The story in To The Moon absolutely floored me when I played it.
I can’t say as to whether it runs on Linux, but it’s pretty old at this point and was never graphically intense to begin with so should. It’s a pretty short game too, but really is worth the time you’ll spend with it.
I have also stolen this idea and give it as much as one (1) week before I forget that I’m doing it.
cleaning the kitchen in the evening
To add to this, I set a five minute timer. I have ADHD, so even starting on cleaning can feel like a mountain to climb. That five minute timer is a really good way to see just how much you can get done in that amount of time. And as an added bonus, once you’ve started you figure you may as well finish.
I always wanted my music to sound nice, but could never afford the best equipment.
These days I have a set of Sony MDR-7506, and while I appreciate there are ‘better’ headphones, the detail I hear when listening to lossless audio through them is astonishing. I can listen to tracks I’ve heard dozens of times and hear elements that I’ve never noticed before. And these headphones are relatively cheap at £80.
All of these are good answers, but the movie with the best opening theme is obviously Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa.
So no Chuck Tingle books then?
That fox is gonna have a bad time when those rabbits hunt him down.
I’d recommend The Blindboy Podcast, in which one half of the comedy rap duo the Rubberbandits talks about whatever’s taken his fancy that week. Sometimes it’s an hour about sniffing the crotch of a rented tuxedo, other times it’s a long, rambling conversation with Hollywood actor Chris O’Dowd. Or he could go on a deep dive about the history of a tennis ball.
I used to listen to a lot of podcasts. These days Blindboy’s is the only one I’m guaranteed to listen to every week.
I’ll also heartily recommend The Memory Palace.
It’s not as frequent as it used to be, but it’s always pleasant seeing an episode pop into my feed. They’re usually no longer than 15 minutes, and are a lovely little lens on some previously unknown facet of American history.
A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station is the kind of writing that makes me sad, because I know I could never write something so beautiful.
On the subject of the US Supreme Court, I can also recommend What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law.
It started out as What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law, in which 99% Invisible host Roman Mars talked with US SC expert Elizabeth Joh about the various constitutional crises Donald Trump kept driving the country into. But then Biden got elected, so they made it more general. It’s still fascinating though.
I don’t meditate as a regular practice, but I do try to catch myself if my brain’s getting extra buzzy so I can stop and try to centre myself again. I have ADHD, so it can be difficult.
So far as I understand it, meditation isn’t literally emptying your mind, but trying hard to focus on one thing, then coming back to it when you realise you’ve slipped away. On that basis, I might do it for a few minutes a couple of times a week. Any longer than a few minutes and I get sleepy.
Headphones is a really good one.
I have a set of Sony MDR-7506 which are widely agreed to be the seriously good entry level audiophile headphones. They cost me £80. That’s quite a lot of money for some people, especially for just wired headphones, but they really are incredible.
But at the other end of the scale, you can now pick up really good Chi-fi IEMs for £20. When I was a teen 30 years ago, you were either paying £15/£20 for dog shit earphones that fell apart after a month, or £50+ for anything that was half decent, but still only lasted a year. Basic £10 wired buds sound pretty damn good these days. You might not hear the bongo man on Earth Wind & Fire, but you’ll get a good idea he’s there.
Yeah, that’s why I’m quite pleased at the city’s showing.
Was quite pleased to see the fash outnumbered at least ten to one in Southampton last night.
We’ve got quite a large Eastern European immigrant population, so it’s nice that the city turned out so well.
Is…is this Loss?
I loved To The Moon, which fits your requirements, I think. The sequels are fine, but the stories are pretty well standalone, so you could play just the first one and leave it at that. And it’s only £1.70.
I finished that last week, and yeah, it’s wonderful.
I wouldn’t have thought so, he stopped working for the BBC last year.
Mario Kart DS.
Shit’s a masterpiece.