Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (2025) [+] The third season of Star Wars Tales once again focuses on two 45-minute stories, each with three 15-minute episodes. The first one is Ventress (Nika Futterman) back from the dead trying to live an anonymous quiet life amidst the Empire. The second story is the origins of Cad Bane (Corey Burton) from childhood when he was recruited and eventually took over his dead mentor’s gang. I love Ventress so loved her story. Cad Bane is too bad guy for me; I’d rather have seen a story focusing on the more amusing Hondo Ohnaka.

Marvel Strike Force [/] Two years later I re-downloaded this iOS game and got back into my account to play for a few weeks. Much the same as in my review. Did get lots of bonus stuff; I guess since I’ve been gone a long time. New recruits Captain Carter and Emma Frost at Red Tier 3 (red tiers are more power than normal tiers) made them the two best characters in my portfolio. Went from level 41 to 55 and I don’t think any new modes unlocked (there stuff still locked for me). In the end will probably delete this game again.

Samorost 3+ (2022) [-] Apple Arcade version of Samorost 3. Point and click adventure game where you are this little guy exploring his home asteroid (which seems strange since you live here and the first obstacle is a bridge pulley system you don't know how to operate). No text or speech though there's music and picture bubbles for speech. I couldn't get past the first puzzle so maybe not the game for me.

Trader Joe's Snickerdoodle Cookies [+] I'd only heard about Snickerdoodle cookies from watching Hope & Faith or maybe one of the Southern cooking shows. Turns out it's just a cookie with cinnamon and lots of sugar. It keeps in the box for a surprisingly long time so that the cookie is still a bit chewy on the inside. It's like $6 for 8 but with small bites half a cookie lasts two or three cups of coffee so a box will last a couple of weeks.