Catching Up

 As we near what was supposed to be the go-live date for a major system change (but won't be due to issues), work continues to consume most of my brainpower as it has for the last few months. Ugh. Still want a vacation, but it doesn't seem practical in the foreseeable future.

I have managed to consume entertainment in off-hours, though.

I got caught up with watching Loki (though still haven't gone back to watch Falcon/Soldier). I liked it quite a lot. There were some moments that made me laugh aloud, there's some serious drama, and it feels Loki himself actually goes through some personal change. Admittedly, it's hard to tell for sure with him. I totally respect the ending for not being a throw-down with a cosmic villain preventing a hole in the sky. My only real gripe is that events of the series seem positioned to be a linchpin for the next wave of movies. I don't really like that, but that's sort of the burden of a "cinematic universe" and Marvel has managed it at least reasonably well so far.

I played Breathedge, which was... pretty much what I expected. The fast-talking humor is not quite on-target enough for my preferences to score big points. The survival aspects are okay. The building aspects are okay, but ignorable. The fact that the latter half all but ditches both of those things is disappointing (though I knew it would happen going in). It was fine, but not something I would really recommend without some sign a person likes exactly what it's offering. Calling it "Subnautica in space" is, in my opinion, a disservice to Subnautica.

I played a couple games of Endless Space 2 (after buying it notably-discounted). Much like Endless Legend, it does the turn-based 4X thing, though this time in space. Also like the other Endless game, it managed some factions that shake up some core gameplay elements to make things more interesting. But after a few games, the flow feels pretty familiar, so it's not something I'll play longer-term.


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  1. LegionAugust 2, 2021 at 7:23 AM

    Loki was a blast. It's got a lot of things going on which I'm still putting together in my head. Falcon and the Winter Soldier was very well done, except for a bit near the end which you sort of see coming, and doesn't play out as well as I'd have hoped.

    Though, the end of Loki apparently links with the end of WandaVision. I didn't expect that.

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