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The Inevitable Ruin [book, audiobook]

 The Inevitable Ruin [book, audiobook] IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING HOW HIGH THE PERCENTAGE OF CHARACTERS IN DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL ARE FEMALE. IT'S SUCH A BRO-Y NERD BOOK YOU'D THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE, ONLY LOVE INTEREST AND JOKES OR WHATEVER, BUT ALMOST EVERY IMPORTANT CHARACTER IS A WOMAN OTHER THAN CARL. I MENTION THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS A SECOND I WAS 100% SURE THEY WERE GONNA SAY "EVERYONE IN THE ARMY COUNTS FOR THE BOW" AND DO WOMAN SPIRIT BOMB WITH EVERY PAST CRAWLER AND THAT SEEMED LIKE A HILARIOUSLY NONSENSICAL BADASS IDEA ALTHOUGH THE PERSON THEY KILLED WAS NOT THAT VITAL TO THE STORY TO DESERVE A MOMENT LIKE THAT. JUST THE FACT THEY USED THE BOW AND SET UP THE 500% WOMAN POWER FELT LIKE THAT IS WHERE IT WAS GOING AND I'M KINDA SAD IT DIDN'T.  PS. AH, I LISTENED TO THESE BASICALLY NONSTOP ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER. THIS WAS THE LAST ONE TILL MAY. I'M ACTUALLY REALLY SAD. 

Spider [movie]

 Spider [movie] THIS IS A 1992 SOVIET LATVIAN EROTIC HORROR MOVIE. A HOT LADY GETS PICKED BY AN ARTIST TO MODEL FOR VIRGIN MARY BUT THEN SEES EXACTLY ONE NAKED LADY AND A STOP MOTION SPIDER THEN GOES INSTANTLY INSANE AND HAS A BUNCH OF SEXUAL VISIONS ABOUT FUCKING SPIDERS UNTIL THE PRIEST EVENTUALLY COMES AND LASERS THE SPIDER APART WITH LASER SIGN OF THE CROSS.  PS. NIGHTBREED LEVELS OF TERRIBLE MUSIC. 

OBEX [movie]

 OBEX [movie] I THINK THIS MOVIE IS A LOT MORE STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE BUT *MAN* DOES IT HAVE STYLE. LIKE HOLY CRAP IS THIS MOVIE AMAZING TO LOOK AT. ALSO I THINK THE 1980S COMPUTERS AND 8 BIT VIDEOGAMES AND CICADAS VIBE IS THE MOST TARGET MARKETED TO ME THING IMAGINABLE.  PS. THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD AND I LOOKED UP WHO DID IT EXPECTING IT TO BE SOME INDIE WEIRD OR JUST THE MOVIE DIRECTOR MESSING AROUND WITH MIDI BUT APPARENTLY ANIMAL COLLECTIVE MADE IT!?

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride [book, audiobook]

 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride [book, audiobook] I HAVE A THEORY. THESE BOOKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY GENERIC ON THEIR POLITICS. THEY ARE FIGHTING EVIL SPACE EMPIRE AND HATE SPACE SLAVERY AND IT'S GOOD BUT VERY GENERIC. THIS BOOK GOT VERY WEIRDLY PROGRESSIVE COMPARED TO THE OTHER BOOKS (EVEN SO FAR THE NEXT BOOK I'VE ALREADY STARTED) AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS THE AUTHOR HAD THEM GO TO CUBA AS MOSTLY A SEMI-GAG AND I THINK WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS RESEARCHING CUBA TO FIND SOME MYTHOLOGY AND STUFF FOR THE GAME STUFF HE GOT SO MAD HE HAD THE BIG SPEECH ABOUT THE MOLLY MAGUIRES AND THE PART ABOUT WHITE TURKEYS AND THEN WENT BACK TO SCI-FI NONSENSE AFTER.  PS. I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS THAT THESE HAVE REALLY REPETITIVE ELEMENTS WITH THE UNDEAD STUFF HAPPENING AT THE END OF EVERY BOOK BUT THEN THE BOOK ALSO HAS CHARACTERS ANNOYED IT'S REPETITIVE AND POINTING IT OUT AND THAT FEELS LIKE THE BIG THING OVER THIS WHOLE SERIES, THE META LEVEL OF IT BEING IN UNIVERSE FICTION MAKING IT SO IT HAS A...

The Butcher's Masquerade [book, audiobook]

The Butcher's Masquerade [book, audiobook] EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE BOOKS SEEM LIKE THEY SHOULD BE INSUFFERABLE READY PLAYER ONE GARBAGE BUT THEY AREN'T. EVERY BOOK I AM SURE I'M GOING TO FINALLY HATE IT AND THEN I DON'T. A BIG THING IS THERE IS LIKE 90 CHARACTERS AND LIKE 20 PLOTLINES HAPPENING AT ALL POINTS AND I THINK THE DUMB STUFF IS ACTUALLY THE SECRET TO THAT. IF IT WAS JUST 40 FANTASY ELVES THE BOOK WOULD BE UNREADABLE, BUT ALL THE WACKY CRAP IS ENOUGH SO YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT A PREPOTENTE IS. (ALTHOUGH THE AUDIOBOOK TAKES THAT SPECIFIC CHARACTER TOO FAR WITH CONSTANT GOAT YELLING)  PS. DONUT ISN'T WHITE!???

Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred [game, dlc]

 Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred [game, dlc] I FEEL LIKE I REALLY TRUELY HATE DIABLO IV. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING BAD IN VIDEOGAME DESIGN ALL MASHED TOGETHER. IT FEELS SO MUCH LIKE A MOBILE GAME WHERE THERE IS 1 BILLION SYSTEMS AND ALWAYS A NEXT THING TO DO IN SOME ACTIVITY THAT TAKES 3 MINUTES SO YOU NEVER LOSE INTEREST, BUT LIKE A MOBILE GAME NO MATTER HOW IMPACTFUL ANY DECISION FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE YOU CAN TELL IT JUST WASHES INTO SOME HOMOGENIOUS SLOP THAT IS THE EXACT SAME AS ANYTHING. LIKE YOU JUST FIGHT GENERIC ENEMIES AND IT NEVER FEELS LIKE IT MATTERS OR THAT YOU EVEN REALLY SEE WHAT THEY ARE, YOU GET EQUIPMENT THAT IS JUST A BUNCH OF INTERCHANGABLE MEANINGLESS STATS, ALL THE CHARACTER BUILDING IS EXTREMELY LINEAR. IT JUST ALL SUCKS. I HATE IT.  PS. I HATED IT WHEN IT CAME OUT TOO, BUT THEY HAD A SALE ON A BUNDLE OF THIS AND THE EXPANSION COMING IN APRIL FOR THE SAME PRICE AS ONE EXPANTION SO I FIGURED IT'D BE A CHANCE FOR A SECOND TRY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE SO...

Goodnight PunPun Vol #2 [book, comic]

 Goodnight PunPun Vol #2 [book, comic] AH, THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST EMO CAPITAL REVIEWS EVER GETS BUT I THINK I AM STRUGGLING TO CONNECT TO THIS A LITTLE BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ARE JUST AS ALIENATED AND PATHETIC AS I AM BUT THEY GET TO HAVE MUCH MORE SENSIBLE BACKSTORIES JUSTIFYING IT.  PS. I KNOW THE VOLUME BREAKS ARE ARBITARY AND DIFFERENT THAN THE JAPANESE ONES BUT IT BUGS ME SO MUCH THIS ENDED LIKE 10 PAGES AND ONE CHAPTER AFTER IT SAYS "GOODNIGHT PUNPUN"