New year, new #AzAbsorbs thread where I cover the books, games, movies, and TV shows that I get through!
January 7, 2026 at 5:35 AM
New year, new #AzAbsorbs thread where I cover the books, games, movies, and TV shows that I get through!
#AzAbsorbs: Dream Scenario (2023), an excellent A24/Ari Aster film, Nic Cage does a brilliant job.
January 11, 2024 at 11:32 PM
#AzAbsorbs: Dream Scenario (2023), an excellent A24/Ari Aster film, Nic Cage does a brilliant job.
#AzAbsorbs: New year, new chance to binge and be able to properly track it. Same hashtag as last year to collect the books/games/movies/shows I watch and give short thoughts on them.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#AzAbsorbs: New year, new chance to binge and be able to properly track it. Same hashtag as last year to collect the books/games/movies/shows I watch and give short thoughts on them.
#AzAbsorbs
finished Deadloch S2 and phwoar what a ripper ending.
finished Deadloch S2 and phwoar what a ripper ending.
April 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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finished Deadloch S2 and phwoar what a ripper ending.
finished Deadloch S2 and phwoar what a ripper ending.
#AzAbsorbs
Silo: Another AppleTV with little marketing but amazing set design and direction. Much like Severance I only discovered this via a thirst tweet about the lead
Pluribus: Vince's obsession with Rhea Seahorn and Albuquerque it does feel like Kim Wexler quit law to pursue romantasy.
Silo: Another AppleTV with little marketing but amazing set design and direction. Much like Severance I only discovered this via a thirst tweet about the lead
Pluribus: Vince's obsession with Rhea Seahorn and Albuquerque it does feel like Kim Wexler quit law to pursue romantasy.
May 19, 2026 at 6:01 AM
#AzAbsorbs
Silo: Another AppleTV with little marketing but amazing set design and direction. Much like Severance I only discovered this via a thirst tweet about the lead
Pluribus: Vince's obsession with Rhea Seahorn and Albuquerque it does feel like Kim Wexler quit law to pursue romantasy.
Silo: Another AppleTV with little marketing but amazing set design and direction. Much like Severance I only discovered this via a thirst tweet about the lead
Pluribus: Vince's obsession with Rhea Seahorn and Albuquerque it does feel like Kim Wexler quit law to pursue romantasy.
#AzAbsorbs: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older: www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
Cute future-noir-detective story set on Jupiter. Massive fan of the worldbuilding and the relationship between the two main characters.
Cute future-noir-detective story set on Jupiter. Massive fan of the worldbuilding and the relationship between the two main characters.
The Mimicking of Known Successes (Mossa & Pleiti, #1)
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmes…
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August 2, 2024 at 12:31 AM
#AzAbsorbs: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older: www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
Cute future-noir-detective story set on Jupiter. Massive fan of the worldbuilding and the relationship between the two main characters.
Cute future-noir-detective story set on Jupiter. Massive fan of the worldbuilding and the relationship between the two main characters.
#AzAbsorbs
Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Who knew being a heartless killing machine would presen…
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April 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#AzAbsorbs
Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
#AzAbsorbs
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart Of Chornobyl: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Absolutely phenomenal game in terms of story, characters, world design, sound design, gameplay.
PRAGMATA: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Beautiful vistas and adorable found family.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart Of Chornobyl: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Absolutely phenomenal game in terms of story, characters, world design, sound design, gameplay.
PRAGMATA: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Beautiful vistas and adorable found family.
Steam Community :: judges119 :: Review for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
What else can I say other than this is not just a return to form but absolutely a step up in storytelling, gameplay, graphics, sound design, and world design. From a story and thematic view, we've alw...
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June 25, 2026 at 4:06 AM
#AzAbsorbs
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart Of Chornobyl: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Absolutely phenomenal game in terms of story, characters, world design, sound design, gameplay.
PRAGMATA: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Beautiful vistas and adorable found family.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart Of Chornobyl: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Absolutely phenomenal game in terms of story, characters, world design, sound design, gameplay.
PRAGMATA: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Beautiful vistas and adorable found family.
#AzAbsorbs
Peacemaker S01
Superman (2025)
i always felt his MCU stuff was G-rated saccharine nerd-bait but freed of Disney he does an entire season on rising US white supremacy and examining childhood trauma and then a movie on Israel committing genocide?
