Spot Reviews 06/10/22
Jun 10 2022
Apple Arcade - Patterned (2019) [/] A jigsaw puzzle game. Take a pattern, a complex drawing tile-shaped, then repeat the tiles to create an infinite canvas. Take the tile and cut it up into puzzle pieces (Tetris like orthogonal pieces) the it's up to the user to place the tiles correctly. It's actually fairly hard for the size of the puzzle. It downloads patterns and there are several hundred in the database. It's a pretty relaxing game for people who can do the hard IRL jigsaw puzzles.
Podcast - Plundergrounds (2018) [/] Apparently started out as a Dungeon World podcast. I listened to the last few episodes. A lot of looking at OSR stuff, more towards the small physical products you can get nowaways. Also musings on various role-playing and RP-adjacent topics (movies and literature). Although I like hearing about new OSR products he rushes through reviews and is mostly superficial. Not that great of a podcast but probably average for a self-produced RPG podcast.
Movie - Eternals (2021) [/] A Marvel Cinematic Universe film and the first one with these characters. Eternals are an artificial race created to battle Deviant infestations throughout the universe. After defeating a Deviant infestation on Earth in prehistoric times a team of Eternals has been living on Earth waiting. Now the Deviants are back and the Eternals discover that their true mission is not to save humanity. As the team takes sides it's basically Ikaris (a superman archetype superhero played by Richard Madden) vs everyone else led by Sersi (Gemma Chan)... it's a 2-1/2 hour movie that spends a long time on the setup and reveal with not much action so kind of meh.
Podcast - Plundergrounds (2018) [/] Apparently started out as a Dungeon World podcast. I listened to the last few episodes. A lot of looking at OSR stuff, more towards the small physical products you can get nowaways. Also musings on various role-playing and RP-adjacent topics (movies and literature). Although I like hearing about new OSR products he rushes through reviews and is mostly superficial. Not that great of a podcast but probably average for a self-produced RPG podcast.
Movie - Eternals (2021) [/] A Marvel Cinematic Universe film and the first one with these characters. Eternals are an artificial race created to battle Deviant infestations throughout the universe. After defeating a Deviant infestation on Earth in prehistoric times a team of Eternals has been living on Earth waiting. Now the Deviants are back and the Eternals discover that their true mission is not to save humanity. As the team takes sides it's basically Ikaris (a superman archetype superhero played by Richard Madden) vs everyone else led by Sersi (Gemma Chan)... it's a 2-1/2 hour movie that spends a long time on the setup and reveal with not much action so kind of meh.