Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 06/24/22

Podcast - Dust (2019) [+] Science fiction short stories with professional voice acting. Season one is seven episodes of 15 to 40 minutes. There is supposed to be a theme but they don't say what it is, maybe artificial intelligence. Season two are short stories about people in a flight that gets warped into 2040. Season three is a 14-episode story of galactic scale. I've only listened to season one and it was excellent so I'm looking forward to the next two seasons.

Movie - California Christmas: City Lights (2021) [/] Romantic movie, sequel to A California Christmas. It's a year later and Callie (Lauren Swickard) and Joseph (real-life husband Josh Swickard) are planning their wedding. But Joseph's family business needs him so he returns to the big city (San Francisco) with Callie. The previous film had Joseph as the fish out of water and now it's Callie's turn as the sophisticated life may be too much for her. Meanwhile Joseph's former girlfriend Victoria (Laura James) and a VP at his company is subtly trying to break them up... It's a light romantic film and it does it fine.

Apple Arcade - Red Reign (2019) [/] A light fantasy RTS battle game. Home bases at opposite corners with three lanes between them. Each lane has a resource or two. You only build combat units then send them out on one of the lanes and once you send them you lose control of them. When a resource is conquered you automatically extract resources which are used to buy/upgrade buildings and buy more units. Lots of maps and races to fight. Intended for PvP though you can fight the computer. No campaign game. It's nice graphics and simple gameplay but you can't pause so the game is a bit too frenetic for me.