He's also playing Wobbly Life online with his cousin, and I feel that he's going to crack Mario in the near future. Got his first 🏆 on Mario Kart DS over the weekend...

Hi Keza! Stardew Valley and Minecraft (creative not survival) are the big ones but outside of that my 7 year old has really loved Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, TOEM and most recently The Plucky Squire.

Yes! Took me a beat before I realised to my horror that she was discovered surrounded by wrapped Christmas presents...

It joins the very small canon of 7yo approved games alongside TOEM, Alba, Stardew Valley and Minecraft.

It was fun to see a bunch of familiar names in the Zoom audience from all across Europe. Felt like a real occasion!

Thank you! Was a real treat for me. Did you ask a question?

Understood! Will have to see if I can make it over.

Maybe! The Avatar effect. But I think there's something more cynical and lazy going on. It's an easy way to get clicks and engagement.

Sure

Also... time worked differently then? I was a kid when I saw TNBC at the cinema, then a teenager when it popped up in Kingdom Hearts. That didn't feel like 'rediscovery'.

Yeah, I wonder if what's actually being 'forgotten' is... how pop culture was able to idle in the background of the popular consciousness. TNBC got a historic Oscar nomination; Selick made James and the Giant Peach only a few years later; Burton was possibly the biggest name of the decade.