Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
1. The Ghosts of the Desert
2. The Trial of Hope
Picked this up during Steam's recent typing-related sale and decided to play it on my Steam Deck. Playing a typing game on the Steam Deck may sound a little ridiculous... and it is. But I kinda wanted to see if it would work, and... technically it does, but typing using the onscreen keyboard is a little slow. As you only need to do simple commands ("examine door", that kind of thing) it's ok, although you can't see the text entry box while you're writing, so that's a pain. But as the game has no Mac version, the Deck remains my best way to play this. Which is daft, but there you go.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Started this up today without a real goal in mind; thought I might just read all those notes that were dumped in my inventory by the Anniversary Edition and start the quests. Well, in the end I played for an hour... and actually did stuff! Started some of those quests. Progressed a few. Even finished some — gasp!
Monday, 23 February 2026
Sunday, 22 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x66 Week 14: Monday
9x67 Week 14: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x07 The Mickey
9x66 Week 14: Monday
9x67 Week 14: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x07 The Mickey
Saturday, 21 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x15 Game Night [2nd watch]
Poker Face
2x04 The Taste of Human Blood
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x64 Week 13: Thursday
9x65 Week 13: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x06 The Gala
1x15 Game Night [2nd watch]
Poker Face
2x04 The Taste of Human Blood
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x64 Week 13: Thursday
9x65 Week 13: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x06 The Gala
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Played for over 3 hours today. Still feel like I only got 'a few things' done. I crossed the 170-hour mark, too. Kinda hilarious to think I once balked at the idea it would take me at least 27 hours to complete this.
Played for over 3 hours today. Still feel like I only got 'a few things' done. I crossed the 170-hour mark, too. Kinda hilarious to think I once balked at the idea it would take me at least 27 hours to complete this.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two new 4K releases this week: Arrow's edition of Excalibur, which replaces the HMV-exclusive Blu-ray, and Predator: Badlands. I feel like I've had a lot less stuff on preorder this year than usual, but there's still a regular trickle dropping in.
Number of titles in collection: 3,667 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,693 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 508 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,806 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,706 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 484 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Two new 4K releases this week: Arrow's edition of Excalibur, which replaces the HMV-exclusive Blu-ray, and Predator: Badlands. I feel like I've had a lot less stuff on preorder this year than usual, but there's still a regular trickle dropping in.
Number of titles in collection: 3,667 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,693 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 508 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,806 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,706 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 484 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 20 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x14 Zip, Zip, Zip [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x61 Week 13: Monday
9x62 Week 13: Tuesday
9x63 Week 13: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x05 Til Death
1x14 Zip, Zip, Zip [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x61 Week 13: Monday
9x62 Week 13: Tuesday
9x63 Week 13: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x05 Til Death
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
So, turns out I haven't actually been playing the Anniversary Edition since Monday due to some quirk of how it installs, but (after wasting a bunch of time fiddling today) I now am. First thing I did was buy a backpack — 75 extra carry weight, y'all! Second thing was bump into a courier who gave me a veritable pile of notes to kick off quest. Fun times!
So, turns out I haven't actually been playing the Anniversary Edition since Monday due to some quirk of how it installs, but (after wasting a bunch of time fiddling today) I now am. First thing I did was buy a backpack — 75 extra carry weight, y'all! Second thing was bump into a courier who gave me a veritable pile of notes to kick off quest. Fun times!
Thursday, 19 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x13 Drumroll, Please [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x59 Week 12: Thursday
9x60 Week 12: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x13 Drumroll, Please [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x59 Week 12: Thursday
9x60 Week 12: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x12 The Wedding [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x57 Week 12: Tuesday
9x58 Week 12: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x04 Darkness Falling
1x12 The Wedding [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x57 Week 12: Tuesday
9x58 Week 12: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x04 Darkness Falling
Fiction
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
I. The Cloud of Hate
Plunging on into the third volume of collected Lankhmar / Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser / Swords stories. As I wrote when I started the second, I didn't expect to just keep reading them like this, but I'm really enjoying them. I guess it probably also helps that I've ended up spacing them out so much that it doesn't feel intensive.
I. The Cloud of Hate
Plunging on into the third volume of collected Lankhmar / Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser / Swords stories. As I wrote when I started the second, I didn't expect to just keep reading them like this, but I'm really enjoying them. I guess it probably also helps that I've ended up spacing them out so much that it doesn't feel intensive.
