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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For our next co-op game, the wife and I have moved on to Lost Castle 2, which is a lot clunkier than the last two roguelite beat-em-ups we played but still quite a lot of fun. Not sure if it's because of our roguelite experience but this is a tad easier (we beat a run on our third try).

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You don't need me to tell you that Forgotten Island is awesome (it is). You need me to tell you to GO WATCH IT NOW BEFORE IT LEAVES THEATERS (screenings are already so limited in KL and PJ). It's beautiful and funny and wondrous and joyous and easily one of the best movies this year.

A scene from Forgotten Island. Jo and Raissa are basking in the setting sun at the beach, on top of a wrecked bus.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also I might have unwittingly purchased the deluxe edition because the game came with several alternate skins unlocked. I wasted no time giving Sargon the Warrior Within outfit.

The Lost Crown's Sargon in the Prince of Persia: Warrior Within outfit

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Moving on from Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a game I would say is made for me, being a big fan of the Sands of Time trilogy and Metroidvanias. I'm still sad from not getting a sequel to the 2008 Prince of Persia though.

Poster-banner for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Finally finished Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth. I had to abandon a few chapters' worth of side-content. There was a point where the game said "you're close to the end now, so here are MORE things to do in the open world" and I felt an exhaustion settle on my shoulders. I do love this game, though.

A scene from Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth. Aerith stands on a flower field overlooking a river and distant hills. The sky above is blue. She is watching the cloud trails of the party departing to the skies.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Watched both Hope and Resident Evil in the same week and both are terrific (and terrifyingly) fun creature-features that thrive on putting normal people in extraordinary circumstances and breaking the tension with human moments of humor. Two gonzo, stunning works with strong creator vision.

The poster for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some of my foundational manga. Can't say they changed my life (except maybe Doraemon), but they're among my favorite works, and most of them greatly expanded my interest in manga and fiction, and the types of stories I love.

My 9Koma manga selection. They include: Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai, Doraemon, Vinland Saga, 20th Century Boys, Berserk, Goodnight Punpun, Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artists Adventure, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Yuria-Sensei to Akai Ito

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My whole day depends on you, little one.

A glass of picollo latte with a heart-shaped latte art

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My dog is at the vet for a checkup and dental scaling. Trying not to be worried about it, so am having cake and coffee while writing down notes for a project.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The wife and I finally beat the final Absolum boss, which goes to show that the most powerful thing in this game is money. We practically bought our way to victory.

Absolum's official wallpaper. Our four heroes, Galandra, Karl, Brome and Cider, look into the shining, towering city of Asterios in the distance. Visible are three red-lit towers

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The End of Oak Street is the Jurassic World sequel that the studios were too cowardly to make. Just a great thrill-ride full of tense set-pieces mixed in with family drama, plus commentary on American suburbia that I can't fully grasp. Also darkly funny and kinda mean (in a good way).

Poster for The End of Oak Street, where the core family faces a T-Rex in a foggy suburbia

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Weekends where we have a bit more time on our hands mean catching up on long-as-heck movies. This time it's Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, an intriguing film about a mad dreamer who is also mostly terrible, made exceptional by the same system that breaks him. A good watch.

Poster for Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, in which Leonardo DiCaprio intensely stares at a single-prop plane like a cosmic horror entity

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My wife got a Pantasy Moomin House set for her birthday and we started putting it together this weekend. It was fun! Though we'll probably take a few more weekends to complete it.

Two WIP floors of the Pantasy Moomin House set, depicting a dining room and living room

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Through a combination of having some really good rituals and trinkets plus some luck and my wife coming in clutch, we beat our first Absolum run! Of course, there's still more to do, including a whole area we didn't complete, the true final boss, and other secrets to unlock. What a great game!

A scene from an Absolum cutscene, depicting the 4 main playable characters staring off at a bright distance

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Watched The Invite, the odd film that was both intense and claustrophobic (for me, perhaps) yet really funny. Spent the film flitting between stressed and laughing out loud. Great use of its limited space, too - a close-quartered house that can visually indicate the gaping space between people.

Poster for The Invite, with the four main cast members having a jolly good time chatting in the living room

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Some additional work thing took more of my chill time but I did get to fold wantan with the wife for dinner, and afterwards I drew this picture of two women I saw while waiting at the vet with my dog. I felt bit more recharged.

