The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Weird not to have played this since Sunday! It was because I hadn't decided what I wanted to focus on next, and I didn't want to run around doing much of nothing just for the sake of playing it. I still haven't exactly decided, but I progressed some quests and did a bit of skill levelling with specific goals — in fact, I got my first skill maxed out to 100! — so at least I feel I achieved something today. And somehow, that made over two hours of my time just disappear!
Monument Valley
Ida's Dream
One final multi-part level, originally created for charity. It's been good to play things like this and Upstairs in between bouts of Skyrim. I have dozens of other similarly-short games in my massive backlog (not to mention a bunch of games I'd already started and should go back to!), so I think I'll try to play some more of them here and there, rather than leaving them until I complete Skyrim (because goodness knows when that will be!)
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
TV
Critical Role Cooldown
Campaign 4, Episode 11
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Tale Gate
Discussing Up To C4E11
Critical Role's new talkshow, which airs an episode live after each arc concludes. Except I'm so far behind I have to catchup recorded, obv. I watched the longer version, exclusive to Beacon, which has an extra segment titled 'The Night Cap' where they answer questions from subscribers.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or the longer version on Beacon.]
Campaign 4, Episode 11
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Tale Gate
Discussing Up To C4E11
Critical Role's new talkshow, which airs an episode live after each arc concludes. Except I'm so far behind I have to catchup recorded, obv. I watched the longer version, exclusive to Beacon, which has an extra segment titled 'The Night Cap' where they answer questions from subscribers.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or the longer version on Beacon.]
Fiction
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
9 The Adventure of the Three Students
10 The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
I can't quite decide which novel to read next (do I immediately continue Redwall? Return to Lankhmar? A long-belated continuation of The Once and Future King? Or something else entirely), hence why recently I'm using the meantime to take in some unread Sherlock Holmes stories. No bad thing.
9 The Adventure of the Three Students
10 The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
I can't quite decide which novel to read next (do I immediately continue Redwall? Return to Lankhmar? A long-belated continuation of The Once and Future King? Or something else entirely), hence why recently I'm using the meantime to take in some unread Sherlock Holmes stories. No bad thing.
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x11 Make Merry [2nd half]
And finishing with the Soldiers, wrapping up the session that began last episode, and their first arc along with it.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
4x11 Make Merry [2nd half]
And finishing with the Soldiers, wrapping up the session that began last episode, and their first arc along with it.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Fiction
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
8 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Another particularly well-known one, I think. Certainly, though I've never read it, I've seen it adapted (faithfully or in part) often enough that I knew the solution just from the title.
8 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Another particularly well-known one, I think. Certainly, though I've never read it, I've seen it adapted (faithfully or in part) often enough that I knew the solution just from the title.
Video Games
Inertial Drift
Another hour-ish and I feel like I'm racing (hoho) through Story Mode. But that's fine — I don't think the game's over when the 'story' is over; it's far from the only mode on offer. Indeed, I suspect it's deliberately designed to introduce you to all the different tracks, race modes, etc, so afterwards you can just play around learning how different cars control across various combos of tracks and modes.
Another hour-ish and I feel like I'm racing (hoho) through Story Mode. But that's fine — I don't think the game's over when the 'story' is over; it's far from the only mode on offer. Indeed, I suspect it's deliberately designed to introduce you to all the different tracks, race modes, etc, so afterwards you can just play around learning how different cars control across various combos of tracks and modes.
Monday, 23 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x11 Make Merry [1st half]
Continuing the episode with an extended sequence with the Schemers (who won't start their first dedicated arc until episode 19).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Peaky Blinders
6x04 Sapphire
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer or Netflix.]
4x11 Make Merry [1st half]
Continuing the episode with an extended sequence with the Schemers (who won't start their first dedicated arc until episode 19).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Peaky Blinders
6x04 Sapphire
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer or Netflix.]
Video Games
Inertial Drift
Today, starting a racing game I actually own. This one looked fun but I was slightly wary of the control scheme (it uses both sticks for navigation, one for steering and one to control your drifting), but I took to it pretty naturally. I mean, sure, I kept hitting barriers and stuff, but I do that plenty in regular racing games. I only played for half-an-hour, not because it was bad but because it's not open world, so you don't get that time-burning exploration/discovery gameplay. I enjoyed it a lot though, so definitely intending to stick with it.
Today, starting a racing game I actually own. This one looked fun but I was slightly wary of the control scheme (it uses both sticks for navigation, one for steering and one to control your drifting), but I took to it pretty naturally. I mean, sure, I kept hitting barriers and stuff, but I do that plenty in regular racing games. I only played for half-an-hour, not because it was bad but because it's not open world, so you don't get that time-burning exploration/discovery gameplay. I enjoyed it a lot though, so definitely intending to stick with it.
Sunday, 22 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x11 Make Merry [cold open]
All three tables this episode! First up, a short sequence with the Seekers (before their first full arc starts next episode).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Peaky Blinders
6x03 Gold
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer or Netflix.]
4x11 Make Merry [cold open]
All three tables this episode! First up, a short sequence with the Seekers (before their first full arc starts next episode).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Peaky Blinders
6x03 Gold
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer or Netflix.]
Fiction
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Book Three, Chapters 9–15 [the end]
Really enjoyed this. Which is good, because I've already got the next five thanks to buying a bundle.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
3 The Adventure of the Dancing Men
Quite a well-known and well-regarded Holmes story, but I thought that, aside from the memorable ingenuity of the eponymous cipher, it was quite a middling one.
Book Three, Chapters 9–15 [the end]
Really enjoyed this. Which is good, because I've already got the next five thanks to buying a bundle.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
3 The Adventure of the Dancing Men
Quite a well-known and well-regarded Holmes story, but I thought that, aside from the memorable ingenuity of the eponymous cipher, it was quite a middling one.
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
I've once again got myself into a cycle of doing stuff like buying homes, decorating homes, moving belongings around, etc — spent another two hours on it today, not doing much of anything else. Time to go do some actual quests or something, methinks!
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Why play one of the 600+ games I’ve bought for my Steam Deck or 3DS when I could have a go at a random racing game on Amazon Luna? (Well, I do pay for Luna (as part of Prime) and bought the Luna controller but barely use it since I got my Deck, so maybe it’s not that ridiculous. But I did buy two new racing games on Steam recently, so why not start them instead?! Next time I fancy racing, I guess I will.)
Upstairs
Speedran the entire game again to get the two achievements I missed first time through.
I've once again got myself into a cycle of doing stuff like buying homes, decorating homes, moving belongings around, etc — spent another two hours on it today, not doing much of anything else. Time to go do some actual quests or something, methinks!
