"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Ni No Kuni – L’ira della strega bianca

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Confermata, mi dicono, l’uscita inglese di questo piccolo gioiello avverrà nel 2013. Sto parlando di Ni No Kuni, l’acclamato videogioco dello studio Ghibli. Sul sito, al momento decisamente scarno, è possibile guardare l’orripilante trailer che francamente fa scappare la voglia di giocare a forza di storie strappalacrime inutili e marmocchi fastidiosi, ma la grafica di gioco sembra deliziosa e mi dicono sia davvero come muoversi all’interno di un cartone di Miyazaki, oltre ad aver sentito bene del sistema di combattimento, basato sul ibro magico e la composizione dei glifi.

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Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Architect

Same poet, different book. Rilke, the Bohemian poet and playwright, already made an appearance in the original list, so I’m well aware that bringing him back on day two of a sequel about not repeating myself is a strange way to start. But the Duino

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The Thursday Murder Club

I wanted to read this series after seeing the delightful movie on Netflix, which would have been worth it if only for the stellar cast. After I started, I couldn’t possibly stop. I think I read the whole thing in a month. Here’s what I

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Summertime (though the living ain’t easy)

There is a particular kind of August laziness that likes to dress itself up as a fashionable pose: you can’t undertake significant projects in August, you’re not supposed to, apparently, you aren’t even supposed to read anything that’s too complicated (though I wonder, if you

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4 Comments
  • Elderion
    Posted at 23:49h, 16 June Reply

    Fortuna che ho appena preso un 3ds! Ciao Shel!

  • shelidon
    Posted at 09:47h, 17 June Reply

    Un… cosa?

  • Elderion
    Posted at 10:10h, 17 June Reply

    E’ un gioco per nintendo ds o playstation3…da possessore di xbox360 non potrò giocarlo su console casalinga, quindi mi rallegro dell’acquisto recente di un nintendo 3ds!

  • shelidon
    Posted at 17:54h, 17 June Reply

    Aaah, capito. Io rimango fedele al pc, niente console.

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