A grayscale drawing of two ladies waiting at the roadside in front of a petrol station mart.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The wife and I have just started on Absolum, and it's very apparent that our previous two rogue-like beat-em-ups were relatively easy. We got our asses kicked. There's a nifty difficulty setting that lets each co-op player adjust their difficulty, so we can tailor the game to our own preferences.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I quite enjoyed Brand New Day, which is a testament that any good Spider-Man movie needs 1) New York to be the backdrop, 2) Peter Parker to be miserable, and 3) an awkward elevator ride.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The Life of Chuck and Merrily We Roll Along (2025) are both told in reverse chronology, with different effects. In Merrily, the tragedy is heightened with each past decision you eventually learn about. In Life of Chuck, it's more heartwarming, bittersweet, and unexpectedly hopeful.

Poster for Merrily We Roll Along - that is, the pro-shot of the Broadway run with Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This was unintentional, but we've recently been watching movies that ended up being companion films thematically or structurally. Both Avatar Aang and Supergirl deal with heroes who have to come to terms with the eradication of their people and culture - how to move on, and what to uphold.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The wife and I have "beaten" Rotwood. That is, we rolled credits, though there are of course the post-game, hardest versions of the bosses to beat -- which is how you also attain weapons imbued with the bosses' powers (quite OP). We'll probably try beating these bosses before moving on.

The Rotwood title screen. Heroes on the left charging into the Rot monsters on the right, with a menacing, multi-eyed tree in the middle

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Kari thosai my beloved, how I've missed you

A picture of a plate of kari thosai. A circular thosai topped with curry chicken, onions, spring onions and an egg

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Am glad that I got to catch Hirokazu Koreeda's Sheep in the Box, which dropped in the midst of The Odyssey and the new Spider-Man. Probably his most sentimental film, more direct in his messaging, but just as warm and empathetic as it explores the intersection of parenting and being.

The poster for Hirokazu Koreeda's Sheep in the Box

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Didn't expect to be hit this hard by Episode 2 of Draw This, Then Die!. Making art is hard. Making art for a living is even harder. But there's one point in time when making art was such a beautiful, joyous, pure, innocent thing for everyone, and this anime captured that so well.

The poster-banner for Draw This, Then Die!, with protagonist Ai Yasumi sitting at a pier on her island town with Pokota the pink raccoon

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Celebrated a friend's birthday at a board game cafe. We tried Kaki Lima, which is a truly beautiful game about appreciating the five-foot pedestrian walkways in front of Malaysian shoplots, though our dumb asses took quite a while to grasp the mechanics of the game. The art is terrific!

Photo of the board game Kaki Lima, featuring some cards depicting Malaysian sidewalks and illustrated character standees

Top-down photo of a rather chaotic play setup of Kaki Lima

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Been playing Rotwood with the wife, and it's a fun co-op roguelite beat-em-up that's fun to play and has truly delightful art and animation. Very accessible, nothing particularly complex in systems, and just about difficult enough to be challenging but not frustrating.

The poster for Rotwood, featuring our group of plucky heroes wielding a variety of weapons against encroaching monsters

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Man, the past two weeks have been so crazy that I barely had time to reflect on finally watching Journal With Witch and how it's such a great adaptation of a great manga. Now I'm curious about the live-action film.

The poster for Journal With Witch, with Makio sitting on her work chair and Asa standing up, holding her journal. Behind them are a messy work table, bookshelves, and tall cacti. They are all in a desert. It makes sense in context.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This year's Barbenheimer for me is Doradyssey.

A screencap showing that Nolan's The Odyssey has the same July 16 release date as the Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the New Castle of the Undersea Devil

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I liked it at first because it's rare to find a musical sequence set during a fight scene, but it turns out that "change" is the core theme of the entire show, culminating in this song. Also, this shot is magnificent.

A shot in Steven Universe the Movie, with Steven framed against the full moon in the background, while he opens his arms up in the sky

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

And I really admire how Steven Universe Future (the epilogue series) focuses on the trauma a kid hero would face. Happily ever after doesn't mean the automatic disappearance of pain and heartache. That Steven's body couldn't even deal with minor threats without treating them as major really hit me.

The title card for Steven Universe: Future, with the core cast chilling at the beach over a barbecue fire

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Steven subverts a lot of the boy hero archetype. His power set focuses on protection and healing. His primary conflict resolution strategy is communication. He brings empathy and kindness to (most) of every scenario. But it doesn't always work. It is, however, always important for Steven to try.

A shot from the Steven Universe 2nd opening titles, with Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven smiling at the camera

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Finished Steven Universe, marking the completion of a journey from 10 years ago, when episodes got hard to find. It's still really darn good - a series subverting and deconstructing kid hero tropes while embracing a kind, empathetic approach to conflict resolution.

