February Media Round-up

[thesoulofchaos]

I think I'm just about striking a balance between work and play - I am currently undecided about participating in 40 fandoms in case that sends everything off-kilter. Will decide at the weekend I think...

Video Games

Comments

[versipellis]

Yay for balance!

I mostly notice these days how books in the 80s and 90s, the characters can't just google things and they can't call each other on their mobiles. Considering I can remember both of these things coming into existence it's a little scary how I keep assuming they'll be there!

I always find both your analysis of the autism-focused stuff and your comments on the video games very interesting.

That last fiction one has a... well, that title is something special, for sure! :-/

[thesoulofchaos]

The whole googling/mobile thing really gets me too - in my head I find myself going "They could just Goog...no...no they can't" - and with the new common usage of Mobile data to be able to Google on the move, books from the early 2000s are going to become dated soon.

[versipellis]

Oh man, yes. I think as I don't have a smartphone yet I forget this is a thing, but it's becoming so much more prevalent all around me...