Spotlight: March 2024

{% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/murdle.jpg", "The front cover of the book 'Murdle'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/hitchhikers-guide.jpg", "The front cover of the book 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/restaurant-end.jpg", "The front cover of the book 'The Restaurant at the End of the World'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/leviathan-wakes.jpg", "The front cover of the book 'Leviathan Wakes'" %} Dropout Over the past year, I've gotten quite into TTRPG's (Table-top Role Playing Games for the unaware), and this has solely been the work of Dropout TV - formerly College Humour - and their Dimension 20 program. Each season is a different theme/setting, and the cast - mainly consisting of improv comedians - works so well together. I'm on my fourth season of Dimension 20, having gone through these; Fantasy High - a great one to start with, lays out the rules pretty well. A Starstruck Odyssey - a Sci-Fi setting about a group of misfits that end up working together in a Hot Dog shaped spaceship called 'The Wurst' Misfits and Magic - a Harry Potter-esque story about a wizarding school Escape from the Bloodkeep - a short series where the characters are villains If I've piqued your interest even slightly, Dropout have made the first episode of Fantasy High free to watch outside of a subscription, which you can see on YouTube here Outside of their TTRPG offerings, they also do some excellent other shows. I've been watching their Gamechanger series which a gameshow where the game is different every episode, and VIP, which is a improvised interview with a host and a guest who has had to create a character based on a surprise costume. Dropout are by far my best TV based finding over the past few years. {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/vip.avif", "A poster of the series 'VIP'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/gamechanger.avif", "A poster of the series 'Gamechanger'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/dimension-twenty.avif", "A poster of the series 'Dimension Twenty'" %} TV Series {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/bodies.jpg", "A poster of the series 'Bodies'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/airbender.jpeg", "A poster of the series 'The Last Airbender'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/killing-eve.jpeg", "A poster of the series 'Killing Eve'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/extraordinary.jpeg", "A poster of the series 'Extraordinary'" %} Movies {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/matrix-resurrections.webp", "A poster for the film 'Matrix Resurrections'" %} {% imagePlaceholder "./src/assets/images/posts/the-marvels.webp", "A poster for the film 'The Marvels'" %} We got round to catching up on a few movies that have been out for a while now. I think it's safe to say that neither where at the top of our lists to watch, and they'll probably stay that way when looking for something to watch again. I think my review of both - don't come after me - is 3/5 🤷 for both. Music {% set results = musicDateFrom | apiCall(musicDateTo) %} {% if results.length > 8 %} {% set layout = 'flex' %} {% else %} {% set layout = 'grid' %} {% endif %} {% for album in results %} {% endfor %} -->