Game of the week A Short Hike
"Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit."
We're going live an hour early today because I've got a meeting that I can't miss at 10 am ET. But I figured we could check out A Short Hike and then maybe play more of it or try out Endling next week!
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Feature clip Playing: Garden of the Sea
I still really love this video of me being sadistic towards pets in VR.
Book I'm reading this week The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
"Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature."
A lot of people have suggested that I read this book. Thus far, it isn't really living up to the hype. It's okay? It doesn't seem great. But it's okay? Maybe I'm jaded?
So far, I've read 44 of my 52 books for the year because our child likes chapter books now so we are reading 100-200 page books every other day and I am very tired of reading books out loud.
News
Here's some interesting stuff going on in games & sustainability recently:
US Crosses the Electric-Car Tipping Point for Mass Adoption
“Once 5% of new-car sales go fully electric, everything changes — according to a Bloomberg analysis of the 19 countries that have made the EV pivot."
Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Cement Have Doubled—We Should Be Ashamed
"Emissions from cement production have doubled in the last 20 years and are now fully 7% of global emissions."
Gophers Are the Only Non-Human Mammals That Farm
"They cultivate roots which give them the energy they need in tunnels." Never going to change the beaver photo.
Kākāpō Population at its Highest in Almost 50 Years
"A conservation program that started in the 1970s for the New Zealand Kākāpō has increased the crazy parrot’s numbers to the highest recorded since it began."
