PK (2014)
[#9 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2026 #1
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Fiction
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Book One, Chapters 1–10
So, the new Daggerheart game I mentioned joining takes place in a world inspired by the Redwall series. I was aware of those books as a child but never read them, for whatever reason, and in recent-ish years have considered trying them. Well, joining a game inspired by them was the push I needed!
Book One, Chapters 1–10
So, the new Daggerheart game I mentioned joining takes place in a world inspired by the Redwall series. I was aware of those books as a child but never read them, for whatever reason, and in recent-ish years have considered trying them. Well, joining a game inspired by them was the push I needed!
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Over an hour of play and, to be honest, I felt like it was all admin: selling loot, enchanting a few things, moving stuff around, decorating a couple of my houses... I don't pay too much attention to in-game time (because it doesn't actually matter how many days pass), but I teleported all around the map to do that, so my hour of doing a few bits probably took the 'characters' half a week or more!
I think this also demonstrates how you can sink so much time into this game. I mean, I didn't feel like what I did took over an hour, or that I was wasting my time, per se. But you couple that with things like spending two hours just making potions (and I've done that more than once, which I'd forgotten 'til I looked up those posts!) and, yeah, you see how I've played 182 hours without advancing many storylines or even visiting half the map.
Over an hour of play and, to be honest, I felt like it was all admin: selling loot, enchanting a few things, moving stuff around, decorating a couple of my houses... I don't pay too much attention to in-game time (because it doesn't actually matter how many days pass), but I teleported all around the map to do that, so my hour of doing a few bits probably took the 'characters' half a week or more!
I think this also demonstrates how you can sink so much time into this game. I mean, I didn't feel like what I did took over an hour, or that I was wasting my time, per se. But you couple that with things like spending two hours just making potions (and I've done that more than once, which I'd forgotten 'til I looked up those posts!) and, yeah, you see how I've played 182 hours without advancing many storylines or even visiting half the map.
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Fiction
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
VI. Adept's Gambit Chapters 6–9 [the end]
These are so great, I'd probably happily move right on to the next book again; but I have something else I want to interrupt with first.
VI. Adept's Gambit Chapters 6–9 [the end]
These are so great, I'd probably happily move right on to the next book again; but I have something else I want to interrupt with first.
Monday, 2 March 2026
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
I had plans to read a book, watch a film, do all sorts of stuff today. Instead... I played 4½ hours of Skyrim. Oh well.
Towards the end of that time I hit 180 hours. Even more importantly, today I hit level 50, at which point you get the "Master" achievement on Steam. I believe the game's original level cap was 80 (I think the DLC made it unlimited), so in theory I'm a significant way through what's possible. Maybe I should actually start the main story soon... or maybe I'll just continue my way doing side quests (also earned the side quest-related achievement today) and exploring the world (I've still not visited half of the cities! And I'm not even close to completing the quests in all the ones I have been to).
I had plans to read a book, watch a film, do all sorts of stuff today. Instead... I played 4½ hours of Skyrim. Oh well.
Towards the end of that time I hit 180 hours. Even more importantly, today I hit level 50, at which point you get the "Master" achievement on Steam. I believe the game's original level cap was 80 (I think the DLC made it unlimited), so in theory I'm a significant way through what's possible. Maybe I should actually start the main story soon... or maybe I'll just continue my way doing side quests (also earned the side quest-related achievement today) and exploring the world (I've still not visited half of the cities! And I'm not even close to completing the quests in all the ones I have been to).
Tabletop Games
Daggerheart
This past week I added a third PBP Daggerheart game to my schedule, so a slight shift in how I'm listing them here: I've decided to ditch the 'titles' and just stick with a comment along the lines of "all 3 games continuing". Something like that, anyway.
This past week I added a third PBP Daggerheart game to my schedule, so a slight shift in how I'm listing them here: I've decided to ditch the 'titles' and just stick with a comment along the lines of "all 3 games continuing". Something like that, anyway.
