#donkey cong country

[ask-marios-apprentice]

Of Kong's and kremlins.

I think i I may have met two incredibly stupid entities today.

Cranky Kong and King K Rool.

I swear I think I might have also seen Nora today.

Let me start from the beginning.

After being warped onto the Congo bongo peninsula's Beach. I had to do a platforming challenge based on using honey in order to patch up a set of bridges.

Then I ended up getting captured by Captain Skurvy. CAPTAIN of the Kremlin Krew.

He was planning a heist to steal the Crystal Coconut.

Apparently it's been in his family since his ancestor got it from the god Inka Dinka doo

They would let me go if I would help them get into the secret banana stash where the coconut was being held.

Tomorrow would be the prime opportunity since defense would be at the wrestling match.

Truth be told. The whole Kong versus kremmling thing is less of a political dispute and more of a family rivalry between the Kong family (not Kong species) and the kremmling Royal family.

It's kind of gone to the point where they have chimps, kremlins, and apes on both sides.

It's kind of crappy. Like Hatfields and McCoys or Montague's and Capulets.

Really dumb ain't it.

So if they were going to let me go. I had to drop in and create a big distraction.

I found a large coconut tree with a treehouse inside of it. It was right on top of the arena.

I was hanging out there waiting for it to begin. When of all people showed up.

NORA!!!

I don't know how in the underwear she got here. I could probably guess on why she's here but not how she got here.

I tried to chase her. But she actually caught the feet of a Squawks.

I don't know where the Underwhere she is now but it's far away from the Congo Bongo Peninsula.

Now where was I.

I ended up causing a distraction by explaining to them that this entire feud is stupid. I can't really remember what I said I was just kind of angry about the whole situation. But everyone seem to be dazed or something.

I ended up just sort of walking out. No one really cared that a human just fell out of the sky and told them that a tradition sucks.

I met up with Captain Skurvy. It turns out that there was no Crystal Coconut as it was being taken to be polished for a museum exhibit in a few months. They ended up just sort of stealing a bunch of bananas. Something you can just get off the trees. You can like buy a bunch just for a gold coin.

Surprisingly there was also a warp orbital there. So I got that.

I don't think I'll be coming back to the island for a while.

I'm just kind of frustrated.

Garth signing off.

[betterusernamethanthelastone]

Doom music in the DKC midi font, call that Big Fuckin Chimp Division

[boppaneer]

Spyro the Dragon, Pokémon, Donkey Kong Country, Castlevania, Bioshock, Bloodborne, Animal Crossing, Super Mario Bros 3, Metal Gear Solid.

Spyro the Dragon:

never played | want to play | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

I love dragons, and I love the Spyro games, primarily just because of the dragons ^^

Pokemon:

never played | want to play | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

It’s Pokemon, how could it NOT be a favorite

Donkey Cong Country, Castlevania, Bioshock, Bloodborne, Super Mario Bros 3, Metal Gear Solid:

never played | want to play | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

I’ve never actually played any of these games before. I’m not sure if I’d want to, but I never have...

Animal Crossing:

never played | want to play | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite I enjoy the game, but it gets kinda boring... I prefer games like Stardew Valley

Sorry that I kinda compacted a lot of them, I didn’t want the post to go on for too long, and all of them I have never played ^^;

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Donkey Kong Land

Ask any bloke who ever owned a SNES what their favourite game was and Donkey Cong Country will surely appear among their mentions. The world got crazy for this tie-wearing gorilla as soon as this game got released! Nowadays it’s still regarded as a timeless classic and Nintendo keeps rebranding it for newer consoles or making it available for download on Virtual Console.

But, what if you only owned a Game Boy? Rare ported their own masterpiece to such handheld with the Donkey Kong Land series, whose first chapter is homonymous. It’s amusing how the word Land is used not only to underline this series was “smaller” compared to the whole Country available for SNES, but it also doubled as a nod to Mario and Wario’s famous series! This must be a case of nostalgia googles for everyone on Internet, because unlike Mario/WarioLand, DKL hasn’t aged well at all. Rare’s fixation with 3D rendered graphics may be fantastic on SNES, but it’s way too confusing on a console which allows only black, white and grey on screen! Every character is an unintelligible mass of pixels, and it’s a pity because if they’d have opted for a flatcoloured style (like Mickey’s Racing Adventure), everything would’ve been much more defined and visible.

