Author: healdollemily
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Despising What I Love, Elden Ring’s Duality
Elden Ring is a game I’ve hated, loved, roleplayed, broken, and begrudgingly returned to. It’s designed to spite me, yet somehow impossible to quit.
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It’s Never a Good Time to Buy a Game Anymore
Live service and perpetual updates blur when to jump into modern games. When is it ever the “right” time to get into it?
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Funny Story
Funny Story stumbles through predictable romcom tropes with a thin lead and frustrating drama, but still offers a decent, pretty sweet ride. 6.5/10.
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Forward Collection
The Forward Collection is one standout tale (Summer Frost) in a sea of underwhelming misses. All ambitious concepts, but most stall before liftoff. 4.5/10.
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“Get It On Sale”, The Nonsensical World of Game Prices
“Wait for sale” logic ignores both time and creative value. If a game isn’t worth your money, it’s probably not worth your evening either.
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The Bobiverse Series (Books 1-3)
The Bobiverse brims with clever ideas, uneven execution, and endless charm. Frustratingly shallow in parts, but still a lovable sci-fi standout. 9/10
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Bookshops and Bonedust (Legends and Lattes #2)
Bookshops and Bonedust cosily deepens Viv’s story with better world building and charm, even if its character arcs sometimes fade into the background. 8.5/10
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The Bear
The Bear slices through the noise with raw realism, rich character work, and reverence for the culinary craft. It feeds my soul. 10/10
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The Luminous Dead
The Luminous Dead squanders strong claustrophobic tension and unsettling hallucinations on padded pacing, baffling tech, and a flat, mismatched romance. 3/10.
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The Big Book of Cyberpunk: Volume II
by Jared Shurin Genres Cyberpunk, Short Story, Dystopia tbd/10 The fascinating genre of Cyberpunk has seen many different interpretations, always focused on the relatively near future, maintaining an almost tangible feel to the stories it tells. Jared Shurin here collects over 100 Cyberpunk short stories from various authors displaying this diversity in full. Highlights This…