The vibe of SimCity from the old days, except slam it into some VR2 motion sickness inducing fun and you have Little Cities: Bigger.

As far as hard science fiction goes, the story of Bob Johansson’s journey from twenty-first century tech bro to sentient and sarcastic Von Neumann probe populating and defending the known universe through his technical prowess and Trekkie knowledge leans into the lighter side of fictional fare.

Based on the short run graphic novel, this was a four season Netflix show that debuted in 2019 and concluded with some finality in 2024.

In 2024 the latest tweaks to the current edition of the manuals and rulebooks for the classic tabletop role playing game were published, and I took this as my cue to finally jump into this universe. May as well get the freshest rules hot off the presses, huh?

I don’t recall where I heard about this exploration adventure climbing game, but it was in my wishlist in Steam and so when it went on sale I added it to my library. Climb, climb, and climb some more in this puzzle up the side of a tower to tall to see the top.

Laying down hexagonal tiles to build a pastoral landscape and score points is the key point of this cooperative board-ish game. Ish, because there is no board per se but certainly a lot of table real estate to be claimed.

The game is a perpetual game, too, in that as you play successive times you keep track of your wins and this unlocks new pieces that enhance the complexity of future play throughs. In effect, you’re leveling up the game itself by playing it, which is a nifty premise just in itself and probably means we’ll be cracking it open more often if only to grind through an unlocking campaign.

Coping with the delusions of a stalker is amplified into proportions of raw insanity in this based-on-a-true-story limited series.

May the force be with you? Luke, Leia, Han and Garth. Or was it Darth? I jest. I have watched a helena lotta of the saga at this point so I may as well have a place to sort through any rewatches, huh?

A catch-all for anything created by Pixar.

A cartoon television show based on a card game based on an internet comic named after a breakfast cereal. Mmm Oatmeal.

What do you get if you combine the Risk board game with a computer and add a sprinkling of crack? You get Civilization.

If you enjoy in depth histories behind the making of world changing epic films then you’re in store for a treat listening to the amazing narration of this background account of the making of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the exhaustive account of how Peter Jackson led the charge and made it happen.