Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 10/25/24

Snowdrop (2021) [-] South Korean series set in 1987 when the government was corrupt and colluding with North Korea to remain in power. North Korean spy Lim Soo-ho (Jung Hae-in) and university student Eun Yeong-ro (Jisoo) meet and are attracted to each other but circumstances eventually force him and two comrades to take Yeong-ro and all the other girls at her dormitory hostage... This is a much more serious series than I wanted to watch and since it's one storyline it does seem to crawl as they try to fill sixteen episodes. I watched until midway through episode six.

macOS 15 Sequoia - Window Tiling [/] A simple tiling system which does left, right, top, bottom, fill, corner. But it's like a virtual size change -- if you move the window it resizes to the size it had before you tiled it and I find that incredibly annoying. It's back to Mosaic.

LEGO Star Wars Battles [/] Real time PvP tactical game on a vertical 2-lane battlefield. Bases at top and bottom. Drag out units into the playing field and they'll automatically advanced and fight along the left or right (there are horizontal barriers to prevent them going through the center). Each side has two lane towers and there is a tower in the middle and if a tower is empty when your unit passes it you can build a tower there. Special units (e.g. Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker) have a special attack which you have to remember to activate. Collect cards and XP which you use to get new units and upgrade them... Overall kind of fun but it's basically all PvP battles and I'm not really into that.

Snapdragon Vietnamese Pho [+] Unlike their ramen offering (which is average) this one is quite good. Rice noodles with a savory beef-flavored broth and a little bit of spicy oil.