The Three Amiigops

@amiigops.bsky.social

Hey there, I'm Ben. I love Legends of Runterra, Donkey Kong, and other, third thing.

Whipped up one of those 9 Games that Shaped Who I Am lists; fun to think about games that led to friendships and communities as opposed to just a normal "these are my favorite games" list, although it still hurt to only include two Donkey Kong games on here

The Nine Games that Shaped Who I Am: Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Kazooie, RuneScape, Kirby Air Ride, Paper Mario, Pokemon Sapphire Version, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, Pikmin 2, and Legends of Runeterra.

“On one adventure we met Conker, a squirrel that PEES on things! He later helped me overthrow a magic pig man from space, and he later became king when a Nazi weasel’s coup attempt went awry. You ever watch the ‘Alien’ films? It was exactly like that. Once again, I’m Diddy Kong.”

Diddy Kong introduces himself to Pauline in Racing Layer.

“DK and I are BEST friends. We've been on a bunch of adventures together!”

Screenshot from Donkey Kong Bananza.

Almost two years ago I made my custom Runeterra Garen constellation, and while I was off on a lot of stuff, very happy to see that the real thing also includes a version of “Garen silences the thing he’s striking” - always felt like a very thematic approach for Garen and I’m glad the devs agreed!

The Three Amiigops@amiigops.bsky.social · 2y ago

A constellation update for Garen! I made a concerted effort to make Garen more unique and differentiate him from some of the other Demacian/midrange champions, especially the ones who just get Overwhelm for their 4th star power. Also his OG deck had a couple death synergy cards so I swapped em out!

A custom constellation for Garen in the Legends of Runeterra Path of Champions mode.

“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4

The Adult Swim 25th anniversary special was mostly "eh" with some really strange character choices/omissions and some REALLY unfunny jokes but they absolutely nailed the 21/24 scene so I can't be that upset.

Henchmen 21 and 24 from The Venture Bros as seen in the Robot Chicken Adult Swim 25th Anniversary special

For the most part the music in Radiance Layer is just “fine”, it’s a little too lowkey and environmental for my tastes, but I favorited this song anyway because I can’t believe Donkey Kong Bananza has an area called Window Viper in it.

The Radiance Layer: Window Viper track from Donkey Kong Bananza on Nintendo Music