IRL — off the clock

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at the screen.

A small, slightly unhinged tour of what I'm currently obsessed with — shows, manga, board games, books that won't leave my head, and at least one snack combination that probably shouldn't exist.

Friends✦Berserk✦Dune✦Vinland Saga✦MTG✦Catan✦Nutella + chips✦MGS✦Kingdom Hearts✦Clair Obscur✦The Red Book✦42✦Friends✦Berserk✦Dune✦Vinland Saga✦MTG✦Catan✦Nutella + chips✦MGS✦Kingdom Hearts✦Clair Obscur✦The Red Book✦42✦
Currently obsessed

Onheavyrotation.

tv show

Friends

Yes, still. It's comfort food for the brain. Don't @ me.

animanga

Berserk

Kentaro Miura's magnum opus and also the reason I have trust issues with authors. If you know, you know. If you don't, read it immediately and ruin your week.

book series

Dune

Herbert built an entire civilization's worth of lore so that we could watch people walk dramatically through sand. Respect.

animanga

Vinland Saga

Started as a Viking revenge story, became a meditation on the meaning of a life well-lived. Nobody warned me. I'm still processing.

tcg

Magic: The Gathering

I spend real money on cardboard rectangles and I have made peace with this.

board game

Catan

The fastest way to find out who your real friends are. I've seen relationships tested. I regret nothing.

Games I keep coming back to

Theusualsuspects.

YakuzaFinal FantasyMetal Gear SolidKingdom HeartsJak & DaxterMortal KombatClair Obscur

Wildly different games, one common thread: all of them made me feel things I wasn't prepared for. MGS rewired my brain at an impressionable age and I'm choosing to see that as a positive. Kingdom Hearts has no business hitting as hard as it does emotionally and yet. Clair Obscur is the newest addition to the list and already causing damage.

Guilty pleasure

Nutella. With chips.

I know. I've thought about it. I stand by it.

Books that live rent-free in my head

Highlyrecommended.Mildlydangerous.

Jung'd

The Red Book

Carl Jung spent years painting and writing his way through a psychological breakdown and produced one of the most visually and intellectually overwhelming books ever made. Casual bedtime reading it is not. Highly recommend.

you've been warned

Influence

Robert Cialdini's six principles that explain why humans make the decisions they make. Equal parts fascinating and mildly terrifying once you start seeing them everywhere. You've been warned.

answer = 42

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams. The answer is 42. The question doesn't matter. Neither does anything else, really, and somehow that's comforting.