Fitnesssky: how do I achieve this body type and head shape while living an uncle lifestyle?

6. ELDEN RING

It’s so fucking long, but there’s a real-deal “immersion” that hits when all the obscure FromSoft narrative logic starts to feel intuitive. You start thinking shit like “wait a minute… these knights wear Praetor Rykard’s banner… what business does Volcano Manor have this far east?”

5. ZARDOZ (1974)

The next-closest thing to the last two episodes of The Prisoner, at feature-length. Feints in the direction of being a cheapy, softcore Planet Of The Apes riff before actually delivering on its philosophedelic promises in the back half. Visually and narratively rich.

4. TITUS ALONE by Mervyn Peake

I liked-didn’t-love the first two Gormenghast books, which were a little constrained by the palace-intrigue stuff, but the third one is just a short, rambling victory lap, sort of like Season 3 of the Leftovers. Peake the poet takes the reins from Peake the novelist.

3. CROSS GAME by Mitsuru Adachi

Started reading this because I was looking for a birthday present for a 10 year old, and it has a few too many “schoolgirl panties” gags for that to be viable, but (apart from that) I loved it personally. Rock-solid comix fundamentals. A wistful, sad sports romcom.

2. GENERAL MARTOK

The DS9 weekly watch has just hit “You Are Cordially Invited” (no spoilers please) and man, this guy is such a great addition to the cast. Like Jack Aubrey from one of the latter books, a wizened and kind-hearted captain who’s weary of everything except war, which he lives on.

I can sympathize as someone who watched almost every superhero movie for 15 years, but I’m praying that gamers will learn how to say no

Sorry that’s the Centurion Council and the Widow Hannah, represented the cockatrice, who was manning the tiller. Thirsty Bush’s figurine was taken home by the player so he’s not visible

He knows so many awesome ways to just draw a ball. Look at these pitches