Media Diet: March 2023

Posted on by Eric F. Savage
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Media Diet
Media Diet

I spent more time on fitness this month than I have in a long time, and that left less room for media, which is fine by me!

Books

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky – I wanted to like this book more than I did because it was innovative (spiders as main characters?!) but it took a bit of an effort to finish it. The writing is dry and heavy, sometimes boring, the characters were pretty shallow, and the ending was a poor return on the time invested.

Games

Dyson Sphere Program (replay)– In what has become an annual tradition, I played through one of my all-time favorite games for the third time, which is probably a record for me. There weren’t a lot of improvements over last year, just some tweaks, but each time I’ve gone further and faster. If they release the big “combat” update this year I may not wait until next year to do it again.

Television

Ted Lasso, Season 2 – It’s always great to see a good show get better, and Lasso did just that. With one exception (Episode 9, which completely missed it’s mark) it was improved and refined. The excellent casting paid off as previously lesser characters stepped up and new characters fit in seamlessly.

Sports

World Baseball Classic – This is the first time I’ve watched any serious amount of the WBC, in large part thanks to friendly time-zones, and it was fantastic. I’d love to see better pitching, most of the MLB’s top players weren’t allowed to participate, but it was still great baseball.

Red Sox (Spring Training) – Prior to the WBC, I also watched more of this than perhaps I ever have, and it was nice in a very casual way. I’m not terribly hopeful of the Red Sox chances this year, but I’m generally more excited about baseball than I have been in many years.

In Progress

Didn’t finish these in March so I’ll update when I do.

  • Mandalorian, Season 3
  • Crossroads of Twilight
  • Mayor of Kingstown

Upcoming

Some things I’m hoping to read/watch/play soon:

  • Succession, Season 3
  • Ted Lasso, Season 3 
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