Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JANUARY 2025?

On 02/02/2025 19:14, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Heh. Time for a "What Have You Been Reading" (or maybe a CSIPGA Movie
Reviews" thread?
 I worked my way through seven of Ian Banks "Culture" novels. I sort of
ran out of steam before I got to the last book ("Hydrogen Sonata").
It's not that I don't want to read it (well, re-read) but I really
started yearning for something different. Bank's had his own unique
style but there's only so much of it I could take.
 

As I said recently I did recently read Look to Windward and I thought it was ok but much prefer his contemporary fiction. I've taken a little change this month so instead of fiction I've been reading The Conspiracy Tourist which is a travelogue by Dom Jolly (don't worry he's a UK thing). As the name suggests it's about travelling to different locations to engage with conspiracy theories/theorists. Quite fun really and for somewhat darker reading I've got The Nazi Mindset: 12 Warnings  From History next-up on the list.

(oh, and with regards to movies, Star Trek Section 13 is as bad as
everyone is telling you. I can honestly say I enjoyed "Borderlands'
more... and that's saying something. It's not just a bad Star Trek
movie, it's just a bad movie all around; terrible cinematography,
awful story, tedious pacing, unexciting sets and set-pieces. As some
wag wrote, the only good thing you can say about Section 13 is that it
finally put to rest the question about which is the worst Star Trek
movie. 😉

No movies so I'll do TV instead, SAS: Rouge Heroes. Rather enjoyable as long as you don't get to nitpicky about the history.