Robots and costumes and magic

Today was a bank holiday, which was great. I should have used it for studying but did not, same as usual. I thought having a class during very busy work month December would be okay because the exam is in late January, but turns out there are things I need to write until Christmas and it is very hard to motive myself to study after doing overtime hours.

Anyway, I used the opportunity to play some more of SOMA, a game I enjoy a lot but can only play when my nerves are up for it and not before bed. Some parts of it are gorgeous and I spend a lot of time exploring. ( Spoilers )

DD and I watched the first two episodes of The Great *an occasionally true story, and it's, uh, entertaining? It was described as a "satirical fictionalized drama about Catherine the Great's rise to power," and it's certainly that, and also occasionally really dark, which… it's overall weird but I definitely want to keep watching.


Recently we also watched the five available episodes of The Wheel of Time. I never read the books because from I heard I was not interested, but I heard the show already made some significant changes so I have some hope that it might be good or at least entertaining. So far so good, and I look forward to the next episodes.
Early on we joked that it's very "Star Wars in Lord of the Rings," especially because Rand's face occasionally looks a lot like Anakin. I also keep thinking of the minor characters as NPCs for some reason.

( Spoilers )