And yet, it seems that I’m the only one complaining about this. Maybe it’s because I don’t find Donkey Kong appealing as a character, or maybe because other people base their reviews solely on childhood memories.

[jeremystrele]

A True Family Home, Passed Down Over Generations

A True Family Home, Passed Down Over Generations

Homes

by Lucy Feagins, Editor

The kitchen was refurbished by Cantilever in 2019. The tiles are a tribute to the original dairy fit-out with an original iron window. Anchor ceramics planters . Lidded vessels, banded vases, bowls and small painting by Martin Tighe. Yuko Ando jug and bowl from Kyoto. Vintage ceramic storage jars from op-shop and vintage Chinese teapot. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Jennifer in the courtyard at a Tait Jack + Jil table setting. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Tran Cong Dung woodcut from Vietnam. Selection of vintage ceramics including Denby ‘Chevron’ tea set. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Main painting form Martin’s Werrimul series. Vintage Thonet chairs. Pine dining table made by Martin Tighe. Anchor ceramics planters, vase by Martin Tighe. Wicker plant basket was found in the old dairy. Timber fruit bowl from hard rubbish. Vintage highchair serves dual purpose as a plant stand. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Vintage amber glass jug from op-shop on gorgeous Fibonacci terrazzo island bench. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Side-table and chair both made by Martin Tighe. Paintings clockwise from top left: Kaltukatjara Art by Joy Jackson, print of Station Blacks painting by Russell Drysdale, Richmond Rosalie by Richmond Clendennin, small tin work by Martin Tighe. A small sculpture by Jason Hazle sits on the table. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The living room wall is decorated with objects collected from travel and local op-shops. Traditional masks from New Guinea sit on the wall. Danish rocker by Ole Wanscher with original upholstery purchased from a Modern Times warehouse sale. Coffee table belonged to Jen’s grandmother. Vintage tin vessel, rice basket and kimono printing block from Hakujitsu, Tokyo. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Looking from the hallway into the living room. Vintage TV cabinet picked up from hard rubbish and refurbished to house a new screen. Simpson’s Donkey bronze sculpture by Martin Tighe. Skantherm Shaker fireplace from Oblica. Paintings by Sharon West. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Moving from the lounge room to the front of the house. Paintings by Sharon West. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Paintings from Martin‘s Werrimul series. Vintage globes from Germany. Old school pigeonholes as bookcase. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The guest room is furnished with an old iron bed and vintage textiles, mirrors salvaged from op-shops, and a bedside table made from old timber Golden Crumpet box. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

On the other wall is an old cupboard, a wicker chair from hard garbage, vintage ginger jars and flask, and a school statue of the Virgin Mary. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The library room in the front room. Bookcases and Shaker chair made by Martin Tighe. A selection of teal blue vintage Bitossi/Italian ceramics and another vintage globe from Vienna. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

A painting from Martin Tighe’s Picnic at Hanging Rock series sits above the antique dresser in the master bedroom. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The library room. Bookcase and small painting by Martin Tighe. The chair is a carpenter’s exercise, a study of the Gerrit Rietveld’s Red & Blue Chair. Vintage clocks collected from various travels. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The hallway is adorned with a table made by Martin, and an antique etching which was a wedding gift. Vintage globe and clock. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

A corner of the library room. Vintage Pianola was a gift from Jennifer’s uncle and Martin’s graduate ceramics from back in the 80s. Vintage Planet lamp, instruments and metronome. Brandenberg Gate painting by Martin Tighe. Japanese ceramics. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Martin’s painting studio is in the back dairy outbuildings. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Martin’s ceramics in the stable studio. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Jennifer’s renewed drawing practice is housed in a separate stable studio. The charcoal drawing is part of a series on vintage coats! Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The home centres around a courtyard, the original residence at the top and old dairy buildings on either side, with contemporary block of the living room (left) joining the house to the dairy. Santa Fe bench by Martin Tighe. European street signs from overseas travel. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

This Californian bungalow in Moonee Ponds (seven kilometres north-west from Melbourne’s CBD) belongs to artist Martin Tighe, and Jennifer Tighe, general manager of Tait. The couple have lived in the home since 1991, but the property has actually been in Martin’s family for generations, having been built by his grandparents in 1923!

