Balan Wonderworld.
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Transcript
Look at you all asking me to play Balan Wonderworld and getting your phone cameras ready like you’ve just put a smash cake in front of a tiny baby. That title’s a gift, isn’t it. Banal Wonderworld. Whirly Blunderbland. Anal Wanky Piss. But you know, bloody-minded contrarian that I am I feel inclined to be charitable towards something everyone already says is a great big bag of salt n vinegar shit crisps, and I can honestly say, badly designed and incomprehensible though it is, I don’t feel much hate or anger towards Balan Thunderpants. Just a mixture of confusion and embarrassment, like what I felt when my dad announced he’d gotten a job as a Playboy bunny. I suspect the negativity towards the game has a lot to do with it being directed by Yuji Naka, cr