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Pope Francis died today.  The first Jesuit pope, likely the best I'll get to see in my lifetime*.  Speculation that JD Vance assassinated him for being a terrorist sympathizer is already rampant.

Today's builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers.  Theirs is the construction site of hell.

He asked to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore, which I visited during my too-brief visit to Rome a few years ago.  It's where St. Ignatius (founder of the Jesuits) said his first Mass as a priest, so it makes sense that Francis would have had special affection for it.

* (Given the general state of the world, I'm fully expecting the next pope to be a "The Young Pope" style Gen Z Opus Dei freak who will outlive me.)

Been excited for it for a while, but it was not ready for early access. I'm addicted to Blue Prince at the moment anyway.

RPS (p)review of Hollywood Animal.

Sounds eerily reminiscent of "The Movies," which is a game I hadn't thought about in quite a while.

Oh hey a trailer https://youtu.be/vEioDeOiqEs

Just came to post this.   

It's maybe a little on the goofy side?  Like, the books are hilarious IMO, but the humor is more dry.  But... TV audience.  It's fine.

The look of everything is really nice.  Futuristic but not sterile.  Good sneak peek of MB accessing "the feed" as a flashy cyberpunk-y visual overlay -- I think that's the way to do it, and so much of the story happens in the feed that making it pop on the screen is important.  When reading the books I always envision the fights with sentient killware and whatnot with a Hackers aesthetic.

Oh hey a trailer https://youtu.be/vEioDeOiqEs

https://archive.ph/JSVPq

Just started reading the first one. Hope the show is good.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/murderbot-first-look

Being a giant fan of the books, I've been following this project for a bit with some cautious optimism, but this is the first article I've seen that gives a real peek at what the series will be like.
This shot of Ratthi going in for a hug while Murderbot visibly cringes with embarrassment inside its armor brought me much joy.



They're also making clips of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, which in the books is almost entirely left to our imagination even though it's referenced frequently:

The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual.

Show comes out on May 16th and I'm so excited I might throw a watch party.

Just played "Mouthwashing" (it's about the length of a movie) and heartily recommend it to horror fans.  Non-spoilery RPS review here.  Genre is mostly adventure/walking-simulator with just a few "gamey" sequences.  Very very good IMO.

Screenshots look pretty!

PC Gamer Hands-On

They seem cautiously optimistic.