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TRUE CRIME: I Am Drownding (Zodiac pt. 2) –
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On this episode, we keep talking about the zodiac killer
So a couple months ago I wrote a post about four shows I couldn’t wait to watch this year. It turns out that two of them had it out for me.
I went into The Last of Us and Daisy Jones and The Six having neither played the games nor read the book. I came out of it with a penchant for 70s music and fashion, an obsession with Pedro Pascal, and severe emotional damage. Seriously. My (now ex) boyfriend broke up with me the week the Frank and Bill episode was released – guess what made me cry harder?
I won’t be going too much into the plot as I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn’t seen the shows yet, and also because if I do we might be here for days – but here are some things that have left an impression on me.
The Last of Us
I have watched more than my fair share of horror movies in my life, I have seen some scary fuckers, okay? Nothing has scarred me quite as much as the infected – and David in episode eight. To quote Marina Diamandis: “I’m not afraid of God, I am afraid of man.” And speaking of David, if I had a nickel for every time I saw Pedro Pascal in something that involved cannibalism, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice. But I don’t live int the US, so nickels would be useless to me.
The story was presented to me as a grumpy criminal needing to take a child from point A to point B – which isn’t inherently wrong, but it’s really about a dad who saved his lesbian daughter as much as she saved him. The journey they embark on is both a physical, traipsing across the country, one, as it is an emotional one. Ellie and Joel go through hardships, trials, and loss together, growing as people and learning to trust each other.
Ellie as a character is simply brilliant – she’s brave, stubborn, smart as hell, and she’s been through more than anyone should at that age. But despite all that trauma and loss, she is still a child. She marvels at the world (or what’s left of it) for the first time, she’s ecstatic at the idea of being in a car, she idolizes Sally Ride, and she loves puns. Speaking of, here’s on I think she’d appreciate: What do you call a dog who can do magic? A labra-cadabrador.
Bella Ramsey’s portrayal of Ellie is incredible. Somebody give them all the awards right now, because that’s what they deserve. I was blown away by their performance throughout, but episodes seven and eight really took the cake. Bella is insanely talented and I cannot wait to see what they do next.
And where to even start with Pedro Pascal? The chokehold this man has me in. The way he goes from flinging Ellie across a hallway to packing Boggle for them to play together later? Growth. And him calling her baby girl absolutely destroyed me. The way Joel goes from hardened, stand-offish asshole who can’t get rid of the kid he’s entrusted with fast enough, to full-on dad who will stop at nothing to save her is so heartwarming you almost forget that they’re fighting for their lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Also: Joel made the right choice, and that’s a hill I’m willing to die on.
Daisy Jones and The Six
I actually decided to read the book mere days before watching the show, which did make some of the restructuring of the story a little jarring at first, and I still refuse to stand for the Pete erasure, but they did redeem themselves by giving Simone an actual and brilliant story-line.
Obviously the story had to be adapted for the screen, and while some of the changes that were made for the show were an absolute success – the black, sapphic love story? the shower scene? I’m still devastated – others I didn’t agree with as much.
First of all, Camila’s character. While Camila Morrone gave an incredible performance, I didn’t like the way the character was written as much as I’d loved book Camila. Book Camila is a force to be reckoned with, she’s headstrong, she knows what she wants, has unshakable faith in her husband, and she doesn’t let anyone mess with her family. Show Camila was a lot more insecure and threatened by Daisy – and I think it’s a genuine shame that they changed up the story of that final night. Billy in the bar fighting his addiction and ultimately choosing to stay sober for his family, while Camila is the one to tell Daisy that Billy will never pick her? So powerful. Unrivaled. I could go on about it for hours. I could do a whole run-through of that final episode and tell you exactly how it happened differently in the book and why I believe it was better that way. But I won’t.
However the tension between Billy and Daisy oh my god. Sam Claflin and Riley Keough’s acting was god-tier. The looks they gave each other, the singing together cheek to cheek, that one scene in the final episode where they’re both singing in the same microphone and he’s got his arms around her while he holds it – how obvious is it that I have yet to recover from that finale?
