Gaming

🎮 Red Dead Redemption II (2018)

Finally picked this one up on sale. Seems I prefer only occasional gun fights to everything else. Especially enjoy riding and bonding with my horse 🐴

→ Sunday January 22, 2023

📺 The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (2022)

I’ve been watching this and enjoying it so far. Can’t help but think that if it had been a US production (instead of a UK one), its 8 episodes would have been watered down into at least 2 seasons.

→ Thursday January 19, 2023

Technology

💾 As part of my migration to Proton Mail, I’m already forwarding my Gmail inbox to it and unsubscribing from a lot of junk. It’s a cleansing experience.

→ Tuesday January 17, 2023

Casual

📓🎵 Deceiver - DIIV

Something gloomy and melancholic to kick off the week.

Deceiver - DIIV poster

→ Monday January 16, 2023

Casual

📓📺 The Rig (2023) - ★★★★☆

Not sure why this has received relatively low ratings on IMDB. Totally binge-worthy!

P.S. Shoutout to @rknightuk for making Lantern!

The Rig poster

→ Sunday January 15, 2023

🎮 The Callisto Protocol - better than the reviews, but still…

I had been eagerly waiting for the release of The Callisto Protocol in the end of 2022. From the minds of Dead Space creators, Callisto is a spiritual successor to this survival horror classic. I have to be honest - maybe too much so. After the first couple of hours, I felt that there wasn’t enough of a novelty to have justified my pre-order. Nor to back up claims such as bringing survival horror to the 2020s. This remains a fair warning.

That said, Callisto is an extremely well crafted and high quality cinematic experience. As I kept immersing myself in the world of the game, my initial sense of disappointment diminished. Still, I feel the development team overestimated the novelty of the close combat system. It is, however, really satisfying once you embrace its way of creating flow. If this was paired with a more captivating story, it would have taken the game to the next level. Alas, it is what it is.

Gameplay won’t appeal to many, but chances are if you are Dead Space fan - you’d be fulfilled. Progression is linear, encounters scripted with little left to chance. This is perfectly fine, I enjoyed pre-planning and experimenting with difficult encounters, alongside improving my command of controls. Speaking of controls, there are a few rough edges around weapon swapping but it really forces you to remain composed and intentional under pressure.

In the end, I’m very happy with The Callisto Protocol and can absolutely recommend it. Seeing the level of polish of its visuals and fusion of cinematics with combat, it’s frustrating the whole package has some flaws that keep the game in the “Great” and not “Hall of Fame” category.

The Callisto Protocol poster

→ Sunday January 15, 2023

Technology

💾 Contemplating a migration from Gmail to Proton Mail 📧 Searching email content is more of a hassle and I wonder if this will be a deal-breaker. I hope not.

→ Thursday January 12, 2023

Casual

📓📺 Finally managed to finish the 3rd and last season of Dark. I just had to accept I can’t really follow the plot line 🤯 and enjoy the ride. I hold it a masterpiece of modern sci-fi TV. Shoutout to 1899.

→ Saturday January 7, 2023

Casual

📓📷 First public sauna 🧖🏻 for 2023 at Uusi Sauna. There’s been some changes since last time I visited. Love it!

→ Wednesday January 4, 2023

Casual

📓📷 The most beautiful heart-attack-in-a-cup. The office coffee machine considers an Americano to be a 1/2 cup espresso shot. Topped it up with hot water myself. Living on the edge in your mid-30s 😂!

→ Wednesday January 4, 2023

Technology

💾💬 A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?

“Everybody needs to make their own privacy decisions,” she told me. “And I can tell you, overwhelmingly, people make the decision to have the features as long as they are delivered at a cost-effective price point.”

While this is the way executives reason about privacy, there is little hope for improvement.

→ Monday January 2, 2023

Casual

📓📷 Last sauna for 198… oh wait 📺

→ Saturday December 31, 2022

Casual

📓📷 Leaving Bulgaria 🇧🇬 after a Christmas family visit. Early morning flight, long transfer ahead, but feeling fulfilled.

→ Thursday December 29, 2022

Casual

📓⚽️ Premier League is back! Skipped the Qatar World Cup, super hyped to watch some great games today!

→ Monday December 26, 2022

Casual

📓 There are 2 types of people in this world - those who tell a hairstylist they don’t like the cut, and those who don’t. 💇🏻 I’m the latter.

→ Friday December 23, 2022

Casual

📓🍿 Black Adam is just what I needed to unwind after a long week. Enjoying the silly humour. My favorite character might be Karim. 😀

→ Saturday December 17, 2022

Casual

📓🚇 Metro etiquette in rush hour - you move from aisle to window seat when the latter frees up. ☝️

→ Thursday December 15, 2022

Casual

📓 One day I’ll decide that the stress of the week before vacation is not worth it… And never go on vacation ever again 😂

→ Wednesday December 14, 2022

Casual

📓📷 Visited Porvoo today. It’s a pretty town. The photo is a little misleading - the old town was bustling with people.

→ Saturday December 10, 2022

Technology

💾 Thanks, @Miraz, for this post from 2019. Finally fixed the lack of list markers on home page with the Marfa theme. It was so annoying but beyond my knowledge of CSS to fix.

→ Thursday December 8, 2022

Casual

📓📷 My partner made themselves an early Christmas present - a new camera. And it’s paying off already on day 1. Starring Elli 🐶❄️

→ Tuesday December 6, 2022

Technology

💾🔗 I’ve been slowly reconnecting with my inner tech nerd. If you are a recovering techie - move on 🫡 My latest rabbit hole is small form factor PCs. Doing my research and eye shopping. There’s an amazing YouTube channel and a reddit (tip: https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/top/.rss?t=week).

→ Tuesday December 6, 2022