Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Comics

X-MenMagik: Storm & Illyana by Chris Claremont, Sal Buscema & Tom Palmer
#4 Darkchild [the end]
Enjoyed this overall, but it's very wordy — a lot of "tell don't show". Unusual for such a visual medium as comics; or maybe just how it was done back then (it's 40 years old now, after all).

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Videos

Critical Role
A Daggerheart Critmas Story: Session Zero
I was aware this Session Zero had happened, and thought I'd probably watch it at some point because I expect I'll watch the Christmas special at some point too, but then I happened to see another video with a clip of this, which suggested it featured a lot of Omar, Matt and Marisha's corgi, and, well, I had to see that ASAP. The rest of it was fun as ever — I like feeling like we're just hanging out with these guys — but I appreciated the Omar cam, too.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]

Monday, 18 November 2024

Games

Syberia
Another hour-and-a-half. Definitely in the final stretch, though it seems there's still a little bit to go. I kinda just want to get to the end now — the puzzles are linear and repetitive (sometimes dressed up differently, but almost all functioning in the same way), and the story is no great shakes. (Knowing me, I'll still end up feeling compelled to play the sequels...)

Saturday, 16 November 2024

TV

The Wheel
5x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Inside Out 2 (2024)
[#87 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

Comics

X-MenMagik: Storm & Illyana by Chris Claremont, John Buscema & Tom Palmer
#2 Hot Blood!

Collection Count

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

It's back to being a busy week this week, as a bunch of stuff I thought would turn up last time finally arrives, plus a few new things too. It makes for a larger-than-average week... although it could've been even bigger, because what didn't arrive were next week's new releases. Well, it spreads the fun out some more, at least.

Number of titles in collection: 3,412 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 994 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,418 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 404 [up 4]

Number of discs in collection: 8,237 [up 22]
Number of films: 4,282 [up 14]
Number of additional cuts: 415 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,850 [up 13]
Number of short films: 1,181 [up 3]

Looking at what might arrive next week, there's enough stuff definitely turning up to almost rival this week... but if the week-after-next's releases turn up early, it's really going to be another stonker for some categories. We'll see about that next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 15 November 2024

TV

Newsnight
15/11/24 edition
I don't regularly watch Newsnight, but I happened to see this had an item on the so-called 'Xodus' — i.e. people finally abandoning the site everyone knows as Twitter, mainly for Bluesky — and was interested to see how it would be covered.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Thursday, 14 November 2024