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Why play one of the 600+ games I’ve bought for my Steam Deck or 3DS when I could have a go at a random racing game on Amazon Luna? (Well, I do pay for Luna (as part of Prime) and bought the Luna controller but barely use it since I got my Deck, so maybe it’s not that ridiculous. But I did buy two new racing games on Steam recently, so why not start them instead?! Next time I fancy racing, I guess I will.)
Upstairs
Speedran the entire game again to get the two achievements I missed first time through.
Saturday, 21 March 2026
Video Games
Upstairs
Short (I completed it in 1¾ hours, and I look at everything and explore every dialogue tree; though somehow I didn't collect two achievements, so there must be options I missed) point-and-click adventure game that was just released by an independent dev. It's a lot of fun, with good puzzles (logical but you don't feel like everything's just handed to you) and a number of gags that made me laugh. Technically the story is horror, and rather dark at that, but the pixel art and humorous tone nonetheless make it feel close to the style of classic LucasArts games... though they'd surely never have done anything this bloody. Definitely worth a look on Steam or Itch.io if it seems your kind of thing.
Short (I completed it in 1¾ hours, and I look at everything and explore every dialogue tree; though somehow I didn't collect two achievements, so there must be options I missed) point-and-click adventure game that was just released by an independent dev. It's a lot of fun, with good puzzles (logical but you don't feel like everything's just handed to you) and a number of gags that made me laugh. Technically the story is horror, and rather dark at that, but the pixel art and humorous tone nonetheless make it feel close to the style of classic LucasArts games... though they'd surely never have done anything this bloody. Definitely worth a look on Steam or Itch.io if it seems your kind of thing.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Six new additions this week, and all nice straightforward ones that just make numbers go up.
Number of titles in collection: 3,673 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 966 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,707 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 515 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,818 [up 8]
Number of films: 4,720 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 487 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,132 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,293 [up 9]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Six new additions this week, and all nice straightforward ones that just make numbers go up.
Number of titles in collection: 3,673 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 966 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,707 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 515 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,818 [up 8]
Number of films: 4,720 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 487 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,132 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,293 [up 9]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 20 March 2026
Fiction
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Book Three, Chapters 1–3
Had a couple of days' interruption and all told it's taken me over a week to get back into it, having been progressing pretty consistently before (I read it on 8 of the 9 days before said interruption). Kinda ridiculous that my ability to read books is so dependent on habit and momentum, but there it is. Actually, I think I'm the same with TV and games and probably everything else. Not sure what that might say about me...
Book Three, Chapters 1–3
Had a couple of days' interruption and all told it's taken me over a week to get back into it, having been progressing pretty consistently before (I read it on 8 of the 9 days before said interruption). Kinda ridiculous that my ability to read books is so dependent on habit and momentum, but there it is. Actually, I think I'm the same with TV and games and probably everything else. Not sure what that might say about me...
Thursday, 19 March 2026
TV
Peaky Blinders
6x01 Black Day
So, I only got round to series 5 because series 6 was imminent and now, four years later, I'm only getting round to series 6 because the followup movie is imminent (well, it's already in cinemas, but it's on Netflix from tomorrow). What will make me watch the movie?! Hopefully that it's a new release and so counts towards my 100 Films Challenge (I had kind of intended to watch series 6 this week and finish with the movie at the weekend. Obviously, that didn't happen). For now, though, I shall focus fully on the final season — which, as it happens, picks up four years after the last series. Neat.
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer or Netflix.]
6x01 Black Day
So, I only got round to series 5 because series 6 was imminent and now, four years later, I'm only getting round to series 6 because the followup movie is imminent (well, it's already in cinemas, but it's on Netflix from tomorrow). What will make me watch the movie?! Hopefully that it's a new release and so counts towards my 100 Films Challenge (I had kind of intended to watch series 6 this week and finish with the movie at the weekend. Obviously, that didn't happen). For now, though, I shall focus fully on the final season — which, as it happens, picks up four years after the last series. Neat.
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer or Netflix.]
Video Games
Monument Valley
Forgotten Shores
Stopped parcelling it out and just finished the last four levels. While the base game was neat, it got repetitive. After that experience, I expected Forgotten Shores to just add more levels — but no, it does clever stuff with the mechanics, becoming more surprising and often more challenging in the process. In other words, it finally delivered what I'd hoped for from the original game. Hurrah!
Forgotten Shores
Stopped parcelling it out and just finished the last four levels. While the base game was neat, it got repetitive. After that experience, I expected Forgotten Shores to just add more levels — but no, it does clever stuff with the mechanics, becoming more surprising and often more challenging in the process. In other words, it finally delivered what I'd hoped for from the original game. Hurrah!
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
Leveling Up The Soldier Table | Lvl 3 to Lvl 4
I missed that this video was released before episode 10 (I assumed it was after episode 11, when the Soldiers table wrapped up their arc). Well, I can't go back in time and watch it at the appropriate point, so here will have to do.
[Watch it free on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon.]
Leveling Up The Soldier Table | Lvl 3 to Lvl 4
I missed that this video was released before episode 10 (I assumed it was after episode 11, when the Soldiers table wrapped up their arc). Well, I can't go back in time and watch it at the appropriate point, so here will have to do.
[Watch it free on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
I acquired my second plot of land to build a house yesterday, and today set about building and decorating it... and did just that (which also includes pinging around the map to pick up and buy supplies — it takes a lot of raw materials to build these places) for an hour and three-quarters!
I've avoided games like Stardew Valley because I didn't see the appeal of farming and crafting and all that in a game, but look at me in Skyrim! Though it's less that I enjoy it, more that I want the end result. It does feel kinda like a waste of time to have spent one long play session on it. Same when I finish construction or buy a vacant house and then have to think about filling it with 'trophies' (i.e. weapons and armour I've looted/crafted that look good). If there was a way you could dump stuff in a location and auto-decorate, I'd definitely prefer that.
I acquired my second plot of land to build a house yesterday, and today set about building and decorating it... and did just that (which also includes pinging around the map to pick up and buy supplies — it takes a lot of raw materials to build these places) for an hour and three-quarters!
I've avoided games like Stardew Valley because I didn't see the appeal of farming and crafting and all that in a game, but look at me in Skyrim! Though it's less that I enjoy it, more that I want the end result. It does feel kinda like a waste of time to have spent one long play session on it. Same when I finish construction or buy a vacant house and then have to think about filling it with 'trophies' (i.e. weapons and armour I've looted/crafted that look good). If there was a way you could dump stuff in a location and auto-decorate, I'd definitely prefer that.
Articles
Crimson Desert review: The Forza Horizon of action RPGs
by Mollie Taylor (from PC Gamer)
Even though I'm 'back into' gaming now, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to new releases — I've got a couple of decades of stuff to catch up on, and a 600-game backlog (and several hundred more wishlisted) because of it — but there's so much hype around this one, I had to at least get some idea of whether it's going to live up to expectations or not.
