Weekly Recommendation - Week #019 - Internal Recommendations

Let's open with a fun fact, as my professor taught me at the Villainous Torture Room Monologue Academy. Sometimes, Darren and I actually recommend stuff... (wait for it) TO EACH OTHER! It's rather shocking I know. So lets keep this intro short (and sweet, because I really liked that Academy joke), here are some of our favourites that we have recommended to each other. Also, I think Darren is feeling a bit under the weather, so yeah, forgive him if he a) doesn't write as well as normal or b) dies mid recommendation.

Starship Troopers - Paul Verhoeven (Film) - Author: Darren (Quite possibly deceased.)

Way back in the 90's, when unisex showers were the future, a film was released. You know the title by now and, surprisingly, so do I. Isn't that bizzare? No. Shut up. Starship Troopers is distinctly two halves. The first, high-school drama. The second, space war. While I say they're distinct, the progression is natural and doesn't feel forced. The entire story feels like it would be tailor made for a video game but plays out at a fairly decent pace. The humour was well timed and didn't fall flat. Go watch it please so I can stop typing. Please, I am immensely sick, just like all of my skill. HA HA Ha Ha hahahahahahahah...


The First Vietnamese War - The Black Angels (Music) - Author: Chris

I think there is actually archived stream footage of Darren recommending this to me, which is sort of exciting I guess. Anyway, let's get on with the show. It's an American psychedelic sort of song, you know, the kind that you would often associate with (surprise surprise) The Vietnam War, and that time period generally, although they didn't make it during that time period, so I suppose that is cheating a bit in someone's book. What was I saying? Oh yeah, music. It's a really nice song, and sound pretty authentic to the time period, so give it a listen, relax, and be glad humanity has gotten over having wars with each other. Oh wait.

Mass Effect 2 - BioWare (Game) - Author: Chris

I always had some interest in the Mass Effect series, but I never really pushed myself to try and acquire and play them. I then discovered that Darren was a massive fan of BioWare and their games, which led to him completely and utterly recommending the shit out of them to me. I bought 3, then bought 2, then decided I would just start from 2. I am so glad that I did. The universe is amazing, the soundtrack is phenomenal, the level of detail put into every bit of back-story is astonishing, and, I suppose I should mention this as it is a game, it plays really well too. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy 3, but for overall quality, 2 is an absolute master-class in sequels and games in general. I didn't have trouble skipping 1, but I did notice a few of the characters judging me for things I "did" in the first game, so maybe I should have started from one, who knows? All I know is that 2 is a great game. I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favourite overused joke in TGOI.

Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to mourn the loss of Darren. He will be missed greatly. Goodnight, sweet prince?