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What a weird weekend. A wrestling super show on Friday? It started with the the Greatest Royal Rumble on Friday. Was it really the greatest? Well it was the biggest, but it was far from the greatest. Let’s say it was fine. 50 entrants is too much especially when most of them don’t mean anything. Considering there was no title shot involved it seemed like the perfect opportunity to give a win to someone unexpected that could serve as a push to the next level. It would also serve to give the impression that really anybody can win the Rumble. Instead, Braun Strowman, who doesn’t need elevating won. Oh well.
Saturday was International Table Top Day and Les Dés Truqués had a big sale. People could sell used games and Les Dés had specials on all new games. Nice deal. I surprised myself and culled my collection, bringing twelve items for sale. Half of them sold. Now that I’ve taken the first step, maybe it’ll be easier for me to part with some games in the future.
I didn’t actually attend the sale though. Instead I went to the movies to watch Infinity War and Ready Player One. Infinity War was a solid movie, though I can’t say I was really as into it as I would have liked. I think I have superhero movie fatigue. My favorite parts were the ones with any of the Guardians of the Galaxy. The rest was fine. My biggest complaint is that the big ending makes it clear that nothing’s gonna stick so the punch to the feels they were going for just didn’t land for me.
Ready Player One was…dumb. There, I said it. I refrained from reading the book until after I saw the movie so that I could judge the movie on its own merits. It’s a very empty experience that comes off as fanboy fan fiction. That said, the visuals are amazing and there are plenty of neat pop culture references as you would expect from the source material. From what I’ve read and heard they made huge concessions to the story to appeal to a wider audience, but the movie ultimately mostly appeals to fans of the book who for the most part aren’t happy with the changes. I need to read the book though because it delves deeper into the character motivations which I just found lacking in the movie. So if the movie’s goal is to get more people to read the book to really understand what the big deal is…then I guess mission accomplished.
On Saturday night, I gamed as one should on International Table Top Day.
In all I was home and awake for maybe a half hour on Saturday. I didn’t think I was going to get any drawing done. But I was good on Sunday and got my two strips drawn. I’m a little behind on mash-ups. I just haven’t felt like colouring lately. That’ll need to change soon. The first Armello piece goes up on Wednesday (I do have one ready at least).
So that’s all the words I have for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.