Based on this, I think the jury's out — and might be for some time: the game's so huge and packed with variety, it's going to be a while before people see enough of it to form final opinions, I think. Which is fine by me — if it's good, maybe I'll buy it on sale in three or four or five years.
by Mollie Taylor (from PC Gamer)
Even though I'm 'back into' gaming now, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to new releases — I've got a couple of decades of stuff to catch up on, and a 600-game backlog (and several hundred more wishlisted) because of it — but there's so much hype around this one, I had to at least get some idea of whether it's going to live up to expectations or not.
Based on this, I think the jury's out — and might be for some time: the game's so huge and packed with variety, it's going to be a while before people see enough of it to form final opinions, I think. Which is fine by me — if it's good, maybe I'll buy it on sale in three or four or five years.
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
I didn't exactly intend to take a week and a day off from Skyrim, but life got in the way. It was probably good to have a bit of a pause, though. That said, I almost didn't even load it because I still wasn't totally sure what I wanted to do; but then I made some decisions, did a quest (one that I found particularly enjoyable, to boot), and made some good progress. The hour-and-a-half I played for flew by! Well, when doesn't it?
My backlog of 600+ games thinks I should find more time to play other stuff as well, though.
I didn't exactly intend to take a week and a day off from Skyrim, but life got in the way. It was probably good to have a bit of a pause, though. That said, I almost didn't even load it because I still wasn't totally sure what I wanted to do; but then I made some decisions, did a quest (one that I found particularly enjoyable, to boot), and made some good progress. The hour-and-a-half I played for flew by! Well, when doesn't it?
My backlog of 600+ games thinks I should find more time to play other stuff as well, though.
Monday, 16 March 2026
TV
The 98th Annual Academy Awards
aka the Oscars... the remainder of them, anyway. It was an above-average (but maybe not exceptional) ceremony this year. Some of the gags and skits landed; others really didn't. Winners felt well-deserved, although there were no big surprises. Same with the speeches, which were generally good but I don't know if many really stood out. In terms of truly memorable moments, perhaps the first female Best Cinematography winner, and the tribute to Rob Reiner.
[Watch a selection of Oscars-related programmes and films on ITVX.]
Black Doves
1x05 The Cost of It All
1x06 In the Bleak Midwinter [season finale]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x74 Week 15: Thursday
9x75 Week 15: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x08 Wildfire
7x09 The Kiss
aka the Oscars... the remainder of them, anyway. It was an above-average (but maybe not exceptional) ceremony this year. Some of the gags and skits landed; others really didn't. Winners felt well-deserved, although there were no big surprises. Same with the speeches, which were generally good but I don't know if many really stood out. In terms of truly memorable moments, perhaps the first female Best Cinematography winner, and the tribute to Rob Reiner.
[Watch a selection of Oscars-related programmes and films on ITVX.]
Black Doves
1x05 The Cost of It All
1x06 In the Bleak Midwinter [season finale]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x74 Week 15: Thursday
9x75 Week 15: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x08 Wildfire
7x09 The Kiss
Sunday, 15 March 2026
TV
The 98th Annual Academy Awards
aka the Oscars... well, the build-up and the start of them, because the ceremony will continue well into the early hours of tomorrow UK-time.
[Watch a selection of Oscars-related programmes and films on ITVX.]
Black Doves
1x04 Go Bang Time
aka the Oscars... well, the build-up and the start of them, because the ceremony will continue well into the early hours of tomorrow UK-time.
[Watch a selection of Oscars-related programmes and films on ITVX.]
Black Doves
1x04 Go Bang Time
Saturday, 14 March 2026
TV
Black Doves
1x01 To Love Then
1x02 A Little Black Dove
1x03 The Coming Night
How I Met Your Mother
1x16 Cupcake [2nd watch]
Poker Face
2x05 Hometown Hero
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x71 Week 15: Monday
9x72 Week 15: Tuesday
9x73 Week 15: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x01 To Love Then
1x02 A Little Black Dove
1x03 The Coming Night
How I Met Your Mother
1x16 Cupcake [2nd watch]
Poker Face
2x05 Hometown Hero
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x71 Week 15: Monday
9x72 Week 15: Tuesday
9x73 Week 15: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Most of the stuff from Rarewaves I mentioned last week turned up this week (though only towards the end). It included a couple of DVD-to-BD upgrades and a couple of BD-to-4K upgrades, which would have slightly masked the total of new acquisitions anyway... but then the Doctor Who Season 21 Blu-ray turned up and threw the whole thing for a loop.
I've mentioned before that The Collection (as the classic Doctor Who Blu-ray range is called) had passed a tipping point in terms of upgrading DVDs. Early titles didn't necessarily replace all DVDs they 'should' have, due to moved special features or stories being in cross-era box sets. But as the range pushes well into its second half, more and more of those are finally being ticked off too. In the end, this single set replaces six previous ones, including two of those chunky mutli-era box sets. Plus, I noticed one story that had been upgraded by a previous season but I'd not removed.
All in all, despite having added 8 titles to my collection this week, the numbers go like this...
Number of titles in collection: 3,667 [down 2]
Of which DVDs: 966 [down 8]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,701 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 513 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 8,810 [down 1]
Number of films: 4,714 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 487 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 10,132 [down 31]
Number of short films: 1,284 [up 2]
A rare week where every stat changes, too!
See you for something more normal next week, faithful reader.
Most of the stuff from Rarewaves I mentioned last week turned up this week (though only towards the end). It included a couple of DVD-to-BD upgrades and a couple of BD-to-4K upgrades, which would have slightly masked the total of new acquisitions anyway... but then the Doctor Who Season 21 Blu-ray turned up and threw the whole thing for a loop.
I've mentioned before that The Collection (as the classic Doctor Who Blu-ray range is called) had passed a tipping point in terms of upgrading DVDs. Early titles didn't necessarily replace all DVDs they 'should' have, due to moved special features or stories being in cross-era box sets. But as the range pushes well into its second half, more and more of those are finally being ticked off too. In the end, this single set replaces six previous ones, including two of those chunky mutli-era box sets. Plus, I noticed one story that had been upgraded by a previous season but I'd not removed.
All in all, despite having added 8 titles to my collection this week, the numbers go like this...
Number of titles in collection: 3,667 [down 2]
Of which DVDs: 966 [down 8]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,701 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 513 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 8,810 [down 1]
Number of films: 4,714 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 487 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 10,132 [down 31]
Number of short films: 1,284 [up 2]
A rare week where every stat changes, too!
