Move over spherical cow, circular cat is my new best friend

Interesting. Curious what the underlying systems are like and how it will feel to play. I know a couple old high school friends that have off and on talked about homebrewing up an FF campaign from DnD5e rules, but if this is good it would be a lot less work to get going. :P

This would be super tempting, gear up my tanks and non-magic dps, grind out some manderville weapons, etc… but BG3 just came out. :P Maybe if I time it to get the free playtime right at the end of August. :P

Doesn’t help that a lot of this gets internalized, I think. Like, fuck, there are plenty of terms that seem reasonably descriptive of me (bi, demi, enby, etc.) but… I’m super straight passing, and not super driven by sex or romantic relationships, so it’s like… I never really have to deal with these labels in my day-to-day? I stick he/they in stuff when people ask for pronouns, style myself somewhat androgynously, am well aware 90s David Boreanaz is objectively eye-candy, and I haven’t gone on a date in… years, because I just don’t really care. But claiming those labels feels improper, somehow. Both from a “born and raised christian, que toxic masculinity and internalized homophobia” perspective and a “I am in a position of extreme privilege where I haven’t had to face many of the struggles common to the LGBTQIA+ community, claiming a place there seems insulting” perspective. /shurg

Malazan is one of the all-time greats, IMO. Took me a couple years to get through, (had to take breaks with lighter books every now and again, especially in the back half) but what a ride, holy crap. Memories of Ice in particular was amazing. Itkovian remains one of the most compelling characters for me.

Slowly working my way through Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary on breaks at work. Not far enough in yet to have a firm opinion on it.

In terms of stuff I have opinions on, I just recently finished Robert Jackson Bennett’s Locklands. The Founders Trilogy was overall was a fascinating read. Not 100% sure how I feel about the ending, but I loved the world, characters, and language/definitions as magic. (Kind of hard not to, as an engineer specializing in how tech and software interface with biological systems. :P)