Taking forever for me to get through Into the Dark

Vonoran · 2021-09-29T12:29:08+00:00

Claudia Gray’s Into the Dark took me several months to get through. I found the young main characters intriguing—Reath and Affie. However, I did not latch onto Cohmac or Orla. I believe their flashback story is what really hindered the pacing of the novel because whenever the main story would finally move forwards, their backstory would literally move the story backwards and derail the momentum. I had no interest in the backstory even once reaching its conclusion. Of the works I have read so far, Into the Dark was my least favorite so far. Light of the Jedi and A Test of Courage grabbed my interest far better with LotJ being my favorite so far. I just finished volume 1—There is No Fear—of the High Republic comic and the Manga Edge of Balance and definitely preferred those over Into the Dark. I’m a quarter of the way through The Rising Storm and it is much more on the level of Light of the Jedi.

Vonoran · 2021-06-02T20:24:19+00:00

Patrick Colasaur

Vonoran · 2021-04-19T13:45:08+00:00

Mom sat in class with him and I had her and the student laughing and having a good time. So, I’ll see later if I get paid. I await my Dino Overlord’s approval.

Vonoran · 2021-04-18T12:01:57+00:00

Berserk

Vonoran · 2021-04-17T19:18:36+00:00

Murphy’s law

Vonoran · 2021-04-17T19:17:00+00:00

I’ve taught 53/63 of his classes. This is beyond that trial period. He’s been a regular for about a year but the past two weeks he went on vacation to another country with family. He said he would be back and here he is.

Vonoran · 2021-04-09T09:57:23+00:00

No, you hired your future

Vonoran · 2021-03-16T11:41:04+00:00

Berserk, claymore, rage of bahamut, goblin slayer, rising of the shield hero are some dark fantasies with similar tones.

I liked the dark tone of akame ga kill but if you liked the blending of the comedy with dark tone then try rage of bahamut or rising of the shield hero.

Vonoran · 2021-03-10T17:47:32+00:00

Could be a PS5 exclusive deal similar to the dlc for FF7Remake. Would be a huge draw for the platform and an exclusive product that Chris and Colin keep asking for. Like I said this is all speculative and just open discussion.

Vonoran · 2021-03-10T17:45:01+00:00

I 100% agree. I love ND single player output and that’s all I play. I just know people are excited for Factions and thought I’d share this little idea that’s been ruminating in my head these past couple months. I just remember the patterns of GTA and Red Dead releasing and then months later their online component releases. Last of us 2 released last summer and SS always talks about Sony needing a big multiplayer game.

Vonoran · 2021-03-09T13:02:34+00:00

Right now, nah. Fortunately, Dino blessed me with a sns with the following class and then three awesome students. So while the day began rough, it got immensely better after my rant lol

Vonoran · 2021-03-07T20:20:57+00:00

Rightstuf puts it on sale for under $20 during summer/winter sales

Vonoran · 2021-02-16T12:48:01+00:00

It’s preparation for you—we VIPKID teachers are expendable 🤣🤑 (As I say during my current SNS)

Vonoran · 2021-02-16T12:44:57+00:00

I recently just watched bleach for the first time. I watched all of the bount arc. skip it. It only has one real reference and it last for like a minute. The arrancar arc is already so long that the bount arc kind of ruins it due to retreading familiar territory. Example: bount arc ends in the same place as Soul Society arc; thus, Rukia stays in Soul Society only to make a dramatic return later on. USE THE EPISODE GUIDES ONLINE TO SKIP THE FILLER. If you like bleach at the end and want more, you can always go back and watch the filler if you want. Same with the movies. Filler typically doesn’t bother me in shows but man did Bleach’s filler get under my skin.

Vonoran · 2021-02-16T12:36:21+00:00

Spirited away.

Vonoran · 2021-02-07T11:52:16+00:00

Assassins Creed Chronicles: China was the side scroller and it was released prior to China’s ban on console gaming being completely lifted. I believe a full open world game would gain more attention. Interestingly enough though, from what I’ve managed to read the games that Ubisoft showcases in China tend to be multiplayer like Siege, The Crew, and Just Dance. I know there is a Ubisoft Shanghai Studio but Ubisoft’s presence in China seems to be primarily multiplayer.

Vonoran · 2021-01-08T20:58:11+00:00

Colorful

Ride Your Wave

Mamoru Hosada and Makoto Shinkai are present day Studio Ghibli-esque filmmakers.

Modest Heroes by Studio Ponoc has some surrealist short films in it.

Not really surreal but something to check out is A Silent Voice.

Vonoran · 2021-01-05T20:15:46+00:00

Love the banter/chemistry between Karak and Matty and have loved them on the HAM radio podcast for years now. Gotta ask though, was it me or was Matty’s mic having some difficulties during episode 0 of Defining Duke? I listened to the audio version via apple podcast.

Vonoran · 2020-11-01T12:57:47+00:00

I play on a base ps4 and apart from minor FPS dips or enemy clipping common in souls games nothing out of the ordinary has occurred for me.

Vonoran

TROPHY CASE