See you for something more normal next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 13 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x10 Blood for Blood [remainder]
I mean, I say "remainder" — this session was split in two across this episode and the next (I don't think it was officially confirmed that it was one session, but it seems pretty clear based on edited inserts for the break and ending, and the fact there was no Cooldown for this episode).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x68 Week 14: Wednesday
9x69 Week 14: Thursday
9x70 Week 14: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
4x10 Blood for Blood [remainder]
I mean, I say "remainder" — this session was split in two across this episode and the next (I don't think it was officially confirmed that it was one session, but it seems pretty clear based on edited inserts for the break and ending, and the fact there was no Cooldown for this episode).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x68 Week 14: Wednesday
9x69 Week 14: Thursday
9x70 Week 14: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 12 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x10 Blood for Blood [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
4x10 Blood for Blood [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Video Games
Monument Valley
Forgotten Shores
This expansion introduces so many new ideas, mechanics, and variations, it really delivers what I wanted the base game to evolve into. Thank goodness it was bundled with the version Epic gave away, because I doubt I would've bothered to buy it on the strength of just the original levels.
Forgotten Shores
This expansion introduces so many new ideas, mechanics, and variations, it really delivers what I wanted the base game to evolve into. Thank goodness it was bundled with the version Epic gave away, because I doubt I would've bothered to buy it on the strength of just the original levels.
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x09 To the Hounds! [4th hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Critical Role Cooldown
Campaign 4, Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
4x09 To the Hounds! [4th hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Critical Role Cooldown
Campaign 4, Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Monday, 9 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x09 To the Hounds! [2nd & 3rd hours]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
4x09 To the Hounds! [2nd & 3rd hours]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Video Games
DOOM Eternal
So, I was checking out GeForce NOW on my Steam Deck when I was surprised to see I supposedly owned this game. It's via Xbox for PC and, after some investigating, turns out I must have redeemed it when it was free from Prime Gaming in October 2024 and then completely forgotten about it. Anyway, I was there to see how well GFN worked, so this seemed as good a game to try as any because I was curious if it would even run (because I didn't remember owning it, I thought it must be some mistake — I did my investigating after that, obv).
After sitting through GFN's ads and navigating the confusing menus once in the game, I started the tutorial... and got bored with it before that was even over. I want to run around and shoot stuff in a DOOM game, not have to learn various systems for jumping and climbing and how to kill enemies in super special ways to replenish health and blah blah blah blah blah.
GFN tells me I lasted 12 minutes. I doubt I'll be back.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Popped on to just do a couple of quick things... of course, I ended up playing for 45 minutes (short by my standards), but I did achieve what I set out to do and witnessed a rare event and semi-randomly had a crack at an encounter I've failed two or three times at lower levels, and this time beat it. Hurrah!
So, I was checking out GeForce NOW on my Steam Deck when I was surprised to see I supposedly owned this game. It's via Xbox for PC and, after some investigating, turns out I must have redeemed it when it was free from Prime Gaming in October 2024 and then completely forgotten about it. Anyway, I was there to see how well GFN worked, so this seemed as good a game to try as any because I was curious if it would even run (because I didn't remember owning it, I thought it must be some mistake — I did my investigating after that, obv).
After sitting through GFN's ads and navigating the confusing menus once in the game, I started the tutorial... and got bored with it before that was even over. I want to run around and shoot stuff in a DOOM game, not have to learn various systems for jumping and climbing and how to kill enemies in super special ways to replenish health and blah blah blah blah blah.
GFN tells me I lasted 12 minutes. I doubt I'll be back.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Popped on to just do a couple of quick things... of course, I ended up playing for 45 minutes (short by my standards), but I did achieve what I set out to do and witnessed a rare event and semi-randomly had a crack at an encounter I've failed two or three times at lower levels, and this time beat it. Hurrah!
Sunday, 8 March 2026
TV
Critical Role
4x09 To the Hounds! [1st hour]
Having not watched any Critical Role since mid-December (January was my first CR-free month since February 2024) due to personal time constraints, I'm now terribly behind (the most recent episode is 17, which means I have 32½ hours of viewing to catch up — even before you count Cooldown and the first episode of their new periodic talk show, Tale Gate, which together add another 4 hours and change). Even worse than that was the memory challenge to get my bearings on what was going on. Thankfully they still do recaps at the start of the episode proper, but the cold open was borderline baffling!
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]
Video Games
Monument Valley
Forgotten Shores
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
This is a strange... game? It's not really a game. I feel like I'm missing something. Possibly "the joke". Though, from what I can tell from a quick bit of interneting, there really is nothing to it. Except naming the different ducks. That's kinda fun, coming up with good names.
Forgotten Shores
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
This is a strange... game? It's not really a game. I feel like I'm missing something. Possibly "the joke". Though, from what I can tell from a quick bit of interneting, there really is nothing to it. Except naming the different ducks. That's kinda fun, coming up with good names.
this week on 100Films.co.uk
With the start of the month falling in the middle of last weekend, my regular monthly posts on 100Films.co.uk have been split in two (again). But hey, at least that means I'm currently doing two of these 'weekly' posts each month!
Anyway, this week's one and only post was my 'failures' from February...
More next Sunday? Anything's possible.
Anyway, this week's one and only post was my 'failures' from February...
More next Sunday? Anything's possible.
Saturday, 7 March 2026
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Monument Valley
Having raced through the first nine levels, the tenth and final one put up more of a challenge — actually thanks to the puzzle design, rather than just battling the still-awkward controller controls. (I don't know what they could do to make them better, to be fair. This was clearly designed to be played with a touchscreen, but I try to avoid smearing my fingers all over my Steam Deck's screen.)
Also made a start on the first expansion, Forgotten Shores. It adds another 8 levels, but based on the length of the first of those vs the length of early levels in the main game, I think it might take as long as the original. Not bad for something one might ignore as mere "extra content".
Monument Valley
Having raced through the first nine levels, the tenth and final one put up more of a challenge — actually thanks to the puzzle design, rather than just battling the still-awkward controller controls. (I don't know what they could do to make them better, to be fair. This was clearly designed to be played with a touchscreen, but I try to avoid smearing my fingers all over my Steam Deck's screen.)
Also made a start on the first expansion, Forgotten Shores. It adds another 8 levels, but based on the length of the first of those vs the length of early levels in the main game, I think it might take as long as the original. Not bad for something one might ignore as mere "extra content".
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Bought a bunch of stuff during Rarewaves latest end-of-month 10% discount period, but only one arrived. I guess they're just slow.
Number of titles in collection: 3,669 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,695 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 509 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,811 [up 2]
Number of films: 4,712 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 485 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Bought a bunch of stuff during Rarewaves latest end-of-month 10% discount period, but only one arrived. I guess they're just slow.
