I enjoy several mediums, #books, #film and #games - they each have their advantages.
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I think often that how much I like a film that was also a book I’ve read, is how close to what images I painted in my mind the films characters, locations and such - if it clashes, regardless of how well the film is written, I always have an underlying bias.
@Parzival Yes! That, I find, is far preferable, so sometimes I will watch a movie first, and then reading the book feels like doing on a deep dive for additional information.
@viciousviscosity I like that way of thinking about it!
@viciousviscosity I try to watch the film/TV version before reading the book now. That way I can enjoy the movie and then enjoy the book as it goes deeper.
@cdllm Exactly! I’m finding I’m preferring the same thing :100:
When I play a game I’m throughly enjoying, I spend most of the time exploring - should that be an option - OR I end up lore hunting.
When a game I like has lore and books in game, then I end up playing the game to read books, which strikes me as a funny juxtaposition.
@viciousviscosity - Skyrim, and to a lesser extend the other Elder Scrolls games, were like that for me. It eventually lead me to lurking on the r/TESlore subreddit reading batshit insane cross-title theories about in-game history, time loops disguised as cultural memes, and ascendancy of the consciousness into other realities. Loved it.
@Gallowglass Haha, nice! Yes, TES was exactly what I had in mind when remembering the in-game books and lore.
@viciousviscosity Did you ever read Michael Kirkbride's post-TES c0da novella/comic? It's delightful, unadulterated madness.
@viciousviscosity SAME. It takes me forever to clear a single dungeon in Skyrim because I'm like "wait; I don't think I've read this edition of 'The Lusty Argonian' yet..."
@viciousviscosity Agreed! I find that the opposite happens to me too. I have a hard time not visualizing the actors on a future read.