PixlBit

So you listened to audiobooks of graphic novels? I think you mentioned that before, but you don't miss the pictures?

I've read Brave New World and felt so-so about it. I have yet to read 1984. 

I read more than usual last year as well, but because I joined a non-fiction book club and therefore automatically read a book a month starting in ... June? I'm trying to read one fiction and one non-fiction a month this year, starting with my Christmas present, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, and Population Wars by Greg Graffin (it was my pick for the non-fiction book club this month). 

Your sci-fi choices are really interesting though. I think I may go in that direction the next time I choose a fiction book to read. Funny how many titles you mention were made into movies or TV shows. It's definitely a genre ripe for interpretations. 

I think The Left Hand of Darkness sounds the most in-tune with a lot of what I've read lately. While you mention '69, I find that I can make comparisons between today's political climate and a lot of now more obscure events from almost any decade. On that note, I read It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, which was frighteningly relevant right up to the point the dictator actually took over and then it felt cliche and pointless. That may well be less the book's fault and more the fact so many similar stories have been written since. Kind of like a Ghost in the Shell feels like it's ripping off The Matrix even though the former obviously came first situation. 

From what little I've read of Ready Player One and seen of the trailer, I'm not sure I'm the audience for it, but I definitely think I'd like the movie better than the book in that case. I don't feel the need to read descriptions of 80s movies. 

I'd be very interested in your thoughts on 2001: A Space Odyssey in movie form. The movie has so much "dead air" in it so to speak, just long stretches of Kubrick's cinematography that aren't really driving the plot forward, that I'm wondering how much was changed from the book. I still prefer the 21-chapter version of A Clockwork Orange to his movie, but he was pretty faithful to those first 20 chapters, so I wonder how close he hits the mark in 2001. 

Yeah, I definitely remember Smash for local multiplayer more than most games. Glad you're losing weight though. I'm on a regimen, myself. 

Someone recently complained about having to unlock all the characters and I was like, "that's the whole reason I used to play single-player in fighting games ... would you prefer to pay for them? I wouldn't."

Never had a Genesis and they're not household names outside of very hardcore gamers, so nope. Never played one ... yet. 

I want to play Toe Jam and Earl just so I understand what the hell it is beyond character models.

I need to play more of Nier: Automata. So good so far. 

Agreed about Titanfall 2's campaign. I only rented it last year and beat it, but I'd love more of that gameplay. 

You sure like Zeldas. 

I've only played a little bit of Celeste, but I'm looking forward to it. 

Does The Canon have another official title that would make it easier to find that specific list online?

We should make a video games canon.