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Am I right in thinking for MK World for any of the online stuff you'd need a Nintendo online pass?

I still have a couple of slots in my family group if you're wanting in on that.

It's truly mind-boggling that there's no way to skip the cutscenes when you find a new car or whatever. Did they really think we'd all be so rapt with attention at a bored-sounding description of each car?

You should just play Unicorn Overlord. It's very good.

Just finished The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. Books of this size, in this genre, and promising (or threatening) sequels can be off-putting, and I've read more than a couple that were real slogs (looking at you, Priory of the Orange Tree).

This, though, was magnificent.

The structure and pacing are unusually episodic, which normally I'd find annoying in a story of this length, but here it builds on itself in such a satisfying way—and still managed to surprise me and let me feel clever when I worked out pieces of the puzzle.

I'm very much looking forward to the second book now, though it's not due until next summer (presumably the paperback will take even longer). Highly recommend checking this one out, if you're into low-magic fantasy and political intrigue.

Anyone else on Puzzmo? I'd been kinda missing the NYT puzzle games since cancelling my subscription (on account of them being a bunch of shitheel fascism apologists), but this is filling that gap nicely.

(Also: add me!)