The monthly stats of the content and media I consumed this month! Very quick and kinda late, I am so sorry.
Hey hey hey, I took a while to make my summary this time, but it is how it is. I have been very busy at work and the regular. I got a new phone, although that didnāt happen in October so, oops. Anyway, for now here is what I listened to.
Podcasts
Fall of Civilizations: This podcast is very interesting, I listened to another 2 or 3 episodes and Iāve already learned more history about other cultures than whatever Iāve done before in school, alongside Revolutions. The one thing that I love/hate is that ancient poems and manuscripts are usually read in the original language and english overlapped with a bit of delay, and I just canāt understand either of them, but maybe that will improve on later episodes.
Eye of the Duck: This podcast just has a ton to offer, very informative and very nice to listen to. I listened to the podcasts of some movies such as The Thing from 1982 and the 2011 prequel and they were very good. I have seen tons of videos about those movies and the work behind them and I was surprised to learn so many more details and curious facts. And of course, what the hosts consider to be the scenes that define those movies as a whole.
Alice isnāt Dead: This is a bit of a weird podcast from the creators of Welcome To Night Vale, it feels like a bit of an audio journal from a woman looking for someone named Alice, its quite an experience but I donāt want to say much else, Iāve only listened to a couple episodes too so I donāt really know what itās about really, still.
Manga
I didnāt read that much manga lately, only the first mention here is new and its fairly short anyway.
All You Need is Kill: This is the manga that inspired the movie Edge of Tomorrow, a fantastic piece of cinema. The mangaās story is quite similar, but a lot of the aliens and machine designs are a lot different, the story and everything is pretty great on its own tho, it is quite short so its a quick read worth checking out.
Weak Hero: The story right now is on a bit of a backstory about the main āvillainā of the story and its taking some very interesting turns, I didnāt think this manhwa would grip me but I am already more than 200 chapters in and I just keep reading.
Frieren: Beyond Journeyās End: After a bit of a hiatus, it only took a couple months (from my perspective at least, older fans waited quite a bit more), for the story to keep going, and I am really enjoying it so far, the plot relaxed a lot, since the last few arcs were more action and dark phantasy focused. Slice of life is back and I am loving it.
Komi Canāt Communicate: I mean, Komi was one of the first mangas I read, and its still very fun and wholesome.
Books
Since the year is approaching its end I also kinda wanted to read some more. I managed to finish two books!
The Mote in Godās Eye: This was a great read, very imaginative and well written, classic sci-fi at its best, and a fantastic take on what a first contact would look like in the future. I started it in September, and since then I just had a last third to finish, and it was a joy. For some reason I kept imagining the events happening in a TV show in the style of the original Star Trek show, very bright colors on high quality film, kind of cringe sometimes but with some nice dialogues and scenes. I donāt know, but I liked it a lot.
Project: Hail Mary: This book is a lot different than the previous one, first of all, it starts out at a first person narration, and the main character wakes up with ammnesia. So, a very different start compared to the multiple characters and perspectives going on in The Mote. Humanity has found a very interesting threat to their existence, and the only hope seems to be light years away from us. Thankfully, that treath is also just what we needed to get there. There is a lot of hard sci-fi here, numbers and physics and fun stuff that my engineering brain kinda gets but not really. I havenāt read much of the genre honestly, but I may check out The Martian later, from the same author.
Games
Dicey Dungeons: A small deck-building roguelike that I only played for a little bit, but it is easy to get into and probably has a lot of depth. But another game won me over.
Into The Breach: Now this, this got me hooked, I played it on my computer for like 4 hours and then I decided to buy it on my Switch, it was fairly cheap but I have already dedicated quite a lot of time, and I havenāt even tried all the mechs or completed all the islands. It is a tactics RPG that feels a lot like chess and I just wanna make the best possible plays everytime, learning to let go and taking risks. Its great.
Castle Crashers: This is a fun beatāem up that Iāve been playing with my friends and it leads to a lot of fun. Tons of enemies, weapons, quite a bit of combos and great boss battles, as well as PvP fights. Its just mindless fun and its great.
Velocity: This is a Mini Iāve been playing on my PSP more often, it is a really neat and tidy game, it is a bit of a shoot āem up with a lot of puzzle elements rather than bullet hell style stuff. Very good and portable. There is a sequel on the Switch but I would like to have access to the original too.
Device Usage
Laptop
I used my laptop for a total of 67 hours, at least on my Linux side.
Firefox was used for 51 hours
Youtube for 7 hours
WhatsApp for 2 hours
Deku Deals for 4 hours (yeah, I have a problem)
Facebook for 1.5 hours
Mercado Libre for 1 hour
Alacrity was used for 8 hours
Into The Breach was played for 3.5 hours
Thunderbird for 50 minutes
Android
I used my Phone for around 207 hours. I am actually surprised, seems like a lot. But I can explain!
Tusky was used for 38 hours, 8 hours less than last month
WhatsApp was used for 35 hours, 8 more
Vivaldi was used for 26 hours, 4 more
Facebook was used for 16 hours, 9 more
Newpipe was used for 16 hours, 3 less
Librera was used for 14.5 hours, 4.5 more
Signal was used for 6.5 hours 1.5 less
Markor was used for 5 hours
K-9 Mail was used for 4.5 hours
Looks like it all balances out a little bit, maybe? Maybe I canāt explainā¦ You got me, I donāt want to bother doing so.
Finishing thoughts
A lot of switch games, two books, a little bit of podcasts, still sleeping to Welcome to Night Vale. Somehow the Magnus Archives still has more episodes played. Everything is great. I may get a proper job at the company Iām doing my internship at, I just want to get this over with and do enough blogposts before the year ends. Bye!