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x07 PNG
3x08 Schrodinger's Wife [season finale]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x55 Week 11: Friday
9x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x07 PNG
3x08 Schrodinger's Wife [season finale]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x55 Week 11: Friday
9x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 16 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x06 Amagansett
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x53 Week 11: Wednesday
9x54 Week 11: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x06 Amagansett
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x53 Week 11: Wednesday
9x54 Week 11: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
After thinking about it for a while, today I finally caved and bought the upgrade to the Anniversary Edition, which adds 70 fan-made creations released officially between 2017 and 2021. These introduce new quests, items, homes, and other fun stuff (pets! wild horses!) to the game. (In 2023 it was replaced with the "Verified Creator Program", which also sounds like it has cool additions, but those ones disable achievements (the AE content does not), so I intend to consider them once I 'complete' the game... if I still want more of it... which I feel like I well might...)
Some people think the Creations are a collection of worthless clutter and would rather they weren't there; others enjoy what's added. I'm sure there are some I couldn't care less for, but I felt like I was missing out on some of the stuff I've heard about. Plus, one of the major criticisms seems to be that a lot of what it adds is available early in the game but overpowered to be had so early. Well, I'm certainly not early in the game anymore (162 hours! Level 40-something!) and I wouldn't really care about unbalancing it even if I were. I'm playing on the easiest difficulty for a reason.
All this shiny new excitement will have to wait, though, because I'm still in the middle of exploring Windhelm, and I had less than an hour to play today — so I haven't even come close to encountering any of the added content yet. And, of course, I've still got tonnes of the base game left to explore. But now there's even more (hooray!) I'm sure I'll run into it soon enough.
After thinking about it for a while, today I finally caved and bought the upgrade to the Anniversary Edition, which adds 70 fan-made creations released officially between 2017 and 2021. These introduce new quests, items, homes, and other fun stuff (pets! wild horses!) to the game. (In 2023 it was replaced with the "Verified Creator Program", which also sounds like it has cool additions, but those ones disable achievements (the AE content does not), so I intend to consider them once I 'complete' the game... if I still want more of it... which I feel like I well might...)
Some people think the Creations are a collection of worthless clutter and would rather they weren't there; others enjoy what's added. I'm sure there are some I couldn't care less for, but I felt like I was missing out on some of the stuff I've heard about. Plus, one of the major criticisms seems to be that a lot of what it adds is available early in the game but overpowered to be had so early. Well, I'm certainly not early in the game anymore (162 hours! Level 40-something!) and I wouldn't really care about unbalancing it even if I were. I'm playing on the easiest difficulty for a reason.
All this shiny new excitement will have to wait, though, because I'm still in the middle of exploring Windhelm, and I had less than an hour to play today — so I haven't even come close to encountering any of the added content yet. And, of course, I've still got tonnes of the base game left to explore. But now there's even more (hooray!) I'm sure I'll run into it soon enough.
Sunday, 15 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x04 Arden
3x05 Birdwatchers
Weird time jump and status quo changes between episodes four and five, so extreme that it feels like the start of a new season or something. Makes me wonder if they were expecting Netflix to do their two-part release thing, which didn't happen.
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x51 Week 11: Monday
9x52 Week 11: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x04 Arden
3x05 Birdwatchers
Weird time jump and status quo changes between episodes four and five, so extreme that it feels like the start of a new season or something. Makes me wonder if they were expecting Netflix to do their two-part release thing, which didn't happen.
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x51 Week 11: Monday
9x52 Week 11: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
When I loaded this up today, I actually had a plan to act on what I said yesterday... then I hit an unexpected roadblock (in short: a bug I thought I'd fixed, but hadn't), spent a bunch of time clearing that, then did a spot of travelling, with the usual distractions, and eventually ended up at the first waypoint on my target... after well over an hour of play. I do love this game, but at times like that, it feels pretty frustrating. I even had to set it down for a bit (gasp!)
When I came back later, I finally progressed to my fifth city — huzzah! Didn't have time to explore most of it thanks to all that wasted time earlier, but hey, progress. And it's only nine days since I encountered my previous one! Real progress. If I keep going at that accelerated rate, I'd finally visit them all by... early April. Jeez. Huge game.
