Unsolicited Recommendations 3

Run The Jewels 2

While RTJ are by no means new nor unrecognized, they're one of the very few new (9 years is new ...kinda)  American rap acts who's music delivers haymakers. Both El-P and Killer Mike have storied and successful back catalogues but once you go RTJ it's hard to go back.

Honestly each of the band's four records has my explicit recommendation but two is my all time favorite. Firstly because I never finished kindergarten and I can't count to three. Secondly because the aggression on songs like Blockbuster Night Part 1 and Oh My Darling Don't Cry beats up most rappers and takes their lunch money.

Tactics Ogre Reborn

Anyone who knows me personally knows that the black circles around my eyes are so vast and dark they look like warpaint. Recently they've been vaster and darker because I can't put this fucking game down and frankly fuck sleep.

I've always loved strategy and RPG games but until recently I was kind of hesitant on Square Enix. Final Fantasy never really spoke to me because I'm not a 12 year old anime eyed boy with spiky hair who gets away with owning a weapon (like they do in Texas) but their strategy games on the Switch have been killing it.

Their most recent one, Ogre Tactics Reborn, is a game that takes a while to settle in. In the beginning it feels like the usual "we are sad anime people in the continent of Not Europe fighting against medieval Nazis" but about 2-3 hours in it takes a turn. The difficulty ramps up and suddenly you're weighing up moves so that you can get that kickass dragon for the next fight, alternating troops to take advantage of different enemy set ups and trying to decide if assassinating a duke will lead Wallister to a better position against Galgistan.

Honestly, being Polish and therefore melancholic and Eastern European, I don't know much about fun, but I'm enjoying myself.