This for single player video games as well.
Being in a flow state is so nice and books and video games are both fertile places to achieve it.
Even 2+ years after playing it, I still wish I could experience Return of the Obra Dinn for the first time again 🥺 It had such mindblowing storytelling, despite (or because of) the 1-bit graphics, that I’ll never forget it enough to enjoy each revelation to the fullest like that first time. Gonna go listen to the soundtrack again…
back to old boring life again
I slowly read the dark tower series over the past 3 years and this is still how I feel after having finished it 2 weeks ago.
No, but I wish I did. What book would be that good?
Maybe The Stand by Stephen King?
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson might do it.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons will almost definitely do it…
+1 for Snow Crash, time for another re-read
Baldurs Gate 3 and the original Deus Ex did that for me.
I wish I could get the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind treatment for those games.
A little life and The goldfinch did it for me. Also others that I am too lazy to list.
The Mass Effect trilogy did it too and still does every time I finish it (4 or 5 times now)
Da Vinci Code
Fuckin, yeah man.
After watching Breaking Bad, I felt as if a part of my life had been torn away from me and I have been left with a hole.
Good thing we got an entire other show and movie to go along with it.
Me recently with Project Hail Mary. Now just reading sub par sci-fi space books trying to chase that same feeling of exploration and wonder.
Have you read Hyperion by Dan Simmons? Amazing sci-fi
Of course, The Martian would be the next step if you haven’t read that too.
But also, I found it similar to The Andromeda Strain or multiple novels by Frederik Pohl.
I only read Artemis and Hail Mary, saw the movie The Martian, but haven’t read the book yet.
Hot damn, this has been on my reading list for a while, gonna start it today.
I highly recommend the audio book. I feel like it adds something extra over reading the text, which is unusual. No spoilers.
I would actually recommend the opposite. For something like this I really like letting my mind create the imagery. Especially with a movie coming
About to start another replay of The Last of Us both one and two. I would pay a lot of money to be able to forget the story and experience it again anew.
The second game is so good. So many people had a negative knee-jerk reaction to an event that happens early in the game, but I thought it was amazing.
And then playing from both Ellie and Abby’s povs was the perfect way to tell the subsequent story. By the end you’re just emotionally drained… But the story is so well told imo.
I had an experience with the part two and I liked/hated it but I don’t think I want to experience it again for the first time. Not the emotions I want in my life even though the game is great. Apart from the “experience” the gameplay was also top.
Same with good shows, movies, games, etc. I kinda feel hollow after.
I know I’m gonna get this with Digital Circus and part of me is really salty it’s only getting one season
I’m a Stephen king fan, so by the time I finish one of his books he’s written 3 more
Stephen King is the opposite of G. R. R. Martin
they should have a child together who writes at the perfect rate
But Stephen King already writes at the perfect rate.
someone should tell him not to write anything on Twitter though
or why is he tweeted what he did regarding the Epstein list
I feel like his completion of the dark tower is on par with grim’s GOT wrap up.
He defended The List recently, so fuck him.
Idk what that is
The Epstein list. He basically said it was fake. He’s always been an asshole as far as I’m concerned, but I’ve usually agreed with his political tweets (or whatever he uses that people post). I have no loyalty to him, and find it strange that he would claim it was made up.
Does it make his books worse?
It makes it suspect that the books may have been written by a pedophile (overlooking things like the orgy in IT). Odd thing to defend the Epstein files if you aren’t one.
It makes it suspect that the books may have been written by a pedophile (overlooking things like the orgy in IT).
Tbh IT is a pretty strong argument for that… I have only hazy memories from when I read it as a child (very age-appropriate book lol 👌), but I still remember several scenes of children doing sexual activities. Looking back, I don’t think any of it was needed for the story to work - if not a paedo, King was probably drugged out of his mind when he wrote it.
I’m not sure I understand how saying something doesn’t exist is defending it?
I don’t know how you believe it doesn’t exist
The Dark Tower.
That series is just amazing. I can’t imagine having to read them as they released, waiting that long for book four would have driven me to acts of terrorism.
I saw the movie when it came out, my ticket was for seat 19, it was the only connection to the books I got from the experience.
you lucked out honestly. After book 4 (1997) when we werent sure if there was anything more coming, King got hit by a car in '99. It wasn’t until 2003 when we got the next book in the series, and I dont remember there being a bunch of hype beforehand. Just, King releasing stories again in 2001.
A 6 year wait was brutal, and then the last 3 books of the series came out as fast as most people could read them. (2000 pages of story in 2 years) It was an amazing sprint to the end of a story, that King wasnt sure he was going to be a part of. So it was really amazing to see.
It’s been a very long time since I read them, but book 4 was the peak of the series anyway if I recall correctly. 5 isn’t bad, but it starts going off the rails. And then the last few books are kinda meh (though the very end was good and inevitable).
Just my opinion though. Those first four books were really good.
I’m eternally thankful to have found the series after it was completed. Speculation would have been the death of me otherwise.
Of all the failings of that movie. Idris Elba as Roland Deschain was not one of them. Neither was McConaughey as Randall Flagg.
I KNOW! They were great casting for the characters, but they weren’t at all given the characters to portray. Idris Elba was my ideal pick to portray Roland long before the movie was announces, so I was excited until I saw the trailer, they did him so wrong. They did it all so wrong. I know King has a standard of shitty movie adaptations, but that wasn’t even the same fucking story or characters.
I know King has a standard of shitty movie adaptations,
Yeah but then again, you have Shawshank Redemption and The Shining… Two of the best films of all time.
A million times this! I haven’t re-read it once, and I started in the 90s. This book series hada big impact on me. I named my son after a character, in fact!
Now it’s been like 20 years since the last three books came out I think I can read it almost fresh again. Obviously I know the major plot points, but I bet there’s so much I’ve forgotten.
Ive read the first three books about 4 times. The first book a dozen. Its so short that I can finish it in an evening if I want. I still havent finished wizards and glass, but the rest of the series, including wind through the keyhole are on my list for a revisit.
Wizard and Glass was the best one! It feels like the only story that King had a clear vision for lol. His stuff usually reads like he makes it up as he goes which is fine, but Wizard and Glass really stood out from the rest of the series to me.
I stood up, hadn’t eaten or drank enough clearly, and passed out. Beaned my head on the desk but at just the right angle to not cause a serious injury.
Don’t forget to eat and drink, and stand up carefully!
Now you can enjoy the book again for the first time!
Loooool didn’t hit my head that hard, thankfully!
Thanks mate!
Piranesi 😭
This is how I feel about playing Outer Wilds.
I need to play this. I get the same feelings with RPGs or really good open world games. Would love to add another to the list
That is outer worlds. Op said outer wilds. You are going to be disappointed (or maybe happy) if you pick up one thinking its the other lol.
I came to the comments just to say this. I’m glad I’m not the only one
Fffffuuuuuu you both beat me to it. I try to get others to play it so I can live vicariously through their amazement! Bought it on Steam for a gaming buddy and for my brother on Switch.
Did you play with a mouse and keyboard? I started it on my PC and it said it needed a controller. So instead I switched to my Steam Deck, but I felt like the small screen wasn’t doing it justice, so I stopped.
Been meaning to pick it back up again.
Coming from someone who primarily games on Mouse/Keyboard, controller just feels better, but Mouse/Keyboard shouldn’t ruin the experience at all.
Honestly you can play it with keyboard and mouse no problem. Don’t let it prevent you from playing!
Controller all the way.
I think it’s mostly the zero-G and ship controls where it matters.
