Update: Finished American Gods and Uhh, Some Other Stuff to Talk About

On 08/08/2014 at 04:42 PM by Alex-C25

I mentioned in my last blog that I was reading American Gods and enjoying it. Now that I finished the book, I still stand by that notion, only that it entered my favorites and I can't wait to read more from Neil Gaiman.

I can't think of something long to gush about it, only that it had a great story, very interesting characters, it's weird and fantastical in the best sence of the world, it also sometimes down to earth and of especial not is how they portrayed the United States here. They put sence and explain why would the country be the center of many things.

So yes, a very great book really.

I also been gaming on Steam. Not quite that much, but considerable. I've been mostly putting my time on Team Fortress 2, which as someone who wasn't used to online multiplayer only games before, it's a great intro.

Risk of Rain i'm also continuing and i'm starting to really love in many ways. It's very much the kind of game that reminds me of Super Meat Boy, hard but rewarding, and also makes you play more and improve on your skills.

I also finished the levels of Bit.Trip Beat in easy. I remember always wanting to the game back when they were on the Wii's Virtual Console. I even played the demo of the first game (this one) and remember liking it to try and buy, but sadly not being able because of lack of space. Now that I finally got it on Steam, i'm a happy man.

Other than that, i've been mostly on Tumblr wasting my time, trying to advance with anime but not being able to (atleast I did SOME last Wednesday) and also catching up with Red vs Blue (finished season 7 about three hours ago), which I became a fan of.

Anyway, i'll finish here.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/10/2014 at 08:07 AM

Did u ever read the Sandman comics? I love those. Much better than his novels....

HOw is Risk of Rain? It seems cool, but I feel like I would just play a little and then give up.

Alex-C25

08/10/2014 at 08:21 AM

I want to start Sandman someday.

Well, I would describe Risk of Rain as how Blake describes Dark Souls, tough but rewarding and it makes you play more to improve, though luck also plays a bit of a part, being a Rogue Like and all. I also find the game very addicting.

KnightDriver

08/12/2014 at 12:54 AM

I read American Gods last year. I liked it but felt it was a little meandering and needed some tightening up. What they heck was it all about anyway?

08/12/2014 at 03:40 AM

I found the pacing just fine imo. Didn't feel like it was draging and the events happened naturally. As for the last question, did you even payed attention to the story? It's not that confusing once you get a hang of (mostly) all of it.

08/13/2014 at 01:48 AM

I read it a while ago, at least a year or two, and it hasn't stayed with me much, just some random images in my head. I enjoyed reading it, but it didn't have a strong effect on me one way or another. I had the same feeling about Sandman. I liked it fine, but wasn't overly wowed by it.

The one thing I liked of Gaiman's, no one likes, the Marvel 1602 comic series.

08/13/2014 at 05:12 AM

Guess it did have that strong effect on me. We'll have to agree to disagree here.

08/13/2014 at 03:01 PM

Yea, my friend who's big into Gaiman lent me the book and I felt bad that I didn't "get it" like he did. Well, we're all different aren't we.

BrokenH

08/12/2014 at 04:45 AM

I feel you on the anime front. Been wanting to broaden my horizons in that category but too many other things are in the way. lol.

08/12/2014 at 04:58 AM

It's mostly lazyness what it's affecting me.

NSonic79

08/18/2014 at 12:45 PM

Enjoy those RvB's! Despite Rooster Teeth diving into RWBY this season is great. Hope you can catch up to them eventually.

08/18/2014 at 01:47 PM

RvB is so good! I digging how in the current seasons they are combining the zanyness of the Bloog Gulch Chronicles with the drama and seriousness. Also, Caboose cracks me up everytime he's on screen.

PixlBit