A Deepness in the Sky

A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge is a loose prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep. It features the previously-introduced character Pham Nuwen when he was still living his actual life. He's far from being the sole viewpoint in the story, though. After the prologue he's barely even mentioned until he eventually floats into the spotlight.

Borderlands 3

I seem to have started my previous Borderlands posts with how I got each game in question. So I guess to continue with the tradition: Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition had quite the discount back in 2022 on Steam. It was a pricing error, in fact, and lasted a whole day before it was fixed. And to this day, the complete version doesn't seem to have been as cheap on any official store. That is always nice to note when you finally get to a game on your backlog: you didn't "pay extra" just for it to wait there.