To be clear, it’s a different iteration of the same joke, I’m definitely not claiming any kind of plagiarism.

And full credit where it’s due:

Music and lyrics by Casey Bennetto
Caspar - Lawrence Leung
Melchior - Ben McKenzie
Balthazar - Andrew McClelland
The Terminator - Richard McKenzie

Which isn’t to say winning means nothing, but yeah - other awards are probably more meaningful, and you can find out what they mean beyond “a bunch of industry people and a good number of players liked this”.

Small awards also do a much better job of explaining their purpose and rationale.

It feels like an excuse to have a big trailer show. There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of criteria for judging or even category eligibility, just a bunch of industry journalists and other insiders making lists. (Alanah Pearce has done some good videos on the process.)

More seriously, this is pretty ableist design. Imagine being a 16-year-old with no credit card and maybe no official ID. You wouldn’t be able to use this to verify yourself without assistance if you were blind or had very low vision.

I knew they were the default for ATM cards now, but I didn’t realise you can get one as young as 11! Almost worth it to have a credit card I never use just for this.

(There’s the standard edition, and the special Dunmanifestin edition with bonus content produced at the same time.)

My partner has got me (accidentally) many times by firing up a Christmas playlist on a music streaming service. Even one that said “classic Christmas” - which I assumed would be more American and old school - wasn’t safe!

Lucky for me I never watch any social media videos with the sound on! (7 December would be embarrassingly early to go out.)

I note that the quote at the end about “other centre-right parties” seems to suggest that’s how Swan sees Labor, despite describing it as centre-left earlier. Is that correct?

This feels like an excellent alternative story for a Zombies, Run! style game… A good tie-in, perhaps?

I can definitely relate to this. Have taken plenty for the more famous Ben McKenzie!

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Oh boy, do I know that feeling. Well done!

Fingers crossed things get better! Maybe with another update?

Original Switch! Not even the OLED one.