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What Is “Pants Day”?

by Lerako on Nov 15th, 2011

Right, if you’ve never heard of Pants Day, you’re in luck! This page is dedicated to explaining the etymology and absurdity of Rare Gamers favorite non-denominational holiday, recognized in every single country except the ones that either participate in daylight savings time, or refuse to change their clocks back and forth by an hour. Right, […]

Is Rare dead?

by Paul on Sep 23rd, 2011

Don't read the last rites just yet.

A day at Rare

by Paul on Oct 20th, 2010

They say you should never meet your heroes. They’ll tell you that the reality will never match the lofty expectations you’ve spent a lifetime building up in your mind. I’m here to tell you that this little maxim is not true if our trip to Rare last week was anything to go by. You’ll no […]

How Rare unlocked the secrets of the NES.

by Paul on Jul 31st, 2010

While on my travels across the web I uncovered this little gem over at the GamesTM website. It’s a cracking read and well worth a look.

B-K: N&B and the negative response it’s getting …

by Paul on May 17th, 2008

I’ve just been reading KazooieBanjo’s blog. Excellent blog, with some good thoughts. If Rare were to make ‘more of the same’ we would all be pleased and you may get some new people buying it too, but once the dust has settled and people look back on it there will be a lot of critical […]

Dream Compositions

by Lerako on May 25th, 2006

As we’ve explained before in our comprehensive Beta Guide, Banjo-Kazooie went through a lot of interesting changes before it wound up looking and even sounding like the classic adventure that stands before us today. Before we could even begin collecting large golden jigsaw pieces or stuffing birds unorthodoxly into backpacks, Rare was hard at work […]