I finally tried Storybook Brawl this week, and it is excellent. Highly recommended to anyone who likes playing games of any kind, give it a shot, it’s already Tier 1 even though it’s in Early Access. I definitely have thoughts on it, but we’ll see when I get around to writing those down. In the meantime, great fun.
I’ve started emote-ing at you at the start of our first fight each brawl to say hello (IGN: GodWithAShotgun), I hope it’s taken in the intended spirit of camaraderie (and happy to stop if it’s annoying, I know opinions on emotes are mixed). Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the game, that’s a discussion I’ll be able to contribute to more thoroughly.
I look forward to these weekly posts, thanks for doing them.
I have been enjoying Daði Freyr’s Somebody Else Now, a celebration of changing your mind and updating on new beliefs. It’s a catchy euro-pop song, which means it regularly pops into my head unbidden. Normally this is a pretty serious downside, since a single line tends to loop indefinitely, but I’ve managed to regularly use the intrusion as a prompt to reaffirm my desire to change for the better. Overall, its main appeal is a genuine joy at the prospect of changing yourself that I find infectious.
His song Think About Things, which he wrote in anticipation of his first child, might also be enjoyed by rationalists. It conveys a sense of wonder at the prospect of another perspective coming into the world in a way that I personally find easy to extend beyond the parent-child relationship.