Rare co-founder Tim Stamper may have regretted his goofy Twitter (open in new tab) post yesterday in which he said he would lick a 25-year-old chocolate BAFTA (open in new tab) replica if Banjo-Kazooie won the public vote As Eurogamer (opens in new tab) reported, the Best Video Game Duo voting slate conducted by the BAFTA Games Twitter account was ultimately narrowed down to two rivals: Banjo-Kazooie and Link and Zelda. Of course, Stamper also voted for Grant Kirkhope, an absolute legend in video game music composition who also worked on the soundtrack for Banjo-Kazooie.

Not surprisingly, Banjo-Kazooie received 53.8% of the vote, as Tim Stamper seduced the dominant gods, such as Fate and the Norns. Or because one should never underestimate the tendency of people on the Internet to vote for what they find most interesting in this world. (Beauti McBoatface (opens in new tab). Or, perchance, the followers of a certain British organization might vote for a famous British-made character.

Therefore, to defend my honor as a gentleman, I ask Tim Stamper to lick the ancient, dusty, forbidden chocolate BAFTA. If he does not, I brand him a coward, a reprobate, and a general incompetent. And not in a pleasant way.

Grant Kirkhope may or may not have been involved in the initial bet by Stamper. Kirkhope's first response (open in new tab) was "Ha ha ...... Are you the first Tim? which I do not see as an appropriate agreement to the prank. But in the spirit of all that is good and fun, I think he should take a licking too. After all, he later said he felt compelled to do so.

As for the part about the BAFTA game (open in new tab), they said, "I don't know if we can endorse this." In this reporter's opinion, that's a coward's stance. Stay tuned for PC Gamer's question this weekend: "Which would you rather lick, BAFTA's chocolate or the Switch's cartridges?

Anyway, it was fun.