Sunday, 1 March 2026
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Monument Valley
This isn't a long game, but I'm playing it in relatively short bursts because I think it's better that way — a quick level or two at a time, rather than burning through the whole game in a single hour-or-two sitting.
Monument Valley
This isn't a long game, but I'm playing it in relatively short bursts because I think it's better that way — a quick level or two at a time, rather than burning through the whole game in a single hour-or-two sitting.
this week on 100Films.co.uk
Just sneaking in to this week (because it was posted this morning) is my review of January on 100Films.co.uk...
Failures next Sunday (or tomorrow on the blog itself).
Failures next Sunday (or tomorrow on the blog itself).
Saturday, 28 February 2026
Fiction
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
VI. Adept's Gambit Chapters 1–2
The longest Lankhmar story so far (it's got chapters! Or numbered sections, at any rate, and what are those if not chapters?)
VI. Adept's Gambit Chapters 1–2
The longest Lankhmar story so far (it's got chapters! Or numbered sections, at any rate, and what are those if not chapters?)
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Good old "I'll just pop into Skyrim for a few minutes, do this one thing... but while I'm here... oh, and also..." and suddenly it's been well over an hour and you still feel like you've "just done a couple of things".
Good old "I'll just pop into Skyrim for a few minutes, do this one thing... but while I'm here... oh, and also..." and suddenly it's been well over an hour and you still feel like you've "just done a couple of things".
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Only one new addition this week, although it is a five-film box set. It's also time for the monthly running time update (we're 1/6th through 2025 already!), but quite a few of this month's additions were upgrades (including one new copy of Thunderbirds replacing two old ones), which means it's not as much of an increase as my physical pile of recent purchases would've made me think.
Number of titles in collection: 3,668 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,694 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 508 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,809 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,711 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 484 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
615 days, 18 hours, and 46 minutes.
(Up 18 hours and 34 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Only one new addition this week, although it is a five-film box set. It's also time for the monthly running time update (we're 1/6th through 2025 already!), but quite a few of this month's additions were upgrades (including one new copy of Thunderbirds replacing two old ones), which means it's not as much of an increase as my physical pile of recent purchases would've made me think.
Number of titles in collection: 3,668 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,694 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 508 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,809 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,711 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 484 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
615 days, 18 hours, and 46 minutes.
(Up 18 hours and 34 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 27 February 2026
Video Games
Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
5. The Windows Sky-High
Finally finished this part off, with help from the guide — another puzzle where I got most of the way there, and maybe if I spent a long time pondering it I would've alighted on the solution, but it's just so much easier to pluck that final 5% from a walkthrough (for good or ill).
Monument Valley
5. The Windows Sky-High
Finally finished this part off, with help from the guide — another puzzle where I got most of the way there, and maybe if I spent a long time pondering it I would've alighted on the solution, but it's just so much easier to pluck that final 5% from a walkthrough (for good or ill).
Monument Valley
Thursday, 26 February 2026
Video Games
Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
5. The Windows Sky-High
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Today, just a quick excursion to pick up some great loot I missed on an earlier expedition... and then a lot of time spent crafting and enchanting and selling. I only meant to do a bit of it quickly, but somehow spent an hour on it. Oh well — quests next time? Maybe.
Monument Valley
It's a shame installation woes and poor controls put me in a bad mood about this, because it's actually pretty clever (still think the controls are rubbish, though). Seems like it'll be quite short, though, so nice that it was free.
5. The Windows Sky-High
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Today, just a quick excursion to pick up some great loot I missed on an earlier expedition... and then a lot of time spent crafting and enchanting and selling. I only meant to do a bit of it quickly, but somehow spent an hour on it. Oh well — quests next time? Maybe.
Monument Valley
It's a shame installation woes and poor controls put me in a bad mood about this, because it's actually pretty clever (still think the controls are rubbish, though). Seems like it'll be quite short, though, so nice that it was free.
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