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Now that you're on my turf, I'll take this opportunity to share with you:

Alex's Personal List Of Mandatory Things To Play, Watch, Read, Imbibe, Etc

There are a lot of different things and people that influence me and whose works I want to share with everyone I ever meet who has any interest in enjoying things that are good. So for simplicity's sake, I will do my best to compile them here. This will absolutely be a living document that evolves over time. No promises on how organized this will be.


Books
Short story anthologies are one of my favorite types of books to read (and submit to) but I would describe my taste in books as deeply unserious. My favorite stories are ones that explore the absurd and comedic.

The John Dies At The End Series By David Wong
Slug and other stories By Megan Milk
The Revolution of Everyday Life By Raoul Vaneigem
The Kill The Farm Boy Series By Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
The Imaginary Corpse By Tyler Hayes
Godspeed By Lynn Breedlove
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk By David Sedaris
Spoiled Brats By Simon Rich
This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch By Tabitha Carvan
Project Hail Mary By Andy Weir
Stone Butch Blues By Leslie Feinberg
Gerald's Game By Stephen King
Rejection By Tony Tulathimutte
All of Chuck Palahnuik's work


Comics
One of my favorite mediums and perhaps one of the best ways to tell a story. This will include both published comics and webcomics as well as manga, + works that are majority illustrated.

|Sacred Heart By Liz Suburbia | Yotsuba By Kiyohiko Azuma | Azumanga Daioh By Kiyohiko Azuma | Dykes To Watch Out For By Allison Bechdel |Sad Girl Space Lizard By Iggy Craig | Saint Young Men | Calvin and Hobbes By Bill Watterson | Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me By Ellen Forney | Princess Jellyfish By Akiko Higashimura | Demons Bloodlust By Hyena Hell | Dungeon Meshi By Ryoko Kui | Little Teeth By Rory Frances and Jae Bearhat | The Far Side By Gary Larson | Super Mutant Magic Academy By Jillian Tamaki | Different Dances By Shel Silverstein | Bosom Enemies By Donna Barr | Oglaf | Pikamas | what happens next by Max Graves | Lily Wave by Brian Blomerth | Wacky Lesbian Hour


Games
If comics aren't the best medium to tell a story in, then my next choice would be video games. I typically play more indie than AAA, so you'll see more Steam and Itch.io products than Nintendo ones.

Disco Elysium | Pokemon Mystery Dungeon | Baba Is You | Later Alligator | Outer Wilds | Slay The Princess | Mouthwashing | Thank Goodness You're Here! | Firewatch | Balatro | Jazzpunk | The Stanley Parable | Peggle | Monster Prom | Animal Crossing | Pikuniku | Hypnospace Oulaw | Peak


Movies and TV
I have a Letterboxd where you can read my reviews and correct opinions of movies. TV, animation, general watchable media is going here too.

Ponyo, 2008| Tokyo Godfathers, 2003| Severance, 2022-| Fritz The Cat, 1972 | Blue Eye Samurai, 2023| BEEF, 2023 | Barb And Starr Go To Vista Del Mar, 2021 | The Big Lebowski, 1998 | Paranoia Agent | Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000, 2024 | The Holdovers, 2023 | PG: Psycho Goreman, 2023 | Smiling Friends, 2022 | They Live, 1988 | Palm Springs, 2020 | SLC Punk, 1998 | Asteroid City, 2023 | Death Note, 2006 | A Place Further Than The Universe | Oddtaxi | Dimension 20, 2018 | Bojack Horseman, 2014 | The Naked Gun, 2025 |


Music
My music taste is sporadic, and I rarely listen to entire albums. Don't expect any consistency.

Mint Jams- Caseopeia
SUGAR- BROCKHAMPTON
ATTACKING VERTICAL- femtanyl
Lizzard Brain- Lil Boodang
Spirits (Having Flown)- Bee Gees
Paradise Ballroom- Graeme Edge Band
Stranger- Trixie Mattel Cover
You Are Going To Hate This- The Frights
Love Is Everywhere- Pharoah Sanders
Home- Sayde Price
Presumably Dead Arm- Sidney Gish
La Fuente- Adios Amores
Gentle One- Ethel-Ann Powell
I Wanna Boi- PWR BTTM
Centipede- Patricia Taxxon
Dancing In The Moonlight- King Harvest
Nights On Broadway- Bee Gees
Moonlighting- The Rippingtons
The Loneliest Room In The World- Root Boy Slim


Online Projects
This is where I'll set some of the more miscellaneous stuff you can find on the internet. Some of them could arguably fit into other categories, but this is my house, so I'm putting them here.

The Free Movie
A project run by the brand and art collective Mischief. A re-creation of the Bee Movie drawn entirely in MSPaint by random denizens of the internet.

17776 and 20020
An article about what football will look like in the future.

Too Many Cooks
Most any bizarro Adult Swim original shorts belong here, including This House Has People In It and Unedited Footage of a Bear.

Nicky Case
The website of Nicky Case, a wonderful creator who's made all kinds of cool games!

3D Worker's Island
A story told through fake old web screenshots and forum posts about a screensaver. Made by the creator of Petscop.


People
Both including online/external creators I love and some friends of mine in the mix : )) Up to you to decide which is which : ))

Alex Robbins | Beany Tuesday | Bluairsky | Brain Blomerth | Brattyxbre | Catriona Drummond | Serena Ci | Chuck Tingle | Computer News | Daftpatience | Donna Barr | Felix Colgrave | Jacob Geller | Leskylentils | Lisa Hanawalt | Liz Suburbia | Michael DeForge | Ori Toor | Red Panther | rexalogy | Ryan North | Samsketchbook | thecatamties | Wiley Wiggins | Woshibai


Youtube Videos
Yeah, sure, I'll put these here too. Fuck it.

weird and kinda scary VHS anime
weird art, mixed media, and unrestricted access to the internet
The Bizarre World Of Fake Video Games
i hate my phone so I got rid of it
Social Anxiety Horror
Art, Furries, God
Games That Aren't Games
Chris Fleming - Showpig
when you slip on a banana peel
Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Secret Of The Grande Chateau
Do You Remember Marble Blast?
The Artist Is Absent: Davey Wreden and the Beginner's Guide
Who's Afraid Of Modern Art: Vandalism, Video Games, and Fascism
watching time loop movies to escape my time loop
SASSY THE SASQUATCH - FULL MOVIE