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Should Jenny from Banshees of Inisherin have won best supporting actress?

The lego streams have been great, the lego island music was hitting me with nostalgia and undeniably enhanced the experience. What music is guaranteed to take you back and makes the most sense as background music to enhance your life’s documentary?

John

Hello Ben, Leo, Jacob, and Haley! I think this question may be just for Ben as I don't think anyone else is playing "A Space for the Unbound". I am absolutely loving this game but I have made it into chapter 4 and I am getting completely lost as to who hss what problem in which alternate reality. For example, I might find a soccer ball in one reality but don't know where (which other reality) to go back to in order to use it. I know the person who needs it, but, which reality are they in? Did you have a method for keeping up with each person's problem and where they were (which reality) when you thought you had the solution? Is there something in-gsme I'm missing to help with this? Maybe it's just because I'm old and my memory is poop! Any help for this old geezer would be much appreciated!

Not a question but a while back Ben mentioned he wanted to get into birding. There is an app called Merlin (it has a bird as the logo). It picks up the ambient noise around you and identifies birds by their calls. My girlfriend and I found it to be a great way to learn a little about the birds around us while walking the dog.

Hey all, How long are you willing to give a game to hook you before dropping it? An hour? Six hours? Does it vary by the genre of game you're playing ? Sorry if you've touched on this before. Cheers .

Minnmax, I have to say I was deeply puzzled by beloved and renowned Naoki Yoshida's remarks about not wanting to be categorized as a JRPG. I admit it does make a title seem niche, but it is a niche category: really only a handful of games are in this subgenre of premium entertainment, each one a star which would make the King of All Cosmos proud. So when Yoshi-P says he doesn't want Final Fantasy XVI to be thought of as Japanese Roll Playing Game, like the illustrious Katamari Damacy, I can understand entirely but am not sure why he thought people would apply that lable- Hold on.... I'm being told I am incorrect on what a JRPG is and I am very confused why anyone would confuse FFXVI with a Japanese Rocket Propelled Grenade, though it does sound a little like F-16 which is- I'm being told I was incorrect again.... And you're sure he isn't talking about Jamaican Rum, Pineapple, and Grenadine? Definitely Japanese ROLE-Playing Game? I mean that seems entirely reasonable on his part.... You think I wasted everyone's time with this? I think you'll find I wasted MY Time with this, thank you very much! I don't have to take this! I'll just hold L1 & R1 to escape this situation! Why aren't I moving?!

Vilis

Howdy, My question is how do you measure nostalgia? At what point are you able to become nostalgic for something. I experienced this over the weekend when replaying Prey (2017). Playing through Deathloop, I enjoyed it but it was missing something I've grown to love from Arkane but it's not something I can define. Thanks everyone!

James Pinto

Hey all, What are your thoughts on live service games that start, well, bad, and then redeem themselves over time. Examples I can think of are Fallout 76 and Rainbow Six Siege for example. I know some gamers hold a grudge for the bad release but do you think people should put aside their past negative views if it has turned around or should it still hold as a dark mark on it still?

Spencer Phillips

Are there any game franchises you are a big fan of but don’t actually like playing that much? One example for me is Splatoon. I love the style, aesthetic, music, and character design of the Splatoon games, but don’t really enjoy the competitive multiplayer gameplay. Despite that I still collect Splatoon merch such as t-shirts, plushes, bento boxes, Amiibo and more!

Kaizoku Risu

Hey gang, I'm young (humble brag) so I've been messing around with all the Nintendo Switch Online systems to try and build up my gaming historical knowledge. I'm going to be bold and say most GBA/Gamecube onward games hold up pretty well, whereas in the generations previous there are just a few diamonds in the rough. Do you think that this shows that in the past 20 years innovation has been lacking compared to the previous 20, as many early 2000s games align with 2023 sensibilities? Thanks for all the times I've had to hide my laughter in public to not look like an idiot!

Ollie Clay

Hey Ben and the League Of Extraordinary Cohortz! I forgot to write in on Tuesday. So I’m posting this question right before the wire on Wednesday. I wonder if you read down this far. My question this week is, what’s the deal with split ends? My wife insists that she needs a haircut so she can grow out her hair. What freak came up with this scam? Just grow it out and THEN cut off the bad ends. Or let it split all the way and now you have double hair!

Ryan Mcginnis

Hey gamers! I recently had my banking information stolen, and as I perused the many, many hundreds, nay, THOUSANDS of dollars in fraudulent expenses (it was just a few hundred bucks and the bank gave it back, please don’t worry), I see that my new fraudulent friends visited a fine “pizzeria” establishment called Toppers, located in Minnesota! My mind is at ease, because it seems at least some of my money went to a good cause! Pizza is my favorite food! But I do have to ask, what caliber pizza are we talkin here? Break it to me softly please.

Leo’s Immersion