MOAI IN SPECCY GAMES
March saw the creation of the "Moai (EASTER ISLAND) cameo" group in ZXDB. It was inspired by @gingerbeardman's site "moai.games", in which he lists games from all platforms containing Moai, for erm obvious reasons. At the time of writing the group consists of 21 games, with cameos ranging from UDG-sized Moai in Automata's Crusoe, to whopping great screen filling backdrops in PANG. Modern releases like Sloanysoft's Janky Joe decided to get in on the act, and I suppose this very tape magazine will now be a member. How very meta!
INFLATABLE LATEX BALLOON
February 2023. At the BRIT Awards, singer-songwriter Sam Smith made quite an appearance on the red carpet. His inflatable latex suit was described by various commentators as "a celebration of natural form", "Dadaesque", "downright ludicrous", and "a danger to aviation".
KING CHARLES III CORONATION!
RECIPE: CORONATION CHARLIE
Take one overripe Prince, marinate in holy annointing oil, add long johns, a generous coat of gold and catskin.
Serve with a Queen Camilla, and a saucy Penny Mordaunt. Garnish with a 2 kg fancy hat.
Cost: #50 - 250 million. Estimates vary.
On January 26th, an asteroid the size of a van whizzed by Earth at a distance of 3600km, which is about the width of the Atlantic Ocean, or in more sensible units - 15,450,643.7 48K spectrums laid end to end. It was named 2023BU, and was one of the closest approaches of a near-Earth object ever recorded. Authorities reassured us that it would be "a near-miss with no chance of hitting Earth, and even if it did it would break up into loads of little bits like they do in Blasteroids."
NOT TO SCALE
To cheer everyone up, on January 2nd, "Thor" the Atlantic Walrus decided to leave his regular home of the colder bits of the Arctic and turn up in Hampshire, Blyth & Scarborough. Apparently Thor was so at home he lounged around on the jetty and masturbated. He was later spotted near Iceland, so Godspeed he's in rude health.
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