Video Games

Buffet Knight: Decadent Full Course
Of all the games I haven't played for months, this was the one I most felt like returning to? Well, yes and no — it seemed like the easiest to just drop in on. Also, it's pretty fun.

Fiction

With a Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Chapters 13–17

Films

Thor: Love and Thunder 3D (2022)
[#41 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

With a Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Chapter 12

Fiction

With a Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Chapters 5–11

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

Fiction

The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Chapters 12–17 [the end]

With a Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Chapters 1–4

With a new adult James Bond novel by Charlie Higson imminent, I decided it was about time I finally read the previous one (not that they're in any way connected), which (as usual) I bought when it came out... four years ago. Oopsie.

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x13 Columns [2nd watch]
2x14 Monday Night Football [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x04 Week 1: Thursday
4x05 Week 1: Friday

Tabletop Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

A bunch of new Radiance titles arrive just in time for the montly running time update...

Number of titles in collection: 3,726 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 963 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,763 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 552 [up 3]

Number of discs in collection: 8,944 [up 7]
Number of films: 4,816 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 509 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,136 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,325 [up 3]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
623 days, 4 hours, and 7 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Only Murders in the Building
5x09 LESTR
5x10 The House Always... [season finale]

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x03 Week 1: Wednesday

Fiction

The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Chapters 10–11

Articles

If you're not paying attention to retro game recompilations, you're missing the most exciting thing in gaming right now
by Wes Fenlon (from PC Gamer)

I've got a couple of the games mentioned herein setup through emulators on my Steam Deck. Sounds like I should be getting these versions instead...

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x11 How Lily Stole Christmas [2nd watch]
2x12 First Time in New York [2nd watch]

Only Murders in the Building
5x08 Cuckoo Chicks

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x01 Week 1: Monday
4x02 Week 1: Tuesday

Fiction

The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Chapter 9

Tabletop Games

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x10 Single Stamina [2nd watch]

Only Murders in the Building
5x07 Silver Alert

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x74 Week 15: Thursday
4x75 Week 15: Friday

Fiction

The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Chapters 7–8

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x09 Slap Bet [2nd watch]

Only Murders in the Building
5x06 Flatbush

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x72 Week 15: Tuesday
4x73 Week 15: Wednesday

Fiction

The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Chapters 5–6