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Forgot to post this, bought it the day I finished Alan Wake 2. Walmart still had the "launch editions" on the shelf too, despite it being two weeks later, so I even got all the preorder content.

Alan Wake II Worth the wait. Like Ethan said, they changed it from an action horror to a more full-on survival horror kind of game. You rarely fight more than two enemies at a time, but they're now much more dangerous individually than they ever were before and I can't remember a single moment where I ever maxed out the ammo for any of my guns. The game looks great, the story answers many questions that have been hanging for over a decade, and of course it is also a technical marvel. If I have any complaints I suppose it's that sometimes it's easy to get lost and not know where to go due to the world operating on dark presence logic, which is a far cry from earthly logic. Key items will sometimes magically appear where they didn't exist before, bathrooms will take you to an entirely different floor in a building, walls will be blocked off until you change the lighting in a room, and so on. You get used to it, but there can still be moments of frustration. Even then, this is still my favorite Remedy game ever made. Can't wait to see where the DLC takes it.

I find them quite easy to get through, I listen to a fair few podcasts and they're a great companion when walking or doing house work. Audio books, for me, have been much the same way (and from a chore point quite good in that I'll activelly find a reason to do stuff so I can listen to a few chapters) There's a few minor quirks; there's been a part in "Three Body Problem" where the chapter is a redacted report ████ ██ and it doesn't really translate well in spoken word. Also in Dune trilogy there's (I think) a few voice actors but there's a few points where who they voice (or if they're doing the exposition) that throws you for a moment. Minor mid point edit: check your local library's website. Mine has access to Libby and Borrow ox, both have apps with ebooks, magazines and audio books. It's a freeway to check if you'd find audio books suitable. It's how I read Norse Mythology. However one issue is my local library seems to be mainly biographies and I don't much care for those. They currently have 5 sci-fi audio books, one is a David Walliams (well known for his sci-fi ) and another is, stupidly, the second book in the Three Body Problem trilogy... Also I think Spotify just put some as part of their premium subscription, if you have that. End mid point edit. Three Body Problem wise I'm quite enjoying it - it is a bit weird to start with (it starts during the Cultural Revolution) and my general unfamiliarity with chinese names did make it a bit hard at the start to remember who was who, but it's parseable now. There's some bits I'm quite interested to see how they'll work it for the Netflix show.

I absolutely loved the first one and I've been anticipating the sequel for years, so it was a no-brainer. The bundle with the first game brought it down 25%, so I pre-ordered even though I won't play it immediately. I'll probably start it just to check it out but right now my focus is on a certain other highly-anticipated sequel that I'm totally not playing a pirated copy of or anything. I would definitely never do something like that. Why do you ask?! Shut up, Ethan!!!