Friends
10x16 The One with Rachel's Going Away Party [6th or so watch]
Not Going Out
14x01 House Move
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Poker Face
2x01 The Game Is a Foot
I'd kind of forgotten how good this show could be it (it is over two years since I finished season one, after all). It's feels a step above other 'murder mystery' shows, quality-wise.
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x68 Week 14: Wednesday
8x69 Week 14: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Watson
1x10 The Man with the Alien Hand
Wednesday, 24 December 2025
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Only really booted it up today because there were reports saying it was now Unsupported on Steam Deck. Ran fine for me. Decided to also play around with the graphics too, basically bumping them up... and it still ran fine. So that was nice.
Still spent half-an-hour in it just testing that.
Only really booted it up today because there were reports saying it was now Unsupported on Steam Deck. Ran fine for me. Decided to also play around with the graphics too, basically bumping them up... and it still ran fine. So that was nice.
Still spent half-an-hour in it just testing that.
Tabletop Games
EXIT: The Game Advent Calendar:
The Silent Storm
December 24th [the end]
Although this has been more disappointing than I'd hoped, I've still seen it through to the end, so that's nice.
The Silent Storm
December 24th [the end]
Although this has been more disappointing than I'd hoped, I've still seen it through to the end, so that's nice.
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x66 Week 14: Monday
8x67 Week 14: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
8x66 Week 14: Monday
8x67 Week 14: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 22 December 2025
Video Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Can't believe I went a whole weekend without playing Skyrim! But I had other stuff I wanted/needed to do (like finishing off the 100 Films Challenge), so it made sense. How much I'll play it over Christmas (lots more non-work time, but also lots more family time required) remains to be seen.
I feel like I'm at a bit of a crossroads anyway. Today, I spent an hour-and-a-half basically just doing admin (collecting / buying / selling resources, making stuff for my house, changing followers around) rather than actually persuing any quests or storylines; in part because that's stuff I wanted and planned to do, but I was noodling around with it because I'm not quite sure which region / questline I fancy engaging with next. Maybe a break is a good idea?
Can't believe I went a whole weekend without playing Skyrim! But I had other stuff I wanted/needed to do (like finishing off the 100 Films Challenge), so it made sense. How much I'll play it over Christmas (lots more non-work time, but also lots more family time required) remains to be seen.
I feel like I'm at a bit of a crossroads anyway. Today, I spent an hour-and-a-half basically just doing admin (collecting / buying / selling resources, making stuff for my house, changing followers around) rather than actually persuing any quests or storylines; in part because that's stuff I wanted and planned to do, but I was noodling around with it because I'm not quite sure which region / questline I fancy engaging with next. Maybe a break is a good idea?
Tabletop Games
Daggerheart:
Dragon Heist in the City of Splendors
&
Curse of Strahd
Maybe I should just aim to mention these fortnightly, as last Monday I forgot them again! They're still both very much ongoing, it's only logging them here I forget about.
EXIT: The Game Advent Calendar:
The Silent Storm
December 22nd
Dragon Heist in the City of Splendors
&
Curse of Strahd
Maybe I should just aim to mention these fortnightly, as last Monday I forgot them again! They're still both very much ongoing, it's only logging them here I forget about.
EXIT: The Game Advent Calendar:
The Silent Storm
December 22nd
Sunday, 21 December 2025
TV
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Enjoyed it more than the last one. I mean, it was still utterly ridiculous tosh, but I laughed with surprising regularity and kind of admired how daft it was prepared to be. These have never been truly “good”, but I’ll be damned if I’m always gonna watch 'em.
Enjoyed it more than the last one. I mean, it was still utterly ridiculous tosh, but I laughed with surprising regularity and kind of admired how daft it was prepared to be. These have never been truly “good”, but I’ll be damned if I’m always gonna watch 'em.
Films
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
[#100 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Blindspot 2025 #12
And there we have it: for the second year in a row, my 100 Films Challenge is complete. Hooray!
[#100 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Blindspot 2025 #12
And there we have it: for the second year in a row, my 100 Films Challenge is complete. Hooray!
Fiction
Doctor Who: Ten Days of Christmas by Steve Cole
7. Gifts from Afar
8. The Big Store
Although I started this at just the right time for its ten stories to serve as a kind of mini advent calendar leading up to the 24th, I didn't necessarily intend to treat it that way (I've already got two on the go, after all), so I'm happy to get 'ahead' on the weekend.
On a more "about the actual book" note: with no Doctor Who Christmas special this year, it's been nice to have something Who-y and Christmassy in the season.
7. Gifts from Afar
8. The Big Store
Although I started this at just the right time for its ten stories to serve as a kind of mini advent calendar leading up to the 24th, I didn't necessarily intend to treat it that way (I've already got two on the go, after all), so I'm happy to get 'ahead' on the weekend.
On a more "about the actual book" note: with no Doctor Who Christmas special this year, it's been nice to have something Who-y and Christmassy in the season.
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Films
Out of Sight (1998)
[#99 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2025 #12
[#99 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2025 #12
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
In the final update before Christmas, just two additions, both foreign releases (one a French Kickstarter, one a US-only 4K) that I ordered a while back and have taken a while to wing their way to me. In a similar situation: a pile of Australian 4Ks that I'll be very surprised (flabbergasted, even) if they reach me before Christmas now. In time to be included in the final totals of 2025? We'll see...
Number of titles in collection: 3,650 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 979 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,671 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 492 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,769 [up 2]
Number of films: 4,682 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 478 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,188 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader, for whatever I get for Chrismas (as nothing else is likely to turn up between now and then at this point!)
In the final update before Christmas, just two additions, both foreign releases (one a French Kickstarter, one a US-only 4K) that I ordered a while back and have taken a while to wing their way to me. In a similar situation: a pile of Australian 4Ks that I'll be very surprised (flabbergasted, even) if they reach me before Christmas now. In time to be included in the final totals of 2025? We'll see...
Number of titles in collection: 3,650 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 979 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,671 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 492 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,769 [up 2]
Number of films: 4,682 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 478 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,188 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader, for whatever I get for Chrismas (as nothing else is likely to turn up between now and then at this point!)
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