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I struggle to see how more consumer choice isn’t good news. The films are getting a simultaneous release in cinemas and at home. If you want the cinema experience then you’ve got it. It’s only if lots of people don’t actually really value the cinema experience (which I suspect many don’t of course) that cinemas have a problem. At which point they’ll have to up their game or die. If going to the cinema is such a wonderful experience then they have little to worry about. How many of us would go to arcades these days and pump pound coin after pound coin into a machine when we

Tasha has finally landed in the UK.

Ah right. Quite possibly. I’ve only ever used the website.

Yeah the books are very readable (and probably more importantly very very searchable) on DnDBeyond. I’ve got a full physical 5th Edition book collection (or at least will have once Tasha’s is released over here) and so have only bought a couple of bits on there purely due to the cost of replicating things, but I’d have no hesitation in re-buying books I used regularly.

I’ve been upgraded at no additional charge too...which is big of them since I’ve got Prime. Maybe they’ve upgraded me to drone delivery.

Nice variety of stuff to be honest. All pretty lightweight, but there’s a history of D&D, a run down of all the main races and classes, an example of play, some stuff for the aspiring DM, features on podcasts etc, Adventurer’s League, articles about Ebberon and Barovia as well as lots of nice art and puzzles etc.

I’d not heard of the annual until @MDYmentioned it yesterday, but picked up a copy today. It’s really nice, especially for the 8 quid it costs and if I had young nieces, nephews or any other kids I knew who I thought would be remotely interested I’d definitely be buying them a copy for Christmas. Cheapest D&D book I’ll ever buy no doubt too.

Wonder if Heroes’ Feast, the official D&D Cookbook had been delayed too. That was supposed to be out here on Tuesday but that too is currently showing as Delivery Date Pending on Amazon.

As good as this is...and it’s really really good...it makes me feel like a bit of a creep. I think I’m in love with Beth Harmon and I’m easily old enough to be the actresses dad and not a particularly young dad either.

Back in September at the time of the original poll I chose both Xbox Series X and PS5. However since that time I’m more and more coming to the realisation that I have very little if any interest in video games these days and my lust for the new consoles is 50% FOMO and 50% nerdy excitement for new hardware. Now at the end of October I’m pretty sure that I’ll be spending the £1000 I’d put aside for both on lighting equipment instead. I’m not doing a lot of photography these days due to the virus but that’ll basically last forever and definitely will get used in the future.

www.panamoz.com have both models in stock. Grey import of course from Hong Kong, but they come with a 3 year warranty where they reimburse you for any repair bills. I’ve spent a good few thousand there over the last couple of years or so and couldn’t be happier. That’s exactly where I’d be buying from if I was in the market for new camera gear regardless of stock shortages in the UK.

What a difference a few weeks makes. When it was first revealed I thought it was hideous. It looks gorgeous in that photo...in my opinion of course.

Well the demo is lovely and it's encouraged me to order the full game. It looks super super ropey and low resolution on a big tv though (65" in this case). I wish they'd have done whatever work was required to bring it up to 1080p, especially with it being a full price release.

Well they've certainly managed to polish Halo up a bit if that trailer is anything to go by!

Have they done anything yet about the glowing yellow bar in the bottom left hand corner of the screens that builds up for 'super moves'? I'd love to get into Destiny again when the Series X or PS5 arrives, but that bar left a permanent mark on my plasma tv a few years ago and there's no way I'm risking it damaging my OLED.