An Aleutian Adventure
[#75 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
I've not put a year on this because it's hard to date: it's a very obscure film that I got through a Kickstarter, and the best they can say is it's from the late 1920s. There's nothing else about it online — no IMDb listing, still — and, thanks to the Kickstarter disc coming out this year, TMDB puts it as 2025, which it obviously isn't. Not sure how I'll list it on 100 Films when (if?) I get round to reviewing it, but I'll worry about that later.
Sunday, 21 September 2025
Fiction
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
IV. Ill Met in Lankhmar [the end]
Well, I enjoyed that very much — it's lived up to its rep as a cornerstone of swords & sorcery fiction. My only question is: why has it taken so long for me to hear about it? Why's it not more widely known and recommended? It seems to be one of those series that 'those in the know' know about; like Leiber is the fantasy writers' fantasy writer — like, this is one of those series you've not heard of, but every author you love loves it. Or maybe it was just me, I dunno.
Anyway, I've started it now, and I'm thrilled there are four more books, with I-don't-know-how-many more stories between them, for me to look forward to.
IV. Ill Met in Lankhmar [the end]
Well, I enjoyed that very much — it's lived up to its rep as a cornerstone of swords & sorcery fiction. My only question is: why has it taken so long for me to hear about it? Why's it not more widely known and recommended? It seems to be one of those series that 'those in the know' know about; like Leiber is the fantasy writers' fantasy writer — like, this is one of those series you've not heard of, but every author you love loves it. Or maybe it was just me, I dunno.
Anyway, I've started it now, and I'm thrilled there are four more books, with I-don't-know-how-many more stories between them, for me to look forward to.
Games
007: Blood Stone
Steam tells me I've spent over two-and-a-half hours in Blood Stone, which is an awful lot for a game I'm "not playing". But, yes, this was even more controller setup. Having got it working with the Steam Deck's own controls the other day, I've since connected my Deck to the TV, so I wanted to see how it worked there with an external controller. Plus, the game does have a controller setting, so I thought I'd give that a go.
Well, it's shit. It still shows the keyboard commands on screen — lazy programming! — which means it's trial and error trying to work out what button does what; and some do nothing, making some actions impossible. So after battling away with that for a while, I gave in and remapped a la my Deck controls. Got it basically perfect that way, too.
After all that effort, maybe I should actually play the game... although Everything or Nothing is really a higher priority (it's been waiting for me longer, and it's meant to be quite a bit better)... and I kinda started the GoldenEye remake, too... Oh dear!
Steam tells me I've spent over two-and-a-half hours in Blood Stone, which is an awful lot for a game I'm "not playing". But, yes, this was even more controller setup. Having got it working with the Steam Deck's own controls the other day, I've since connected my Deck to the TV, so I wanted to see how it worked there with an external controller. Plus, the game does have a controller setting, so I thought I'd give that a go.
Well, it's shit. It still shows the keyboard commands on screen — lazy programming! — which means it's trial and error trying to work out what button does what; and some do nothing, making some actions impossible. So after battling away with that for a while, I gave in and remapped a la my Deck controls. Got it basically perfect that way, too.
After all that effort, maybe I should actually play the game... although Everything or Nothing is really a higher priority (it's been waiting for me longer, and it's meant to be quite a bit better)... and I kinda started the GoldenEye remake, too... Oh dear!
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