Roundup

Getting annoyed with myself, so gonna be another month-long break from various websites, with exceptions for Dreamwidth when I have a post ready.

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Fantastic. Garfield was awesome, what a great choice for Larson, and I loved the whole framing story aspect of it. Though I like RENT, you know, so I was probably going to like this even if it wasn’t done as excellently as it was. Tickled by the cameos in the diner song. “Swimming” was my favourite song, love how hectic it feels, though I have a soft spot for “Why”.

Leverage

Pretty entertaining procedural. Enjoyed the crew and the cons, and also the unintentional humour that comes with procedurals. My favourite characters were Eliot and Nate, though again, I liked everyone and every subset’s peculiar dynamics. (Even if Sophie’s fake identities scare me.) On to the sequel series next.

The Tragedy Of Macbeth

I was unmoved by this until the second half. I only got into Macbeth himself once he started properly losing it - liked his tomorrow soliloquy and his starting-unarmed fight scene with uh quickly looks up characters Siward. Macduff and his family were great, especially his wife. Had entirely forgotten that Ross was a character in this play, but I liked watching him ominously talk to every person on every side.

Links

Horizon: Zero Dawn documentary - Cool look into the making of one of the rare few story-focused open-world games I’ve quite liked. The studio had never made such a game before, previously known for the very standard FPS series Killzone.