Recent content by EscapeGoat

Been slowly picking up the expansions to a game called Sentinels of the Multiverse - one of my friends showed it to me years ago and it very quickly became a favourite at our game nights and I've been missing playing it so I had to grab it and start collecting

Spent a bit of time catching up on Marvel movies I missed, so today I had a lazy day and watched both Spiderman Homecoming and Black Panther. I was excited for Homecoming but in the end it felt like a bit of a dud. Cringe high school humour always falls flat for me, and while Tom Holland always...

I've been playing through Rogue Galaxy for my review blog but it's slow going, both because the game is sluggishly paced but also because I'm not as into it as I used to be as a kid when it originally released. It's been interesting to replay these games from my childhood and teenage years with...

My most recent fun purchase was some nice bits for a future Magic the Gathering deck I've been wanting to build for a while. Spent a not-inconsiderate amount of money on a pair of legendary creatures to be my commanders and a nice deck box to go with them, ready for filling out the deck next month

It's definitely been a slow burn but I love the really unsettling bits to each early episode - Wanda's prolonged eye contact while Mr Hart is choking or her "no" in the 2nd, but definitely after episode 4 it's really ramped up and I'm totally invested in the mystery. Still waiting to see if it...

I've decided - probably unwisely - to begin to acquaint myself with Warcraft lore since I know bugger all about it but I've got a lot of friends who play WoW and I want some kind of in-road to chat with them. So, to that end I started on the first trilogy of books released for the franchise...

I've just finished playing The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. I needed something a bit briefer as a palate cleanser after playing nothing but Assassin's Creed Odyssey for about 4 weeks, and this seemed as good as any. I quite enjoyed it; I do like interactive narratives try and do something a bit...

I remember doing Moby Dick for an American Literature module at university. Easily the most miserable book I had the misfortune to read during my degree, so I really do empathise with you.

The game of the month on my r/patientgamers discord server is Final Fantasy VII - the original, naturally - and I'm having a blast replaying it. I absolutely love FFVII; it took me a long time to finally get around to it, but I'm very glad I did, but it's been a few years since then so having a...

Amazingly it was published in 2003, so I can only assume the latter XD It's fine, to be honest. It's obviously not that creative a read, but it's kind of... familiar, I guess? It makes it very easy to read, at least.

I'd agree on the plot point for sure. It's definitely more character-driven, and that's fine, but it's a shame it comes at the expense of the Assassin/Templar story and it ends up feeling like Starrick is wasted as a villain, despite being quite charismatic and threatening. Good but not...

I am reading The Dwarves by Markus Heitz extreeeeeeemely slowly. In fact, I started reading it like, maybe a year ago on my commute? It's been gathering dust a lot over that year since while life happened, like moving and getting married and whatnot, but now we're in lockdown I've started to...

I've been working through some of this year's releases. Last thing I spun was Lorna Shore's Immortal. I really am not usually one for deathcore but I gave it a go regardless, and I have to say I'm really glad I did. There's a really clear set of melodeath and symphonic influences in the...

Cheers for the advice on End of Evangelion. I had heard that it's more or less a must-watch to bring the show to any kind of close, and I'm curious as to that. Looking forward to when I can report back, presumably in a state of total confusion XD

I'm slowly making my way through Neon Genesis Evangelion. I'm not a huge watcher of anime but every now and again I like to dip my toes in and watch a series or film that I know is well-regarded or notable and see what I think. I've reached the halfway point of the show and I'm definitely...