At the time of building, the house was accompanied by two dairy buildings used for milk bottling, and a stable. ‘Martin’s grandfather was a milkman who would deliver the milk on his horse and cart,’ says Jennifer. ‘The milk would come from the farm in Keilor, and was bottled by the milkman, then delivered. Customers would walk down the side lane and ring a bell to pay their milk bill.’

The dairy buildings ceased their original use in the 1950s, and when Jennifer and Martin moved into the house in 1991, the entire property was a spartan place. ‘All the walls in the house were grey, and there was only one picture on the wall  – a picture of the Pope!’ Jennifer says. ‘Things have changed!’

Martin and Jennifer have completed three renovations over their almost 30 years living in this home. The first renovation, completed in 1996 with architect Bill Wright Smith (who now owns the concrete fabrication business Rutso Concrete) was the most extensive, where the main house was joined to the north-facing dairy building. ‘We added a big family room to join the two spaces, reconfigured the flow of the house, and refurbished the existing industrial spaces,’ says Jennifer. 

This dairy building is now the kitchen and dining room, with original features such as the cathedral ceiling and industrial windows retained. ‘Converting the existing dairy building was a challenge, [requiring] pulling it apart brick by brick to bring it back to contemporary building standards. It would have been much easier to bulldoze the lot and start again,’ says Jennifer. ‘We wouldn’t have it any other way.’

A second renovation in 2004 saw the remaining dairy building converted into a self-contained apartment. 

Finally, in 2019, the couple treated themselves to a kitchen renovation by Cantilever Interiors. ‘All three children had left home and we wanted to spoil ourselves!’ Jennifer says. 

This home’s rich history, paired with Martin and Jennifer’s own memories here, is reflected in its styling. ‘The house has layers that are a result of all that has happened here and those who have lived here. It says a lot about our life,’ says Jennifer. The personality of the residents is further displayed in the use of colour, which is classic, without being strictly neutral. ‘Our heyday was in the ‘80s, so we are also a bit of a fan of a feature wall!’ says Jennifer. Contrasting creamy and warm white walls are painted in Dulux’s Chalk U.S.A. 

Martin and Jennifer raised their three (now adult) children in this home, and they describe it as the perfect country-like setting, despite being on a city main road. ‘There was always something happening, someone calling in, someone opening a bottle of something. It has always had an amazing energy,’ Jennifer says.

Visit this home nowadays and you’ll likely find the couple cooking, reading, playing the piano or working in the studio. ‘We never get bored,’ Jennifer says. ‘We are very lucky and we know it.’

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Life, Liberty & Levin 1/25/20 | Breaking Fox News January 25, 2020

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INDIVIDUALS/COMMENTS/POST:

James Jones 58 minutes ago

Collins is a true patriot!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Homie Gibiotch13 minutes ago

I like Doug Collins. He is a straight shooter that calls BS whenever he needs to. The dims are done. They have told too many lies, and given over their party to communists.

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Jeff Karrick 55 minutes ago (edited)

Doug is a good dude that still cares about the constitution we the people have been watching and i personally would like to know who gave this "whistle blower" his designation if he allegedly doesn't have first hand info because to be legit he needs to have first hand info or else thats just another fraudulent lie And wouldn't that call out dems demand for first hand witnesses

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Jackie Stewart 28 minutes ago

Collins great job SIR.

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DoctorArt PhD 1 hour ago (edited)

Excellent interview.  The president needs to be exonerated.