The end title background for Steven Universe, depicting the statue hand with the clothesline over the statue's finger and thumb, and Steven's iconic star clothes swaying gently in the wind

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The wife and I just started on REANIMAL. We're enjoying it (except for a few sections where we got stuck because the camera obscured the next path), though I probably should've waited and gotten it for the PS5. It runs okay on the Steam Deck, but sometimes the framerate nosedives.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Working on something silly while having coffee and listening to the Steven Universe soundtrack. It's a good day.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Post a cartoon you remember that (you think) no one else remembers. For a long time, I thought the dark, serious, depressing show about animals making a perilous journey to find a new home was either a fever-pitched dream or my own childhood delusions. Turns out it was a real British trauma-fest.

The cover/poster for The Animals of Farthing Wood animated series, depicting the titular animals framed by a wreathe of flowers, leaves and fruits.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The wife and I have started playing TMNT: Splintered Fate, which I'll list among our fave couch co-op roguelikes. I think other titles have more complex mechanics and combat options, but it's still lots of fun with its own charm. If anything, they really captured the TMNT cheese and charm.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm glad I at least got some time to watch The Sheep Detectives, a truly delightful and unexpectedly thoughtful film full of wit, charm, and heart. I think it has some solid word-of-mouth this side of the world - my weekend screening was packed, and some people actually applauded (very rare here)!

The poster for The Sheep Detectives. Tagline reads: A New Breed of Mystery

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I think Sam Raimi can be forgiven for every Multiverse of Madness if we get one Send Help in return. Wickedly fun and funny, angry yet mischievous and devious, it's a good, gory, goopy time anchored by Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien making you feel bad for rooting for them in every turn.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Simple yet gentle and tender, Every Day A Good Day is an understated contemplation of rituals, craft and art, and how they let us embrace and appreciate the beauty of life and the world around us. It is, I feel, an ode to teaching and learning, a lifelong journey that yields more than the craft.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'm don't quite know what to think or feel about Honey Don't!, except that it's a detective yarn that unspools into random threads and unsatisfactory payoffs -- and maybe that's the point? But why? I'm not sure. But Margaret Qualley is cool, and I rather enjoyed the film.

The poster for Ethan Coen's Honey Don't!

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Oiwa House's odd-ish design makes a lot of sense once you learn that Uncle Oiwa was a carpenter. Everything was likely made by him, and so much of it is naturally sourced wood. I especially love the post box here.

A scene from When Marnie Was There. Anna is walking out of the house while Uncle Kiyomasa calls out to her from the porch, holding a plank

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Oiwa House in When Marnie Was There would be my dream house (the view!) but I think it would also be a nightmare to upkeep and maintain (especially for someone like me, who can't even assemble a bed properly).

A screencap from When Marnie Was There, where Anna has arrived at the Oiwa house. Auntie Setsu is unloading boxes from the red 4WD while Anna, carrying her luggage, looks at the quaint double-storied wooden house surrounded by lush green trees

The front of the Oiwa house, with its farm, front porch, red doors and roof

Anna's room at the Oiwa's, formerly their daughter's room. It has a tree running from the floor to ceiling serving as the post of the bed.

The view from the balcony at the Oiwa's house, overlooking the coast

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I think When Marnie Was There is even better on a rewatch. Once you know the ending, every tiny interaction between Anna and Marnie becomes more poignant and meaningful. It is, to quote a post I saw elsewhere, a modest masterpiece about loving and being loved.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Baby Assassins have always been a satire of the Gen Z work experience (albeit with guns), and Everyday! doubles down on the premise, whether it's dealing with boomer vanity projects, cruel colleagues, or toxic work environments. Funny, smart, heartwarming, and cathartic.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

After finishing Nice Days, my wife and I talked about how nice it would be to get a Baby Assassins TV series where they just hang out. And lo: there IS a Baby Assassins series, and it's more of the same excellent mix of unique, tightly choreographed fights and chill hangouts and female friendship.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

So, despite having bought and played an hour of FF7: Rebirth, I felt compelled to hunker down and finish at least one playthrough of Silent Hill f. And so, with motion sickness beaten back and personal demons faced, I have gotten the first ending of the game. Now I'm gearing up for the 2nd one.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Ended a peaceful Sunday with The Phoenician Scheme, another truly fun, funny, and visually stunning Wes Anderson joint that I can't help but be charmed by. The last two Anderson outings have been big ensembles with big ideas, so it's nice to get a more intimate film focused on a few characters.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

One of my favorite random discoveries this recent trip was stumbling onto the Asakusa Underground Street, which was featured in Wim Wenders' Perfect Days. We had passed by then doubled back in familiarity, before spotted a small sign pointing the trivia out. We geeked out pretty hard.

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Jee Yee, Insomniac After Work @jeeyee.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I don't think I take good photos but I quite liked this one of Zenkoji Nakamise Street after a long, misty rain.

A picture of three high-school girls walking in the middle of the rain-slicked Zenkoji Nakamise Street

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