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Definitely one of those games with incredible background designs that are worth just stopping and looking at sometimes. It's one of the few games I've gotten 100% achievements on and a large part of that is I can treasure hunt a long time when the scenery gives me something stunning to look at.
These are my sentiments exactly, very excited to see this getting closer to release. If I had to sum up my feelings of enthusiasm, I'd quote Lea's joyous line: "Hi! Lea! Hi!"
CrossCode has some of the funnest and most satisfying mechanics of all time for me, and seeing that same kind of slick combat and use of powers for exploration seems like they kept everything that made it so fantastic while creating something new that's dripping with style.
Since CrossCode also had one of the most emotionally effective uses of story pacing for me as well (and because I loved Lea's limited access to a full vocabulary and the excitement when Sergey would break his way through the communication system so she can access a new word), I'm very curious what it's going to be like with a protagonist that speaks in full.
For those who watched the movie The Endless (2017) -- does anyone else think this guy played a role in the film?
Fool really does define itself out of a lot of his other works since it is based in Shakespeare's world. If you like that kind of pre-existing, historical type of setting, I might recommend Sacre Bleu. Moore explores Vincent Van Gogh's superstitions about using the color blue in his paintings and how it connects to his maddening and unusual death. Even without knowing a ton about art or famous artists, he really did a good job bringing in every major player from Monet to Degas as characters in the book in a way that explained who they are and what role they play, all with an inventive and entertaining supernatural explanation as to why so many 19th century artists were a bit bonkers.
That said, I just found out Moore created a Fool trilogy with Pocket going on to be the main character in the sequels The Serpent of Venice and Shakespeare for Squirrels (I also just found out he did a sequel to A Dirty Job which I'd always longed for)! Needless to say, now that I know they exist, they're all going on my reading list!
I loved Fool even if it is lower on my list of Christopher Moore favorites! The first time I read a Moore book was when I was still in the Army and deployed with a copy of Fluke and I loved it so much I wrote to him to praise it. He ended up sending me a bunch of his books, all signed, with a note that said "thanks for reading, I hope you don't die" in his humorous tone.
Fluke, the Bloodsucking Fiends trilogy, A Diety Job, Lamb, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, Lust Lizard, and Sacre Bleu are my top favorites for just being so darn entertaining, humorous, clever and an absolute joy to read.
To anyone wondering about Fool, it is written in a similar vein to Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead (which retells Shakespeare's Hamlet from the point of view of the two titular minor characters). Fool re-tells the story of King Lear but told from the perspective of the king's jester, the professional fool. It is hilarious and does a great job at showing the significance of the jester and all the things he's doing when not shown on stage during King Lear.
I read it with just the faintest recollection of the events of King Lear and still enjoyed it, but for anyone unfamiliar it might be worth watching something like Anthony Hopkins' King Lear beforehand to see how cleverly Moore put his version together, but it is not a requirement by any means!
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Amazing, I own one of these and you did fantastic work. Admittedly I only wear it so I can view the minimap when my cell phone's GPS lags and so I can use the rebreather to soak my face when I take a bath. The other features like super enhanced speed and strength and active stealth cloaking don't really interest me, they just sound so boring.
Welp, I'm sold, this is totally going on my list! I've kind of been itching for something like Dragonlance and this sounds like what I've been looking for.
This movie is integral to understanding the comedic genius of the Community episode titled "Critical Film Studies (aka My Dinner with Abed)" Season 2, Episode 19 of Community.