Critical Role
2x67 Beyond the Eyes of Angels [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Monday, 25 November 2024
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Games
007: Everything or Nothing
Continuing my Amazon Luna experience, I hooked it up to my Mac via Bluetooth and used it as any old wireless controller to have another crack at this classic James Bond game. When I tried it out a month ago, I struggled with keyboard-only controls; as hoped, using a controller made the world of difference. As discussed yesterday, I'm still finding the analogue sticks a little oversensitive (especially the one assigned to controlling the camera), but it was a huge improvement. Now I might actually try to play this whole game, something I've wanted to do for, oh, only twenty years.
Continuing my Amazon Luna experience, I hooked it up to my Mac via Bluetooth and used it as any old wireless controller to have another crack at this classic James Bond game. When I tried it out a month ago, I struggled with keyboard-only controls; as hoped, using a controller made the world of difference. As discussed yesterday, I'm still finding the analogue sticks a little oversensitive (especially the one assigned to controlling the camera), but it was a huge improvement. Now I might actually try to play this whole game, something I've wanted to do for, oh, only twenty years.
Saturday, 23 November 2024
Games
A Plague Tale: Innocence
So, I just got an Amazon Luna controller in their Black Friday sale, and this game is currently free to Prime members and is compatible with Luna, so I thought I'd give the pair a go to test them both out. The controller is good, though as I haven't played with one for a very, very long time, I find it hard to be fair — I mean, are the analogue sticks a little oversensitive, or is it just me not being used to using them?
As for the game, I'm still in the early tutorial-ish stages, though towards the end of my session I was moving out of them and kept dying, so, er, don't know if that bodes well. And as for cloud gaming, it seemed to be responsive enough to controls, though the visual quality was a bit blurry and muddy at times. Considering regular video streaming is mostly fine for me, that's a little disappointing; equally, it might've been a quirk of the service during bad weather on a Saturday afternoon. We'll see how it goes over time.
So, I just got an Amazon Luna controller in their Black Friday sale, and this game is currently free to Prime members and is compatible with Luna, so I thought I'd give the pair a go to test them both out. The controller is good, though as I haven't played with one for a very, very long time, I find it hard to be fair — I mean, are the analogue sticks a little oversensitive, or is it just me not being used to using them?
As for the game, I'm still in the early tutorial-ish stages, though towards the end of my session I was moving out of them and kept dying, so, er, don't know if that bodes well. And as for cloud gaming, it seemed to be responsive enough to controls, though the visual quality was a bit blurry and muddy at times. Considering regular video streaming is mostly fine for me, that's a little disappointing; equally, it might've been a quirk of the service during bad weather on a Saturday afternoon. We'll see how it goes over time.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Well, this week doesn't quite live up to last week's forecast that it could be a "stonker" (a large box set is still in the post, which means next week will have a far lower number of titles but a higher number of films and discs), but it's still a larger-than-average week — again. There's just so much interesting stuff coming out from the boutique labels nowadays — this isn't even everything I'd like to buy; I'm trying to be at least a little restrained. It's madness, really.
Number of titles in collection: 3,423 [up 11]
Of which DVDs: 994 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,429 [up 11]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 407 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,253 [up 16]
Number of films: 4,295 [up 13]
Number of additional cuts: 418 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,850 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,185 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Well, this week doesn't quite live up to last week's forecast that it could be a "stonker" (a large box set is still in the post, which means next week will have a far lower number of titles but a higher number of films and discs), but it's still a larger-than-average week — again. There's just so much interesting stuff coming out from the boutique labels nowadays — this isn't even everything I'd like to buy; I'm trying to be at least a little restrained. It's madness, really.
Number of titles in collection: 3,423 [up 11]
Of which DVDs: 994 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,429 [up 11]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 407 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,253 [up 16]
Number of films: 4,295 [up 13]
Number of additional cuts: 418 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,850 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,185 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Comics
X-Men — Magik: Storm & Illyana by Chris Claremont, Sal Buscema & Tom Palmer
#4 Darkchild [the end]
Enjoyed this overall, but it's very wordy — a lot of "tell don't show". Unusual for such a visual medium as comics; or maybe just how it was done back then (it's 40 years old now, after all).
