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I think the book dropped several truths on the reader a little too early on and the TV series handled the suspense of the reveals better. I like how the TV series has you pondering what's a lie and what's the truth all the way to the end of the season. I actually saw the TV series before I read...

Season 1 of the TV only covers about half of Book 1 of the trilogy. I can't see any real problems with Season 2 covering the second half of Book 1, it's set up pretty nicely for that. How they tackle Book 2 and beyond is another matter though. But even with the books it's a rather jarring change...

They'll get there in Season 2. I think the TV series did a better job than the books in pacing the plot and the big reveals. The lies are pretty integral to the whole plot and the actual truth will arrive in due course. Even the books reserve that until some way into Book 2. I thought the TV...

Mass Effect would make a good multi-season series. But they'd need to write a better ending or cancel it before the ending :D Horizon Zero Dawn would make for an epic series, could see it being a bit of a mashup between Terra Nova and The 100. Cyberpunk 2077, but it's so close to cinematic...

This looks really interesting. Wish it was multiplayer/co-op too though.

I couldn't see that illusion until I squinted, then it became very clear. It is amazing how our brains can fill in the gaps and interpolate / interpret what we see in order to present us with a more coherent view of things. But some optical illusions work better for some people than others, so...

Yep, MotA needed more episodes to flesh things out, especially the characters and additional storylines they introduced half way. 10 episodes would have been perfect I think.

Not really. At the lower levels you can solo. But it's not really viable solo at the mid-high levels unless you're really diehard. You'll see vids of people solo'ing the top difficulties to show it can be done. But for most players, nope. I would go as far as to say that unless you have a...

Helldivers 2 - only kidding :) Wildermyth - turn based RPG with a procedural story, a nice gentle art style and some quirky humour. 100% play at your own pace. Slay The Spire - roguelike deck builder. Yes, it's roguelike but you can play at your own pace and don't have to take it too...

I've struggled with motion sickness in games ever since it manifested with the original Doom. I don't think things have got worse as I've got older, but they haven't really got better. That said, games devs are more aware of it these days and thankfully do usually include plenty of settings...

Yeah 60Hz on a cheap CRT was painful. 75Hz and 85Hz were typical for quality CRTs. High end CRTs could do 100 to 120 Hz, a few went higher. The highest refresh rates weren't usually available at the maximum resolution. If your monitor could do 1600 x 1200 it would run at a lower refresh than...

I listen to a lot of ambient music and nature soundscapes these days, it helps shut out distractions while working and helps relax for sleep. Here's a few musicians who produce some great ambient / electronic / relaxation music: Martin Stürtzer https://www.youtube.com/@MartinStuertzer Check...

Wrong choice of word by me. By 'natural' I didn't mean realistic but perhaps 'comfortable' or 'easy on the eye'. But yeah, 'immersive' works too. I don't disagree that 24 fps is more immersive. But I would still suggest that conditioning has a large role to play in this. 24 fps is traditional...

I wonder how much of this is conditioning though, we like 24 fps because it's traditional, what we've always seen and what we expect to see in a film. If history had played out different, might we see 48, or 60 or even 72 fps as 'natural' too? It's similar to the vinyl vs digital argument. I...

I think it has more to do with A/C being 60Hz in the USA and the evolution of displays being from TV -> CRT -> LED and it kind of stuck. Whilst 60Hz has long been a standard, there were a handful of CRTs with high refresh rates. I had a 21" Iiyama CRT for a while which was capable of 100 Hz (or...

Just finished watching this last night. I thought it was very well done on the whole. The intensity and tension of those daylight raids came across well, the flak and strafing had me flinching. It's hard to imagine the reality. I see lots of people saying there was no character development...

I quite liked some of the acting and humour, but ultimately I just found the action scenes to be utterly exhausting to watch. And yeah the story was trying to be too clever for its own good. Not terrible, but certainly overrated.

Any difficulty. The smaller mission maps (when you're browsing the missions on the planet map) tend to be easier to farm because things are closer together. You're looking for those beacons that are beaming into the sky as these are the locations of crashed pods. Also you're looking for...

Yeah, I can't go near my bass anymore due to arthritis. Even my SG set up with heavy gauge strings for slide feels like cheese wire. I stick to the Strat fitted with light gauge most of the time. I've not been able to play even the Strat much recently, so have lost years of callouses and I'm...

I was a huge Queen fan back in the day too, especially up to and including Jazz. I've kept away from the film as I'd heard about the inaccuracies. Messing around with chronology of songs is irritating, especially if you know how they were conceived (often a good story in itself anyway). But...