This Week in Media Consumption
In the last week, here’s what I’ve been reading/watching/playing:
Books:
- Our Dumb World by The Onion - This has been bedtime reading for a while now. It’s great parody of an atlas, as it’s very dense but often hilarious. For example, this bit on Hong Kong:
An exotic seaport off the coast of China, the Hong Kong province is plagued by massive, well-choreographed brawls that break out almost daily on every street corner. The dazzling, high-speed, and acrobatic violence puts every citizen at constant risk of being thrown off a two-story balcony onto a pile of cardboard boxes.
- The Incredible Indoor Games Book by Bob Gregson - I haven’t looked at this book in years, and it reminded me of some fun games that I was able to play with my students for PAT on Friday.
Comics - I read almost everything, so some highlights and low points:
- Countdown #1 - I already trashed this.
- Fables #72 - Cinderella is awesome.
- Mighty Avengers #12 - If you’re reading Secret Invasion and not reading everything else Bendis is writing at the moment, you’re nuts.
- New Exiles #5 - I already trashed this one, too.
- Ultimate Spider-Man #121 - The only Bendis book you don’t need to read if you want to keep up with Secret Invasion, and it, too, is great. This is a nice done in one story that wraps up the typical high school baby project for health class.
TV:
- How I Met Your Mother - More Robin Sparkles? Thank you! Bonus for The Dawson balding.
- 30 Rock - Some delightful continuity this week that’s going to lead to interesting places, and, even better, more Will Arnett on my TV. It also had my favorite line of the week.
- Lost - Poor Sayid.
Games:
- Just Cause - While it’s certainly not a great game, it was worth the $15 I spent on it. It’s a fairly simple open world game overall, but I just find the concept of freeing tiny villages from tyrannical rule very appealing for some reason and always want to do just one more. A grappling hook and a parachute both go a long way to making the typical open world experience more fun.
- Crackdown - This was another $15 game, and it was way more enjoyable than I thought it would be. I finished up the co-op campaign with Brian, and it was pretty fun. Again, having a fun way to move through the open world with awesome jumping abilities definitely improved the open world gaming experience for me.
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