When I loaded this up today, I actually had a plan to act on what I said yesterday... then I hit an unexpected roadblock (in short: a bug I thought I'd fixed, but hadn't), spent a bunch of time clearing that, then did a spot of travelling, with the usual distractions, and eventually ended up at the first waypoint on my target... after well over an hour of play. I do love this game, but at times like that, it feels pretty frustrating. I even had to set it down for a bit (gasp!)
When I came back later, I finally progressed to my fifth city — huzzah! Didn't have time to explore most of it thanks to all that wasted time earlier, but hey, progress. And it's only nine days since I encountered my previous one! Real progress. If I keep going at that accelerated rate, I'd finally visit them all by... early April. Jeez. Huge game.
Saturday, 14 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x03 The Riderless Horse
How I Met Your Mother
1x11 The Limo [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x48 Week 10: Wednesday
9x49 Week 10: Thursday
9x50 Week 10: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x03 Out of Pocket
3x03 The Riderless Horse
How I Met Your Mother
1x11 The Limo [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x48 Week 10: Wednesday
9x49 Week 10: Thursday
9x50 Week 10: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x03 Out of Pocket
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Feel like I didn't achieve much today. I did a quest... well, most of one, because if you finish it at the level I'm at, you don't get any rewards, so I have to wait to hand it in. One skill I did push through several levels was pickpocketing, in order to get a specific perk, so that was a success. Otherwise, I mostly just built a bunch of furniture at my house, so it now looks a bit less empty. But that doesn't feel like much to show for over 2 hours playtime. Once again, I'm at a one point where I'm kinda just noodling about without a specific goal — I need to either dive in to going somewhere new (but where?) or get stuck into one of the many (many) quests already sat in my journal (but which?)
Feel like I didn't achieve much today. I did a quest... well, most of one, because if you finish it at the level I'm at, you don't get any rewards, so I have to wait to hand it in. One skill I did push through several levels was pickpocketing, in order to get a specific perk, so that was a success. Otherwise, I mostly just built a bunch of furniture at my house, so it now looks a bit less empty. But that doesn't feel like much to show for over 2 hours playtime. Once again, I'm at a one point where I'm kinda just noodling about without a specific goal — I need to either dive in to going somewhere new (but where?) or get stuck into one of the many (many) quests already sat in my journal (but which?)
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
The 60th anniversary collector's edition Blu-ray of Thunderbirds finally arrived this week (delayed from the end of last year), which means I can finally ditch my original UK Blu-ray (which had the episodes 'remastered' into widescreen) that I never watched, and also my older DVD copies (which I kept for the original aspect ratio) that I also never watched. Will I now finally rewatch the series on this shiny new edition? God only knows.
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 974 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,692 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 506 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [no change]
Number of films: 4,705 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [down 29]
Number of short films: 1,282 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
The 60th anniversary collector's edition Blu-ray of Thunderbirds finally arrived this week (delayed from the end of last year), which means I can finally ditch my original UK Blu-ray (which had the episodes 'remastered' into widescreen) that I never watched, and also my older DVD copies (which I kept for the original aspect ratio) that I also never watched. Will I now finally rewatch the series on this shiny new edition? God only knows.
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 974 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,692 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 506 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [no change]
Number of films: 4,705 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [down 29]
Number of short films: 1,282 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 13 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x01 Emperor Dead
3x02 Last Dance at the Country Club
How I Met Your Mother
1x10 Belly Full of Turkey [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x46 Week 10: Monday
9x47 Week 10: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x01 Emperor Dead
3x02 Last Dance at the Country Club
How I Met Your Mother
1x10 Belly Full of Turkey [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x46 Week 10: Monday
9x47 Week 10: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 12 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x44 Week 9: Thursday
9x45 Week 9: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
9x44 Week 9: Thursday
9x45 Week 9: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Here's that screenshot I mentioned yesterday, to contrast with the 73-hour one — this is at 151 hours, so 78 hours further on.
As I said, most things haven't changed at all (even though half my reason for going to Riften was to join the Thieves' Guild, I still haven't), although Misc Objectives has gone up a more-than-proportional amount: it was 73 at 73 hours, so I've done 113 in the next 78 hours. That's nice, because I half suspected the average would've gone down — I feel like I've spent a lot of time noodling about with non-objective-based things like house building and decorating, smithing, alchemy, enchanting, and general exploring, rather than always doing tasks and missions.