Peacemaker S01
Superman (2025)
i always felt his MCU stuff was G-rated saccharine nerd-bait but freed of Disney he does an entire season on rising US white supremacy and examining childhood trauma and then a movie on Israel committing genocide?
August 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
#AzAbsorbs
Peacemaker S01
Superman (2025)
i always felt his MCU stuff was G-rated saccharine nerd-bait but freed of Disney he does an entire season on rising US white supremacy and examining childhood trauma and then a movie on Israel committing genocide?
Peacemaker S01
Superman (2025)
i always felt his MCU stuff was G-rated saccharine nerd-bait but freed of Disney he does an entire season on rising US white supremacy and examining childhood trauma and then a movie on Israel committing genocide?
#AzAbsorbs: Extraction 2 (2023): letterboxd.com/film/extract...
Once again, beautiful camera work and styling, let down slightly by a return to more traditional "action hero" gunfights and less opportunities to recreate favourite voice clips from Dash Cam Owners Australia
Once again, beautiful camera work and styling, let down slightly by a return to more traditional "action hero" gunfights and less opportunities to recreate favourite voice clips from Dash Cam Owners Australia
Extraction 2 (2023)
Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
#AzAbsorbs: Extraction 2 (2023): letterboxd.com/film/extract...
Once again, beautiful camera work and styling, let down slightly by a return to more traditional "action hero" gunfights and less opportunities to recreate favourite voice clips from Dash Cam Owners Australia
Once again, beautiful camera work and styling, let down slightly by a return to more traditional "action hero" gunfights and less opportunities to recreate favourite voice clips from Dash Cam Owners Australia
#AzAbsorbs
Ghost Legion by Mike Brooks: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
How does he keep writing such banger close-the-edge endings?
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Nyooooom. Fun arcade racing, great selection of cars. Use dxwnd for windows/borderless.
Ghost Legion by Mike Brooks: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
How does he keep writing such banger close-the-edge endings?
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Nyooooom. Fun arcade racing, great selection of cars. Use dxwnd for windows/borderless.
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September 1, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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Ghost Legion by Mike Brooks: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
How does he keep writing such banger close-the-edge endings?
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Nyooooom. Fun arcade racing, great selection of cars. Use dxwnd for windows/borderless.
Ghost Legion by Mike Brooks: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
How does he keep writing such banger close-the-edge endings?
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Nyooooom. Fun arcade racing, great selection of cars. Use dxwnd for windows/borderless.
#AzAbsorbs
More movies. Watched The Matrix quadrilogy (finally got around to seeing Resurrections) and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs duology.
The Book Of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
More movies. Watched The Matrix quadrilogy (finally got around to seeing Resurrections) and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs duology.
The Book Of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
The Book of Elsewhere
She said, We needed a tool. So I asked the gods. There…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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More movies. Watched The Matrix quadrilogy (finally got around to seeing Resurrections) and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs duology.
The Book Of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
More movies. Watched The Matrix quadrilogy (finally got around to seeing Resurrections) and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs duology.
The Book Of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
#AzAbsorbs: Extraction (2020): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Big fan of the attention to detail, Chris Hemsworth plays a former SASR operator so it makes sense he'd have a bunch of "viking" runes and tattoos that wouldn't look out of place in the former 2 Squadron.
Big fan of the attention to detail, Chris Hemsworth plays a former SASR operator so it makes sense he'd have a bunch of "viking" runes and tattoos that wouldn't look out of place in the former 2 Squadron.
A review of Extraction (2020)
"Operator" films have really taken off but it's so incredibly refreshing to have one without the seppo accents. Hearing "for fucks sake" during a fender bender mid car chase like something straight ou...
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February 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#AzAbsorbs: Extraction (2020): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Big fan of the attention to detail, Chris Hemsworth plays a former SASR operator so it makes sense he'd have a bunch of "viking" runes and tattoos that wouldn't look out of place in the former 2 Squadron.
Big fan of the attention to detail, Chris Hemsworth plays a former SASR operator so it makes sense he'd have a bunch of "viking" runes and tattoos that wouldn't look out of place in the former 2 Squadron.
#AzAbsorbs: Pillars Of Eternity 2: Deadfire: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Amazing follow up with even better dialogue and characters.
Also finished the Beasts Of Winter expansion: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Amazing follow up with even better dialogue and characters.
Also finished the Beasts Of Winter expansion: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Steam Community :: judges119 :: Review for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Another fantastic entry in the Pillars Of Eternity series. Fantastic dialogue and quest lines, characters you get absolutely connected to (and some you absolutely detest), and a collection of excellen...
