What I watched, read, listened to and spent my time with during June
Month after month I keep surprising myself. This June was definitely the month of actually completing things. For once! I managed to turn a quarter of a century old, I managed to complete a book, and three different videogames as well!
I also wrote quite a few blog posts in between the weeknotes and the reviews, which makes me quite happy. Still not as many as March, but that was just a really good streak that broke by the last half, compared to the consistency of this month. I’m happy!
Overall, it was a rollercoaster of emotions, my sister currently studying abroad visited, my parents were travelling for a variety of reasons, my birthday happened, and at the same time, it just felt kind of normal, weird stuff.
Regardless, here is the media I enjoyed throughout the month.
Podcasts
I listened to a total of 57 hours of podcasts! It’s been a relatively quiet month, to be honest.
Welcome to Night Vale - For sleep and not much else, but sometimes the plot is so good I relisten.
Into The Aether - Some great episodes, they recently got rid of ads and went indie again, love it.
Darknet Diaries - I listened to many great stories, Shannen’s (Ep. 145) was my favorite.
The Ten Minute Bible Hour - Now at chapter 12 of Matthew, but it remains super interesting.
Retro Game Time Machine - The episodes on Left 4 Dead was fun, I always wanted to try it.
Dotzip - The 5 hour long episode about 1000xRESIST, it was beautiful and glorious.
The Worst Community Report - Just some fun banter from people in the Discord server I’m a part of.
Movies
There were a lot of movies this time around, like, I don’t think I’ve watched as many movies in a single month since I started doing monthly summaries! I’ve been thinking that I already dedicate a paragraph or so to all of these on my weeknotes, so I’ll just stick to one-sentence reviews from now on for media, I think.
A Minecraft Movie - Fun, ridiculous, but uncanny animation, Jack Black has fun.
How To Train Your Dragon 3 - Perfect finale, an amazing trilogy and closure to the characters.
Arrival - Cool concepts and amazing visuals with some mind-bending moments.
The Fugitive - Cool thriller with Harrison Ford being chased by Tomy Lee Jones, it can only be fun.
Tangled - Probably the best of the 3D Disney animation movies? Great songs too.
Transformers One - This was a great prequel/origin story and I love it, a rewatch.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Pure nostalgia for me, amazing VFX for the time though.
World War Z - A zombie movie where they go fast, what were they thinking?
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - Thrilling action sequences, convoluted talks in between.
Anime
It is always a good month when I actually get to complete an anime show, which was the case this time. Even if I don’t know if it was best use of my time, I still think that if I enjoyed it, it was worth it.
Completed
Solo Leveling - Good adaptation, meh animation but it gets a lot better on season two, epic finale.
Ongoing
Mashle Season 2 - Really fun, I love the dub localization, it just makes me laugh, but the action is cool.
Death Note - Only three episodes in, but yeah, it’s good! I am going slowly for no real reason, hmm.
Manga
Quite a few ongoing series! And of course, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou! I’ve been having a lot of fun with all these.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - Simply perfect read for the turbulent times of today. Just amazing.
How to Grill Our Love - Wholesome side-character stories for now, still great and cozy.
Hunter x Hunter - Catching up and slowing down, the plot just keeps thickening, good stuff.
One Punch Man - Finally returned to this. New arc is developing, Saitama remains OP.
Sakamoto Days - Fully catched up now, and I am on cliff-hanger, oof. Still, top-notch action here.
DanDaDan - Ridiculously fun arc with tornadoes, while still having incredible character development.
Books
One finished, one started, not bad, not great. Will the day come when I can read as much as others?
The Big Time - What a weird book to have finished, an interesting work for its time, but confusing for me, as a non-native speaker.
Nemesis Games - Finally started the fifth book of The Expanse. This is off to a great start, since all the characters of the crew are having their own concurrent arcs right now, and they are quite fun and distinct from previous adventures.
Gaming
Yeah I just love videogames, what an incredible medium. The games I completed represent many facets of my taste and I had a blast with all of them. It is extremely weird for me to just roll credits three times in a month, but it was worth it.
Completed
1000xRESIST - Maybe my favorite game this year? It definitely looks like it.
Hollow Knight - I am in the endgame now, exploring as many corners I can find because I want to enjoy this game as much as possible. I will face the final boss some time soon! Maybe some of the extra bosses as well.
Dragon Quest XI - Still charmed by this story, I played hours this month, and I’ve made it to a pretty big moment of the story. This game just sparks joy.
Final Fantasy VI - I also progressed a lot here, made it to the second half of the game, and it’s so good, holds up great today. Gotta level up my characters though.
Full Metal Furies - The current choice with my couch gaming friends. it’s been great to fight cool bosses and hordes of enemies.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade - I didn’t really play it much, but I intend to complete the story this month to be done with it.
Monster Hunter Rise - Did a high rank mission and realized I really need to upgrade my equipment.
Super Mario 3D World - Just some levels here and there.
Shelved
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver Remastered - I got this on Steam but it got picked for October in my gaming club, so I decided to play it until then, the original voice acting and the remastered graphics are super good though.
Device Usage
Laptop
I used my laptop for a total of 75 hours. Not a lot to say here, I use my computer at work a lot more lately, for obvious reasons.
Firefox for 37 hours
Zen Browser for 14 hours
Alacritty for 10 hours
Signal for 2 hours
PPSSPP for 1 hour
Phone
I used my phone for a total of 252 hours. That is definitely a problem, I’ve been way too active on Fosstodon and Polymaths Social this time. At least I cut down on YouTube consumption and the like. I also returned to some mainstream social media lately, but at least I didn’t use them much, ugh.
Tusky for 42 hours
Fennec for 41 hours
Mattermost for 28 hours
Tubular for 25 hours
Signal for 21 hours
Discord for 17 hours
WhatsApp for 16 hours
Mihon for 8 hours
Instagram for 7 hours
Lite for 5 hours
Reddit for 2 hours
Kobo
Not a lot of reading compared to other months, it’s a bit of a shame, but it’s the cost of finishing so many videogames! Time ends up going somewhere else.
I read 291 pages in 6 hours and 10 minutes
The Big Time for 2 hours and 10 minutes, 96 pages
Nemesis Games for 4 hours, 195 pages
Final thoughts
Not a lot to add this time around. I hope you guys have a great day. Thank you for reading this post. What were you up to this month?
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