Another pretty chill week for me.
I did a fair amount of gaming this week, finishing off Black Mesa finally and playing Teardown with a friend. Black Mesa’s Xen chapters are a considerable step-up from how they are in the original Half-Life, and are deliciously pretty. Interloper in particular was very nicely done, having to navigate through an alien facility of some description that clearly was not made for humans stuck on land. It was my first trying out Teardown’s multiplayer as I had last touched it back when only half of the campaign was out. It’s pretty fun with friends, being able to plan your heist together and getting into all sorts of shenanigans together.
I started and finished reading another book this week, Ra by qntm! I was recommended it after finishing my first story the other week, and oh my god it hits all the right spots for me. I absolutely love how the magic system works in it and how it’s treated as part of the modern world, and how the characters aren’t treated as infallible destined heroes, but instead as flawed, regular people. It’s been only a little bit since finishing it but I feel like parts of this are gonna stick in my brain for ages and I’m gonna get a bit annoying about it lol. Kinda want to figure out some ideas for custom jewellery pieces based on it, at some point.
I can’t believe it, but after years of having a super fucked up attention span and fighting with ADHD, I’m finally reading actual books again, and actually absorbing the words instead of just glazing over them. I’m so so so happy about this!!