#4 Darkchild [the end]
Enjoyed this overall, but it's very wordy — a lot of "tell don't show". Unusual for such a visual medium as comics; or maybe just how it was done back then (it's 40 years old now, after all).
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Videos
Critical Role
A Daggerheart Critmas Story: Session Zero
I was aware this Session Zero had happened, and thought I'd probably watch it at some point because I expect I'll watch the Christmas special at some point too, but then I happened to see another video with a clip of this, which suggested it featured a lot of Omar, Matt and Marisha's corgi, and, well, I had to see that ASAP. The rest of it was fun as ever — I like feeling like we're just hanging out with these guys — but I appreciated the Omar cam, too.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
A Daggerheart Critmas Story: Session Zero
I was aware this Session Zero had happened, and thought I'd probably watch it at some point because I expect I'll watch the Christmas special at some point too, but then I happened to see another video with a clip of this, which suggested it featured a lot of Omar, Matt and Marisha's corgi, and, well, I had to see that ASAP. The rest of it was fun as ever — I like feeling like we're just hanging out with these guys — but I appreciated the Omar cam, too.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Monday, 18 November 2024
Games
Syberia
Another hour-and-a-half. Definitely in the final stretch, though it seems there's still a little bit to go. I kinda just want to get to the end now — the puzzles are linear and repetitive (sometimes dressed up differently, but almost all functioning in the same way), and the story is no great shakes. (Knowing me, I'll still end up feeling compelled to play the sequels...)
Another hour-and-a-half. Definitely in the final stretch, though it seems there's still a little bit to go. I kinda just want to get to the end now — the puzzles are linear and repetitive (sometimes dressed up differently, but almost all functioning in the same way), and the story is no great shakes. (Knowing me, I'll still end up feeling compelled to play the sequels...)
Sunday, 17 November 2024
Films
Duel to the Death (1983)
[#89 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
The Seventh Victim (1943)
[#88 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
[#89 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
The Seventh Victim (1943)
[#88 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
Saturday, 16 November 2024
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
It's back to being a busy week this week, as a bunch of stuff I thought would turn up last time finally arrives, plus a few new things too. It makes for a larger-than-average week... although it could've been even bigger, because what didn't arrive were next week's new releases. Well, it spreads the fun out some more, at least.
Number of titles in collection: 3,412 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 994 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,418 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 404 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 8,237 [up 22]
Number of films: 4,282 [up 14]
Number of additional cuts: 415 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,850 [up 13]
Number of short films: 1,181 [up 3]
Looking at what might arrive next week, there's enough stuff definitely turning up to almost rival this week... but if the week-after-next's releases turn up early, it's really going to be another stonker for some categories. We'll see about that next week, faithful reader.
It's back to being a busy week this week, as a bunch of stuff I thought would turn up last time finally arrives, plus a few new things too. It makes for a larger-than-average week... although it could've been even bigger, because what didn't arrive were next week's new releases. Well, it spreads the fun out some more, at least.
Number of titles in collection: 3,412 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 994 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,418 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 404 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 8,237 [up 22]
Number of films: 4,282 [up 14]
Number of additional cuts: 415 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,850 [up 13]
Number of short films: 1,181 [up 3]
Looking at what might arrive next week, there's enough stuff definitely turning up to almost rival this week... but if the week-after-next's releases turn up early, it's really going to be another stonker for some categories. We'll see about that next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 15 November 2024
TV
Newsnight
15/11/24 edition
I don't regularly watch Newsnight, but I happened to see this had an item on the so-called 'Xodus' — i.e. people finally abandoning the site everyone knows as Twitter, mainly for Bluesky — and was interested to see how it would be covered.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
15/11/24 edition
I don't regularly watch Newsnight, but I happened to see this had an item on the so-called 'Xodus' — i.e. people finally abandoning the site everyone knows as Twitter, mainly for Bluesky — and was interested to see how it would be covered.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
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