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What game, book, TV show, and/or movie do you wish you could experience for the first time again? (lemmy.world)
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This thread has convinced me to play Outer Wilds.

My picks are:

  • Game: Portal 2.
  • Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  • TV show: Bojack Horseman.
  • Movie: The Shawshank Redemption.
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[โ€“] 10 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Book: The Rama series, Arthur C Clarke
TV: The West Wing
Movie: The 5th Element

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It makes me happy to see Rama mentioned here! I read the first book in the series when I was 8 or 9, and it's what really hooked me on science fiction. Like, I had to read it with a dictionary open because some of the language was way too technical for me, but I was absolutely enthralled.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Other people who've read it and who I've talked with seem to be split over whether the first book is better than the sequels, or the other way around. I prefer the sequels, my wife prefers the original. Do you have a preference?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago

    As a child, I greatly preferred the original. A lot of the emotional subtext from the sequels went over my head (since I was raised in a very emotionally repressed environment), but I could totally grok the cold, somewhat impersonal nature of the first book. It was easier to imagine myself in this huge alien structure when I could understand the characters. Nowadays I think I'd probably prefer the sequels since I derive a lot of enjoyment from interpersonal drama and conflict. I'll admit that it's been ages since I've read them, so I can't say for sure.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh wow, I actually haven't read the Rama books (been meaning to!), but I vividly remember the flawed-but-wonderous PC adventure game. Have you played it by chance?

    Haha, grokking abstract space-math associations maybe wasn't my strength when I was like...7 or something (prolly still isn't LOL). But I sure did enjoy crudely drawing the biots and aliens. :D

    The soundtrack is still one of my favorites from any game, ever.

    This humorous review is fun to watch, but there's really good gameplay and stuff without commentary too. :)

    https://youtu.be/Pu4n5YXPaMQ?si=adgsTuyyKWRXS8Xc

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    I played the game back when it originally came out. Like any media based on a book, it was slightly frustrating for a while that the graphics didn't match the visuals I had imagined whole reading the book. I still have the discs somewhere, might see if I can get it running somehow. I suspect I'll find the game mechanics to be clunky but today's standards.

    I'm surprised there hasn't been a movie made yet.

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