D'Arcy Briggs

Burger & Briggs has our first self-produced show coming up!!

"The Place You Gave Us” is cozy, reflective, intimate, and aims for beauty, honesty, and play.

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A Mario Land by Any Other Name – D’arcy Briggs Illustration by Ricky Vigil If there’s any place to wax nostalgia on Game Boy, it’s within the pages (digital or printed) of Yokoi Kids. Warioland is one of those games that brings me back to a tim…

A Mario Land by Any Other Name – D’arcy Briggs @darcyska.bsky.social

"Graphically it’s got a different vision than 2, but feels like it’s from the same language… just more Wario-ish."

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GIL MOORE Says TRIUMPH's Full Surprise 2019 Three-Song Performance Could See Light Of Day In a new interview with George Dionne of KNAC.COM, TRIUMPH drummer Gil Moore was asked about the possibility of new music from the band. Gil responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, in t...

GIL MOORE Says TRIUMPH's Full Surprise 2019 Three-Song Performance Could See Light Of Day

Severance is just Dilbert as directed by Kubrick.

Thanks, I'll see you next month.

Sumo Fighter: Some Good Ideas Gone Wrong – Peter Plevritis Big thanks to Rick, Nolen, Ian, and the rest of the YK for allowing me to select another game. In the past, I had selected games which I had a personal connection to from my youth. This time around…

Sumo Fighter: Some Good Ideas Gone Wrong – Peter Plevritis

Pete Plevritis critiques Sumo Fighter's obnoxious minigames.

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new gender neutral greeting just dropped

Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Sarah Haley to celebrate the release of her new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.

Theory of Water

Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Sarah Haley to celebrate the release of her new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.

Tuesday, April 22nd at 5:00 pm ET

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Improv photo dump (Burger & Briggs, Bakery, BB at the Paper Street Improv Festival, a lovely cast for the 50hr improvathon)

‘She just called me a cow’: Saanich-Gulf Islands all candidates event derailed during verbal spat Elizabeth May says she was shocked that another candidate insulted her off mic during an all candidates meeting on Monday afternoon.

Elizabeth May says she was shocked that another candidate insulted her off mic during an all candidates meeting on Monday afternoon.

I wanna talk about retro gaming, improv, sci fi and fantasy, music, and Corning Ware. In any order.

17 government inspectors, 170 companies and more than 9,000 potential infractions: inside B.C.’s oversight of the oil and gas sector During inspections conducted between 2017 and 2023, regulator inspectors quietly noted thousands of potential violations of laws and regulations, according to records released through freedom of information legislation. 

During inspections conducted between 2017 and 2023, regulator inspectors quietly noted thousands of potential violations of laws and regulations, according to records released through freedom of information legislation. 

The Mars Volta Plot North American Tour The Mars Volta have released their new album 'Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio' today after performing the record in its entirety on tour

The Mars Volta Plot North American Tour

Ribbon Skirt's 'Bite Down' Is Irresistible Indigenous Futurism "They want 2000s Buffy Marie / They want my status, but they're getting my teeth," Tashiina Buswa intones, talk-singing so deadpan you can

Ribbon Skirt's 'Bite Down' Is Irresistible Indigenous Futurism

Would have loved to have gotten just a bit more from this group

Pulp Announce First New Album in Almost 24 Years, 'More' If Stereolab announcing their first album in 15 years wasn't enough for you this week, Britpop icons Pulp have now announced their first new

Pulp Announce First New Album in Almost 24 Years, 'More'

What are the house rules?

They do have a toggle to help with timing, but beyond that help, I can see why that would make the game a bit harder to enjoy. I loved the art direction and especially the music!

Yokoi Kids volume 2

Yokoi Kids volume 2 just arrived! If you're a fan of the GameBoy, you should check out this zine and/or follow @yokoikids.bsky.social which has a featured game of the month and it's kind of like a book club for GameBoy games. I can't wait to dig into this!

Sea of Stars! Best game I've played in A LONG TIME! Loved every second of it

And bad haircuts... or bald

Meta is using pirated books to train AI — including those by N.L. authors | CBC News Artificial intelligence can’t do the dishes or the laundry, but it can replicate the writing style of just about any author, including those from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Me talking to CBC about theft of writers’ work to train AI (video version linked below):

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The best part about being in an improv duo is that you share so much - thoughts, feelings, attitudes, respiratory infections...

The biggest red flags are the ones mimed onstage

Nightdive Studios says they're 'ready' to start remastering Xbox 360 and PS3 games 🎮

(via VGC News)

A little sad that this didn't happen, but I was pretty shocked by the amount of water they've got left in that well. Totally predicting Metroid as the cross-gen launch title

Eliza Niemi - Progress Bakery [Streaming] - PhotogMusic Eliza Niemi - Progress Bakery [Streaming]

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Totally agree- I'm thinking this is the next 'BotW.'

I totally agree that their last album is their best- they dripped and fermented all of their best aspects and made a totally amazing farewell album for old and new fans

Yeah, wouldn't mind just a massive Online games drop as they'll likely just important that service over to the Switch 2 when it's out. Maybe even some simple 3DS ports or something on the b-level tier