Despite the couple things in the adaptation that I disagree with, I think this show is absolutely amazing. It’s not only visually beautiful – the aesthetic is spot on, and can we talk about Daisy’s outfit in that final performance? – but the actors are all spectacular, not only bringing their characters to life superbly, but also performing the music themselves. If you haven’t watched the show yet or heard the album released with it, walk don’t run to your streaming service of choice because it’s an amazing album.
I picked up this book at random one day, not knowing anything about it, but the title spoke to me. “I’m an anxious people,” I thought to myself, “this book is for me.” And I’ll be damned, I was right.
Anxious People takes place the day before New Year’s Eve. A bank robber (who doesn’t actually rob a bank) accidentally takes a group of people hostage during an apartment viewing (who holds an apartment viewing the day before New Year’s Eve?) but is nowhere to be found when the police storm the place. We meet characters such as soon-to-be parents, for whom no apartment is quite good enough as they expect their first child, a couple who flip apartments to keep their marriage alive, a bank manager who visits apartment for the view, a lonely woman who’s waiting for her husband to park the car, and a rabbit.
It’s a heartwarming story about adulthood, human nature, navigating life and relationships, and ultimately, love. The characters are all very likeable and endearing, each with their own relatable issues and anxieties. I found myself both laughing out loud and sobbing while I read it, and would highly recommend it to anyone.
(I also literally just now found out that it was made into a Netflix show. Guess I know what I’m watching next.)
Young Rich Widows by Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie
Okay, so technically I didn’t read this because it’s an audiobook. It still counts.
Four lawyers walk into a bar. No, just kidding – they actually get on a plane which crashes midflight, killing them all, along with 4 million dollars . But it’s no accidental crash, and their widows, mafia at their throats, have a murder to solve. And these women are more than anyone bargained for.
A story of unlikely friendship and camaraderie between four women who have seemingly nothing in common other than their dead husbands, and uncover a mystery bigger than they’d ever expected to find. A must-read for any fan of intrigue.
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
I know I’m late to the party with this one – I’ve actually had the book sat on my shelf for over a year, and had just been in such a reading rut all through 2022 that it took me a while to pick it up; I’m glad I did.
I’ve already mentioned before that I am a sucker for a whodunnit, and this merry bunch of unlikely detectives stole my heart. In the quiet retirement village of Coopers Chase, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron meet every Thursday to look over and try to solve cold cases – until people around them start getting murdered, that is. But with this intrepid troop on the case, the culprit doesn’t stand a chance.
A murder mystery full of twists and turns and revelations around every corner, with a hefty side of feel-good friendship. It’s impossible for me not to love this story and it’s array of protagonists. I can’t wait to find out what else the Thursday Murder Club gets up to.
I’ve been playing Fire Emblem since Fates, so this Friday I was up and out of the house at dawn (9am) and went on a perilous journey (a 5min walk downhill), fought arduous battles (had to overcome my social anxiety and talk to a store employee) to acquire the holy grail (Fire Emblem Engage). I’ve been playing for two days straight and I don’t see myself stopping anytime soon. But in the meantime, here is my (as spoiler free as possible) opinion on the game so far.
You play as Divine Dragon Alear, who’s just woken up from a thousand year slumber and can’t remember anything – you know, normal nap stuff. You meet two annoying twins who are strangely obsessed with you and an old man who does your laundry and would die for you. Casual. You’re also reunited with your mother but not for long – seriously though, is it even a (recent years) Fire Emblem game if your parent doesn’t die dramatically post battle? (looking at you, Jeralt) But you’re not grieving for long because you have to go save the world from the Fell Dragon, who your mother defeated and locked away a millennia ago with the help of twelve Emblem Rings, which were then given for safe-keeping to different kingdoms. They’re not that safe anymore, they’ve actually been stolen by the enemy, and you have to get them back.
