For my own part, it is clear that 2025 will be the best year ever when it comes to TV series adapted just for me. It's kind of just poured on with things that I like like like Andor, The Last of Us, Squid Game, Cobra Kai, Wednesday and right now Alien: Earth and Peacemaker.

We're currently three episodes into the former, and so far I think it's the best I've seen in Alien since part two from the early 80s (which unfortunately doesn't really say as much as you could wish because there are definitely more questionable characters a good Alien productions). Everything from the atmosphere of the series to the design of everything, and perhaps above all the sound effects feel absolutely spot on.

But with that said, there is one thing that bothers me. I've rarely seen such a powerful case of plot armor as Joe Hermit (played by Alex Lawther). He's the slightly mischievous medic who has already mastered melee combat with a Xenomorph in three or four scenes (depending on how you count), where people are torn to pieces in no time. But despite this, and despite the fact that there has been time, Hermit has managed to escape every time.

In the last episode, he even got corrosive blood on him, where a second before it was shown how it ate through metal gold in a few seconds. But Hermit gallantly solved the problem by taking off his thin medic clothes, whose textiles were apparently of such quality that not even Xenomorph blood could penetrate.

We'll see where it goes, it's still only three episodes in, and maybe Hermit will be deleted in the next episode and that's it. However, I assume that this is not the case and probably this clumsy and slightly anxious medic will continue to show that Xenomorphs are not at all as dangerous as one might think - and it is a damn shame for an otherwise so nice series.

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Throw yourself into the wall Ripley, Xenomorph really has nothing to gain compared to this player (image from FX/Hulu).

The summer holidays of 2025 are over. I've been charging batteries and had time to do pretty much everything I wanted and that I wrote about in my last blog. Except outdoor activities. Because if July had glorious weather, the same could not be said about August.

Among the highlights we find a trip to Berlin where my aunt and I went to surprise good friends who had a good birthday. It was a success, an unreasonable amount of planning and smoke bombs meant that we managed to keep it a secret.

Berlin is and remains a favorite in Europe for me, and a sprawling city is hard to find. Bullet holes in every single old building, pieces of the Berlin Wall here and there and tragic architecture a'a Soviet in large parts with contrasting hypermodernity in others. This, of course, is the charm and there is a lot to see, and a lot to eat.

I also had time for Gekås, something I know many people hate - but which I really love. It was driven there, about 100 miles in one sitting and I drank a couple of Sonic-PXL along the way and after a month or so of deliberation am willing to crown it the best cola-tasting energy drink I've tried. Phenomenal (although I still have the green one as my favorite).

Well. Up on the horse again, already in September begins an incomparably nice game autumn... and I really think it's high time for Nintendo to run a real Direct and talk about more about the future of the fastest-selling gaming device of all time.

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What did you do during your summer vacation?

Forgot to say that my vacation started on Monday. As usual, I'm aiming for a trip to the mountains, but also a shorter trip south where I'm going to Gekås - something I always think is just as fun. In addition, in recent years, I have become increasingly eager to see what is available in the local area, where Jämtland offers a lot of interesting things, with waterfalls and rock carvings on the schedule.

In addition, I thought I'd take the opportunity to play through well-chosen parts of my unreasonably fast growing backlog, focusing on Switch 2 thanks to the mobility - and of course grilling a lot. 

Expect less blog activity from me in other words, have a nice summer with you.

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Swimming isn't going to be that much, but I'm going to chill anyway.

As you may remember, I blogged the other day about Stephen Colbert being the last host of The Late Show, which I think is sad, considering how much I still like American talk shows. Then I landed in this conclusion about today's talk show world:

"Just like Jimmy Kimmel, it is to a very, very large extent politics that applies where they have clearly taken a stand in favor of the Democrats. You can think what you want about that, but if you take such a clear stand, it also means that fewer guests with opposing opinions... "

And I now note that I get support - by Jay Leno. In a new interview, he says, among other things, that today's hosts choose to entertain only one half of the audience:

"Well, why shoot for just half an audience all the time? You know, why not try to get the whole [audience]. 

I mean, I like to bring people into the big picture. I don't understand why you would alienate one particular group, you know, or just don't do it at all. I'm not saying you have to throw your support or whatever, but just do what's funny."

I think this is a big part of the truth behind the closure and crisis of so-called Late Night TV, but also a lot of other things as well. Everything is supposed to be polarized today, and only one side can be right - and that side is right all the time, no matter what the reality is. A sad and unnecessary development that divides and I think both sides of the political spectrum are to blame for.

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Jay Leno famously hosted The Tonight Show before Jimmy Fallon (pictured from NBC).

Wrestling has of course never been huge in Sweden, but when cable TV broke through in the late 80s and during the first half of the 90s, there was still an audience. WWF (as WWE was called then) could be followed on Sky Channel and even Swedish channels started their own wrestling programs (many of us probably remember Bruno and Hoa-Hoa?).  

In addition, it was possible to buy trading cards, wrestling toys and wrestling magazines - and the games were quite large. However, nothing about wrestling was as big as Hulk Hogan. Basically everyone knew who he was, everyone still knows who it is. Or maybe rather was. 

Because I had the dubious pleasure of reporting on Thursday afternoon that he unfortunately died. For me, it's extremely sad. Hogan was my childhood hero and his words that "Train, say your prayers, and eat your vitamins" are something I will forever remember, as well as his wonderful promos.

I have his authentic autograph in several editions here at home, several tishas, a signed painting on the wall and I had the privilege of meeting him eleven years ago. You should never meet your heroes, they say, but I'm not a person who gets starstruck very easily - except right then and there. Talk to a living Hulk Hogan, the child in me could hardly believe it was real.

The interview was too fucking bad, and my good friend and French colleague could hardly take photos because he shook so much from Hogan's mere presence. But I remember one of the questions. It was time for the Survivor Series (traditionally four against four in loosely composed teams). I asked him who he wanted to have in a dream team - to which he replied Andre the Giant, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior.

The first two had died for a long time, but the Ultimate Warrior had also died quite recently. Hogan dreamed of wrestling with former dead colleagues. It felt... human and a bit sad. As if he was a remnant from another era - which he probably was.

Now, however, as I said, he has put the wrestling shoes and bandana on the shelf, and I am eternally grateful for all the nice moments in front of the TV with legendary wrestling matches where I screamed like crazy. And even though the people behind Hogan have had their problems, especially in recent years, the icon Hulk Hogan continues to be a hero to me. 

He always said that 'Hulkamania will live forever' - and I actually think he is right. Hulkamania will. Many thanks for all the great memories - and now I ask the grim reaper to take it a little piano for a while, after Ozzy earlier this week we must keep our legends now.

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If you think Hogan's fist looks the same size as my skull - it's because it was exactly that. And visiting his store in Florida is a treat.