I started Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir this week. The first book of the series was on my bingo card last year, and I'm hoping this one helps me understand the hype better. I suspect I'm just the wrong demographic to find the series better than sliced bread, but I am still enjoying it so far. Harrow is definitely more experimental in structure: some sections are second-person, some are out of order, and some are clearly not real, though whether they're dreams, hallucinations, or memories of alternate timelines, idk.

I read that last year; I was also pleasantly surprised, but still found it kind of overhyped. Like, it's very readable, and I enjoyed it, but I wasn't scrambling for the next book at the end. (I did start it this past week out of curiosity, though, as I've heard it gets wilder. We'll see.)

Fanart of artist rendition:

I have the sound of this stuck in my head now, thanks.

Link to the game is kinda hidden in the article: https://dreadxp.com/vile-is-banned/.

Did a quick search, looks like ExeKiller, which isn't out yet. Hope you find something good to play in the meantime!

I started squinting real hard at the tesseract dev (before the controversy) when I saw a tesseract patch note that said something about getting rid of Þ (in some form, idr exactly, just that there was no mention of an option to turn it off). I think it's nice to have a few instantly-recognizable posters in the community, esp. when what they're doing is harmless.

And then Loki got preggers, and gave birth to Sleipnir, an 8-legged horse that Odin rides around.

I'm like this when something gets very basic technology wrong.

You might have a look at Darebee workouts/programs. Can search by 'upper', 'abs', etc to cut out a lot of stuff your foot might have trouble with.

I wanted to see this thing in motion, so I tried to search up the youtube video, but no dice. Every article on it is just copy-pasted from the original on the Express site, and I can't get the embedded video attached to it to work. I did find an article on NIWA's site about a species of sea pig, which looks similar.

The artist is Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.

I would add The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993) to your Funny and Spooky list. I'll also second the The Fog (1981) suggestion.

I started Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. It's fun so far; can't really go wrong with Discworld.

Hackers.

Would add The Void for movies and Dredge (which is on sale) for games.

ETA: In other media, The Lovecraft Investigations is a full cast audio drama re-imagining of several Lovecraft stories. Recommended!

I'm nearly done with Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. It's delightful, and I do love seeing more of the Librarian, but I'm a little confused about how much hype it gets. Don't get me wrong, I still think it's pretty great! I'm just not finding it better/more accessible/etc than the other Discworld I've read so far.

Still kinda in a reading slump, so probably grabbing something fast-paced next.

::: spoiler Hint Take a closer look at the arm rest of the bench. :::

I finally watched it for the first time very recently, so I appreciate you and your coincidental timing.

Working on the new T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver.

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Read since last time:

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy (fantasy horror, novella) | bingo: creature, minority author, short, LGBTQIA+ lead, alliterative, cover

A wanderer visits an anarchist commune that's protected by a preternatural being.

I think I'd put this in the "fine" category; not sure if I'm interested in the sequels.

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (space opera-ish mystery, novella) | bingo: creature, different continent, minority author, orange, short, award

A prickly detective and a sentient ship discover and investigate an unusual corpse.

Intentional Holmes and Watson vibes. Cute enough, but the mystery felt a bit secondary.

Would it be possible to get the cotemplate advertised more prominently (like as a community link on the website/in announcement posts)? I know it's not something you guys are directly involved in, but as someone who usually ends up helping work on multiple templates during the event, having (a lot of) them in one place is really helpful as a supplement to asking in matrix. The more people that know about it and use it, the better, imo.