Number of titles in collection: 3,669 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,695 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 509 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,811 [up 2]
Number of films: 4,712 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 485 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 6 March 2026
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Made it to city #6 today — four to go! And one of those is from a DLC, so slightly feel like I should leave it until after I've done the main quest. But we'll see.
Made it to city #6 today — four to go! And one of those is from a DLC, so slightly feel like I should leave it until after I've done the main quest. But we'll see.
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Fiction
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Book One, Chapters 11–20
Reached the end of 'Book One' (of three). Expected it to mark a break or change in the story for that reason, but no, it's in the middle of a battle! That feels like it should be the climax, even though there's 70% of the book to go. Interesting structural choice...
Book One, Chapters 11–20
Reached the end of 'Book One' (of three). Expected it to mark a break or change in the story for that reason, but no, it's in the middle of a battle! That feels like it should be the climax, even though there's 70% of the book to go. Interesting structural choice...
Articles
Esoteric Ebb isn't just the best Disco since Disco, it's the closest anyone's come to the magic of tabletop D&D in a videogame
by Ted Litchfield (from PC Gamer)
I was very interested in Esoteric Ebb before I read this review, but now I'm positively excited for it. Might even buy it right away.
...but will I play it right away? I mean, I'd have to cut into Skyrim (gasp!) And as I've not played the likes of Disco Elysium or Baldur's Gate 3, but do own both and very much want to play them, should this really be jumping ahead? There's always the chance it'll get patches and improvements down the line, as so many games do nowadays. Maybe I should just play the literally hundreds of games already in my backlog and wait a year or two.
...but it sounds so fun!
by Ted Litchfield (from PC Gamer)
I was very interested in Esoteric Ebb before I read this review, but now I'm positively excited for it. Might even buy it right away.
...but will I play it right away? I mean, I'd have to cut into Skyrim (gasp!) And as I've not played the likes of Disco Elysium or Baldur's Gate 3, but do own both and very much want to play them, should this really be jumping ahead? There's always the chance it'll get patches and improvements down the line, as so many games do nowadays. Maybe I should just play the literally hundreds of games already in my backlog and wait a year or two.
...but it sounds so fun!
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Films
PK (2014)
[#9 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2026 #1
[#9 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2026 #1
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.
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Video Games
Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
4. The Duel of Wits
5. The Windows Sky-High
So far I've persisted until finishing a chapter each day, but I got stuck on Chapter 5 and didn't want to lean on the walkthrough too much (I've already had to resort to it a couple of times when I thought I knew what to do (and I was right) but couldn't work out what text to enter to make it happen).
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Monument Valley
Got this puzzle game free on Epic a little while ago; started playing it now because the Steam version is in a bundle with its DLC and I thought that might be better, but I needed to know if I liked it enough to pay for it. It's quite clever, but also clearly not made to be played with a controller — I believe it was originally a touchscreen phone game, and it feels like it. I could use the Deck's touchscreen, but I don't want to get finger smears all over it that'll annoy me when I play regular games. Might try installing it on my Mac and playing with mouse. Anyway, I doubt I'll be buying it — the free version, while less than ideal (getting it to run took more fiddling than it should have), will suffice for what it is.
4. The Duel of Wits
5. The Windows Sky-High
So far I've persisted until finishing a chapter each day, but I got stuck on Chapter 5 and didn't want to lean on the walkthrough too much (I've already had to resort to it a couple of times when I thought I knew what to do (and I was right) but couldn't work out what text to enter to make it happen).
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Monument Valley
Got this puzzle game free on Epic a little while ago; started playing it now because the Steam version is in a bundle with its DLC and I thought that might be better, but I needed to know if I liked it enough to pay for it. It's quite clever, but also clearly not made to be played with a controller — I believe it was originally a touchscreen phone game, and it feels like it. I could use the Deck's touchscreen, but I don't want to get finger smears all over it that'll annoy me when I play regular games. Might try installing it on my Mac and playing with mouse. Anyway, I doubt I'll be buying it — the free version, while less than ideal (getting it to run took more fiddling than it should have), will suffice for what it is.
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Fiction
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
II. Lean Times in Lankhmar
I’ve enjoyed all the Lankhmar stories, to one degree or another (I’ve not read a bad one yet, but some are, of course, better than others), but I think this may be the greatest of all. So far, at least.
II. Lean Times in Lankhmar
I’ve enjoyed all the Lankhmar stories, to one degree or another (I’ve not read a bad one yet, but some are, of course, better than others), but I think this may be the greatest of all. So far, at least.
Monday, 23 February 2026
Video Games
Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
1. The Ghosts of the Desert
2. The Trial of Hope
Picked this up during Steam's recent typing-related sale and decided to play it on my Steam Deck. Playing a typing game on the Steam Deck may sound a little ridiculous... and it is. But I kinda wanted to see if it would work, and... technically it does, but typing using the onscreen keyboard is a little slow. As you only need to do simple commands ("examine door", that kind of thing) it's ok, although you can't see the text entry box while you're writing, so that's a pain. But as the game has no Mac version, the Deck remains my best way to play this. Which is daft, but there you go.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Started this up today without a real goal in mind; thought I might just read all those notes that were dumped in my inventory by the Anniversary Edition and start the quests. Well, in the end I played for an hour... and actually did stuff! Started some of those quests. Progressed a few. Even finished some — gasp!
1. The Ghosts of the Desert
2. The Trial of Hope
Picked this up during Steam's recent typing-related sale and decided to play it on my Steam Deck. Playing a typing game on the Steam Deck may sound a little ridiculous... and it is. But I kinda wanted to see if it would work, and... technically it does, but typing using the onscreen keyboard is a little slow. As you only need to do simple commands ("examine door", that kind of thing) it's ok, although you can't see the text entry box while you're writing, so that's a pain. But as the game has no Mac version, the Deck remains my best way to play this. Which is daft, but there you go.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Started this up today without a real goal in mind; thought I might just read all those notes that were dumped in my inventory by the Anniversary Edition and start the quests. Well, in the end I played for an hour... and actually did stuff! Started some of those quests. Progressed a few. Even finished some — gasp!
Sunday, 22 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x66 Week 14: Monday
9x67 Week 14: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x07 The Mickey
9x66 Week 14: Monday
9x67 Week 14: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x07 The Mickey
Saturday, 21 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x15 Game Night [2nd watch]
Poker Face
2x04 The Taste of Human Blood
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x64 Week 13: Thursday
9x65 Week 13: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x06 The Gala
1x15 Game Night [2nd watch]
Poker Face
2x04 The Taste of Human Blood
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x64 Week 13: Thursday
9x65 Week 13: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x06 The Gala
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Played for over 3 hours today. Still feel like I only got 'a few things' done. I crossed the 170-hour mark, too. Kinda hilarious to think I once balked at the idea it would take me at least 27 hours to complete this.
