As if there were any doubt that this wasn't a real Prime game, if you stop and check its number is divisible by 2.

"SA, are you awake?" "Those Metroids sure looked weird... but also kinda cute? In a scary way." "I bet if you jumped onto one, you could ride it around like a flying cushion! That'd be awesome... Until it started sucking the life essence out of your family, I guess." "...Goodnight!"

Final 24 hours to back NESBOOK! Then it's complete! Then I thank everyone for helping get it funded! Then I sign a bunch of them! Then, you have my word, that I will stop posting and reposting this link! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

So, they called her "Princess" Rosalina. We know her Mum died and she's a badass adult woman with a spacefaring observatory and a gaggle of adoring star-children. The only reason she shouldn't be Rosalina, Queen of all Cosmos, is if her deadbeat Dad is out there somewhere. And she's COMING FOR HIM.

While they're focusing on this VITAL LORE they also need to explain why he looked like Brosnan during the GoldenEye pre-titles instead of Dalton, why he had to earn his 00 licence again in Casino Royale, why he didn't recognise Blofeld even though he shot his wife, why he was at the 2012 Olympics...

okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form: forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...

Just trying to plough through the latest batch of Futurama. Christ. Chrrriiiiiiissssstttt.

"Y'ever seen a fainted body, kid?" Detective Pikachu's eyes narrowed. "Cos lemme tell ya, nothing they teach in your classroom can really prepare you. Lying there, breathing shallow, exactly half their money gone." It reached for a pecha berry on auto-pilot, then caught itself. "Hell of a thing."

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Magma stream collab hosted by @itmeanspencil.bsky.social and featuring @itmeanspencil.bsky.social, @masamah.bsky.social, @taskbaarchitect.com and myself

The thing about Mario Kart 64 is two things: 1. It's DEFIANTLY trying to explore all the things it's possible for a kart racer track to 'be' in a 3D space. Some work! Others, meh. 2. It was the first game that allowed for all four of those controller ports to be used, and you bet your arse we did!

Oi. You. News! Yes you, the pissing NEWS. I don't need "four key takeaways", I need the news. Give me the actual news from you, The News. One of the delights of being a functional human being is that *YOU* tell me what happened and *I* decide how to feel about it.

This is the time! if you were on the fence and maybe want your name to be in the book or a signed copy (perhaps with a genuine @stuartgipp.bsky.social Merry somewhere) there's no better opportunity!

"I am acquainted with the Yamato, Commander, recommend beaming over to the aft station of their bridge!" -- Lt. Worf, about to board a ship that is literally identical to the Enterprise.

I dare High Society to goujon new and interesting things.

A Reaper Fortress mega-stash on Ghoul and Glory weekend, you say? Oooh, maybe just the one...

Friday night drawing practice! A bit quicker, and sort of a sequel. Happy #Halloween!

Kickstarter cares about NESBOOK, and you should too.

Random chatting has led me to the concept of a Squawks statue with a torch in his claws that functions as an LED lamp, and now I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THIS.

The NESBOOK Kickstarter is LIVE! Back! Share!! Support!!! Get your copy of this unique and, frankly, gorgeous love letter to Nintendo's eternally fascinating grey box! Written by me and with contributors from across the NES fan-verse! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Like @geekcritique.org , I got into Trek via my Mum, who had grown up with it herself and who was diligently collecting every VHS as they were released in the 80s. (A mere two episodes per tape!) She'd put them on while ironing; the first episode I glommed onto was 'Shore Leave'. And from there...

My mom was *huge* into TNG. Here I am trying to keep her from watching the original airing of Yesterday's Enterprise.

Katamari is one of those series where I'll never feel bad about just slavishly using a guide to find the collectables. Getting to them at the right size to roll them up - and then finishing the stage successfully to 'bank' them - can be tricky enough!

Happy 35th anniversary Treehouse of Horror

We are so back.

Spooky Friday drawing practice on the last weekend before Halloween! Wanted to add some spooky red eyes and more dramatic shading to this but I'd be here until Monday...

I don't know why people are surprised by the scale of this new ballroom; he's got LOADS of classified document boxes to pile up.

“Wanna know how I got these cars?” -the Joker in tomorrow’s Sonic CrossWorlds Joker festival

This video hits the nail on the head. I don't want every show to be these 8-10 episode mega dramas. Sometimes I just want that nice procedural "adventure of the week" Been sorely missing that in general but especially Trek & Who. youtu.be/ajAqVMUbHOY?...

I swear to god my #Balatro luck has been better this past month than in my last entire year. This week I've snagged the "Play a flush with five Wild Cards" AND the "Break two Glass Cards in a single hand" achievements. @localthunk.com be praised, apparently!

I've increasingly found myself referring to enemy characters you're not playing as in games as "the CPU", just because calling something that was coded with deliberate intent by human hands feels marginalised and soiled if you refer to it as "the AI".

this is clearly NTSC-J

I wonder how many writers are spending their Sundays furiously hashing out spec scripts for the Louvre Heist movie?

Drawing practice: An unwell Merry (from @stuartgipp.bsky.social's "Merry Hell" comic) doesn't even want her favourite treat.

Silent Hill remains the only series that's ever captured the grim despair of my school's actual bathrooms.

Lighthouse takes a stroll. #Keeper

Put a 30 second YouTube video up earlier and am now staring at the Studio screen's analytics like a random driver who wandered into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory to ask if they could use the bathroom.

An utterly insane #Balatro run in which I realised I might be able to get the "20 cards or fewer in your deck" achievement, which I did... and then kind of went overboard and destroyed the entire deck. Amazingly lucky build! youtu.be/hWmlkUjPx1w

Windows 10 officially ended support yesterday, but if you can't or haven't upgraded, you can enrol in the Extended Security Updates scheme for an additional year of protection. It's BARELY been mentioned but it exists, and the Home Edition price starts at free. www.microsoft.com/en-gb/window...

This scene from Trials and Tribble-ations, where O'Brien and Bashir can't figure out how to make the turbolift move, is their own personal Carnival Night Zone moment.

Balatro Gold Stake win yaaaas! (And with a surprisingly minimalist setup, too.)

If there's such a thing as Zombie Simpsons, this latest Hulu batch is absolutely Frankenstein's Futurama. That one movie reviewer would probably be stunned to know I just feel bad for it.

A chill end to my Sunday, listening to a @bigfinish.bsky.social audio while playing Minecraft and thinking "wow, they're really not holding back here with this Eternity Club arc, you have to work to figure out what Benny's doing here and why." Then I realised I'd mistakenly started with part two. 🙃

That review in The Independent for GDT's Frankenstein has to be rage bait, right? No serious reviewer can be that lacking in media literacy or awareness of the source material...

Nintendo, you're putting Luigi's Mansion on Nintendo Switch Online BEFORE Halloween, right? ...Right?

"We've written some ourselves..."

Is this the Rio Light? This is just Fanta, see.

NewGame+.

I'm not sure if this presentation and packaging helps to sell the theme of natural order being corrupted, or if somebody just really wanted to thoroughly upset me.

New Isaac main.