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12: Nerding Out for the New Year

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What a year! Kris and Rian discuss their approaches to goal-setting for the new year, compare their yearly themes for 2025, then celebrate their best-of-2024 books, TV shows and games. They also hint at their wish lists for the podcast.


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Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:28 Read Watch Play updates

10:43 Intro to main topic: nerding out for the new year

11:16 Kris’s books, TV, games of 2024

14:26 Rian’s books, TV, games of 2024

21:30 Our approaches to new year goal-setting

26:48 Rian’s 2025 theme and goals

31:18 Kris’s 2025 theme and goals

35:17 Intentions for our personal hobbies

42:39 2025 podcast wishlist and goals

52:51 Links and socials


Books: 

  • The Genesis of Change - Livia J. Elliot
  • Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
  • Absolution - Jeff VanderMeer
  • The Blood Stones - Tori Tecken
  • Kokoro - Natsume Sōseki
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  • Normal People - Sally Rooney
  • NeuroTribes - Steve Silberman
  • Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
  • East of Eden - John Steinbeck
  • Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang


    • Movies/TV: 

    • Yellowjackets
    • The Resident
    • Pantheon
    • Arcane
    • Arrival
    • True Detective
    • Terminator Zero


      • Games:

      • Chef RPG
      • Dave the Diver
      • Killer Frequency
      • Worms
      • Dragon Age
      • Firewatch
      • Unavowed


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