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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 20h

I started with the Book of the New Sun (I think?), and have enjoyed the whole Solar Cycle so far, but he can be very hit or miss with me—there are novels where he leans so hard into the puzzle stuff that I can’t connect with the story at all (hated Castleview, for example)

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 20h

I like Wolfe a lot, but I really have to be in the right mood for him—i like authors that use obfuscation, and it’s fun to listen to podcasts that break down the details, but I need to be willing to just not “get” a lot and be okay with that.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 20h

This game rules btw.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 20h

Crow Country is $11.99 on US eShop buff.ly/MMz3zeU

also on PS+ Extra

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 21h

oh it’s happening

The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 22h

The temptation to take an edible and just zonk out for the bulk of the day is pretty strong, I must admit.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 22h

Can I have one more battlefield? Pleeeeeease

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 22h

The temptation to take an edible and just zonk out for the bulk of the day is pretty strong, I must admit.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 1d

finished Silent Hill f, which has some cool stuff but apparently it wants me to replay the whole game to figure out what the fuck happened. dunno if I’m up for that.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 1d

finished rereading ‘Salem’s Lot today; i love how, with some scenes, you can actually feel King thinking “oh yeah, this is the shit right here, this is how I -rock-“ (not in a bragging way, just that creative joy that hits when a story pops off)

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I really loved Urth by the time I finished it. Good book!

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 2d

decided to put on DRESSED TO KILL, and Prime recommended BLAME IT ON RIO, a movie about Michael Caine having sex with a teenager, I think.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 2d

of course the new Tron movie is bad, all Tron movies are bad, the original is incredibly stupid, and the concept is dumb. it _looks_ neat, and Jeff Bridges is charismatic as fuck, and that's basically it.

(i will, of course, watch the new Tron movie as God intended: at home, stoned out of my mind)

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 2d

[email protected] makes a very appropriate Trek reference in this. It pleased me, as did the rest of the content. Also, there were no "Avalanche?" "I'll take two!" jokes, which is probably for the best.

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d

The most recent Hallmark pod is about a dead earnest educational film on avalanche safety with a romance plot grafted onto it that's somehow both hornier and more inert than average. What a studio!
Apple: bit.ly/42v4vsG
Spotify: bit.ly/42zqYVo
Amazon: bit.ly/4q3QoV0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0lh...

139 - Snow Crashing the Joe Morgan Moneyball Universe

YouTube video by It's Christmastown

www.youtube.com

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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about Mario Galaxy and a slightly unwelcome reminder of the "Screw it, toss in some motion controls" era

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 2d

The Switch and Switch 2 re-releases of the classic Wii games have us asking ourselves: Did we really used to live like this?

Nintendo's Mario Galaxy remasters are a return to the tyranny of motion controls

www.avclub.com

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 3d

Dying Light 2 is -weird-. So much story, but I also just got an in-game option to rate a mission I just finished. Also, it opened with a video actor thanking me for how much I apparently love the “characters” and “world” of the franchise. Fucking -relax-, game.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 3d

spoilers: Embrace the mystery.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3d

i need more trump first term style cabinet crashouts bc 3 more years of powerful people treating autism like a horrible curse on your bloodline is going to do me in

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 3d

the score is definitely a great October listen.

Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 3d

"The Fog Enters Town," John Carpenter, The Fog OST. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhmM...

The Fog (OST) - The Fog Enters Town

YouTube video by Slick's Film Soundtracks

www.youtube.com

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 3d

maybe i should watch THE FOG again. i've got a nifty 4k disc of it, seen it three or four times now; but while it has some great moments, it never quite added up to top tier Carpenter for me. somewhere in the middle with CHRISTINE (although miles above dreck like MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN)

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 5d

a guy lives his whole life just to hear something like that. congrats. all downhill from here.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 5d

you're right. i think i was distracted remembering the bit where Kennedy districts a heat-seeking missile by shooting a flare gun out of the cockpit.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 5d

oh shiiiiiit is this the one where Alain Delon sets Kennedy up with a prostitute?

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 5d

this essay is really, really good.

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

defector.com

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve heard the term, but I’ve just never thought much about it? Thought it meant something super sensitive people noticed. The only time I can easily read expressions is when I watch movies or shows, because the performance aspect is designed to make it more readable.

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The Zack(s) of the Killer Handlen @zhandlen.bsky.social · 5d

so uh wild question do people always show emotion on their face because I uh thought most expressions were neutral.

oh my god. (it’s an autism thing. I usually get emotions via vocal tones. It never even occurred to me that facial expressions could have meaning between extremes.)

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