I'd like to say "maybe now it's time I did get on with quests", but with so much of the map still unexplored (six out of ten cities still unvisited!), there's still a lot of potential for just "seeing what I find".
Here's that screenshot I mentioned yesterday, to contrast with the 73-hour one — this is at 151 hours, so 78 hours further on.
As I said, most things haven't changed at all (even though half my reason for going to Riften was to join the Thieves' Guild, I still haven't), although Misc Objectives has gone up a more-than-proportional amount: it was 73 at 73 hours, so I've done 113 in the next 78 hours. That's nice, because I half suspected the average would've gone down — I feel like I've spent a lot of time noodling about with non-objective-based things like house building and decorating, smithing, alchemy, enchanting, and general exploring, rather than always doing tasks and missions.
I'd like to say "maybe now it's time I did get on with quests", but with so much of the map still unexplored (six out of ten cities still unvisited!), there's still a lot of potential for just "seeing what I find".
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x09 The Pineapple Incident [2nd watch]
IMDb says this is episode 10, but it was definitely episode 9 where I watched it (and it was the same all those years ago when E4 aired it, too).
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x42 Week 9: Tuesday
9x43 Week 9: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x09 The Pineapple Incident [2nd watch]
IMDb says this is episode 10, but it was definitely episode 9 where I watched it (and it was the same all those years ago when E4 aired it, too).
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x42 Week 9: Tuesday
9x43 Week 9: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Passed the 150-hour mark today! I've been meaning to share an update of the image I posted at 73 hours, but for the moment, suffice to say most of those stats have not doubled. Heck, it's likely most of them haven't increased at all.
Passed the 150-hour mark today! I've been meaning to share an update of the image I posted at 73 hours, but for the moment, suffice to say most of those stats have not doubled. Heck, it's likely most of them haven't increased at all.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x40 Week 8: Friday
9x41 Week 9: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x02 The Watcher
9x40 Week 8: Friday
9x41 Week 9: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x02 The Watcher
Monday, 9 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x05 Episode 5
2x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x38 Week 8: Wednesday
9x39 Week 8: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x05 Episode 5
2x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x38 Week 8: Wednesday
9x39 Week 8: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 8 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x36 Week 8: Monday
9x37 Week 8: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x01 The Shot
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x36 Week 8: Monday
9x37 Week 8: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x01 The Shot
this week on 100Films.co.uk
After last week's summary of business at 100Films.co.uk only featured the January review, this week it's time for its regular companion piece: my failures.
More next Sunday? Wonders never cease. But regular reviews on 100 Films might have.
More next Sunday? Wonders never cease. But regular reviews on 100 Films might have.
Saturday, 7 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x33 Week 7: Wednesday
9x34 Week 7: Thursday
9x35 Week 7: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x33 Week 7: Wednesday
9x34 Week 7: Thursday
9x35 Week 7: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
There's so much to do in Riften that, even after two hours today spent non-stop exploring, meeting characters, and completing quests, I feel like I'd barely started playing, because there's so much more just waiting to be done — and that's without even starting the major faction questline based in the city.
There's so much to do in Riften that, even after two hours today spent non-stop exploring, meeting characters, and completing quests, I feel like I'd barely started playing, because there's so much more just waiting to be done — and that's without even starting the major faction questline based in the city.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
All new releases this week, including one title that I imported the DVD from Thailand many, many years ago because the special features were supposed to be better (or have any at all, really, which other editions didn't), but when it arrived it turned out because it was an older title the second disc was out of print, so it was just an extras-free single-disc... and now it goes from that experience to a Criterion 4K! (It's Birth, by-the-way.)
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 976 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,690 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 504 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [up 4]
Number of films: 4,703 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
All new releases this week, including one title that I imported the DVD from Thailand many, many years ago because the special features were supposed to be better (or have any at all, really, which other editions didn't), but when it arrived it turned out because it was an older title the second disc was out of print, so it was just an extras-free single-disc... and now it goes from that experience to a Criterion 4K! (It's Birth, by-the-way.)
