Life had other plans this month. Kris and Rian ditch the episode notes and lean into the chaos, using their own unplanned episode as a jumping-off point to talk about what happens when you're a chronic planner and 2026 just won't slow down. In between, there's a detailed Read Watch Play (Rian miraculously finished a book, and there’s a farming sim that's eating Kris's soul), some stuff that’s Coming Right Up, and a Backlog Roulette spin. It's a laid-back one, but an honest one. Come hang.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:49 Read, Watch, Play

36:18 Planning vs Vibing (main topic)

1:01:04 Coming Right Up

1:05:29 Backlog Roulette

1:08:59 Outro and web links

Read:

Vile Lady Villains https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1428054a-07af-4064-aeeb-a174c8174833 

Outlander https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/111846 

Contact https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/dc4440f5-4b50-4c83-b45a-db313713bc01

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ca6556da-2029-4fa8-a97c-12ddc65d050b

The Notebook https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9c00cf97-6058-4d19-a825-ba986c83bda1

The Making of the Prince of Persia https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f368747c-e078-4e0e-9a43-2840c018fb81 (and the blog post that lead Rian to it: https://domelian.substack.com/p/read-this-before-your-next-long-project )

Watch:

Memento - https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/77-memento?language=en-AU

Devil Wears Prada 2 - https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1314481-the-devil-wears-prada-2?language=en-AU 

Mother Mary - https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1102883-mother-mary?language=en-AU 

Masters of the Universe - https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/454639-masters-of-the-universe?language=en-AU 

Moonlight https://letterboxd.com/film/moonlight-2016/

The Boondock Saints https://letterboxd.com/film/the-boondock-saints/

The Pitt https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/250307-the-pitt

Masters of the Universe https://letterboxd.com/film/masters-of-the-universe-2026/

Play:

Coral Island - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158160/Coral_Island/ 

The Last Gas Station - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3690030/The_Last_Gas_Station/ 

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist 

InKonbini https://store.steampowered.com/app/2723430/inKONBINI_One_Store_Many_Stories/

Vampire Survivors https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/Vampire_Survivors/

Vampire Crawlers https://store.steampowered.com/app/3265700/Vampire_Crawlers_The_Turbo_Wildcard_from_Vampire_Survivors/

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book.html

Star Fox https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/star-fox.html

Mixtape https://store.steampowered.com/app/2582320/Mixtape/

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