These aren’t just any old rings though, because the Emblem Rings allow you to channel past heroes from the previous Fire Emblem games. Engage was originally intended as an anniversary game which got delayed due to the pandemic (or so I’ve heard), and being able to fight alongside old friends is a really great touch. While I personally haven’t played much of the Fates predecessors yet, this aspect has made me nostalgic for the games I have played so far (you should have heard the sound I made when my girl Celica joined my ranks) but it’s also made me really want to play the older games to get familiar with these characters.
The story is split into chapters which feature battles on various maps. It’s a tactical turned based RPG; you’re in charge of your characters and move them and attack the enemy in the most strategic way possible. There are multiple levels of difficulty to choose from – I’m a cozy gamer who gets very attached to fictional characters, so I play on the easiest settings. Perma-death doesn’t exist in my world. Engage also brings back the weapon triangle, which I’m so happy to see again, but also means you have to be ever so slightly more strategical than in Three Houses (or just bulldoze your way through, no one is stopping you).
While I am a little sad that Engage isn’t as relationship-heavy as Three Houses was (wait for me, Etie), it honestly isn’t that big of a loss in this game – at least not as far as I’ve played, but who knows what the future holds. You have a base of operations, The Somniel (it’s just a floating island in the sky instead of Garreg Mach monastery, and there’s a much needed, crucial to the story, pool) where you regroup with your allies after battles. You can have meals or train with them, talk to them or give them gifts – or horse manure, depending on how you feel about them, I guess – and raise your support levels. You’re also able to train and bond with the Emblem heroes, or polish their rings (title of your sex tape – no but for real). There’s also the “Spirit of the Somniel,” a little doggo type creature that you can feed, pet, and give a top hat to. I named mine Geoff and he follows me around everywhere. Fire Emblem‘s also entering its Stardew Valley era, because you can adopt animals after every battle, which will then provide you with eggs or milk when you visit them.
I know I’m very easy to please when it comes to Fire Emblem, but I absolutely love this game, and the only thing about it I would change is Alear’s hair colour (serving Colgate realness though). The story is gripping and I can’t wait to see how it continues to unfold, the characters are all endearing and I can never limit myself to only picking twelve on the battlefield because I love them all so much, and the fact that we’re joined on the battlefield with previous heroes makes this game absolutely wonderful. Both gameplay and graphics are incredible, and it feels very refreshing after the glitchy (yet brilliant) mess that is Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. A lot of work and care has gone into this game, and you can tell. I had expected a lot from this game, and was not disappointed – it’s certainly set the bar for all the other 2023 game releases I’m eagerly awaiting.
2022 brought some excellent games, with Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Cult of the Lamb, The Quarry, and Stray amongt some of my personal favorites. 2023 looks equally, if not more promising, with some highly anticipated releases.
Fire Emblem Engage
Release Date: January 20th, 2023
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Kicking this list off with a new instalment from one of my favorite franchises. Set on Elyos, you set off on a mission to defeat the Fell Dragon. With characters from Fire Emblem’s long history, this tactical RPG promises action-packed turn-based battles and returns to its pre-Three Houses model. While it’s predicted to be a little less heavy on the social side, we’ll still be able to dine with allies and give them gifts in order to raise their support ranks. There will also be a DLC, with the first wave releasing as the same time as the game and bringing us Officers Academy alumni Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude (heart eyes emoji).
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Release Date: May 12th, 2023
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Breath of the Wild undoubtedly being one of the best games out there, it’s safe to say Tears of the Kingdom is one of, if not the most anticipated game of 2023. Nintendo being notoriously secretive, there still not much that we know about this upcoming release, other than the short trailer’s we’ve been privy to so far.
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Release Date: Summer 2023
Platform: PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
A remake of 2003’s bestselling Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, this farming sim revisits the original story, with all new updated features and visuals, new events and crops, the option for a non-binary protagonist, and the ability to marry any eligible resident of Forgotten Valley, regardless of their gender. As a big fan of Stardew Valley and Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, I cannot wait to get my hands on this one.
Fall of the Porcupine
Release Date: 2023
Platform: PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
With an art and gameplay style reminiscent of Night in the Woods, Fall of the Porcupine follows Finley, a young doctor, in his first weeks working at a provincial hospital. The prologue is available already, for free.
