Richard Osman's House of Games
9x95 Champions Week 2: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Fiction
Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
II. Stardock pp.1–6
Stardock is about the same length as Ill Met in Lankhmar, which I did read in one sitting; but it’s not that much shorter than Adept’s Gambit, which I did not. However, like the former and unlike the latter, it does not have chapters, hence page numbers.
II. Stardock pp.1–6
Stardock is about the same length as Ill Met in Lankhmar, which I did read in one sitting; but it’s not that much shorter than Adept’s Gambit, which I did not. However, like the former and unlike the latter, it does not have chapters, hence page numbers.
Monday, 27 April 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x12 The Giant's Belt [2nd half]
Watching one episode a month is not a great way to go about catching up.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Critical Role Cooldown
Campaign 4, Episode 12
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
4x12 The Giant's Belt [2nd half]
Watching one episode a month is not a great way to go about catching up.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Critical Role Cooldown
Campaign 4, Episode 12
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Fiction
Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
I. In the Witch's Tent
After a little time off for some other books, it's back to Nehwon for the fourth volume of adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. This is a low-key start — a "short story" so short that it barely qualifies as a story — but next up is one of the longest tales so far.
I. In the Witch's Tent
After a little time off for some other books, it's back to Nehwon for the fourth volume of adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. This is a low-key start — a "short story" so short that it barely qualifies as a story — but next up is one of the longest tales so far.
Sunday, 26 April 2026
Films
A Wednesday (2008)
[#21 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2026 #2
[#21 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2026 #2
Non-Fiction
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Chapters 23–26
Epilogue [the end]
This being a non-fiction / journalistic / historiographic work, there's also an extensive amount of notes and bibliography at the end. Some of it looked quite interesting, but other bits are dry citations, and my Kindle said it was over an hour of reading time — it wasn't that interesting.
Chapters 23–26
Epilogue [the end]
This being a non-fiction / journalistic / historiographic work, there's also an extensive amount of notes and bibliography at the end. Some of it looked quite interesting, but other bits are dry citations, and my Kindle said it was over an hour of reading time — it wasn't that interesting.
Audiobook
Doctor Who: The Code of Flesh
written by Andrew Lane, read by Dan Starkey
I've been meaning to continue these audio-exclusive 8th Doctor adventures ever since I listened to the first two-and-a-half years ago. Yes, I know that's ridiculous; but hey, I got here eventually. Hopefully I won't leave it so long before the next one (there are four in this sequence, so far) because they're quite good.
written by Andrew Lane, read by Dan Starkey
I've been meaning to continue these audio-exclusive 8th Doctor adventures ever since I listened to the first two-and-a-half years ago. Yes, I know that's ridiculous; but hey, I got here eventually. Hopefully I won't leave it so long before the next one (there are four in this sequence, so far) because they're quite good.
Saturday, 25 April 2026
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Nothing new this week — the one title I was expecting got pushed back. Doesn't really matter — I don't get round to watching stuff anyway, do I?
But to stop this being wholly pointless, it's that time of the month: the running time update.
Number of titles in collection: 3,685 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 965 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,720 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 523 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,842 [no change]
Number of films: 4,737 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 489 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,134 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,293 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
617 days, 7 hours, and 25 minutes.
(Up 23 hours and 9 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Nothing new this week — the one title I was expecting got pushed back. Doesn't really matter — I don't get round to watching stuff anyway, do I?
But to stop this being wholly pointless, it's that time of the month: the running time update.
Number of titles in collection: 3,685 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 965 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,720 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 523 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,842 [no change]
Number of films: 4,737 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 489 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,134 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,293 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
617 days, 7 hours, and 25 minutes.
(Up 23 hours and 9 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 24 April 2026
Video Games
Bubumbu
Having finished the first two Monument Valleys, it's on to some of the other puzzle games in my backlog. This is a very short one (about half-an-hour), but it's got cute art and the puzzle mechanics are fun. It's high quality so worth even the short playtime, but it would be even better if there was even more of it. Nonetheless, I didn't get all the secrets on my playthrough (navigating around the maps is a bit tricky, and once you complete the main objectives you're locked out of the bonus ones without a replay), but as it's so short I'm tempted to go back through and find them all.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Having finished the first two Monument Valleys, it's on to some of the other puzzle games in my backlog. This is a very short one (about half-an-hour), but it's got cute art and the puzzle mechanics are fun. It's high quality so worth even the short playtime, but it would be even better if there was even more of it. Nonetheless, I didn't get all the secrets on my playthrough (navigating around the maps is a bit tricky, and once you complete the main objectives you're locked out of the bonus ones without a replay), but as it's so short I'm tempted to go back through and find them all.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
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