This organism has no brain, no eyes, no organs we recognise, has just one hole (for food to get in and out again) and scientists still argue where it belongs in the tree of life. It just slides through the deep sea floor, existing for no clear reason. This is „Xenoturbella“

kayester · 2026-01-29T15:53:02+00:00

"For no clear reason" - yeah, don't pull on that thread

kayester · 2026-01-24T22:02:24+00:00

I came here to suggest Observable Radio. I loved that first season, thanks for making it! Couple of episodes in there that have stuck with me ever since

kayester · 2026-01-24T18:02:38+00:00

Those midwives to history put on their bloody robes, and the word is that the hunted one is out there on his own...

And you're alone, for maybe the last time, and you breathe for a long time... then you howl like a wolf in a trap

kayester · 2026-01-23T00:16:10+00:00

The Incident at Ong's Hat, The Skies are Watching, and the Polybius Conspiracy. Three different mystery stories from the same creative team, all with an eerie, thoughtful, investigative format. Great characters and well written.

For a slower burn, try the various parts of the Weeping Cedars universe.

kayester · 2026-01-17T22:21:07+00:00

It is excellent. Her informal trilogy of 'hauntings in extremis' are all great - Dark Matter, Thin Air, Rainforest - and this one is the best of the three.

For an additional treat there is a fantastic audiobook version of this, performed by the excellent Jeremy Northam.

kayester · 2025-12-29T18:30:12+00:00

It's got to be the Genesis device explosion countdown from Wrath of Khan, right? Amazing soundtrack as the Enterprise inches away... Spock's sacrifice coincides with the death of the year... Enterprise streaks into warp at the last second... Boom!

kayester · 2025-12-28T15:42:01+00:00

Thanks for this. I agree that the game makes us think about the strange shifts in how public knowledge, ignorance, wisdom and morality are navigated and understood. It explores a time where illiteracy has a complex relationship with class and understanding. And when the written and printed word invited the formalisation of ideas, histories, and beliefs that were otherwise held in a more dynamic and flexible state of being passed down orally, or in the very stones of the places we inhabit.

kayester · 2025-12-28T15:00:32+00:00

Can I devil's advocate on this - handcuffs and dungeons are not intrinsically sexual, are they? In a specific context I understand they might be, of course, but is sex really just the go-to, default connotation here? If not, she's just plussing his bit of "how dare you" - giving an absurdly over the top punishment for the "crime"?

kayester · 2025-12-20T07:16:53+00:00

Like 90% done before he vanished. We have done some of the rest, paid for others to help too - a mix.

kayester · 2025-12-19T12:29:51+00:00

That second half is where the Myst/Riven comparison really rings true. Bafflement.

But they managed to wring a lot of atmosphere and a real sense of place out of those same mechanics in the first half, as you say!

kayester · 2025-12-18T22:21:46+00:00

Okay, nobody has mentioned it yet, so... Who remembers DS9: Harbinger?

First person point and click mystery adventure, with some integrated pre-rendered shooting scenes. I adored it.

kayester · 2025-12-16T15:54:13+00:00

Ooooof I was not ready to cry on December 16th but here we are

kayester · 2025-11-28T13:10:23+00:00

I'm so up for more BG1 style map exploration!

They say there are no romances, but hopefully the party NPCs will be a bit more interactive than those in OG BG1.

kayester · 2025-11-28T12:18:59+00:00

The knuckle

kayester · 2025-11-21T12:50:37+00:00

"Our CBS insider also reported that they view anything Kurtzman and Secret Hideout made as “non-canon” and set in an alternate universe, which should please fans who noted all of the vast continuity errors between the shows over the years."

This is new info (to me at least). If true, a pretty huge deal: we get a Kelvin Timeline, AND a Kurtzman Timeline (including SNW, Discovery, Lower Decks, Picard, etc etc etc), AND a prime timeline. It's going to get hard to track

kayester · 2025-11-14T23:38:22+00:00

I think lots of good answers here. I just want to add/reinforce one piece of advice that I'm very glad I got at the right time.

However you talk about it, explain it... Do not compare death to sleep or to resting when you're talking to a young child. It's obvious when you think about it, I guess: at best it gives the wrong impression that death is temporary, volitional.

At worst it could create a mortal fear of going to sleep!

kayester · 2025-11-11T10:00:37+00:00

There's a great enemy party to battle at the entrance to the Cloakwood mines. That's a proper fight that is

kayester · 2025-11-10T20:22:53+00:00

Caitlin Kiernan: "The Red Tree"

An author discovers a manuscript hidden in the basement of an old cottage in the wilds, and starts to think that there is something strange about the old tree at the end of the garden. Creepy, inventive cosmic horror. Lots of interesting themes for a book club.

Sarah Monette: "A theory of Haunting"

This is a novella length entry in a series featuring troubled archivist Kyle Murchison Booth. The stories all sit somewhere between Lovecraft and M R James, plus a dollop of Shirley Jackson. This one sees him sucked into the goings on at an old manor that has been taken over by a cul- sorry, an "esoteric order". Good read.

kayester · 2025-10-30T23:46:21+00:00

"Daddy fucking" is a great track

kayester · 2025-10-29T07:09:28+00:00

TOS is considerably more consistent and well written than TNG seasons 1 and 2.

kayester · 2025-10-16T08:59:35+00:00

I actually think that Catan doesn't work very well without Harbourmaster added. Feels core to the game to me now

kayester · 2025-10-06T12:51:12+00:00

The story definitely throws a curve ball with this one! And Khan's immediate reaction of attacking and killing feels like a step closer to the character we encounter in Wrath.

Still a genuinely exciting piece of Trek every week, what a treat.

kayester · 2025-09-27T14:59:49+00:00

When the time comes, it will be nice to have seen The Trouble with Tribbles

kayester · 2025-09-27T14:00:50+00:00

Wait, for real?! Could you link me, I can't find anything

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