Banjo-Kazooie

Okay.

Also, everyone I've invited, they play video games, so they'll be like, oh my God, you're Banjo.

You know Banjo?

Yes.

This is my 10th year of being a streamer.

Yeah.

And I feel very similarly about how it's like, yeah, like obviously people still play games and stuff like Vanell Mace is always playing a game.

Like there's still big streamers playing games, but it's definitely changed as a platform.

Everybody.

Banjo-Kazooie changed the game when it dropped.

Let me tell you.

That's crazy.

Went to an event.

So for those who were listening to the podcast last week will know that myself and a few others attended MTM Comic Con in London, which happened at the Excel Center between the 23rd and 25th of October 2026. so for those who are not too sure what it is um i will explain so mtm comic con is an event that's run by repop uh it's a by uh it's a twice annual event that happens in london at a place called the excel center in uh the docklands of london which is in the east east end of the city so what you can imagine from it is that it's centered solely on comics that's not necessarily the case so It's an event where it celebrates pop culture, so comics, anime, video games, everything as such.

They used to have EGX, which we've covered on numerous occasions before, and for those who are familiar, we also went to Comic-Con last year in October as well.

They do have a video game section there.

They had live shows that were on throughout the day, throughout the three days.

But we can discuss those in a bit more detail because that was something that was actually on the agenda for the time that we were there.

So what is our MTM Comic Con? anything you could think of so there was thousands upon thousands of people all there for the same thing they all love anime they all love comics they all love pop culture they all love video games and it is just an absolute gaggle of people who are just there to have fun all weekend long spend some money have some fun meet some friends and just have a good old time and let their woes go away for a good few days of the weekend so Like I said, what was there? You've got food sellers in certain parts.

You've got drink sellers.

A bit like me.

This week, June 22nd, 1998, sees the release of Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64.

Platform game developed by Rare, published by Nintendo.

You control Banjo the Bear, Kazooie the Bird, as they save Banjo's sister Tootie from the evil Gruntilda, later the inspiration for Seth Rollins.

You have to solve a bunch of puzzles.

And the level design is just gorgeous as well.

Rare would be sold to Microsoft and the legacy of Banjo-Kazooie would be forever tainted when they did that.

But we always have Banjo-Kazooie.