media round-up

• I did not have particularly high expectations for the Fallout TV show, which was probably for the best. As a guilty-as-charged New Vegas fangirl, I fully cop to my biases, but watching Bethesdian style Fallout officially get its sticky fingers on the west coast was not a satisfying experience. I also, honestly, did not think it was a well-written series and it was extremely obvious which of the three protagonists was not a creative darling (hint: it was the black man). But hey! At least there were 60,000 Easter eggs!

• Dungeon Meshi is the latest internet darling, and you know what? Good for it! The author has a truly incredible sense of comedic timing, I laughed many times.

• I can finally tick Casablanca off my list off must-have cultural experiences. The most entertaining part was realising just how many lines have entered common parlance.

• Went on a bit of an indie game blitz in an attempt to whittle down my backlog. Carrion is a solid 3.5/5 - it gets a tad repetitive by the end and has no real plot, but the premise of rampaging around an escaped science monstrosity is amusing and the sound design was very fun.

• Somerville, on the other hand, was a bit of a flop. It's a shame because I can see what they were trying to do and it's not a bad idea, but it ultimately feels like a rough draft of that grander vision. It was at least pretty, being very much Inside's art style with a broader colour palette.

• Slay the Princess is an intriguing visual novel with an impressive span of outcomes. The protagonist is here to do what it says on the tin. Everything rolls out from there. Personally I felt it crawled a little far up its own arse at times, but it had some cool notions.

• Been having a marvellous time blazing through a Person of Interest rewatch. I think season 3 might be the highlight for me.