Episode 12: Nerding Out for the New Year

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:28 Read Watch Play updates
10:43 Intro to main topic: nerding out for the new year
11:16 Kris’s books, TV, games of 2024
14:26 Rian’s books, TV, games of 2024
21:30 Our approaches to new year goal-setting
26:48 Rian’s 2025 theme and goals
31:18 Kris’s 2025 theme and goals
35:17 Intentions for our personal hobbies
42:39 2025 podcast wishlist and goals
52:51 Links and socials

Books: 

• The Genesis of Change - Livia J. Elliot https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/668fd4f5-f5c6-4b9d-9476-7d384ec0a246
• Ice Station - Matthew Reilly https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a6ab1cd1-ec14-4b1d-b418-153954dd0df0
• Absolution - Jeff VanderMeer https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7044d738-e39d-4cd8-8304-f06ee90b0d39
• The Blood Stones - Tori Tecken https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/867d9b49-41a5-4e66-8295-70c51327fd95
• Kokoro - Natsume Sōseki https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e501e9d1-e49b-47f8-89d3-c0c7f8a3433a
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/696c5447-676f-4488-ae1a-530e28c98345
• Normal People - Sally Rooney https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5ffd5e1a-56b0-4767-9ce0-8f6b8cd3be75
• NeuroTribes - Steve Silberman https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/59e03889-2380-4c57-90d9-afa9e160a118
• Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9a8ba591-4e66-4d51-8f46-df5ba1b42711
• East of Eden - John Steinbeck https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5d8fadaa-a54c-473f-81aa-0aa3043b0957
• Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c34ac03b-3b0e-4a24-b694-e46674918a3a

Movies/TV: 

• Yellowjackets https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/117488-yellowjackets
• The Resident https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/74016-the-resident
• Pantheon https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/195339-pantheon
• Arcane https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/94605-arcane
• Arrival https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/329865-arrival
• True Detective https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/46648-true-detective
• Terminator Zero https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/239287-terminator

Games:

• Chef RPG https://store.steampowered.com/app/1796790/Chef_RPG/
• Dave the Diver https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/Dave_the_Diver/ 
• Killer Frequency https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903620/Killer_Frequency/ 
• Worms https://store.steampowered.com/app/70640/Worms/ 
• Dragon Age https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1845910/ 
• Firewatch https://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/Firewatch/ 
• Unavowed https://store.steampowered.com/app/336140/Unavowed/