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March 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#AzAbsorbs: Pillars Of Eternity 2: Deadfire: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Amazing follow up with even better dialogue and characters.
Also finished the Beasts Of Winter expansion: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Amazing follow up with even better dialogue and characters.
Also finished the Beasts Of Winter expansion: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
#AzAbsorbs
Above And Beyond by Denny Flowers: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
WH40k fiction used as a tool to explore the Netflixication/Marvelisation of cinema and turning art forms into Content™
Above And Beyond by Denny Flowers: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
WH40k fiction used as a tool to explore the Netflixication/Marvelisation of cinema and turning art forms into Content™
Az Vera's review of Above and Beyond (Lucille von Shard #2)
4/5: Another excellent example of modern WH40k books that steps beyond big dudes shooting enemy big dudes and choosing to use the framing of the universe to explore topics. While the usual trappings o...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:23 AM
#AzAbsorbs
Above And Beyond by Denny Flowers: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
WH40k fiction used as a tool to explore the Netflixication/Marvelisation of cinema and turning art forms into Content™
Above And Beyond by Denny Flowers: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
WH40k fiction used as a tool to explore the Netflixication/Marvelisation of cinema and turning art forms into Content™
#AzAbsorbs
John Wick 2, 3, 4: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
The sequels can't stand alone, but together work well as a descent into madness made of unending grief.
Spectral (2016)
Sand Castle (2017): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
John Wick 2, 3, 4: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
The sequels can't stand alone, but together work well as a descent into madness made of unending grief.
Spectral (2016)
Sand Castle (2017): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
A review of John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
#AzAbsorbs
John Wick 2, 3, 4: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
The sequels can't stand alone, but together work well as a descent into madness made of unending grief.
Spectral (2016)
Sand Castle (2017): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
John Wick 2, 3, 4: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
The sequels can't stand alone, but together work well as a descent into madness made of unending grief.
Spectral (2016)
Sand Castle (2017): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
#AzAbsorbs
Need For Speed: Heat steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Fun arcade racing. Great soundtrack, gorgeous world, good customisation.
Alien: Seventh Circle by Philippa Ballantine: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Much tighter writing and deeper characters than older Alien books I've read.
Need For Speed: Heat steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Fun arcade racing. Great soundtrack, gorgeous world, good customisation.
Alien: Seventh Circle by Philippa Ballantine: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Much tighter writing and deeper characters than older Alien books I've read.
Steam Community :: judges119 :: Review for Need for Speed™ Heat
great fun, banging soundtrack, absolutely gorgeous free-roaming world. lot of fun to tune up cars and visually decorate them. easy enough to earn money to upgrade cars or buy new ones so it doesn't ge...
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September 20, 2026 at 5:51 AM
#AzAbsorbs
Need For Speed: Heat steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Fun arcade racing. Great soundtrack, gorgeous world, good customisation.
Alien: Seventh Circle by Philippa Ballantine: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Much tighter writing and deeper characters than older Alien books I've read.
Need For Speed: Heat steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Fun arcade racing. Great soundtrack, gorgeous world, good customisation.
Alien: Seventh Circle by Philippa Ballantine: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Much tighter writing and deeper characters than older Alien books I've read.
#AzAbsorbs
Heretic (20240: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Another great A24 horror, this time about the evil of a Reddit atheist who saw your cross necklace and cornered you at a party and won't let you leave until you debate them.
Heretic (20240: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Another great A24 horror, this time about the evil of a Reddit atheist who saw your cross necklace and cornered you at a party and won't let you leave until you debate them.
A review of Heretic (2024)
Another banger A24 horror flick where the horror is another abstract weirdness. Following on from the studio's 2018 flick where the big evil was intergenerational trauma (Hereditary), after getting th...
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April 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
#AzAbsorbs
Heretic (20240: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Another great A24 horror, this time about the evil of a Reddit atheist who saw your cross necklace and cornered you at a party and won't let you leave until you debate them.
Heretic (20240: letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Another great A24 horror, this time about the evil of a Reddit atheist who saw your cross necklace and cornered you at a party and won't let you leave until you debate them.
#AzAbsorbs: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie: www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
(Alternate cover edition of ISBN 031624662X / 978031624…
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October 11, 2024 at 4:59 AM
#AzAbsorbs: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie: www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
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The Thing (1982): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Green Room (2015): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Can't believe I took so long to watch it; tense and confronting.
