I’ve kept track of most media I watch, read, or play for the past few years. Here’s the list of things I read/played/watched in 2023, in no particular order:

Books (& selected comics)

  • Stolen Focus: Why you can’t pay attention
  • All Your Faces Belong to Us
  • Emily Wilson’s Iliad translation
  • Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
  • Captain Britain Omnibus
  • Animal Man (Morrison’s run)
  • Leech
  • A rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair
  • Invincible (the entire run)

I also read many other manga and comics I did not track. I really enjoyed the ongoing run of Immortal X-men, and did a big reread of One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen. Maybe this year I’ll read more books…

Films

  • Da Kath & Kim Code
  • Bodies Bodies Bodies
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • The Menu
  • Jennifer’s Body
  • Prey
  • The New Mutants
  • TÁR
  • Infinity Pool
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • X-Men
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  • Ford v Ferrari
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  • John Wick: Chapter 4
  • Tetris
  • Decision to Leave
  • Shazam! Fury of the Gods
  • Suzume
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Creed
  • Asteroid City
  • Past Lives
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0
  • Creed II
  • American Made
  • Barbie
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
  • The Flash
  • Oppenheimer
  • Cars 3
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • Godzilla vs. Kong
  • No Hard Feelings
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  • Blue Beetle
  • No One Will Save You
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
  • The Creator
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Mission: Impossible II
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • The Marvels
  • The Killer
  • BlackBerry
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  • Leave the World Behind
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
  • Mission: Impossible III
  • Edge of Tomorrow
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
  • Saltburn
  • Emily the Criminal
  • Jumper
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Yes, I did watch most of the Mission Impossible films this past year. I track my film watching on my letterboxd.

TV Series

  • You (S4)
  • Mythic Quest (S3)
  • The Mandalorian (S3)
  • Succession (all)
  • Beef
  • The Bear (S1-2)
  • Black Mirror (S6)
  • Lux Listings Sydney (S3)
  • One Piece (Netflix ver.)
  • Ahsoka
  • Pluto
  • Gen V
  • Loki (S2)
  • Aggretsuko (S5)
  • Bleach: The Thousand Year Blood War (S2)
  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

In addition, I also watched The Curse and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, but these did not finish until this year. I usually like to have one or two weekly shows to look forward to.

Games

  • Return of the Obra Dinn
  • The Last of Us (Part 1)
  • The Last of Us (Part 2)
  • The Looker
  • Live-a-Live
  • Metroid Prime Remastered
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed DLC Campaign
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  • Mariokart DLC Wave 5 & 6
  • Pikmin 1
  • Pikmin 2
  • Pokemon Violet: the Teal Mask
  • Pikmin 3
  • Mario Wonder
  • Detective Pikachu Returns
  • Pokemon Scarlet: The Indigo Disk
  • Pikmin 4

I like to play through entire series when I have the right consoles - such as playing through (and 100%ing) both The Last of Us games and the entire Pikmin series.

I ended up watching and playing a lot of things over the past year! It was a bit of a weird year, with a big summer break while I waited to start my PhD, so I don’t know if I’ll cover as much ground this year, but we will see.