Welcome back to the Aftermath newsletter, your weekly roundup of everything that happened at the site by me, Riley. This week, we've got video games we love, streaming services we hate, and a Nintendo alarm clock we honestly don't know how to feel about. If you'd like to get all the blogs as they happen, as well as other cool perks, please consider becoming a subscriber. Readers like you make Aftermath possible. |
Just Give Me A Damn Second, Netflix
Netflix has cancelled Kaos after one season, a show that's only been out for about a month. I write about the pressure streaming services put on us to watch their shows right away, and how that ties into fandom.
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Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information
Need a forum? Chris has a forum for you. Chris has every forum for you.
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Metaphor: Refantazio Doesn't Want You To Use Guides, And I'm Here For It
Nathan writes about how the new game keeps you from grabbing your phone every time you face a decision.
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Everyone But Me Saw The Northern Lights Last Night
When I first saw a warning that NYC was going to experience a geomagnetic storm, I thought "oh no." But then I learned that this meant we might be able to see the Northern Lights! I tried to parse all the space weather forecast maps and figured it was pretty unlikely, but oh my god I was so wrong.
I was doing my thing last night (read: working during the hours I told myself I was going to try to stop working during) when my Twitter feed started showing me pictures of people seeing the Northern Lights in Central Park. They were legit pictures too, not like vague wisps of color. I rushed outside and hurried to the big park near my house, but the sky just looked like the normal city sky.
Dejected, I returned home, only to check Twitter and see even more Northern Lights pictures! In a neighborhood Facebook group I'm in, someone posted gorgeous pictures from the park I'd just been in right before I'd been there. Someone replied that the lights were supposed to peak again that very second, but I still couldn't see them! I chalked this up to the fact that I was on my fire escape, but other people were posting pictures from their fire escapes! What gives?!
There's the possibility that all these views relied on having better phones or better cameras than I have, or just that I really kept checking at the exact wrong times. But I'm pretty miffed! I saw gorgeous photos from the lights in DC, and even though I'm glad I don't live there anymore, I felt a wave of longing for how visible I bet they'd be from the National Mall or the straight-up wilderness of the park I lived near there. I can't believe I missed them, despite how hard I tried.
Every one of you posting pictures of your Northern Lights viewing is a monster. It should have happened to me. |
Here's some good stuff from around the internet this week:
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And that's the week. Where I live, we are firmly in "it's fall" territory but I have not bought and cooked with nearly enough apples, so I have big plans to spend the weekend at the farmer's market trying to remember which apple varieties are the ones I like. (All these apples will fit great in my excellent Aftermath tote bag, just saying.) |
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