What are you guys up to in terms of looking after your physical (and mental) health? I know some of you go to the gym, grapple, run etc. Let's congregate and discuss what you do / would like to do.

I used to love the treadmill but it currently fills me with existential dread for some reason. Needing the cardio and discovering (despite my complexion saying otherwise) I'm dependent on the sun for feeling some sort of happiness in any area of life, I've started walking. Yesterday being my 38th Birthday I went for a 38k walk.




When the weather gets better I'm going to join a local hiking / walking group.

Just watched Sing Sing. Fantastic watch, wanted to catch it in theatre on release but seemed to have a very short run and I didn't get the chance.

Who's watching? Who's interested? Did anyone watch Daredevil on Netflix? Did anyone watch any Marvel stuff on Netflix?

Enjoying this a lot so far. Always enjoyed the more grounded Netflix Marvel shows. So far, been half courtroom drama, half political intrigue, and I'm quite invested so far.

What's your favourite MGS ending/vocal theme? The Best Is Yet To Come has always been my favourite, I feel like it is the perfect ending to my favourite game of all time. But I'll admit that Can't Say Goodbye To Yesterday has become a favourite of mine over the years as well, especially given the thematic nature of MGS2 and its ending.

A simple thread but always a useful one.

Really looking forward to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 next month. Thought it looked beautiful stylistically initially and I've been keeping up with it without watching anything new but it seems like previews have been great and there's a bit of hype building.

Also had an order for Sekiro in from Amazon for months and still haven't received it. I'm in London on Friday so I might just try get a copy when over because it can't be found here and it's so expensive currently. I'm also going to get a copy of the FF pixel remaster as it's around €80 here and anywhere else that'll ship here.

What are you guys looking forward to or playing currently? I'm mainly playing FFXIV although I've had no time this week.

What upcoming movies are you all looking forward to or interested in? I kind of have a bit of an empty window in the next few months from what I can see after seeing Mickey 17 recently and loving (despite most not feeling the same way). I am interested in Sinners though and might catch it.

The poster above me uhh…..hmmm…..the poster above me is…..huh……welp

Your turn!

I've been trying to get myself reading actively again of late. I've picked up a few books recently but actually getting myself to sit down and start reading them has been another matter, so I said I'd go with a re-read to try to get things flowing.

Just finished my re-read of Dune Messiah. Leelee got me a gorgeous copy from Folio Society a few months back but it's so nice that I don't even want to open it, let alone bring it to work where I do most of my reading on breaks or when on public transport, but I grabbed my old copy and started again. It is quite a departure from Dune in that it is on such a smaller scale and is far more intimate, but I think that's one of the aspects that has me excited for the next Villeneuve movie. My favourite parts of the first book are the early sections that are more focused on political intrigue (a lot of which was missed out on in the movie) and this is almost solely focused on that. I wasn't planning on it but I think I'll just do a re-read of all the Dune books at this point because I enjoyed that so much.

I got two PMs from the board saying I'd been awarded chick and assassin, but when I open them it 404s

Just giving the heads up