TV

Friends
9x20 The One with the Soap Opera Party [6th or so watch]

Only Murders in the Building
4x09 Escape from Planet Klongo
4x10 My Best Friend's Wedding [season finale]

TV

Friends
9x18 The One with the Lottery [6th or so watch]
9x19 The One with Rachel's Dream [6th or so watch]

Only Murders in the Building
4x07 Valley of the Dolls
4x08 Lifeboat

Games

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game
Just finishing the game we started yesterday.

TV

Friends
9x16 The One with the Boob Job [6th or so watch]
9x17 The One with the Memorial Service [6th or so watch]

Only Murders in the Building
4x06 Blow-Up

Films

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
Game 4 (of 7)
Enjoying this, but the games (much like the books) get long the further you progress. And so we also returned to...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game

TV

Friends
9x15 The One with the Mugging [6th or so watch]

Only Murders in the Building
4x04 The Stunt Man
4x05 Adaptation

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x40 Week 8: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Somewhere in Time (1980)

Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
Games 2–3 (of 7)

Articles

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Isn’t Underrated—But Who Knows What It Could’ve Turned Into?
by Marc Normandin (from Endless Mode)

I'd heard of the Virtual Boy, but didn't really know anything about it beyond the fact a console with that name existed, so this was a fascinating history lesson — and also gave me ideas about something that might be worth doing with the 3DS I recently ordered...

TV

Friends
9x13 The One Where Monica Sings [6th or so watch]
9x14 The One with the Blind Dates [6th or so watch]

Only Murders in the Building
4x03 Two for the Road

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x38 Week 8: Wednesday
8x39 Week 8: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Flat Two (1962)
[#69 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]

Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
Game 1 (of 7)

Collection Count

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

All new release additions this week, three that came out this week and one (an upgrade) that is out on Monday.

I've been trying to avoid sales recently, partly to save a bit of cash but also just to stop my collection growing so crazily (at least until I can sort out better storage). Of course, I'm liable to cave at any moment if there's a really good deal or something.

Number of titles in collection: 3,597 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 986 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,611 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 455 [up 3]

Number of discs in collection: 8,642 [up 7]
Number of films: 4,564 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 455 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,172 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,266 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Friends
9x11 The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work [6th or so watch]
9x12 The One with Phoebe's Rats [6th or so watch]

Only Murders in the Building
4x01 Once Upon a Time in the West
4x02 Gates of Heaven
When I finished season three on 20th August last year, I wrote that I'd "probably watch [season four] in about a year's time". Well, here it is!

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x36 Week 8: Monday
8x37 Week 8: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Friends
9x10 The One with Christmas in Tulsa [6th or so watch]

TV

Critical Role Cooldown
Age of Umbra Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]

Films

Girl, Interrupted (1999)
[#68 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Blindspot 2025 #8

TV

Age of Umbra
1x06 The Unforgiving City [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]

Films

Gwen and the Book of Sand (1985)
[#67 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]