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.]
Friday, 13 March 2026
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
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