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Thanks, I'm now in Mexico! But I did enjoy Japan. Wasn't the Brand/Ross thing also a bit more personal; as in, weren't they commenting on the bosses daughter or something? Anyway, Lineker is returning to talk about kicking a ball while the organisation "reviews their policies".

Other than there's a slight difference threatening a staff member with violence and pointing out that the government's policy is cruel. Not that I wouldn't be surprised if they did, but if they did it would show further proof that the BBC has a bias under current management.

Yeah I imagine they'll say they've come to an agreement but it'll be nothing really. From what I've seen the impartiality thing is really for news staff and he's freelance so not bound by the same rules as strongly.

How long is it normally? Feels like 2 hours.

I'm in Japan at the moment and making a conscious effort to not bother with news but this broke through social media and while I'm not a soccer fan I am fascinated with how this has clashed with politics. There's obviously the angle that the BBC isn't applying it's policy in the same way (look at Alan Sugar's Twitter feed), the double standard of the Director of the BBC helping get Johnson a loan but apparently that's not bias and the utter fallout going against them as seemingly all football coverage is essentially non-existent today because everyone has stood in solidarity with Lineker. I know we have fans on this forum who can speak to that angle and I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about the situation and the impact (will you miss MOTD?) and obviously any wider thoughts on the whole mess. Yes I did that on purpose to an noy people

Ah sod that, too much trouble for a game I could just buy back home anyway. Just wanted the cute card.

I know the switch is region free but if I were to buy an Eshop voucher in Japan could I use it on my PAL switch? They've got one for Kirby's Dream Buffet for about £10 and it could be practical and a nice little keepsake but if it's not going to work I won't bother. I've checked already and apparently it has an English language option in the Japanese version

Who says you need to wear one watch per wrist. Some trailblazers have shown otherwise.

Yeah I just started playing it and it came up as 7 minutes so guessing it's something that's fixed after the stream ends. Watched the direct and counted and Mario says 13 words (and some noises)

Watched the trailer (the direct is 40 minutes?! Unless that includes the countdown) I wonder if they've only shown a little bit of Pratt's dialogue across all of them following comments on the first, of its just reflective of the fact Mario doesn't actually talk that much in the film. Petty sure both Bowser and Peach got more dialogue than him in this trailer.

In fairness I did. That'll be 7am for me so I'll watch it when I'm up.

Until I gave them to a friend in 2020 when I went travelling (attempt #1) I did actually own several vinyls without anything to play them on.

Clearly going to be Roy, Marth, Rose Gold Roy, Rose Gold Marth, Cat Roy

The music in the cafe was nice but it's 2023 and I don't own a CD player

Went to the Kirby cafe yesterday and came away with some swag Also ended picking up a Rick plush from the store itself after taking this photo.

I've heard rumours about a Switch Pro though

Finally got round to checking and it has releasing in Argentina around the same time so providing I can find a version either with Spanish subs or (maybe preferably, if unlikely) dubbed with English subs I'll check it out there.

For what it's worth tickets usually go on sale a week at a time. I can't remember what day it is but if you look at one of their websites you should be able to see the cutoff date based on the listings.

Yeah because if there's a game to show off technical prowess it would be Pokémon.

I think the kind of Pokémon you can "catch" are all the same, but they have a type that matches your sleep style. It's basically all the different Pikachu hats in Go.

I laughed at "Pokémon go plus plus" and not just because "plus plus" is patently silly but also because they have tacked it on to an app where you're not transitively going anywhere. I was surprised we didn't get anything about the new anime. Given it's a big change and due out soon (right?) I figured we would.