Played for over 3 hours today. Still feel like I only got 'a few things' done. I crossed the 170-hour mark, too. Kinda hilarious to think I once balked at the idea it would take me at least 27 hours to complete this.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two new 4K releases this week: Arrow's edition of Excalibur, which replaces the HMV-exclusive Blu-ray, and Predator: Badlands. I feel like I've had a lot less stuff on preorder this year than usual, but there's still a regular trickle dropping in.
Number of titles in collection: 3,667 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,693 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 508 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,806 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,706 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 484 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Two new 4K releases this week: Arrow's edition of Excalibur, which replaces the HMV-exclusive Blu-ray, and Predator: Badlands. I feel like I've had a lot less stuff on preorder this year than usual, but there's still a regular trickle dropping in.
Number of titles in collection: 3,667 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 974 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,693 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 508 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,806 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,706 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 484 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,282 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 20 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x14 Zip, Zip, Zip [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x61 Week 13: Monday
9x62 Week 13: Tuesday
9x63 Week 13: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x05 Til Death
1x14 Zip, Zip, Zip [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x61 Week 13: Monday
9x62 Week 13: Tuesday
9x63 Week 13: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x05 Til Death
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
So, turns out I haven't actually been playing the Anniversary Edition since Monday due to some quirk of how it installs, but (after wasting a bunch of time fiddling today) I now am. First thing I did was buy a backpack — 75 extra carry weight, y'all! Second thing was bump into a courier who gave me a veritable pile of notes to kick off quest. Fun times!
So, turns out I haven't actually been playing the Anniversary Edition since Monday due to some quirk of how it installs, but (after wasting a bunch of time fiddling today) I now am. First thing I did was buy a backpack — 75 extra carry weight, y'all! Second thing was bump into a courier who gave me a veritable pile of notes to kick off quest. Fun times!
Thursday, 19 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x13 Drumroll, Please [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x59 Week 12: Thursday
9x60 Week 12: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x13 Drumroll, Please [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x59 Week 12: Thursday
9x60 Week 12: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x12 The Wedding [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x57 Week 12: Tuesday
9x58 Week 12: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x04 Darkness Falling
1x12 The Wedding [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x57 Week 12: Tuesday
9x58 Week 12: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x04 Darkness Falling
Fiction
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
I. The Cloud of Hate
Plunging on into the third volume of collected Lankhmar / Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser / Swords stories. As I wrote when I started the second, I didn't expect to just keep reading them like this, but I'm really enjoying them. I guess it probably also helps that I've ended up spacing them out so much that it doesn't feel intensive.
I. The Cloud of Hate
Plunging on into the third volume of collected Lankhmar / Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser / Swords stories. As I wrote when I started the second, I didn't expect to just keep reading them like this, but I'm really enjoying them. I guess it probably also helps that I've ended up spacing them out so much that it doesn't feel intensive.
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x07 PNG
3x08 Schrodinger's Wife [season finale]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x55 Week 11: Friday
9x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x07 PNG
3x08 Schrodinger's Wife [season finale]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x55 Week 11: Friday
9x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 16 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x06 Amagansett
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x53 Week 11: Wednesday
9x54 Week 11: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x06 Amagansett
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x53 Week 11: Wednesday
9x54 Week 11: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
After thinking about it for a while, today I finally caved and bought the upgrade to the Anniversary Edition, which adds 70 fan-made creations released officially between 2017 and 2021. These introduce new quests, items, homes, and other fun stuff (pets! wild horses!) to the game. (In 2023 it was replaced with the "Verified Creator Program", which also sounds like it has cool additions, but those ones disable achievements (the AE content does not), so I intend to consider them once I 'complete' the game... if I still want more of it... which I feel like I well might...)
Some people think the Creations are a collection of worthless clutter and would rather they weren't there; others enjoy what's added. I'm sure there are some I couldn't care less for, but I felt like I was missing out on some of the stuff I've heard about. Plus, one of the major criticisms seems to be that a lot of what it adds is available early in the game but overpowered to be had so early. Well, I'm certainly not early in the game anymore (162 hours! Level 40-something!) and I wouldn't really care about unbalancing it even if I were. I'm playing on the easiest difficulty for a reason.
All this shiny new excitement will have to wait, though, because I'm still in the middle of exploring Windhelm, and I had less than an hour to play today — so I haven't even come close to encountering any of the added content yet. And, of course, I've still got tonnes of the base game left to explore. But now there's even more (hooray!) I'm sure I'll run into it soon enough.
After thinking about it for a while, today I finally caved and bought the upgrade to the Anniversary Edition, which adds 70 fan-made creations released officially between 2017 and 2021. These introduce new quests, items, homes, and other fun stuff (pets! wild horses!) to the game. (In 2023 it was replaced with the "Verified Creator Program", which also sounds like it has cool additions, but those ones disable achievements (the AE content does not), so I intend to consider them once I 'complete' the game... if I still want more of it... which I feel like I well might...)
Some people think the Creations are a collection of worthless clutter and would rather they weren't there; others enjoy what's added. I'm sure there are some I couldn't care less for, but I felt like I was missing out on some of the stuff I've heard about. Plus, one of the major criticisms seems to be that a lot of what it adds is available early in the game but overpowered to be had so early. Well, I'm certainly not early in the game anymore (162 hours! Level 40-something!) and I wouldn't really care about unbalancing it even if I were. I'm playing on the easiest difficulty for a reason.
All this shiny new excitement will have to wait, though, because I'm still in the middle of exploring Windhelm, and I had less than an hour to play today — so I haven't even come close to encountering any of the added content yet. And, of course, I've still got tonnes of the base game left to explore. But now there's even more (hooray!) I'm sure I'll run into it soon enough.
Sunday, 15 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x04 Arden
3x05 Birdwatchers
Weird time jump and status quo changes between episodes four and five, so extreme that it feels like the start of a new season or something. Makes me wonder if they were expecting Netflix to do their two-part release thing, which didn't happen.
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x51 Week 11: Monday
9x52 Week 11: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x04 Arden
3x05 Birdwatchers
Weird time jump and status quo changes between episodes four and five, so extreme that it feels like the start of a new season or something. Makes me wonder if they were expecting Netflix to do their two-part release thing, which didn't happen.
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x51 Week 11: Monday
9x52 Week 11: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
When I loaded this up today, I actually had a plan to act on what I said yesterday... then I hit an unexpected roadblock (in short: a bug I thought I'd fixed, but hadn't), spent a bunch of time clearing that, then did a spot of travelling, with the usual distractions, and eventually ended up at the first waypoint on my target... after well over an hour of play. I do love this game, but at times like that, it feels pretty frustrating. I even had to set it down for a bit (gasp!)