PuffPals: Island Skies (Alpha Testing)
Release: 2023
Platform: PC
Looking like an Animal Crossing and Story of Seasons lovechild, this game is right up my alley – in fact, it is my alley. I live here now. Grow your farm, meet your neighbours, customise your appearance, and decorate your house as you wish in this adorable community. Alpha testing is releasing this year, with early access and the final release coming out in 2024 and 2025, and I’m so excited to see how this game develops.
Do you feel like you’ve binge-watched just about everything there is on Netflix? Are you considering rewatching White Lotus yet again, because nothing quite measures up to Jennifer Coolidge’s performance of Tanya McQuoid? Does life simply seem unbearable as you wait for the next season of Only Murders in the Building? If so, don’t worry – I’ve got you. Here are the shows releasing this year that I cannot wait to sink my teeth into.
The Last of Us (HBO Max)
Airing: January 15th, 2023
Created by: Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Gabriel Luna
Based on the popular game franchise and breaking the so-called video game adaptation curse, this post-apocalyptic horror drama series follows Joel, a man hardened by the twenty years since the downfall of civilisation, as he gets roped into transporting Ellie, a feisty teenager, across what’s left of the United States in the hopes of saving humanity. Starring Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones), Anna Torv (Mindhunter), this faithful adaptation will take you on a harrowing journey of survival.
Poker Face (Peacock)
Airing: January 26th
Created by: Rian Johnson
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Adrien Brody, Stephanie Hsu, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
After avenging her best friend’s murder, Charlie Cale goes on the run, traveling America and using her ability to tell when people are lying to solve crime. But don’t expect a Knives Out whodunnit mystery, because Rian Johnson (Glass Onion) and Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) will be taking us on a Columbo reminiscent “how-dunnit,” in this case-of-the-week and guest star-driven 10-part series.
Daisy Jones & The Six (Amazon Prime)
Airing: March 3rd, 2023
Created by: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Cast: Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Suki Waterhouse, Camilla Morrone
Originally a bestselling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six follows the rise to fame of a 1970s rock band, which imploded at the height of its success. Decades later, the band members decide to tell the truth about how The Six met its end. Granddaughter of Elvis Presley Riley Keough (The Devil All the Time) stars alongside Sam Claflin (Last Night in Soho) in this miniseries inspired by the love story of Fleetwood Mac’s iconic Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, featuring original music performed by the cast.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Paramount+)
Airing: April 6th, 2023
Created by: Annabel Oakes
Cast: Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso, Tricia Fukuhara
This prequel to the classic Grease movies, set four years before the first instalment, is all about four outcasts who make their own rules and spark moral panic: it’s the early days of everyone’s favorite girl gang. Featuring new original music by Grammy-nominated songwriter, Justin Tranter, to accompany the characters as they navigate high school.
My previous post being non-exhaustive and running a little long, I decided to break it down into two parts. While the first part featured some of the biggest names of this genre, this second part will include games which I personally had heard a lot less about going in.
Bear and Breakfast: So hear me out: you’re a bear, who runs a bed and breakfast. Multiple bed and breakfasts, actually. You play as Hank, a loveable yet not too bright bear, who restores broken down buildings and turns them into the fancy lodges, because a talking shark told him to. He makes all kinds of friends along the way, who help him in his endeavors and reveal secrets of the area and its history.
Cat Café Manager: You may have guessed this already, but this game is all about running a cat café. Similarly to Stardew Valley, you inherit a plot of land in the tiny village of Caterwaul Way from your grandmother, only here you turn it into a café. With cats. You befriend the locals around the town, adopt stray cats and give some of them a loving forever home, manage your staff, and decorate and expand your café to your heart’s desire. Oh, and you help a magical cat to save a mysterious shrine from being torn down.
Strange Horticulture: My home is full of plants, so it comes as no surprise to anyone who’s set foot in my apartment that I would be playing this game. As the owner of a plant shop in Undermere, you’re solving riddles that will lead you to discover new plants, petting your cat, and solving mysteries that your customers need help with. There’s murders and cults involved. How could I not love it?
