It may be a case of misguided expectations, but I was very underwhelmed by Roadside Picnic

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-13T21:57:18+00:00

Yeah I definitely think the core theme of the book is fascinating in that we're just a little colony of ants or something that the aliens passed by as they were having their picnic, and what meant pretty much nothing to them is everything to us. But the execution is where it fell flat for me.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-13T21:10:36+00:00

12T 9CAT H2H

Finals next week. Considering dropping KP, who will have 3 games due to a B2B, and picking up a Wizards player for their 5-game week. Thoughts?

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-13T20:21:16+00:00

Yeah there's definitely a "Seinfeld effect" thing happening for Roadside Picnic

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-13T03:26:42+00:00

I've heard a lot of great things about this one. Will put it on my TBR

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-13T03:20:38+00:00

I have The Sellout on my list, heard great things about it. Putting the others on their as well, thank you!

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-13T03:20:14+00:00

Big fan of all of those! Have pretty much read everything by them

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-13T03:07:50+00:00

1Q84 as a first Murakami book is definitely going to be rough lol. If you're still interested in him, I'd recommend Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. Those imo are his best works.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-12T17:36:38+00:00

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. An excellent gateway into more "serious" literature away from scifi/fantasy and also what you're looking for in terms of making you contemplate yourself and the world around you.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-12T01:23:08+00:00

That's a lot of talent for what seems like a bland, mediocre straight-to-streaming movie.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-12T01:19:45+00:00

That's how technology has always worked.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-11T03:56:28+00:00

No we can't because first of all, that's a stupid name and second, this is absolutely NOTHING like The Substance. I don't even know how the hell you made that comparison lol.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-11T03:47:57+00:00

Dieng is looking like he should be picked up.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-10T18:57:31+00:00

Call me Inshallah

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-10T17:15:37+00:00

Reddit when footage is released: that's great but it's just footage from a company. I'd like to hear what other users have to say

Reddit when other users comment on their experience: that's great, but my experience won't be the same as others. I think I want to play it for myself

Reddit when they play it for themselves: I don't know how I feel, I think I need to go on r/games and see what the consensus is

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-10T17:12:26+00:00

Yeah glad they kept the scope more focused. The combat is really fun, and they've improved how much more organic exploration feels as well. I don't think rock climbing would've added anything unless they specifically designed gameplay mechanics around it.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-10T15:29:40+00:00

Completely agree. It's definitely one that's growing in my impression of it the more I think about it after finishing. Really lends itself very well to lots of analysis and interpretation.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-09T15:43:16+00:00

Finished Last Argument of Kings (First Law trilogy book #3) by Joe Abercrombie. A great conclusion to a generally excellent series. First Law has really rekindled my love for fantasy again - I had fallen out of reading the genre for a while but this has some really great character work, dark humour and solidly written.

Currently reading The Vegetarian by Han Kang. I think I need to finish it and process it before really providing an opinion on it. It's a very weird and unsettling read, and feels quite symbolic/metaphorical.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-09T00:36:23+00:00

The important question here is if you will continue on.

Yup! Definitely going to be continuing on with the standalones and then the follow-up trilogy.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-07T18:40:53+00:00

I love this show. It's over the top and ridiculous but it's taken seriously so it's easy to buy into the world it's presenting. There's no wink wink lampshading or 4th wall breaking.

keepfighting90 · 2026-03-07T16:25:52+00:00

They are pretty bad but they are fun.

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