When I came back later, I finally progressed to my fifth city — huzzah! Didn't have time to explore most of it thanks to all that wasted time earlier, but hey, progress. And it's only nine days since I encountered my previous one! Real progress. If I keep going at that accelerated rate, I'd finally visit them all by... early April. Jeez. Huge game.
When I loaded this up today, I actually had a plan to act on what I said yesterday... then I hit an unexpected roadblock (in short: a bug I thought I'd fixed, but hadn't), spent a bunch of time clearing that, then did a spot of travelling, with the usual distractions, and eventually ended up at the first waypoint on my target... after well over an hour of play. I do love this game, but at times like that, it feels pretty frustrating. I even had to set it down for a bit (gasp!)
When I came back later, I finally progressed to my fifth city — huzzah! Didn't have time to explore most of it thanks to all that wasted time earlier, but hey, progress. And it's only nine days since I encountered my previous one! Real progress. If I keep going at that accelerated rate, I'd finally visit them all by... early April. Jeez. Huge game.
Saturday, 14 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x03 The Riderless Horse
How I Met Your Mother
1x11 The Limo [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x48 Week 10: Wednesday
9x49 Week 10: Thursday
9x50 Week 10: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x03 Out of Pocket
3x03 The Riderless Horse
How I Met Your Mother
1x11 The Limo [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x48 Week 10: Wednesday
9x49 Week 10: Thursday
9x50 Week 10: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x03 Out of Pocket
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Feel like I didn't achieve much today. I did a quest... well, most of one, because if you finish it at the level I'm at, you don't get any rewards, so I have to wait to hand it in. One skill I did push through several levels was pickpocketing, in order to get a specific perk, so that was a success. Otherwise, I mostly just built a bunch of furniture at my house, so it now looks a bit less empty. But that doesn't feel like much to show for over 2 hours playtime. Once again, I'm at a one point where I'm kinda just noodling about without a specific goal — I need to either dive in to going somewhere new (but where?) or get stuck into one of the many (many) quests already sat in my journal (but which?)
Feel like I didn't achieve much today. I did a quest... well, most of one, because if you finish it at the level I'm at, you don't get any rewards, so I have to wait to hand it in. One skill I did push through several levels was pickpocketing, in order to get a specific perk, so that was a success. Otherwise, I mostly just built a bunch of furniture at my house, so it now looks a bit less empty. But that doesn't feel like much to show for over 2 hours playtime. Once again, I'm at a one point where I'm kinda just noodling about without a specific goal — I need to either dive in to going somewhere new (but where?) or get stuck into one of the many (many) quests already sat in my journal (but which?)
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
The 60th anniversary collector's edition Blu-ray of Thunderbirds finally arrived this week (delayed from the end of last year), which means I can finally ditch my original UK Blu-ray (which had the episodes 'remastered' into widescreen) that I never watched, and also my older DVD copies (which I kept for the original aspect ratio) that I also never watched. Will I now finally rewatch the series on this shiny new edition? God only knows.
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 974 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,692 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 506 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [no change]
Number of films: 4,705 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [down 29]
Number of short films: 1,282 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
The 60th anniversary collector's edition Blu-ray of Thunderbirds finally arrived this week (delayed from the end of last year), which means I can finally ditch my original UK Blu-ray (which had the episodes 'remastered' into widescreen) that I never watched, and also my older DVD copies (which I kept for the original aspect ratio) that I also never watched. Will I now finally rewatch the series on this shiny new edition? God only knows.
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 974 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,692 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 506 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [no change]
Number of films: 4,705 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,163 [down 29]
Number of short films: 1,282 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 13 February 2026
TV
The Diplomat
3x01 Emperor Dead
3x02 Last Dance at the Country Club
How I Met Your Mother
1x10 Belly Full of Turkey [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x46 Week 10: Monday
9x47 Week 10: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x01 Emperor Dead
3x02 Last Dance at the Country Club
How I Met Your Mother
1x10 Belly Full of Turkey [2nd watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x46 Week 10: Monday
9x47 Week 10: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 12 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x44 Week 9: Thursday
9x45 Week 9: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
9x44 Week 9: Thursday
9x45 Week 9: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Here's that screenshot I mentioned yesterday, to contrast with the 73-hour one — this is at 151 hours, so 78 hours further on.
As I said, most things haven't changed at all (even though half my reason for going to Riften was to join the Thieves' Guild, I still haven't), although Misc Objectives has gone up a more-than-proportional amount: it was 73 at 73 hours, so I've done 113 in the next 78 hours. That's nice, because I half suspected the average would've gone down — I feel like I've spent a lot of time noodling about with non-objective-based things like house building and decorating, smithing, alchemy, enchanting, and general exploring, rather than always doing tasks and missions.
I'd like to say "maybe now it's time I did get on with quests", but with so much of the map still unexplored (six out of ten cities still unvisited!), there's still a lot of potential for just "seeing what I find".
Here's that screenshot I mentioned yesterday, to contrast with the 73-hour one — this is at 151 hours, so 78 hours further on.
As I said, most things haven't changed at all (even though half my reason for going to Riften was to join the Thieves' Guild, I still haven't), although Misc Objectives has gone up a more-than-proportional amount: it was 73 at 73 hours, so I've done 113 in the next 78 hours. That's nice, because I half suspected the average would've gone down — I feel like I've spent a lot of time noodling about with non-objective-based things like house building and decorating, smithing, alchemy, enchanting, and general exploring, rather than always doing tasks and missions.
I'd like to say "maybe now it's time I did get on with quests", but with so much of the map still unexplored (six out of ten cities still unvisited!), there's still a lot of potential for just "seeing what I find".
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x09 The Pineapple Incident [2nd watch]
IMDb says this is episode 10, but it was definitely episode 9 where I watched it (and it was the same all those years ago when E4 aired it, too).
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x42 Week 9: Tuesday
9x43 Week 9: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x09 The Pineapple Incident [2nd watch]
IMDb says this is episode 10, but it was definitely episode 9 where I watched it (and it was the same all those years ago when E4 aired it, too).
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x42 Week 9: Tuesday
9x43 Week 9: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Passed the 150-hour mark today! I've been meaning to share an update of the image I posted at 73 hours, but for the moment, suffice to say most of those stats have not doubled. Heck, it's likely most of them haven't increased at all.
