TimTheEnchanter @ TimTheEnchanter @beehaw.org

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This one has been on my list forever and I just need to get to it!

Cover looks intriguing; I’ll have to check it out!

Just started up Cyberpunk 2077, which I’m really enjoying so far! I’m playing it on Steam Deck, so some of the UI elements are really teeny-tiny, which is probably my biggest complaint.

Same- I also did back-to-back playthroughs! I enjoyed my second one more, actually, because I at least partly understood how the DnD mechanics worked by that point. (And figured out how to romance the companion that wasn’t interested the first time around, ha ha!)

So far so good! Hope everyone has a good week!

I recently finished up Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it! I got the impression, for whatever reason, that it was overhyped. But I enjoyed seeing how the characters developed and seeing the ebbs and flows of their relationships, which I thought was well done and believable. There was a lot more depth there than I was expecting. I also thought it was going to be more of a traditional love story and was (pleasantly) surprised that it wasn’t!

Another surprise for me was The Silmarillion. I’m a fan of LotR, but I still expected it to be a bit of a slog. But, wow, I tore through that book so quickly! Loved the stories and lore and mythology and everything, incredible!

Totally random question, but what are the brightly colored pieces in the birdseed?

I’ve got a one-legged grackle that visits my feeder occasionally!

Is reading technically considered consuming content? Fun and it’s a pretty cheap hobby if you have library access or go to used bookstores!

I just finished up Divinity Original Sin 2 this week! I enjoyed Baldur’s Gate 3 immensely, so I thought I would check out something else from Larian Studios, and it had been on my wishlist forever. Loved the combat system in this one, and how you could mix and match different skills and abilities to make interesting combinations. The battles were so much fun to play! I had a hard time keeping track of the story and all the different factions and their motivations, though, and went into the final act of the game not exactly sure what my character should choose. (Especially compared to BG3 I had a harder time keeping track of what was going on for some reason.) Still had a ton of fun playing this one and will probably replay it with a new character and all new party at some point!

I’m also working on my second playthrough of Disco Elysium and playing Cult of the Lamb. And then sometime soon I’m going to start Cyberpunk 2077.

This was the first game I played on my Steam Deck when I got it! Had a tiny bit of trouble with lagging, especially when there were a lot of enemies on screen, but some tweaking in the settings fixed it. Had a lot of fun with this game, though!

Some favorites in no particular order:

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

All the books on birds by Jennifer Ackerman

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Nettle & Bone and Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Pet by Catherine Chidgey

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Loved this one as well! I’m actually rereading it right now for my book club!

I couldn’t get into Beloved when I attempted it (I definitely will try it again, though), but I read Song of Solomon this last year and really enjoyed it!

I read Sea of Tranquility in 2023 as well and loved it!

Good to know, thank you!

How does Pillars of Eternity run on the Steam Deck? I just got one and Pillars of Eternity has been on my wishlist for a while!

Maxis was the one that came to mind for me, too! I played everything of theirs that I could get my hands on. Still playing The Sims after all these years!

I’m just really bad at forming habits. I know what I need to do, I can come up with routines or ways to do it, maybe even do it for a couple of days. But I just can’t seem to ever get habits I want to form to last for any length of time.

I always say that buying the games and playing the games are two separate hobbies, ha ha!