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Watched Whoopee!. Jeez, the black face that goes on for a long time is not even the worst of the racism. Tough watch beyond that since it feels like playing to the crowd including waiting for laughs that aren’t there since it’s not on stage. Musical numbers and dancing are great.

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“The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

Bags 37 & 38

#lego #parenting

Watched Kick-Ass 2. Not sure how this could have captured the passion of the first one, but just continuing the plot with more characters wasn’t it, particularly with gritty superheroes being played out.

HitGirl has the only interesting development, but it’s pretty muddled.

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Shout out to the amazing apps like Downcast that I’m using years later after buying them and have never changed to require a subscription.

Managed to hit a mildly acceptable Rosetta today!

#LatteArt #Espresso

@grammargirl@zirk.us ugh. I hate this timeline

Watched Animal Crackers (1930). Maybe my favorite Marx Brothers film; I will never not think of the bridge scene when playing any card game. Zeppo’s best film I think. Definitely wears a bit near the end, but has such highs that I forgive all.

Hooray for Captain Spaulding!

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Watched Malice. What an interesting, twisty thriller. Full of names and phrases that Sorkin would use well later, but fun to see in this form. More of a “ride along” than a puzzle to solve, it has incredible moments like Baldwin’s God Complex speech. Layering of plots is great too.

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Watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Fun to watch with my kid. Pacing feels more frenetic than previous ones, but I still like the parallel to the first, even if it is a bit heavy handed. It’s not this one’s fault that the sequels are painful. Boyega shines in energy.

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Doing mildly well landing this heart! Probably still need to get a lot more reps, but 3 out of 4 this week have looked great!

#LatteArt #espresso

Managed to complete my second 5K in 20 years. Started #running for a Turkey Trot last year and have kept up casually. I must be middle aged since it actually feels kinda good when I’m done with it.

I have an app on the app store!

It was largely a fun experience to see how to make it happen, but I use it often and others might feel like they lose touch with their friends or colleagues even though they care about them.

If you read Bowling Alone and want to keep up with the people you care about, this might be the app for you.

#development #apple #ios #release

I finished my #7drl that is themed on tic-tac-toe!

Give it a shot and let me know what you think!

https://katerberg.github.io/ric-rac-rogue/

#7drl2024 #gamedev

I'm happy with the concept vision and where I ended up given a lot of life surprises this last week: https://swordswithfriends.org is up in case you wanna try it out with any folks.
The concept started when I got annoyed that I was sitting playing mobile games in room with other friends doing the same thing, but we weren't together and no one wanted to get up to do a real game. This hits the social itch while still being low stakes and low energy.

#7DRL #RogueLike #RogueLikeDev #MobileGames