Audio Drama

Hell Cats 2
2x05 Reputations Ruined
[Listen to it (again) on Audible.]

Comics

2000 AD #2362
aka the Christmas Prog 2023. Yes, that's how far behind I still am. On the bright side, I didn't read 2022's Chrismas edition until the middle of May '23, so I'm a couple of months up on last year. Also, as always, this is a bumper-length issue, so really it's like reading three Progs in one go.

Games

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

The original Broken Sword is a game I've wanted to play for decades (I don't know when I first heard of it, but it came out in 1996), but haven't ever got round to it for various reasons. I even bought the Director's Cut version years ago, but still didn't start it. That version doesn't run on Macs anymore (giving you some idea of how long ago I must've purchased it!), so instead I'm finally playing the original version. Today, I played... the first couple of minutes, after spending hours trying to get the darned thing to work (the amount of time I wasted on the Director's Cut before learning it simply doesn't run anymore...)

So, why am I finally playing it at all now? Because there's a Kickstarter for a fully remastered version currently running, and I thought I actually ought to play the darn thing and see if I like it before I go throwing money into that. Of course, I'll have to get further into the game than the opening cut scene and first location before I make any decisions.

Videos

Critical Role
2x01 Curious Beginnings [2nd half]
The four-hour-long episodes felt like the biggest 'barrier to entry' for me on this (when am I going to find time for that? Especially as there's almost 150 of them just for this one 'season'), but, actually, at the end I was left wanting more. A good sign. (I mean, catching up still feels daunting, unless I want to devote all my free time to just watching Critical Role for the next few months/years (which I don't; I wouldn't want to for anything). Well, I guess I'll get there some day.)
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]

Collection Count

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

Three new additions this week, all brand new releases, though it only looks like two because Paths of Glory is a straight 4K upgrade from the Masters of Cinema Blu-ray.

Number of titles in collection: 3,246 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,016 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,230 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 331 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 7,888 [up 3]
Number of films: 3,989 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 358 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,678 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,128 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.