Best of 2024
Published 31. december 2024
Games
- 1000 x RESIST - my GOTY, beautiful storytelling, clever play with the medium
- Felvidek - really funny JRPG set in medieval Slovakia
- Helldivers 2 - dumb fun with friends, beautiful environments
- Persona 5 & Metaphor Re:Phantasio - I finally tried this style of JRPG and i quite liked it
- Path of Exile 2 - I had an absolute blast with this one... until i've hit a wall with one boss halfway through the campaign :(
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Movies and Shows
- Tatami
- The Old Oak
- Civil War
- The Legend of Vox Machina
- Arcane - although not as breathtaking as the first one, the second season was still very enjoyable
Books
Lots of great boos this year, kinda hard to pick:
- Y. Varoufakis: Technofeudalism
- J. Hickel: Less Is More
- N. Stephenson: Anathem
- T. Chieng: Stories of Your Life
- J. Zohar: Code is for Humans
- K. Beck: Tidy First?
Podcasts
- Revolutions - out of blue Mike dropped a new (11th) season about Martian Revolution. Plus, he annonced that it won't be the last and he'll be doing more seasons about revolutions in 20th century. Yay!
- People's History of Ideas - very detailed history of the Chinese Revolution.
- Mindscape - interviews with scientists from various fields
- Tech Won't Save Us - tech critical interviews
- Blowback (4th season) - very interesting history of the war in Cambodia
Other
- Bicycle - after i injured my knee on the spring ultramarathon, i bought a gravel bike as an attempt to give the knee some rest but stay in shape at the same time. I completely fell for it, even joined a local biking club and bought a road bike. I've become a living stereotype (MAMIL), but love it nevertheless :D
- Tiger and Dragon - a board game that we played the most with kids this year
- Critical - "proto" tabletop RPG that we also played with kids a lot. I'd say it's a bit too simplified, but it's zero prep and still quite enjoyable, the kids liked it.