Pretty picky. I watch less shows and movies because there’s a content desert when you’re picky. Not a problem for me because video games has the extreme opposite problem. Especially when I’m also into emulation, hacks, translations, reverse engineered servers, whatever. Everything to do with games. Wish lists exceed lifespan.

Books are different because I have Aphantasia. Any author who likes writing long inner monologues and detailed environment descriptions is what I’ll look for, with fiction anyway.

Music I rarely look at reviews. My biggest influencer is CKUA, a local donor supported radio station. Also I just scroll sites like Bandcamp for a couple hours now and then until I stumble into somethings I like and bookmark them. If I keep listening to an album or whatever and still like it after a couple days, then I’ll buy. I’m pretty disconnected this regard I guess.

Social influences too of course, self explanatory.