How are you guys

What games are you playing or books are you reading?

  • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    I’m about to set up the greatest Skyrim build known to humankind; a werewolf crossbow rune magic alchemy build that will definitely keep me entertained until I lose focus around level 25 and run out of Dwemer ruins to explore

  • EcoMaowist [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    I just finished reading “What Moves The Dead” by T. Kingfisher. It was pretty good and pretty freaky, especially towards the climax.

        • VOLCEL_POLICE [it/its]@hexbear.netBEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

          نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

          volcel-police

  • booty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    I’ve been reading through Asimov’s Foundation series. I found the first book quite dull and the premise kind of difficult to buy, and a little too ‘great man of history’-y. The second was much better though, and actually featured a female character. How progressive!

    I remember reading The Caves of Steel a long while back and I liked it a lot, so I was overall slightly disappointed here. But if the trend in quality continues in this way then the third book ought to be pretty good.

    • itappearsthat@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      all I remember from reading the foundation series when I was 14 years old is that he uses the exact same plot twist in like three separate books

      • booty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        Well, books 1 and 2 were very different and didn’t really contain anything that could be considered remotely similar twists IMO. But there are a ton of prequels and sequels and stuff made after the original trilogy that I’m probably not gonna read and that as far as I know Asimov kinda didn’t intend to write, so it sounds entirely likely that some of those were phoned in lol

  • arswaw [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    I am obviously reading every leftist book on my bookshelf instead of just staring at them with a vague plan to eventually start and finish them.

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      Buying an EReader has helped me reclaim the hunger for reading I had as a child. I couldn’t force myself to read physical books for some reason over time, but now I read far more regularly.

      Might be worth considering!

          • booty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            they also do for everyone else, that’s why people who don’t like reading but think that it’s a prestigious activity like them. they can not-listen to an entire book and then be like “oh yeah i read that one”

              • booty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
                1·
                6 months ago

                It just comes down to the fact that reading is active and listening is passive. If you’re reading a book, the book proceeds at precisely the pace of your understanding. If you have to read a sentence five times to understand it, then you do, and nothing provides any pressure on you because you’re the one in control. If you’re listening to an audiobook and you don’t understand a sentence or lose focus or whatever, it just keeps on plowing ahead. And while it is possible to rewind and listen again, it just can’t possibly deliver information as effectively as reading.

    • Gorb [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      I really like that game when it came out it just got dragged down with the total flunk of the xbox one. Also i think people were bored of third person games but the gameplay is actually really fun

      • TomBombadil [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Definitely just a weird situation it came out in. But yes the combat is surprisingly good and not like many games of the era despite cheat high walls existing. Plus the story definitely hits me good. I dig it

  • Abracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    I’m reading Heretics of Dune, 5th of the 6 Dune books written by Frank Herbert. It’s interesting to explore the Tleilaxu a bit, and see the God Emperor’s golden path come to fruition, but it seems like Frank is running out of juice. Also the horniness is really coming out now lol.

  • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    ELDEN RING ELDEN RING ELDEN RING

    Also forcing myself to finish reading Neuromancer, Gibson couldn’t seem to write with more than 1 hand but I want to see the origin of many Cyberpunk tropes so whatever.

  • roux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    Finished reading Conspiracy Against the Human Race the other day. It’s ok. Not great. Not really a philosophical book, but more of an attempt at a fiction writer trying to write bleakly about an already bleak subject really. I was mostly digging it until the last chapter just turned into an analysis of Lovecraft’s and Poe’s writing styles since it was billed as a philosophical book and not a writer analysis but whatever.

    Ligotti mostly just writes like “here is why sad, I won’t explain it further but here’s the writer’s thoughts on this that I’ve been jerking off the entire book. Also here is a great modern philosopher who I don’t even know their real name.” He also does that repetition thing like you see in theory but it just never really lands.

    Probably a 5/10 book for me really.

    Also I started playing Axiom Verge again randomly the other day. I’m 2 bosses in and rage quit over the fast screechy zombie boys. Probably try to get back to it today.