Somebody shouted "GANB!" at me in the street yesterday. That was bang out of order.

Possibly, but it would be nice to think players aren't going "Oh, here we go, another crapshoot" when attempting them!

I've broken off toxic friendships with SO many people using the get-out text of "You are the reason the Saturn is dead".

Thanks mate. Love you.

Banjo fans! I've recently been pondering (🤔) how Banjo-Tooie has a lot of score-based minigames centered around targets, hoops, etc. that are red, blue or green.

Do you have colour vision deficiency? Were these minigames particularly hard for you, or were other clues enough to get by? Let me know!

"But then, just when confidence in my competence is at an all-time low, I'll schedule one of my many swaggering, word-salad press conferences on April Fool's Day!"

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines.

Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

Hyle brooding and fidgeting, surrounded by 5000 boxed copies of Jet Force Gemini.

I AM HOLDING A LOVELY TRANS FLAG AND DECLARING THUS: HOORAY FOR MY NICE TRANS FRIENDS!!

As tempting as it can be to hunker down when the world is on fire, #TransDayOfVisibility is a great reason to remember that while we're all suffering from the acts of a chosen few, some among us are priority targets. Rights erased in an uphill battle, day after day.

Stand with them, now and always.

Maine Coons are immune to the concept of shame, I'm afraid. When you've got a tail that doubles as a Roomba, embarrassment is not an option.

Case in point, Dylan: my Mum's old cat who would just go and stick his head in guests' shoes and get it stuck in there.

Yeah, it's a *really* sobering moment when you realise "Oh, they assumed everyone would just be making a party of boys, huh I guess?"

I don't think I'll ever like the yaasifications but the game's worth powering past them, I find.

An open book with bright magic coming off of the pages of it. It's so bright it'd be difficult to read - whoever enchanted it didn't think about that, did they?

"Suck my toes, my darling" - Inkle's book of essays by game writers reveals the secrets behind the worlds we play in www.eurogamer.net/inkle-kaleid...

I can't believe I've impugned by nineteen people answering to "Snadwai" today and it's not even 10pm.

It was me, actually. The details are blurry (for obvious reasons) but they were my first words immediately after being born.

I wasn't even being ironic because Cannonball Run had recently debuted.

Well you should stop being so susceptible to apples.

You picked a bad day for me to take receipt of 200 surplus apples.

"Would you like a cigar, Mr. Kohler?" Olin asked, pudgy fingers rolling it back and forth as he tweezed it from the case. "If I can't dissuade you from staying in The Stephen King Trope Suite, I can at least advise you to turn off your devices and take in SO MANY DRUGS-- for the author to describe."

IT DOESN'T HAVE A FULL STOP I'M UNSUBBING

Yes, my fault for not reading the fine print! Also I'm just going to take this opportunity to reaffirm how much we all appreciate you and your work. ❤️

Bugger, just noticed the note about items that respawn so ammo would definitely be counted there... but then do the pegs also respawn given that the game loops? AAAHHH!

There is a non-zero amount of ammunition required to beat the game, too, and I know you start with SOME but would I be required to collect more to hit all the switches, pop all of the balloons, yadda yadda?

Does the coin bank without you leaving the stage on which you collected it? If it does, you have EFFORTLESSLY DEMOLISHED ME and secured Broth's place in DK64 history. 🫡

I'm going to be quite pedantic here, which I realise isn't @mariobrothblog.bsky.social's thing AT ALL (❤️) but: what about the fuel pods and ship parts that are needed to complete Cranky's Arcade version of Jetpac to get the Rare Coin?

The coins you also collect in those games are counted as 'real'.

Honestly, if they roped Steve into a brief cameo I'd be utterly delighted.

All this speculation about who the voice actor might be, and then when Fox shows up he's only speaking Lylat.

At the same time?!

World's haunted.

("High-range reverby Tooty" in the final version.)

STUART GIPP'S SILLY GAMING QUIZ

Is live now!

Make 25 groups of 25!

It's fun, maybe? I don't know! Thanks to @vigilsforfriends.com for the major assist!

Let me know how you get on :)

www.kenandstu.com/podcast/GIPP...