Spiritfarer:I only recently started playing this game, but I’ve been really taken by it so far. You play as Stella, who’s just replaced Charon and has to guide spirits to the afterlife, and you embark on this mission with your cat, Daffodil, or even as your cat, if you play in local co-op mode (and in case you haven’t noticed yet, I like cats). You sail the seas on your own boat which you can build on and expand as you wish, visit islands and make new friends, each with their own stories to tell.
Cozy gaming didn’t start in 2020, but it has definitely seen a rise in popularity since the pandemic. A lot of people found themselves confined in their homes and bought a gaming console to pass the time. And as someone who plays everything on easy mode and hates feeling frustrated by a game (after retiring from years of playing Overwatch – it wasn’t pretty), these low stakes, high reward games are right down my alley. Here is an non-exhaustive list of my favorite cozy games.
Animal Crossing – New Horizons: A basic take, I know, but there’s a reason players are racking up thousands of gameplay hours on it. You’ve got your own personal island to decorate to your heart’s desire, an assortment of cute and diverse villagers to liven up the place, and countless hours of exploring, activities, and events. Sure, you have to sell your soul to a raccoon, but he’ll build you a custom three story, six bedroom house with no down-payment, and all you really have to do to make money is destroy the island’s ecosystem on the daily (with no consequences whatsoever.)
While I too was disappointed when Nintendo announced that they would no longer be bringing new content to New Horizons, it’s still one of my favorites. I love decorating my island even two years in or having coffee with Brewster, I love going to see my friends’ islands, and I love the DLC that allows me to give all the villagers cute little vacation homes.
Cozy Grove: The coziness is implied in the name, and this game absolutely delivers. You take on the role of a spirit scout stranded on an island that’s inhabited by ghost bears, and you help them regain their memories by doing various quests. Similarly to Animal Crossing, you have daily tasks to complete and a finite amount of resources to collect every day, so while you might not be spending your entire day in Cozy Grove, you’ll definitely be coming back daily for the new quests.
Also like in Animal Crossing, this game is in real time and the seasons of the year play a role in how your island will look and what resources will be available. There are also festivals throughout the year – currently, and until the 20th of January, we’re celebrating the winter festival, where you can craft presents, build snow sculptures, and have snowball fights with the imps that inhabit the island (and sometimes steal your mail.)
Stardew Valley: Have I mentioned that I’m basic? But again, these games are popular for a reason, and it’s that they’re just so freaking good. My best friend introduced me to this game back in 2016, and it has definitely raised my standards, and those of everyone else I’m sure, as it’s a model (originally borrowed from the Harvest Moon series) we see repeated quite often nowadays.
You inherit a broken down farm from your late grandfather in a village with a population of about seven people, rebuild the estate one parsnip and coop at a time, and save the town from the big bad corporation trying to take over it (unless you decide to go down the path of evil and actually help them.) And there’s a whole crowd of eligible bachelors for you to get to know, woo, and marry – if you’re lucky they might even help you with the farm chores, like watering the crops on a rainy day, or feeding the animals even though you have automatic feeders. It’s the little things.
Two more games that follow the same model and that I greatly enjoy are Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town and Coral Island, where we help rebuild a seaside town in order to bring back tourism and fight off an evil corporation respectively. Coral Island is currently still in early access and only available on PC, and while I already love the game as is, I can’t wait to see how it progresses.
Anyone who knows me knows I am a sucker for a whodunit. I’ve read countless Agatha Christie books, rewatched Columbo so many times that I know the episodes by heart, and will drop absolutely everything if Murder She Wrote comes on TV. So when Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery dropped, I was on it. Murder mystery with a side of eat the rich? Sign me up.