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shelly doggett 1 hour ago

THANK YOU DOUG, YOU'VE BEEN DOING GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE

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Earmuff Hugger 56 minutes ago

It's a herd of donkeys attacking a herd of bull elephants...beyond stupid. 🇺🇸 Trump 🇺🇸 2020

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BUrton BinGer 1 hour ago

Wow, LBJ, used the FBI.  LBJ called the swiss to call the viet cong to let them know where the F-104's were going to bomb the russian missiles the following day.  Hundreds of Americans killed by russian anti-aircraft guns.  He and his buddy's lost a war JFK would never have had.  Adam and Jerry wouldn't make a good pimple on LBJ ass.  

50 years from now Adam and Jerry and at this rate the democrat party will be a vision of sugar plums.  We don't need to work hard interfering with the President's overwhelming success, he can alway go back to playing golf at one of his own 18 golf courses.  Let's not make Nancy, Jerry and Adams master plan be more than it is, a wet nightmare.

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Moo Garner 1 hour ago

Can we hope that as this snake (Democratic Party) eats it's own tail, that it will truly disappear???

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Moo Garner 1 hour ago

Can we hope that as this snake (Democratic Party) eats it's own tail, that it will truly disappear???

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mighty mouse 49 minutes ago

To hear Schumer say that they are winning today was too much. Democrats were beaten in 2 hours so badly that it should be an embarrassment to them for lying so much to the Senate. Romney wants witnesses, I want Romney recalled he is nothing but a bad RINO.

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Zeckellin 25 minutes ago

Thanks, gentlemen. The Dems have proven that they cannot be trusted with power.  Reps need to take the House if anything is going to get done.

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Charlyn Kulla 50 minutes ago

This impeachment scam has shown intelligent people  how corrupt our political really is...crooks have exsposed themselves...not Trump!

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dieselrotor 1 hour ago

We will truly see just how well those fine gentlemen foresaw the future and the power of The Constitution to hold up against an enemy from within. My money is on The/Our Forefathers. They had the luxury of peace, clarity of mind, purpose and God.

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David Galloway 36 minutes ago

Congressman Doug Collins has defended the American People,  The Constitution of the United States, and the United States of America.  Sir, you're an American Hero!

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F. D. R. / F. D. R.9 minutes ago

Congressman Collins has watched both sides of this bogus impeachment act. He's acted totally objective and has looked at facts & charges made by the Democrats.   Emotions aside Collins is studying the fairness of the situation from all sides.   This is what all the media, all the people, and all the politicians should be doing.   

 We should have turned our backs on the Democrats the moment they've used a basement to have meetings regarding the charges they were about to make.    This alone was an abuse of power.  Every step of the way, regarding this bogus impeachment was purely abuse of power.  They not only abused their power every inch of the way, they've also abused our taxes, time and their responsibilities to the American people and their real jobs planning a better America and take care of the true owners of the country, those who in fact pay their salaries, the American people themselves.  Remember them?  

The only time they are remembered by the IRS and especially the Dems. is April 14th., income tax pay day.     How much more of our money can they abuse? Listen to Congressman Collins his concerns are for the future of the respect we have for our own government. If these Democratic rebels can misuse the rules completely, ignore the policies and procedures of our Constitution and create their own new rules as needed to win their game how can anyone think fairness is their object?   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's about time we follow the laws.  Trump is doing the right thing.  He's letting the cards fall where they may.    This goes back to the old adage:     'A doctor should not operate on his own appendix.'  

You too, if accused of some serious crime but you were totally innocent, it would not be in your best interest to get involved with the court.  That's why you have a lawyer or lawyers. Emotionally this isn't a very good move in nearly all situations in courts of law.      

Those that accuse must prove their charges.  You are innocent until proven guilty.   This the Democrats absolutely did not do.  They were accusing with charges on acts that did not exist in the first place.  They should be charged for the so many lies they've used to accuse the man.   

There are laws they've broken regarding another person's character.   Look them up.  The Democrats are so guilty of so much.  Read between their lines.

[necpcengine]

DKC

Donkey Konkey Conkey

Dong Kong Cong

Dountry Kountry Country

[vidyamusicalpleasures]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Bramble Blast