Welcome back to Wednesday Links!
Time for a little check-in. How are we doing?
I’m certainly spending more time with my partner. We had a lovely afternoon of gaming last weekend. We took turns doing runs of Slay the Spire; whoever wasn’t playing would be working on their laptop or reading.
I’m eying the new Split Fiction game, because I really liked It Takes Two. Have any of you picked it up yet? I’m also in a cozy game rut. There seem to be so many games I’m excited for, but they aren’t due out until later this year or don’t even have a release date yet.
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From Jane N. at Romance the Data:
I just launched a new Romance Bookstore Directory that I thought might be of interest to your readers! It can be sorted by type, country and region (for the US), plus there is a map version as well. Let me know if you have any questions! You can find there directory here.
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The Stonewall National Monument is in consideration to be turned into a LEGO Set. It was pitched as part of its IDEAS line. It has reached 10,000 supporters, which means LEGO will consider it for a product review starting in May. This link was sent in by ES. Thank you!
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Curious about the history of faerie smut? Kelly Faircloth is discussing it over in National Geographic (!!!).
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Please enjoy the adventures of Mischief, the cat.
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
June Squibb (the supercool Oscar-nominated 95-year-old star of action movie THELMA) did a “what I can’t live without” list for NY Magazine’s Strategist site last week. Her list is incredibly fun, but it’s the comments that gave me life this week:
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/june-squibb-favorite-things.html
I haven’t bought this yet, but I think I need it. Social media sites reveal that these have MODULAR EYEBROWS!:
https://store.necaonline.com/products/sesame-street-ultimate-bert-7-inch-action-figure
(BTW, Ernie and the Count are also available, with an Oscar the Gtouch to follow)
Oscar the Grouch, I meant…sheesh. I’ve already been blowing my discretionary dough on Super 7’s Sesame Street figures, but given that I missed out on some rare Cookie Monster variants, I deserve compensation somehow…
My teen and I just finished our first play through of Split Fiction. There’s substantially more platforming than in It Takes Two, and I had to hand him the controller a few times, because platforming is not a forte of mine. I have criticisms about the story – that’s not how writing works, and SF and fantasy have so much crossover that’s it’s difficult to imagine a fan of one genre disdaining the other – but the game play and the visuals and music were lovely.
And if you want to relive the trauma of dismembering Cutie, that’s an option too. 😉
It’s been a rough winter, so hubby and I agreed to spend at least half a day together each weekend on some fun activity, like hiking. We headed to a wildlife refuge Sunday and were rewarded with snow geese, raptors, dear, wild turkeys, javelina, and a coyote! Nature, books, and a good relationship are getting me through all the everything.
Cozy game rut wise, have you seen Wanderstop? It just came out this week. It’s a very out of left field turn from Davey Wreden, best known as the creator of The Stanley Parable. I’m about five hours in and it’s very pretty and I really like the characters. So far it reminds me a little bit of Spiritfarer? Soothing repetitive gathering and crafting interspersed with heart stomping Feels, with gorgeous scenery
@Nicolette – it’s quite possible: I’m a devout reader of fantasy who specifically does not read sci fi, and while I don’t mind sci fi as much in eg anime, it’s never something I would specifically seek out.