Satoshi Kon would have turned 62 today ;_; Fanart by Jinou (x.com/Jinou_rakugaki)

Not usually a horror person, but want to try and find horror movies after seeing the last Conjuring film…and deciding I didn’t find it horrific (though it was still a fun night out with a friend!) This, this is going on my list… ooh, eco-horror… 🤩👍

guinevere

Word of the Day is ‘tandsmør’, from Danish. It describes bread that is buttered so thickly you can see tooth marks in it after every bite. Its literal translation? ‘Tooth butter’.

That’s interesting, and reminds me of the scene in the lower labs, something abandoned, and the area Andi and Frankie are living in…something of people persisting in a decaying world…🤔👍

Don’t often watch sports, but that rugby match was fun, and well done the Roses! 🤩🎉👍

#knightsofguinevere pilot was a delight. Beautiful combination of the fairy-tale fantastic and the macabre, and Andi and Frankie seem really interesting characters. Really hope this gets a full season to see what Dana and everyone can do with Glitch.

Functional and pretty! I wonder if something like that would be expensive, with that design…🤔👍

*side-eyes Nintendo Direct* Yeah, alright, in a few years,if I’m still into gaming, and can afford it I’ll get a Switch 2. But not on the basis of a single game! Even though the Pokemon-Animal Crossing looks *adorable*! 😂👍

I’ve heard that the bike I got as a birthday present when I was…maybe about 12 has been given to a new community bike shop. Lovely! I hope another child takes rides it around their part of Reading and decides cycling is great! 🤩👍

"Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'." - Terry Pratchett, Snuff

I was sorely tempted to *immediately* replay Hollow Knight after beating the final boss a few months ago. Nevermind it took me many, many attempts of many bosses to get to that point… Loved that game.

This looks so realistic I can feel the kind of decades old paperback, edges of the pages sun-damaged, the spine worn… And one day I will own something that I can play Bloodborne on. 🤩👍

Every time. I immediately try all the jumps. Mario 64’s still a delight to play years later.

Huh. Did not realise that either 🤔👍

...What's not to love about this! 😏(Make sure to click through to the page and see the animation of the Moon plunging through the photo field.) www.space.com/moon-photobo...

I really enjoyed it but would absolutely re-play it with a guide. Good grief, the sheer amount of narrative and mechanical *stuff* that is not signposted at all…

Thinking about this little one again. I wish I had so much more time! I'd love to do a whole project with these brave and brilliant hummingbird knights of the Garden Court.

Commander Keen, and a game called Rescue Rover where you have to rescue a dog kidnapped by…aliens?? Fun times 🤩👍

I vaguely recognised the name, and….yeah, Google informs me this is both brutal and brilliant! Good grief! So wrong! 😨😂

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Good morning! It's 7:37 a.m. on Monday in Japan. Right now, everyone living in Japan may be feeling a little depressed, thinking, “Another week is starting. I have to work hard.” Well, I feel the same way, too😉 #Illustration #LineArt #CommentPls

“I don’t miss penalties twice!” Good for you Chloe Kelly, you get ‘em! Well done England! 🤩💪

A much-needed word, and really interesting that it was recorded only once😊👍

I really need to sit down and write something…it’s an odd kind of restlessness that I’ve not felt in a while. We’ll see if my iPad gets used for that this weekend 🤷‍♀️🤞

Nearing the end…ish of Tales of Vesperia, my first in the series. Really enjoyable, fun characters and mechanics, I just wish I could properly follow the side-quests! Would definitely like to playing more of the series if they’re on the Switch. 🤩👍

I’ll always have a soft spot for Aardman because of Wallace & Gromit, and the little clip of their *Pokemon* project of all things was quite sweet. 😊👍

Very sweet! Reminds me of yesterday - a group of young children on a walk in a park popular with dog walkers. Cue simultaneous cries of “Doggy!” 😂👍 (That is also my reaction in my head on seeing a dog)

#naddpod Rather appropriate that the Triplets obnoxious insistence Keychain is a dog had me almost convincing myself *he always had been* because it’s been ages since I listened to Trinyvale 😂😨👍

Trying to remember the poem I read at a local festival…almost 30 years ago… Best I’ve got is ‘includes the word ‘remonstrate’ and ‘possibly about tv’ 🤔

Waiting for reviews of Fantasy Life i on Switch. Adored the original game, but if the performance is too rough I simply can’t justify the purchase. 🤞

Having excluded all trans people from proceedings before it, the Supreme Court decides in favour of For Some Women Scotland.

Yes, this really helps no-one but the bigots. 🤬🤦‍♀️ Trans women are women, trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

#naddpod Ep one of Skaldova, Jake does a very fine job narrating the world, and I’m going to love this new trio of absolutely daft characters. What a combination! 😂👍

Brilliant! 😂👍

#naddpod C3 ep67 - Murph says Glen was meant to go to Faewild and get a crown, but I find him having to scrabble for a scrap of relevance while clearly at the whims of Jovyere *far* more interesting for the entitled, callous man that he is. Anything else would play into Glen’s power fantasy.

Eizouken! The way the shows ties making anime into its own style and creation is beautiful 😊👍

I went to this talk by Jon Sleigh at Melton Carnegie Museum last night. Fascinating presentation and exhibition! ( I need to get back to Melton at some point) 😊👍

I am hugely grateful to these well-informed fantasy fans for taking the time to write these letters rebuking The Guardian for that asinine 'romantasy' opinion piece. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Having been on a plane twice 30 years ago, I’m amused by the flight times to Prague potentially taking less time than getting from home to my parents’ place by train 😅👍

Back in Reading for the weekend, and the clear weather is cold and beautiful. Chilterns in South Oxfordshire

Maybe it’s the Pratchett and pun(e) fan in me, but The Great Pottery Throw Down is one of the best titles 😂👍

Bookshops are beautiful places, and it’s important to also have those places for children and young people 😊👍

Not currently in the mood/energy for non-fiction, but I took a screenshot of these for reference. And just the title ‘Are Men Necessary?’ is great! 😂👍

Between the posts and the news, I think I got a (poor!) photo of the crescent moon and Venus last night, but wasn’t sure what it was at the time… 🤔👍

Of course this can can be intellectually, systematically, breaking down old stereotypes…but admittedly my first thought was an old-fashioned fight like Charlize Theron in The Old Guard. 😤💪

Squirrel hanging from the bird feeder, didn’t care I could see them! Not that I’d blame them for not being in a tree in this wind…

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

Very little anime this year tbh. Rewatched Land of the Lustrous, still a story I want to see more of (will get to the manga eventually). Haven’t finished it, but also started Utena for the first time! 😊👍