Passed the 150-hour mark today! I've been meaning to share an update of the image I posted at 73 hours, but for the moment, suffice to say most of those stats have not doubled. Heck, it's likely most of them haven't increased at all.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x40 Week 8: Friday
9x41 Week 9: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x02 The Watcher
9x40 Week 8: Friday
9x41 Week 9: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x02 The Watcher
Monday, 9 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x05 Episode 5
2x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x38 Week 8: Wednesday
9x39 Week 8: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x05 Episode 5
2x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x38 Week 8: Wednesday
9x39 Week 8: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 8 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x36 Week 8: Monday
9x37 Week 8: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x01 The Shot
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x36 Week 8: Monday
9x37 Week 8: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
7x01 The Shot
this week on 100Films.co.uk
After last week's summary of business at 100Films.co.uk only featured the January review, this week it's time for its regular companion piece: my failures.
More next Sunday? Wonders never cease. But regular reviews on 100 Films might have.
More next Sunday? Wonders never cease. But regular reviews on 100 Films might have.
Saturday, 7 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x33 Week 7: Wednesday
9x34 Week 7: Thursday
9x35 Week 7: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x33 Week 7: Wednesday
9x34 Week 7: Thursday
9x35 Week 7: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
There's so much to do in Riften that, even after two hours today spent non-stop exploring, meeting characters, and completing quests, I feel like I'd barely started playing, because there's so much more just waiting to be done — and that's without even starting the major faction questline based in the city.
There's so much to do in Riften that, even after two hours today spent non-stop exploring, meeting characters, and completing quests, I feel like I'd barely started playing, because there's so much more just waiting to be done — and that's without even starting the major faction questline based in the city.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
All new releases this week, including one title that I imported the DVD from Thailand many, many years ago because the special features were supposed to be better (or have any at all, really, which other editions didn't), but when it arrived it turned out because it was an older title the second disc was out of print, so it was just an extras-free single-disc... and now it goes from that experience to a Criterion 4K! (It's Birth, by-the-way.)
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 976 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,690 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 504 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [up 4]
Number of films: 4,703 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
All new releases this week, including one title that I imported the DVD from Thailand many, many years ago because the special features were supposed to be better (or have any at all, really, which other editions didn't), but when it arrived it turned out because it was an older title the second disc was out of print, so it was just an extras-free single-disc... and now it goes from that experience to a Criterion 4K! (It's Birth, by-the-way.)
Number of titles in collection: 3,666 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 976 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,690 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 504 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,803 [up 4]
Number of films: 4,703 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 6 February 2026
TV
The Night Manager
2x01 Episode 1
2x02 Episode 2
I would say "has it really been 10 years?!" but, yeah, feels like it. Anyway, I thought this was a good start.
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x31 Week 7: Monday
9x32 Week 7: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x01 Episode 1
2x02 Episode 2
I would say "has it really been 10 years?!" but, yeah, feels like it. Anyway, I thought this was a good start.
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x31 Week 7: Monday
9x32 Week 7: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Today, after I-don't-even-know-how-long of intending to, I finally entered Riften — my fourth of the ten cities I keep harping on about. Immediately got hit with half-a-dozen quests and I wasn't even trying, and I've only skimmed the surface of exploring the city (even with an hour's playtime dedicated to it today). Great game.
Today, after I-don't-even-know-how-long of intending to, I finally entered Riften — my fourth of the ten cities I keep harping on about. Immediately got hit with half-a-dozen quests and I wasn't even trying, and I've only skimmed the surface of exploring the city (even with an hour's playtime dedicated to it today). Great game.
Thursday, 5 February 2026
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x28 Week 6: Wednesday
9x29 Week 6: Thursday
9x30 Week 6: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
9x28 Week 6: Wednesday
9x29 Week 6: Thursday
9x30 Week 6: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
TV
Poker Face
2x03 Whack-A-Mole
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x26 Week 6: Monday
9x27 Week 6: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x03 Whack-A-Mole
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x26 Week 6: Monday
9x27 Week 6: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
TV
How I Met Your Mother
1x08 The Duel [2nd watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x12 The Golf Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x24 Week 5: Thursday
9x25 Week 5: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x08 The Duel [2nd watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x12 The Golf Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x24 Week 5: Thursday
9x25 Week 5: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 2 February 2026
TV
Leverage: Redemption
1x11 The Jackal Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x23 Week 5: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x11 The Jackal Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
9x23 Week 5: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 1 February 2026
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
I've been on my way to do something specific for days, but keep getting sidetracked by other stuff I stumble across — ah, that's Skyrim!
Like today: I was going to clear one dungeon, then do some other stuff... but it turned out to be quite a big dungeon, which took over an hour. That's another thing: you never know quite what you're going to get when you enter one of those. Which is good, I guess — it'd be rubbish if they were all the same — but bad for "I've got a few minutes, I'll just pop in here", because while sometimes a location is tiny and cleared in five or ten minutes, sometimes... well, it's an hour-long sidequest.
Then I set off to do what I was planning... but got distracted by a few other things. For another hour-and-a-half. Altogether, I've probably spent longer "on my way to this one thing" than I have done completing entire other games (point-and-click adventures that can be done in six to eight hours, for example). Mad.
But next time I'll get there... yeah, next time...
I've been on my way to do something specific for days, but keep getting sidetracked by other stuff I stumble across — ah, that's Skyrim!
Like today: I was going to clear one dungeon, then do some other stuff... but it turned out to be quite a big dungeon, which took over an hour. That's another thing: you never know quite what you're going to get when you enter one of those. Which is good, I guess — it'd be rubbish if they were all the same — but bad for "I've got a few minutes, I'll just pop in here", because while sometimes a location is tiny and cleared in five or ten minutes, sometimes... well, it's an hour-long sidequest.
Then I set off to do what I was planning... but got distracted by a few other things. For another hour-and-a-half. Altogether, I've probably spent longer "on my way to this one thing" than I have done completing entire other games (point-and-click adventures that can be done in six to eight hours, for example). Mad.
But next time I'll get there... yeah, next time...
this week on 100Films.co.uk
Is it February already?! Jeez! Well, that means it's time for the first monthly review of 2026 over on 100Films.co.uk...
Next Sunday: my January failures.
Next Sunday: my January failures.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week, that sale order from All the Anime finally turned up. And that was all.
Number of titles in collection: 3,664 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 977 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,687 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 502 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,799 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,701 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [up 4]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
But it's also time for a monthly running time update!
Total running time of collection (approx.):
615 days and 12 minutes.
(Up 23 hours and 45 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week, that sale order from All the Anime finally turned up. And that was all.
Number of titles in collection: 3,664 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 977 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,687 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 502 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,799 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,701 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 483 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,192 [up 4]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
But it's also time for a monthly running time update!
Total running time of collection (approx.):
615 days and 12 minutes.
(Up 23 hours and 45 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Saturday, 31 January 2026
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