How to make video games funny

This week on Post Game: Late-night comedy writer Mike Drucker and Tactical Breach Wizards director Tom Francis explain how they make video games funny and find the humor in loving video games.

• Patreon bonus prologue: What it's like to write jokes for Nintendo

• Act 1: Adapting a life of video games into a comedic memoir

• Act 2: The cheats to make your video game funny

• Act 3: The news of the week

• Bonus book excerpt: Good Game, No Rematch - "The StarCraft Conspiracy"

Patreon bonus prologue: What it's like to write jokes for Nintendo

• Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo)

• Video games on Fallon (The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon)

• The Nintendo Treehouse Wiki (Fandom)

Act 1: Adapting a life of video games into a comedic memoir

• Mike Drucker on Leaving SNL for Nintendo, His Mario-Themed Wedding (Late Night with Seth Meyers)

• The Best of Mike Drucker -- Up at Noon (IGN)

• Mike Drucker Returns! - Kinda Funny Podcast (Ep. 108) (Kinda Funny)

• Two Point Hospital (Steam)

• Thank Goodness You're Here (Steam)

Act 2: The cheats to make your video game funny

• Tactical Breach Wizards (Steam)

• The director of Tactical Breach Wizards is right: animate words, not letters! (Game Developer)

• Jazzpunk: Director's Cut (Steam)

Act 3: News of the week

• Donkey Kong Bananza Is the Most Innovative Nintendo Platformer Since Super Mario Sunshine (Inverse)

• Donkey Kong Bananza turns destruction into joy (The Verge)

• Donkey Kong Bananza review - delirious destruction derby takes hammer to platforming conventions (The Guardian)

• Krafton Delays Subnautica 2 Game Ahead of $250 Million Payout (Bloomberg)

• Unknown Worlds Lawsuit Claims Krafton Intentionally Delayed Subnautica 2 To Avoid $250M Payout (Aftermath)

• ‘Friendslop’ Isn’t Real, But People Love Posting About It Anyway (Aftermath)

Book excerpt: Good Game, No Rematch

Buy the book or audiobook at the storefront of your choice (Bookshop.org)

This week in video game links

• Remember when BioWare's Anthem was exciting? Such a moment did exist (Eurogamer)

• Just why is Peggle the happiest game on earth? (Eurogamer)

• Uma Musume‘s Horse Girls Blow Past Persona 5: The Phantom X in the Gacha Game Race (Endless Mode)

• Episode 1 of TerrorBytes, a documentary series about survival horror games (CreatorVC Live)

• ‘NORCO’ Should Be A Cult Classic (Defector)

Free game of the week: David

"You're a frog. At a Desk. Wearing a suit. No one knows - Let’s keep it that way. Your goal - Catch flies without anyone realizing their coworker is actually missing today. Keep your cool around nosy coworkers, dodge awkward small talk, and try not to croak under pressure."(Itch.io, via Warp Door)

What else I’m enjoying

• Just trust me and watch this (Niel Cicierega)

• I encourage you to watch The Colors Within, but if you need extra convincing, here’s the English dub of three killer songs performed in the final act (YouTube)

• A quick recap of King of the Hill ahead of its return (Hulu)

• Squad up: Alien Syndrome & Vindicators | NES Works 148 (Jeremy Parish | Video Works)