Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Foundation and Earth

Foundation and Earth picks up where Foundation's Edge left off: Councilman Golan Trevize with his uncanny ability to always make the right choice decided that Gaia -- a superorganism planet where all things are part of a group consciousness on some level -- should be the eventual future of the galaxy instead of the First or Second Foundation. Gaia removed the memories of the planet's existence from the Foundation people involved in the stand-off at the end of the novel and everyone went back to their lives except for Golan and his historian friend Janov Pelorat.

Sunday, April 18, 2021

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Some say The Elder Scrolls series gets simpler with every iteration. That may be true particularly when it comes to spells, but at least when going from Oblivion to Skyrim, I would say nothing of value was lost when something was streamlined -- even in regards to spells. I think in general Skyrim is a better game, a more polished version of Oblivion in almost every way.