The Curse of the Golden Idol was released in 2022, but could probably run on my microwave. It’s a brilliant little detective game inspired by The Return of the Obra Dinn. Highly recommended.

Another detective game from 2022 I loved that’s similarly untaxing on hardware was Strange Horticulture. You run a horticulture shop in a Victorian-y fantasy land where strange things are happening…

Both under 8 hours to complete.

Super Mario Odyssey. It’s mostly extremely fun, controls well, with only occasional camera angles and poor checkpointing infuriation lighting its copybook.

He’s already said he’s retiring about three times. Then finds something he likes the look of and he’s back. I mean, if he says it after every film, he might eventually be right!

I love this video. The escalating insanity is wonderful. I once got the Harder Drives music stuck in my head for about 2 days straight.

Is 16GB RAM “plenty?” I’m not so sure. It depends on what kind of development you’re doing, what you’re running locally, etc. My work laptop has 16 gigs hard capped, and I always wish I had more headroom. Obviously, budget matters, so that’s a call for you to make, but 16 gigs is probably the smallest amount to call “enough” these days.

(Of course, it’s also extremely easy to expand if you find you need more, so…)

First two episodes are absolutely superb. Brilliant hook.

Men

Immediately thought of this image.

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/devildjmachine/art/Deus-Ex-Human-Revolutions-Adam-Jensen-276354548

He’s threatening in a way that Anthony Hopkins never could be (and to be fair, in a way he never tried to be). He’s physically imposing to go with the mental acuity. Absolutely superb.

Hopkins is fantastic in the role, and deserves the plaudits, but like you, I feel like Mikkelson inhabited the role like nobody else has.

It crashed into a missile that was just looking at a cathedral.

Journey.

Sometimes I well up just thinking about it, let alone listening to it. Wonderful.

There is a lot of competition in the “creepy pictures of Richard D James” category.

Probably in my top 5 albums of all time. Definitely in my top 10. Absolutely love it.

Oh, it’s not even not-a-joke in the way I thought. 🤣 Don’t mind me, I’ll just turn and face the wall for a bit…

Edit: OK, that’s a great gif!

I initially thought this was a gag on how people having their photo taken back the had to sit still for a long time…

But no, just jpg…

I love this film, have watched it numerous times.

The song For A Friend by The Communards that plays over the closing credits was written for Mark Ashton (played in the film by Ben Schnetzer), and it’s a sad, poignant and beautiful song.

https://youtu.be/L3OxwmjmHDI

In Europe, there is no good reason to own this. It doesn’t fit anywhere. There are other, better options in every single circumstance. Including pickup trucks that are designed for and fit our roads. These trucks are simply too big, they’re a menace.

Only Americans ever think these are the right tool for the job. If you guys want to keep your trucks that kill people at an incredibly outsized rate, fire away. But they are a plague that most Europeans rightly want to keep out.

This isn’t standard. Nothing about that vehicle is standard.

If it’s for lugging tools, get a van. They’re safer and better for the job.

If it’s for camping, get a van.

These trucks make no sense, other than financially to car companies.