My Cultural Experience

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42677356618106744142026-06-16T18:03:11.033+01:00My Cultural ExperienceAll the stuff I've watched, read, listened to, etc.badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.comBlogger13084125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-31540024260000974462026-06-14T23:58:00.000+01:002026-06-15T00:37:23.536+01:00Films

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025) [#29 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

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The House on the Brink by John Gordon Chapters 20–24

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Balatro

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Saturday Night Live UK 1x08 Ncuti Gatwa [season finale]

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The Choral (2025) [#28 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

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The House on the Brink by John Gordon Chapters 12–19

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Balatro The Sphere Took me less than five minutes to finish this today, once I spotted the (too subtle, in my opinion) clue for how to get past the puzzle I was stuck on — which turned out to be the final puzzle.

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Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week. A handful of 4K titles this week, including an upgrade from regular Blu-ray for Speed Racer. Plus, a 2-disc Hammer box set which is 100% special features (including one short film, so it crops up there, at least). Number of titles in collection: 3,700 [up 3] Of which DVDs: 964 [no change] Of which Blu-rays:

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Balatro Played my most successful run yet. Still feel like I'm muddling through rather than really knowing what I'm doing, but when the right cards come up and synergies click, it is moderately satisfying. Got defeated at the end of Ante 6 (of 8) and that took almost an hour, so still the idea of this being a "one more quick run" game is ludicrous to me. The Sphere I'm pretty good at

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The House on the Brink by John Gordon Chapters 1–11

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AtmaSphere Abandoning this. I did manage to complete the level I got stuck at yesterday, and immediately found the next one trickier (unsurprisingly). It's too stressful to be fun for me, which is a shame because I like the underlying concept and the rainy atmosphere / peaceful music would be pleasant... if the gameplay didn't completely undermine it. Balatro Some people think Balatro is the

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007: Everything or Nothing Over an hour spent replaying near-impossible bits over and over. Ugh. I'm not really enjoying this, which is such a shame after hearing good things about it for so long. If it was anything other than Bond, I'd probably just give it up as no fun. AtmaSphere Kind of a puzzle platformer based on rolling a ball along narrow paths. Enjoyed it at first, but got fed up with

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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole Chapter 5 [the end]

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Daggerheart All 3 games continuing.

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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole Chapters 2–4

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007: Everything or Nothing I didn't think it would take me so long to continue this, but, well, I've not been doing much of anything recently (see the general infrequency of posts the past few weeks). Also I wasn't enjoying it as much as I'd hoped. Games were harder back in the day! Or I'm just rubbish at them. Probably both. In that vein, I spent half-an-hour today battling through a single

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Oh deary me, is it another new month already?! 2026 is disappearing fast... and that's kind of the theme of the monthly review I posted this week on 100Films.co.uk... As usual, it's accompanied by a list of some of my many failures... More next Sunday? You know there won't be.

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The Wheel 6x08 Episode 8 [Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

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Is This Thing On? (2025) [#27 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

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Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week. Just one new addition this week, as various things got pushed back or what have you. There's certainly plenty due later in the month. Number of titles in collection: 3,697 [up 1] Of which DVDs: 964 [no change] Of which Blu-rays: 2,733 [up 1] — of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 529 [no change] Number of discs in

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Tosca at Glyndebourne

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Secret Service Part 5 (of 5) [Watch it (again) on ITVX.]

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Daggerheart All 3 games continuing.

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Richard Osman's House of Games 4x36 Week 8: Monday 4x37 Week 8: Tuesday Secret Service Part 3 (of 5) Part 4 (of 5) [Watch it (again) on ITVX.]

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Richard Osman's House of Games 4x33 Week 7: Wednesday 4x34 Week 7: Thursday 4x35 Week 7: Friday Secret Service Part 2 (of 5) [Watch it (again) on ITVX.]

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