KPop Demon Hunters (2025): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Perfectly made to be a hit, just like KPop idols, but gorgeous/cute
The Thing (1982): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Green Room (2015): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Can't believe I took so long to watch it; tense and confronting.
KPop Demon Hunters (2025): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Perfectly made to be a hit, just like KPop idols, but gorgeous/cute
A ★★★★½ review of The Thing (1982)
While some of the effects have dated, the clawing feeling of cabin fever and paranoia is done so well that this movie still stands up so well.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
#AzAbsorbs
The Thing (1982): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Green Room (2015): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Can't believe I took so long to watch it; tense and confronting.
KPop Demon Hunters (2025): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Perfectly made to be a hit, just like KPop idols, but gorgeous/cute
The Thing (1982): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Green Room (2015): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Can't believe I took so long to watch it; tense and confronting.
KPop Demon Hunters (2025): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
Perfectly made to be a hit, just like KPop idols, but gorgeous/cute
And that's my #AzAbsorbs for the year!
Playing a wide variety of games and allowing myself to get lost in the ones I was really enjoying was a really nice relaxation for the year.
I thought the gaming had hamstrung my reading, but I smashed my goal of 27 books (37 total).
Playing a wide variety of games and allowing myself to get lost in the ones I was really enjoying was a really nice relaxation for the year.
I thought the gaming had hamstrung my reading, but I smashed my goal of 27 books (37 total).
January 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
And that's my #AzAbsorbs for the year!
Playing a wide variety of games and allowing myself to get lost in the ones I was really enjoying was a really nice relaxation for the year.
I thought the gaming had hamstrung my reading, but I smashed my goal of 27 books (37 total).
Playing a wide variety of games and allowing myself to get lost in the ones I was really enjoying was a really nice relaxation for the year.
I thought the gaming had hamstrung my reading, but I smashed my goal of 27 books (37 total).
#AzAbsorbs
All Systems Red (Murderbo #1) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Agency by William Gibson: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
All Systems Red (Murderbo #1) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Agency by William Gibson: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Az Vera's review of All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
5/5: Gorgeous and hilarious tale about discovering humanity is more than individuality but means developing bonds with others. A really cute, short read to make you smile.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
#AzAbsorbs
All Systems Red (Murderbo #1) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Agency by William Gibson: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
All Systems Red (Murderbo #1) by Martha Wells: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Agency by William Gibson: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#AzAbsorbs: Renfield (2023) starring Nicholas Hoult and Nic Cage. Actual laugh out loud good movie. You gotta see it.
January 12, 2024 at 1:38 PM
#AzAbsorbs: Renfield (2023) starring Nicholas Hoult and Nic Cage. Actual laugh out loud good movie. You gotta see it.
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War Machine (2026): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
90 minute US Army recruitment video. The change from Black Hawk Down (2001) and "leave no man behind" to a slow attrition of dead soldiers left behind is maybe a way of setting expectations for the next generation of recruits?
War Machine (2026): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
90 minute US Army recruitment video. The change from Black Hawk Down (2001) and "leave no man behind" to a slow attrition of dead soldiers left behind is maybe a way of setting expectations for the next generation of recruits?
A ★ review of War Machine (2026)
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May 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
#AzAbsorbs
War Machine (2026): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
90 minute US Army recruitment video. The change from Black Hawk Down (2001) and "leave no man behind" to a slow attrition of dead soldiers left behind is maybe a way of setting expectations for the next generation of recruits?
War Machine (2026): letterboxd.com/judges119/fi...
90 minute US Army recruitment video. The change from Black Hawk Down (2001) and "leave no man behind" to a slow attrition of dead soldiers left behind is maybe a way of setting expectations for the next generation of recruits?
#AzAbsorbs: Also been smashing a lot of games lately:
Jagged Alliance 3: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Balatro: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Tom Clancy's: The Division 2: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Jagged Alliance 3: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Balatro: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Tom Clancy's: The Division 2: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
December 15, 2024 at 7:05 AM
#AzAbsorbs: Also been smashing a lot of games lately:
Jagged Alliance 3: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Balatro: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Tom Clancy's: The Division 2: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Jagged Alliance 3: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Balatro: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...
Tom Clancy's: The Division 2: steamcommunity.com/id/judges119...