Remembering Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

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I am continuing my series on talking about games from my childhood, and one memorable game that I had on the Nintendo 64 when I was a child was Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. I previously mentioned in my review of Kirby and the Forgotten Land that I played a few Kirby games in my childhood. Most Kirby games are not worth talking about in a blog post because they are all the same sort of 2D platformer. However, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is just different enough that I need to talk about it.

The Travelling RMS Titanic Exhibition

There was a Titanic exhibition in Toronto going on, and I did not have anything to do on a Sunday, so I went to check it out. I only had a passive interest in learning about the RMS Titanic and its fateful sinking on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1912, but there were real-life artifacts on display due to salvaging efforts of the sunken ship. At the core of my being, I am a history buff, so I went to see what this exhibition had to offer.

The Canadian Potato Museum - The Temple Of Tubers

One of the things that Prince Edward Island is known for is growing potatoes, and so it is not surprising that there is a Potato Museum on the island, in the village of O’Leary, dedicated to the spud. The potato is certainly one of my favourite vegetables, and so I went to check out the Canadian museum of its namesake.

Donkey Kong Bananza Is A Completionist’s Dream

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I recently purchased a Nintendo Switch 2, and since I was not going to bother with playing Mario Kart World, the first game that I purchased for the system was Donkey Kong Bananza. Donkey Kong Bananza is the brand-new Donkey Kong video game and is the first 3D Donkey Kong platformer since Donkey Kong 64 on the Nintendo 64. Safe to say, we waited a long time for a new 3D Donkey Kong, especially since the developers who created Donkey Kong Bananza were the same ones who created Super Mario Odyssey.

The Bottle Houses Of Prince Edward Island

When I was in elementary school, I had one of those “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” books filled with interesting oddities from around the world. One such oddity was a house made of glass bottles in Prince Edward Island, and I always found it fascinating. I wondered if you could live in a house made of glass bottles. Fast forward to July 2025, where I got to go to Prince Edward Island. One of the things that I got to go see were The Bottle Houses and Gardens in the southwest corner of the island. The Bottle Houses are a set of three structures made of glass bottles built by Edouard Arsenault in the early 1980s. Bottles dotted the walls with mortar while the wood frames and shingled roofs supported the structures.