What do you do when you're sick at home, your head hurts too much to do anything involving brain power? Good question, but if you notice that you did not write a summarizing post of 2013, you might as well try to copy/paste some info from various sources together.
Non-Board Games I've played/bought
- Lego Marvel: Super Heroes (Xbox 360) - very fun game, sadly didn't finish it
- EVE Online, for a few months even
- nothing on Steam
Books I've read
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman (Kindle) - not sure if I prefer the book or the movie
- A Gathering Evil by Mike Stackpole (Kindle) - one of those free ones where you'll buy all the following books then
- Evil Ascending by Mike Stackpole (Kindle) - part 2
- Evil Triumphant by Mike Stackpole (Kindle) - part 3
- XIII, Vol. 5-7 by Vance/van Hamme (German) - comics
- Die Abenteuer des Marsupilamis, Vol. 3,5,8 (German) - comics, used
- Aetherhertz by Anja Bagus (Kindle, German) - part 1 of an awesome Steam Punk trilogy
- The Humble eBook Bundle 2 - I liked all of those listed
- The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
- Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold - later bought 2 more of this series
Books from last year's list I did read after all
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie - kinda meh
- SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner - by far not as good as its predecessor
- Wolfbane by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth - awesome
Books I didn't read (but bought anyway)
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov - I think that was a filler to get free shipping
- Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (Kindle) - It was 1 EUR and was recommended
- XIII - Le Origini by Vance/van Hamme (Italian) - found in a used book shop in Venice, but my Italian is not good enough, started but unfinished)
Movies I saw
- Despicable Me (DVD)
- Enter the Dragon (DVD)
- A Christmas Carol
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- The Santa Clause
- Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland (German, DVD)
- Cloud Atlas
- The Great Gatsby
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Les Misérables
- Frozen
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
TV Series
- Leverage
- Person of Interest
- Once upon a time
Hardware I've bought
- AVM FRITZ!Box 7360 for VDSL
- Dirt Devil M5036-1 Infinity VS8 Turbo - not a car, not a cpu cooler, it's a vacuum cleaner with an awesome name. It sucks. (Actually, I have no complaints.)
- Kindle, original model, 6", WiFi - kind of nice, not a must
Music I've bought
- In Flames - Colony
- In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading - Limited Deluxe Box-Set, it had a belt in it, awesome, I am even using it
- Rise Against - Endgame - my first mp3 purchase I think
- Marina And The Diamonds - The Family Jewels
- Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer
Trips
- Belgium: PuppetCamp Ghent/FOSDEM in Brussels in Jan/Feb
- Italy: Venice and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in May
- Austria: Vienna in December
- Hamburg: PHP Unconference and 30c3