now watch me be helpful and give you ~life advice~ (since I'm so tumblr-old...)....

Definitely read: anything by Glen Cook (especially Black Company Chronicles) + all the billion Dune books + Game of Thrones (if you can hate everyone) + Dexter series (have a dark sense of humor) + Ken Follett | For Gamers who for whatever reason haven't already played these: Fallout + Two Souls/ Indigo Prophesy/ Last of Us/ Heavy Rain + TombRaider (classic, c'mon) + Mass Effect + Assassin's Creed (the main games, I'm mostly in it for the story) + Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic I & II (amaaazing story line, hilarious/insightful dialogue and some awesome characters) | Shows to waste your lives on: LOST + Parks and Recreation + News Radio (only with Phil Hartman) + The Killing + Luther + Burn Notice + (sci fiiii!) Stargate SG1/Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica + White Collar + The Walking Dead + Homeland + House of Cards + Sherlock + The Fall | Be sure you've seen: Looks Who's Coming for Dinner (original) + Spanglish (give it a couple tries, it starts to make sense) + Fantastic Mr. Fox + No Country for Old Men + Blade Runner + Intersteller + The Fountain + The Constant Gardener + Syriana + Orlando + UP + The Road + Brazil + Silence of the Lambs + Silver Linings Playbook + omg there's too many