Lad on the SS Anne telling a 10-year-old they'll walk the plank. It's a cruise ship mate, what are you doing
Lad on the SS Anne telling a 10-year-old they'll walk the plank. It's a cruise ship mate, what are you doing
I'm certain they said that about the last season
It's been a strong week with Roofman and Wallis Island
I love Browt, but there's only one grass-type owl PokΓ©mon starter for me I'm afriad
"It was a historic win for the Green Party and a humiliating result for the Labour government, but here on BBC Breakfast we're asking the real question: why is Nigel Farage so brilliant?"
Good morning to everybody, but especially @greenpartyhan.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social π
A chart that shows the number of Google searches for each PokΓ©mon. The text says: In honor of PokΓ©mon Day, ACE.com, the free-to-play social gaming website, has analyzed PokΓ©mon-related Google search data across the United States over the last 36 months to determine fans' favorite characters. Rank Name Generation Monthly searches 1 Pikachu Generation 1 685,100 2 Flamigo Generation 9 374,600 3 Charizard Generation 1 310,900 4 Charmeleon Generation 1 250,400 5 Squirtle Generation 1 215,800 6 Eevee Generation 1 214,500 7 Mewtwo Generation 1 209,100 8 Snorlax Generation 1 207,600 9 Gengar Generation 1 192,100 10 Ditto Generation 1 175,500 11 Bulbasaur Generation 1 171,600 12 Charmander Generation 1 169,400 13 Grafaiai Generation 9 166,900 14 Gardevoir Generation 3 149,800 15 Lopunny Generation 4 144,900
βHey boss, are you sure Flamigo is more popular than Charizard, and people arenβt just misspelling βFlamingoβ on Google?β
βDonβt be ridiculous. Of course Flamigo is more popular than Charizard, Mewtwo, Eevee, and Snorlax. Send the email.β
A delayed game is eventually a reason to close down a studio, but a rushed game is also a reason to close down a studio forever
Great value
Watching Patrick Willems' latest video essay, on cinematic games, and greatly enjoyed him describing Heavy Rain as like "a teenager's attempt to make serious art" www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP9D...
At this rate GTA 6 might be the last video game
I don't know why there's a fifth Toy Story but this is a good bit
Arsenal giving up the league for Lent then is it?? π₯²
Rise of Skywalker... after a 6am screening to squeeze it in spoiler-free before going to the darts all day. The darts was class though
Burnout 3 is underrated as one of the very, very best games of all time because you can show Burnout 3 footage to people two decades later and their reaction will still be "hell yeah, this rules. I wanna play this right now."
This is happening because OpenAI - a company that does not have anything even approaching a viable business model and is setting money on fire - used borrowed money to advance buy all of the raw materials for RAM production so competitors couldnβt get it
Getting married in less than 100 days now. Me. Married. In less than 100 days. Married. Me. Soon. There's so much to do, the tracker I built for it (comms lol) can only help so much π
Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to PokΓ©mon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
British values
Big Hops: What a gem! Charm by the bucketload and the satisfying platforming mechanics to rival Mario. A fantastic achievement for such a small team, and that lock-picking mini game is an all-timer π
Me, someone who follows current affairs and has experience in media and communications: Don't do that I reckon
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: thatβs a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? π
DiCaprio has stopped playing etc
This went down a treat over Christmas! Great fun
Still extremely sceptical about the end result, but it does feel like the net is closing in a bit on these pricks
Ah yes my favourite scene in Jurassic Park, where Dr Alan Grant gets stung by prehistoric bees
they should make a movie series about how itβs irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit