Gavin Lane

@dartmonkey.bsky.social

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Editor @nintendolife. Lover of games, coffee, yellow socks. He/him. Profile pic by @jonkristinsson. Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.

Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks giving a good, solid thumbs up with a confident, positive expression on his face. Surrounding him are positive phrases rendered in white text (all lower case, sans serif, sizes vary). Clockwise from the top left, text reads: “you are a valuable human being” “keep doing your best” “good work” “i love you” “you should probably have some coffee” “i like your outfit”
A copy of Gentleman Space Adventurer Quarterly, a Star Fox 64-themed supplement which came free with N64 Magazine issue 8.
A screenshot from Nintendo’s new not-WarioWare game for mobile, Pictonico. Pic shows a crazy scientist with my face thinking of other people in different costumes, also with my face.
Picture of the starship USS Enterprise (bloody D) flying toward the camera through a starfield. Title text reads “Who Shot Mr. Worf?”
A screenshot from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle showing a pile of Fascists unconscious next to a door in an ornate building with fancy furniture. Viewed in first-person, an arm holding a truncheon-like item appears on the right.
An original Nintendo Game Boy on a wooden tabletop next to the Lego version.
A big-box copy of Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) for N64.
The plastic head of Ian Malcolm wearing glasses from the X-Plus 1/35 scale Jurassic Park T-rex model, in the palm of my hand.
A picture of the earth as taken by the crew of Artemis II. Via https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8jzr423p9o
A blue and black Nintendo 3DS XL.
A screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons showing a character dressed in a Star Trek TNG uniform sitting in the corner of a room decorated to look like Ten Forward on the Enterprise D.
A partly assembled, partly painted 1/1400 scale 3D printed resin model of the USS Enterprise G from Horner Shipyards, as designed by Bill Krause, as assembled and painted by yours truly. Viewed from the rear, above.
Lego set showing 11 featureless, single-colour minifigures of different hues standing beside each other in a line.
The Lego USS Enterprise D, viewed from the front, below.
The Stardrive section of the Lego USS Enterprise, missing nacelles.
The Lego USS Enterprise D, freshly unwrapped beneath a Christmas tree.
An IKEA SAMLA storage box with a sticker on the lid. Someone is trying to peel the sticker off with their left index finger.
Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks giving a good, solid thumbs up with a confident, positive expression on his face. Surrounding him are positive phrases rendered in white text (all lower case, sans serif, sizes vary). Clockwise from the top left, text reads: “you are a valuable human being” “keep doing your best” “good work” “i love you” “you should probably have some coffee” “i like your outfit”
A PAL boxed copy of Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse for the Sega Mega Drive.
A screenshot from the Onedrive’s ‘Looking Back’ tab. Image shows Austin Powers cross-eyed. Text reads “Looking Back - Last week - over time”
A baked pumpkin, ready for a pie.
Still of icon animation showing Resetti vacuuming leaves in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update.
1/1400 scale USS Enterprise G model with freshly painted details.
The saucer of a 1/1400 scale USS Enterprise G model with Tamiya 3mm and 1mm tap masking a strip around the rim.
The underside of a painted 1/1400 scale Enterprise G saucer with paint masks from Aztek Dummy’s 1/1000 Discovery Enterprise partially applied over the base hull pattern.
The rear end of an Enterprise G model from Horner Shipyards at 1/1400 scale. The shuttlebay is visible through a left hand gripping the back of the model, with a small hand drill mid-turn, making dim windows just above the shuttlebay.
Key art from one of this week's AI-generated Switch eShop turds from Aldora Games. Shows various AI-generated characters in the top-centre above the title logo, all against an AI-generated background of blue sky with pinkish clouds, with water lapping on a shore surrounded by mountains in the lower half. Title reads "Brainrot: Tralalero and The Lost Soul of AI" https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/brainrot-tralalero-and-the-lost-soul-of-ai-switch/
