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Been semi-productive with media stuff lately, so a few updates:

▶ I finished playing Split Fiction! It's a two person co-op action/platformer game by the company that made It Takes Two, which was huge fun. I played ITT with my brother so when I heard they were making another game with the same kind of gameplay, I told him we had to play SF together haha. And SF was just as much fun!

The story follows Mio and Zoe, two aspiring authors who become trapped in their stories after a mishap with a VR machine built by a company that is attempting to use the machine to steal creative ideas. The game's levels are either fantasy or sci-fi themed, with different abilities on each level that you have to use to cooperatively solve puzzles and stuff. The story is pretty basic and the writing is kind of cheesy, but there's some really funny moments and it's a ton of fun to actually play. (For example at one point you're in a motorcycle chase and while one player has to drive the motorcycle, the other player has to deactivate the self-destruct using a smart phone lmao. I was laughing so hard while watching my bro try to go through everything I could barely steer the bike.)

The nice thing about SF (and ITT) is that only one person has to buy the game and you can either co-op locally or online! So I highly recommend both games for anyone looking for something to play with a friend. SF is very forgiving difficulty-wise too, I am not very good at platforming and I was dying constantly because I have no patience lmao but we still didn't have any trouble beating the game.

▶ I watched season 2 of Severance! Putting this behind a cut for spoilers. ( + )

▶ I watched Moana 2 and it was okay... I thought the messaging was nice but overall it just felt entirely forgettable. I can't tell if the music in Disney musicals these days is genuinely bad or the nostalgia for the old stuff is just that strong. Like I know we can't all be Alan Menken and Howard Ashman but come on, I watched the movie a couple hours ago and I can't even recall a single tune from it. (Not that all new Disney songs are terrible, I too had "We Don't Talk About Bruno" stuck in my head for weeks lmao. But just like, most of it.)

▶ I don't even play Marvel Rivals but the Emma Frost character reveal trailer omg... The thigh jiggle?? Ma'am... She looks so good lmao Emma's designs are always very hit or miss but I don't hate this one. (I would get rid of the blue lipstick though I have never been a blue lipstick Emma truther!!) Anyway now I'm like shit, do I need to play Marvel Rivals sjhdfkjss