Various Reviews

[tskirvin]

Avenue 5: this is the new series by Armando Iannucci, the guy that did Veep and The Death of Stalin. It was advertised as being a sci-fi space comedy that looked kindof like Red Dwarf on a cruise ship but with more swearing (but less use of the word 'smeg'); and so far it's kinda-sorta been that, but without as much personality. Three episodes in, I'm still watching but I'm not entirely sure why.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night: this is pretty much Castlevania: Symphony of the Night with the serial numbers filed off and some small-but-annoying amounts of jiggle physics. It's the first Metroidvania game I've played all the way through for years now, and that pretty much because it's available for Switch, which is a good system upon which to play a Metroidvania.  Your character (I'm sure she had a name) runs through a castle exploring and killing demons, stealing their powers to make herself more powerful.  Sometimes there are bosses, more of the time you're lost and just wandering around.  There's a plot in there, I'm sure, but I ignored it (and I think that was a good call).  I got caught up in the 100%-ing the game for a while, and I'm not sure yet if I'll fully succumb.

Okay, various == 2.