We’re invited onto a private island where obscenely rich tech mogul Miles Bron, played by Edward Norton and oddly reminiscent of Elon Musk, has invited his closest friends. The movie begins by introducing us to this group of people who seemingly have nothing in common: former supermodel turned Twitter menace Birdie Jay (Kate Hudson), streamer and stereotypical ‘meninist’ Duke Cody (Dave Bautista), high profile politician Claire Debella (Kathryn Hahn), and Bron’s own head scientist Lionel Toussaint (Leslie Odom Jr.). Last but not least, the group is joined by Bron’s former partner, Cassandra Brand (Janelle Monáe), and our new favourite sleuth, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). What will they be doing over the weekend? Solving Bron’s ‘murder.’ What no one knows yet, however, is that one of these characters, is already dead.
Trying not to give too much away, praise must be given to Monáe in their brilliant depiction of Brand, whose character is arguably the most complex. Their delivery is charismatic and authentic, and the companionship that binds Blanc and Brand is truly heart-warming, making the audience root for them from the get-go.
The viewers are propelled through a series of twists and turns, complex layers that reveal secrets and hidden agendas, a genius concoction of a modern take on a classic murder mystery, wisecrack comedy, and ingeniously placed pop-culture references – personally, I’m still cackling over Jared Leto’s hard kombucha. We’re drawn in and watching with bated breath until the explosive finale and resolution.
You’ve probably guessed by now, but I loved Glass Onion. It was compelling and brilliantly written. The actors were all incredible, their characters brilliantly fleshed-out, bringing the story to life splendidly and delighting us with a wonderful and outrageous dénouement.
Netflix started off the new year by releasing the show Kaleidoscope, the story of a heist twenty-five years in the making. The particularity of this show, is that the order in which viewers see the episodes, is almost entirely random.
The concept is intriguing and this format has the potential to lead to some really great shows. Unfortunately, Kaleidoscope isn’t one of them. While the intrigue is, at first glance, enticing, and the Ocean’s 11 vibes that the initial planning conveys are enough to lure the viewer in, the longer the show goes on, the more disappointing it turns out to be. The writing isn’t particularly good, leaving the viewer somewhat underwhelmed and frustrated, and all in all, unable to really get into the story.
This is mostly due to the fact that the characters we’re supposed to be rooting for are poorly, if at all, developed. Aside from Leo and Hannah , none of the protagonists are given much of a backstory, and they aren’t particularly likeable as a whole, which leaves the viewers uninvested. I, for one, never found myself rooting for the heist’s success, but more for the downfall of Roger Salas, but that’s more due to the fact that I will never forgive Rufus Sewell for playing the man who broke Kate Winslet’s heart in The Holiday.
The episodes Violet and Green are the only that offer any concrete backstory, and they do so mostly for Leo, who is a supposed “master thief,” even though we’re not privy to his highlight reel – quite the contrary, actually. Green gives us some insight on crew members Stan , Judy, and Bob , but doesn’t really give them much more depth than presenting them as the gratuitous love triangle. The crew get little more of an introduction, and if you don’t start off with either of these two episodes, you’re kind of left wondering who these people even are and why they’re working together – seriously though, why was Bob even there? Ava’s story wasn’t done justice, as all we got was a brief synopsis of what sounded like an incredible and harrowing journey as she was interrogated by the FBI. And fuck RJ, I guess. The kid was definitely done dirty.
While I was impatient to get to White, the episode of the actual heist, I did find myself disappointed come the end of it. We’re reminded throughout the entire episode that they are on a time crunch and that everything needs to happen fast, and yet, the crew seems to spend most of their time dawdling. We’re also introduced to a series of plans that haven’t been discussed earlier at all – where did they get the bees? Who came up with the idea? Pink, the conclusion set six months after the heist, feels messy, and doesn’t come across as a resolution. The ending left more questions than answers.
The format of a show whose episodes can be viewed in random order is definitely a promising one and will hopefully yield some amazing content in the future, but Kaleidoscope simply wasn’t a great contender for it. The story was certainly interesting, and would have benefitted from a more coherent pacing and delving more in depth into its characters, as well as fleshing out the plot some more, instead of relying on a shiny new viewing feature to carry it.
Nobody Asked 