The Jurassic Park gate rendered in Lego with a mix of bricks, different colours, built on a 32x32 green baseplate. Doors are ajar. One of the 4x4s Fords from an official set is outside the gate. Logo is a home-printed sticker.
Metal sign with ‘SAD HILL’ cut into it.
Close-up of a tiny, single-stud-sized Lego piece resting on a thumb, a can of Barbasol with a white lid as featured in Jurassic Park.
Close-up picture of a small snake with green and dark grey markings.
An off-screen photo of the Disney+ splash page for the Henson company’s ‘90s sitcom Dinosaurs. Image shows Earl Sinclair carrying the baby on his shoulders.
A screenshot of Donkey Kong Bananza showing DK at the bottom standing before a giant seated figure with only its feet visible. The giant is wearing a pair of dope white sneakers with pink, green and yellow accents.
A PAL copy of the Activision’s Fantastic 4 for GameCube.
Anakin riding atop a cow-like alien creature on a glade in Attack of the Clones.
A PAL copy of Steel Diver for Nintendo 3DS
USS Enterprise G model with internal lighting, painted with windows scratched out. Lower saucer, secondary hull and deflector dish are visible.
A copy of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat for GameCube.
A man in a white t-shirt holding a Switch 2 console in front of a mirror with Joy-Con controllers attached back-to-front. Mario Kart World’s menu screen is seen on the screen in the reflection.
A screenshot of a Switch 2 user profile screen showing playtime for several games. The entry for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour reads: “Played for 10 hours or more”
A 26-second clip of a two-moused nightmare minigame from Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour where you have to control two UFOs simultaneously while collecting 20 stars and dodging falling balls with spikes. It finishes with death after collecting 25 stars.
A Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle ready to be unboxed
A Switch Home menu screen showing No Man’s Sky downloading after being bought discounted, with a free Switch 2 upgrade available tmrw, on Switch 2 launch day.
Switch 2 carry case on a table with a Switch 2 screen protector resting on top.
Underside of a 1/1400 scale model of the USS Enterprise G, lit with various light leaks that need fixing.
Shot of a 1/1400 scale model of the USS Enterprise G with most of the paint masks removed from the top of the saucer to reveal a subtle ‘Aztec’ pattern.
A model of the USS Enterprise G with ‘Aztec’ masks being removed after recently being airbrushed. (As a modelling noob, I’m so pleased with how lovely and subtle this is effect is!)
Removing the first piece of masking tape representing ‘Aztec’ panelling on a recently painted 1/1400 scale mode of the USS Enterprise G.
A set of painting masks from Lou Dalmaso (Aztek Dummy) for the 1/1000 scale USS Enterprise from Star Trek Discovery.
Applying the ‘Aztec’ masking pattern to the Enterprise G saucer.
Enterprise G model with a rough sizing template on top of the saucer segments.
USS Enterprise model with an ‘aztec’ masking pattern applied to the top of the saucer.
Peeling off masking tape to reveal darker grey paint on a grey 1/1400 USS Enterprise G model. The contrast is a bit higher than I expected, but I should be able to bring that down with a blending coat at a later stage.
1/1400-scale USS Enterprise G model viewed from behind with hand-cut yellow Tamiya masking tape applied over details that will remain Dark Sea Grey.
1/1400 USS Enterprise G model viewed from the side with fairly straight, level nacelles.
Box containing Supercade goodies.
Partial screenshot of an email subject line from Nintendo advertising discounts, sent in April 2025. Text reads: Nintendo eShop 20 games from your Wish list are— Don’t miss out - these offers are o—
A Japanese copy of Treasure’s Sin and Punishment for Nintendo 64.
A copy of Ubisoft’s Combat of Giants Dinosaurs for Nintendo DS
A Nintendo Switch OLED in tabletop mode being played on a drop-down table on a plane. Controllers are scattered beside the screen. A sandwich on a plastic wrapper sits to the right, with a paper cup behind it. Screen shows a lovely glade with rays of sunlight glinting off the grass, a mountain range and blue sky in the background.