Hello all! This has been a big month for me. I started traveling again for work, thanks to a secret project I hopefully can tell you about soon. I'm also heading to New York this weekend for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premiere, so I probably will be posting about that on Instagram Stories.

I've also gone all in on my space and science videos. I set up a Patreon so I can continue doing them (it's 10-15 hours of work per week, for which I receive no compensation). If you're interested, please check it out!

Swapna Krishna is creating science and space videos | Patreon — www.patreon.com

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My writing around the internet

Over at Wired, I discussed what to do after binge-playing the perfect game and whether games need to be replayable (and what makes them replayable.

So You’ve Binge-Played the Perfect Game. Now What? — www.wired.com

Bugsnax Raises the Question: Do All Games Need to Be Replayable? — www.wired.com

I'm also still recapping the second season of Star Trek: Picard over at StarTrek.com. I'm taking a break from recapping for awhile, but I'll be back once the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy is back!

Recap: Star Trek: Picard - Mercy — www.startrek.com

Podcasts

We're still talking about Star Trek: Picard over at Desi Geek Girls! Our discussion of the finale should be up Thursday or Friday of next week.

Star Trek: Picard (Season 2, episodes 6 - 8), Thor: Love & Thunder, The Batman, and more! — shows.acast.com

Space and Science Videos

Here are a few videos I posted this month. Check out my Patreon if you want to support this effort!

• Pluto has volcanoes that erupt ice

• Venus doesn't look like you think it does

• This supernova is exploding in the wrong direction

• An interstellar object crashed into the Earth

• The Milky Way has messy bones

Book + Video Game Recommendations

I finished Brotherhood by Mike Chen, a Star Wars novel about Anakin and Obi-Wan set in between Attack of the Clones and The Clone Wars series, and it was fantastic. I'm currently reading Kismet by Amina Akhtar, which is a murder mystery set against the wellness community in the Southwest.

I've kind of had a video game hangover ever since I finished Horizon Forbidden West, but I've finally started playing a game that is holding my attention: Rise of the Tomb Raider.