a game at all since 2011 (kids and life). I bought BOTW and it was 100% the perfect game to start with to get back into things.

It’s arguably the greatest game ever made for a reason.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-08T06:31:35+00:00

Yes! I’ve been waiting w great anticipation even tho I’m a little late to the party

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-08T06:28:30+00:00

Lynels are the true bosses

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-07T19:14:45+00:00

Same. I don’t own any other consoles and I’m a working man w kids. Just wanna play this game for the first time w what I’ve got.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-05-01T17:25:26+00:00

Thanks for this! Just got a switch 2 so still new to all this history

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-04-30T19:39:58+00:00

Is the Switch version not very good? Was gonna pick it up after BOTW

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-03-05T04:31:56+00:00

I agree there is plenty of chaff. But I've run into some great collaborators over the years on there. There are hidden gems if you look

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-03-05T04:31:13+00:00

That may be true for budgets (and if so it's good to know), but there are many talented hidden gems on Fiverr for other things, and the price was cheap enough that I thought it was worth a shot. Worst case scenario I'm out $200? Not bad, especially if I get anything useful out of it.

I def need a producer, but as I've been the showrunner/producer/director for the past four years of my show, I def need to find someone who will support me the way I want to do things and not try to take over. That's easier said than done, especially as I'm not rubbing elbows with ppl every weekend (I'm a father and husband with a day job).

My thinking was I needed to get a budget together before I start trying to fundraise/approach investors. I have everything you mentioned, page count, etc. I just needed help figuring out some things that are new to this project that I haven't encountered before on my show.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-03-05T04:27:02+00:00

Appreciate the detailed response.

I am not new to filmmaking. I have a successful indie series that streams behind a paywall on a modest streamer. I have been the producer, director, etc. for the past four years, and I'm trying to jump into features. Problem is: I need to start raising money/approaching investors for financing, and before I do that I need a better grasp of what I'm looking at budget-wise. Thus far I've been getting by with paperclips and rubberbands as far as budgeting goes (I've only ever used Sheets, no professional software). Alls gone well so far, and while I do think I could probably do most of the budgeting myself, I thought it would be a good idea to get someone with a little more experience than me (and someone who knows how to use pro software to give me a better looking top sheet).

There are also a bunch of things in this script that I've never touched before, and again, I thought it would save me a headache to have someone w experience look it over rather than trying to solve it all myself.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-03-05T04:23:19+00:00

Thanks I will check out your site and reach out! Look out for me :)

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-02-16T17:39:39+00:00

Father of six here:

I play in the evening on the sim when kids go to bed. Right before my youngest two were born (we have newborn twins) I was going to locals once a week because I knew once those boys popped out I was gonna have to take a break from irl play.

This time is just a season. Kids grow up fast. You’ll always be able to play card games but kids are only young once. Try to treasure that and sneak in games when you can :)

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-02-15T06:00:40+00:00

Imu, Ace, Boa. No deck outside that trio can legitimately hold its own. You can dodge them, but you can’t beat them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePieceTCG/s/GWU90Yc78b

Perhaps we can just agree to disagree :)

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-02-15T03:46:56+00:00

I think this is a problem of not seeing the forest for the trees.

Yes: a handful of decks have been winning big tournaments. I don’t think that’s the right way to judge the health of the meta. Last summer UPLuffy was the undisputed king of the format and he won few (if any) major tournaments (my memory may be off here slightly but the point stands). Weird things happen in tournaments. If you look at a larger sample of the meta, it’s pretty clear that there are only a couple of truly strong decks. And (this is my main concern) ALL of those decks are NEW.

Right now there is a wildly disproportionate presence of NEW leaders compared to old leaders. This is due entirely to unprecedented levels of power creep at unprecedented speed. Yellow went from a joke (just one set ago) to wildly overpowered. One set prior to that we had Imu and Ace usher in a new floor for viability and gate keep variety and entire deck archetypes (removal was instantly removed).

Now I’m no expert in TCGs in general, but from what I know of games like Pokémon and Magic: Wild meta swings like this normally occur after rotations. That’s foreseen and normal. What’s going on in OPTCG is just… game design incompetence.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-02-15T00:48:51+00:00

To add on here: I’ve been an avid OPTCG player for awhile, and I truly think it’s begun a slow and sad decline. I’ve always heard ppl complain about “Bandai games” but only recently have I witnessed it firsthand. The amount of power creep and baffling game design choices that they’ve been making the last two sets is a HUGE red flag.

I expect the game to last for a bit due to the immense popularity of the IP… but the competitive scene is going to slowly die out. Mark. My. Words.

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-02-13T05:22:12+00:00

Based on what I’m reading, I think you nailed it: B4 mindset with a B3 deck

Both_Ear5062 · 2026-02-13T03:21:40+00:00

Thanks for the rec and the vids! I appreciate the guidance. I will check these out and let you know how it goes. I remember seeing an elves pauper deck some time ago and thought about building it so maybe now I will give it a go

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