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 976 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,690 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 504 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [up 4]
Number of films: 4,703 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 6 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x01 Episode 1
2x02 Episode 2
I would say "has it really been 10 years?!" but, yeah, feels like it. Anyway, I thought this was a good start.
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x31 Week 7: Monday
9x32 Week 7: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x01 Episode 1
2x02 Episode 2
I would say "has it really been 10 years?!" but, yeah, feels like it. Anyway, I thought this was a good start.
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x31 Week 7: Monday
9x32 Week 7: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Today, after I-don't-even-know-how-long of intending to, I finally entered Riften — my fourth of the ten cities I keep harping on about. Immediately got hit with half-a-dozen quests and I wasn't even trying, and I've only skimmed the surface of exploring the city (even with an hour's playtime dedicated to it today). Great game.
Today, after I-don't-even-know-how-long of intending to, I finally entered Riften — my fourth of the ten cities I keep harping on about. Immediately got hit with half-a-dozen quests and I wasn't even trying, and I've only skimmed the surface of exploring the city (even with an hour's playtime dedicated to it today). Great game.
Thursday, 5 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x28 Week 6: Wednesday
9x29 Week 6: Thursday
9x30 Week 6: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
9x28 Week 6: Wednesday
9x29 Week 6: Thursday
9x30 Week 6: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
TV
Poker Face
2x03 Whack-A-Mole
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x26 Week 6: Monday
9x27 Week 6: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x03 Whack-A-Mole
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x26 Week 6: Monday
9x27 Week 6: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x08 The Duel [2nd watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x12 The Golf Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x24 Week 5: Thursday
9x25 Week 5: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x08 The Duel [2nd watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x12 The Golf Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x24 Week 5: Thursday
9x25 Week 5: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 2 February 2026
TV
Leverage: Redemption
1x11 The Jackal Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x23 Week 5: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x11 The Jackal Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x23 Week 5: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 1 February 2026
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
I've been on my way to do something specific for days, but keep getting sidetracked by other stuff I stumble across — ah, that's Skyrim!
Like today: I was going to clear one dungeon, then do some other stuff... but it turned out to be quite a big dungeon, which took over an hour. That's another thing: you never know quite what you're going to get when you enter one of those. Which is good, I guess — it'd be rubbish if they were all the same — but bad for "I've got a few minutes, I'll just pop in here", because while sometimes a location is tiny and cleared in five or ten minutes, sometimes... well, it's an hour-long sidequest.
Then I set off to do what I was planning... but got distracted by a few other things. For another hour-and-a-half. Altogether, I've probably spent longer "on my way to this one thing" than I have done completing entire other games (point-and-click adventures that can be done in six to eight hours, for example). Mad.
But next time I'll get there... yeah, next time...
I've been on my way to do something specific for days, but keep getting sidetracked by other stuff I stumble across — ah, that's Skyrim!
Like today: I was going to clear one dungeon, then do some other stuff... but it turned out to be quite a big dungeon, which took over an hour. That's another thing: you never know quite what you're going to get when you enter one of those. Which is good, I guess — it'd be rubbish if they were all the same — but bad for "I've got a few minutes, I'll just pop in here", because while sometimes a location is tiny and cleared in five or ten minutes, sometimes... well, it's an hour-long sidequest.
Then I set off to do what I was planning... but got distracted by a few other things. For another hour-and-a-half. Altogether, I've probably spent longer "on my way to this one thing" than I have done completing entire other games (point-and-click adventures that can be done in six to eight hours, for example). Mad.
But next time I'll get there... yeah, next time...
this week on 100Films.co.uk
Is it February already?! Jeez! Well, that means it's time for the first monthly review of 2026 over on 100Films.co.uk...
Next Sunday: my January failures.
Next Sunday: my January failures.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week, that sale order from All the Anime finally turned up. And that was all.
Number of titles in collection: 3,664 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 977 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,687 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 502 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,799 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,701 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [up 4]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
But it's also time for a monthly running time update!
Total running time of collection (approx.):
615 days and 12 minutes.
(Up 23 hours and 45 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week, that sale order from All the Anime finally turned up. And that was all.
Number of titles in collection: 3,664 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 977 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,687 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 502 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,799 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,701 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [up 4]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
But it's also time for a monthly running time update!
Total running time of collection (approx.):
615 days and 12 minutes.
(Up 23 hours and 45 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
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