reviews Tenet After many delays, the movie Tenet has finally come to the cinema. It's amazing. I loved every single bit of it. Almost 2.5 hours of pure awesomeness. #christopernolan4president This is what a good movie is supposed to be like. Go on, go see it. The rest of the post
boardgames Boardgames Party: Azul Last weekend I played a fun game called Azul, which has won many awards, among which the famed Spiel des Jahres in 2018. The name comes from "azulejos", Portuguese tiles made by the Moors. A portugese king fell in love with them and tasks the players with making the most
reviews Battlestar Galactica I finally did it: I watched one of the best TV shows made in the last 20 years (at least according to a list [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/arts/television/best-drama-series.html] made by the New York Times). For some reason, I didn't like the concept back when
reviews Pixel 3a I've been a long-time fan of Google-made/branded phones. Back in 2014, I got a Nexus 5. Then I moved on to a 5X. Then I explored the other side, having an iPhone 6S for a year. I was not impressed by iOS, so then I switched back to Android,
boardgames Boardgames Party: Codenames Lockdown is over, time to play some games that work well in larger groups, such as Codenames, which is a very fun game to play, but it requires language skills. On the box it says it can be played by 4-8 players, but I think you can easily have more
boardgames Quarantine boardgames: Pandemic The pandemic is "over" in Romania (or at least, the most severe lockdown is over), so it means we won the game of Pandemic :) Pandemic is a game were there are four diseases ravaging through the world. The players must cooperate to prevent outbreaks and to find cures for the
boardgames Quarantine boardgames: Itchy Feet I haven't traveled abroad in one year. [1] I haven't travelled more than 80 km from home in two months. Considering that in the previous six years I have travelled more than 20000 kilometers every year, my feet are itching to travel again. I can't wait for airports to open
TV shows Travelers Travelers is a TV show from 2016. Netflix was promoting it at the time, but it didn't seem too interesting to me back then. Time travelers taking over the bodies of people in the present and trying to continue their lives? Sounds full of awkward and cringy situations, which I
boardgames Quarantine boardgames: Plague Inc. It's time to see how a virus can spread all over the world and kill a lot of people. In Plague Inc., each players represent a different disease. You can be either a bacteria or a virus. Of course, in our last play-through, everyone was a (corona)virus. The two
boardgames Quarantine boardgames: Travelin' Since Romania instituted a general lockdown this week, I haven't really left the house. Not that I normally leave the house too much [https://rolisz.ro/2020/02/07/interview-about-wfh/], nor that I can really leave the house even if I wanted to, because I managed to sprain my ankle,
boardgames Boardgames Party: Hanabi This time I'm going to present a Hanabi, a cooperative card game. It's super small, can easily be taken on trips to be played between 2-4 players. Each player is a fireworks maker in China, who have messed up the fireworks, right before the show is supposed to start. The
TV shows Lost in Space As I have mentioned previously [https://rolisz.ro/2018/07/12/the-expanse/], I like sci-fi. At least I used to. I'm not sure if my tastes have changed or if they don't make them like they used to. But Lost in Space is a sci-fi family show that I really
boardgames Boardgames Miniparty: 7 Wonders Duel Last night, my wife and I wanted to play a boardgame by ourselves. Looking through my collection, we decided to give 7 Wonders Duel a try. The original 7 Wonders game is played between 3 and 7 players. The Duel version is made for two player game, with several nice
reviews Books of 2019 So, I have good news and bad news about my book reading habit in 2019. The good news is that I've read more Christian books than other kinds of books. The bad news is that I've read the least books ever in 2019: six. The interesting fact is that I
boardgames Boardgames Party: Rival Restaurants Rival Restaurants is a game I ordered on Kickstarter. When ordering from KS, it's always a bit of a gamble, but my wife loves cooking, so I figured she will like it. Last night we played it with some friends and it was a blast. The playing board, with the
reviews The Rise of Skywalker The grand finale for the Star Wars trilogy of trilogies is here. Or not so grand, because I went to see it in Oradea on the second day after it was released, and the cinema had at least a third of the seats empty. I didn’t enjoy TLJ [https:
boardgames Boardgames Party: Tokaido I've bought Tokaido about two years ago. I've opened it about a year ago, but I was quickly overruled by the others, who probably wanted to play a game they knew (cough Dixit cough). But today, we did a spontaneous board game night in our house and I
TV shows Better than Us Добрый день. Меня зовут Роланд! It just happens that in the last month I’ve discovered two masterpieces of Russian art: one is the Red Army Choir [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26cr_rBQu74], the other one is Better than Us, a TV show about a family
reviews Ad Astra Another space movie came out, so of course I went to the cinema to see it, just like I did with Gravity [https://rolisz.ro/2013/11/12/gravity/] and Interstellar [https://rolisz.ro/2014/12/01/interstellar/]. It was a very spontaneous
reviews Backing up 3: Syncthing A while ago, I mentioned how I back up my valuable data to my NAS. In the mean time, I added one more thing to it: a UPS[1] so even if the power goes out, it still says up and more importantly, it can shut down safely. This is
boardgames Boardgames Party: Splendor One of the games that we recently played a lot is Splendor [https://event.2performant.com/events/click?ad_type=quicklink&aff_code=de74d8a57&unique=9a6f02fef&redirect_to=https%253A//www.libris.ro/splendor-LEX-3558380055419--p1259416.html] , a game with some really neat tokens, representing precious stones, and where
reviews Books of 2018 Inspired by many of the posts I saw on the blogosphere about how people did in their reading challenge in 2018, I decided to do a short recap as well. I started 12 books in 2018 and I finished 10 of them. This is unusual for me,
boardgames Boardgames Party: Sushi Go This year I caught the bug of boardgames. I bought a lot of them, I tried a lot of them and I played some a loooot of times. My lovely wife also enjoys this hobby very much, so we often have friends over to play various boardgames. Almost all of
reviews Blogs I follow - part 2 After a year [https://rolisz.ro/2017/10/28/blogs-i-follow-part-1/], prompted by a question Catalin asked me, I finally made time to write about a couple more great writers I follow. Seth Godin: Seth does many things, but he is mainly a marketing person. However, he doesn't do marketing
TV shows The Expanse I'm a huge sci-fi fan. I love sci-fi TV shows, but in the last couple of years, most of them have been... lacking, to put it gently. But finally, Sy-Fy made a new great show: The Expanse, based on a novel by James S. A. Corey. The Expanse is a
