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|icon = Games log.jpg}}{{quote|My title is the Lord of Games, but you has-beens call me L.O.G. I am the grand creator of all videogames!|L.O.G.|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]}}
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{{quote|My title is the Lord of Games, but you has-beens call me L.O.G. I am the grand creator of all videogames!|Lord of Games|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]}}
The '''Lord of Games''', often abbreviated to '''L.O.G.''', is a character in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''.


The '''Lord of Games''', often abbreviated to '''L.O.G.''', is a major character in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''. He is sick and tired of the ongoing rivalry of [[Banjo]], [[Kazooie]], and [[Gruntilda]], and decides to put an end to it in one final showdown. He hopes his showdown will reveal who's truly worthy of owning [[Spiral Mountain]]; The winner gets the deed to Spiral Mountain, and the loser is subject to an eternity to work at his video game factory. He goes through the trouble of creating [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts#Worlds and Levels|every world in which they compete]].
==Physical traits==
L.O.G. is a tall character whose appearance consists of a floating, golden {{wp|cathode ray tube}} monitor and a long, mauve robe. The screen that makes up his "face" is green, and it's a screenshot of "Generic Paddle Tennis Game 5"<ref name="Banjo-Kazooie Facebook Q&A">[https://www.reddit.com/r/BanjoKazooie/comments/5s2fna/banjokazooie_facebook_qas/ Archive on Reddit of the Banjo-Kazooie Facebook Q&A] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220912123225/https://www.reddit.com/r/BanjoKazooie/comments/5s2fna/banjokazooie_facebook_qas/ archive.org])</ref> (a parody of ''{{wp|Pong}}'', one of the first video games ever created), complete with two paddles, ball, and a screen divider. The two paddles appear to represent his eyes, and his mouth could either be represented by the ball on-screen or the speaker at the bottom of the monitor. There are two literal, living computer mice crawling around him, and their tail represents a USB plug, and at one point L.O.G. says that nobody except his mice understand him.


==Physical Characteristics==
==Personality==
L.O.G. is a tall, thin, imposing figure. He is dressed in modestly simplistic mauve robes and finery. His golden head is in the shape of a Retro Television. The screen that makes up his "face" is green, and stylized to look like a game of [[Wikipedia:Pong|Pong]], one of the first video games ever created, with his two eyes being the paddles and his long nose being made up of the ball and screen-divider. Climbing all around L.O.G.'s body are small white mechanical mice with plugs for tails.
{{quote|It would be a shame to let Gruntilda win and turn your homeland into a grotty, ugly suburb. But I must remain impartial...|Lord of Games|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]}}
He is an omnipotent deity and a personification for video games overall. L.O.G. claims to have been involved with the creation of every video game, making them in his [[L.O.G.'s Video Game Factory|game factory]]. L.O.G. has a wise yet domineering personality. He is often shown to be fair, such as when he gave Grunty a new body so that she could have an equal chance of the competition for the Spiral Mountain deed.


As L.O.G. has created every video game, he seems all-powerful when in one. Some abilities he's shown to possess include teleportation, the ability to "pause" the game at will (he is unaffected by said pause), and the ability to transform video game characters as he pleases. At one point, he also threatens to reduce Banjo and Kazooie to basic pixels. He uses these magical powers to create several game worlds just for the battle between Banjo, Kazooie and Grunty.
L.O.G. is knowledgeable of the first two games, ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' and ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''. The [[Banjoland]] world has several artifacts originating from these two games. He references other characters and locations in his [[List of questions from The Six of the Best|quiz]] during the final challenge. L.O.G. could also represent the game's developers, [[Rare Ltd.]], as the [[U.F.O.]] exhibit directly states that he worked hard to get ''Banjo-Tooie'' released in a timely manner.


In terms of personality, L.O.G. is both wise and omnipotent, however he often comes off as domineering. He also tries his best to be fair and just, giving Grunty an equal chance of winning as Banjo and Kazooie, despite outwardly siding with the duo.
==Powers==
{{quote|Ssssh! L.O.G.'s listening... And watching... Always watching... I've said too much!|[[Supporting cast]]|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]}}
L.O.G. is an omnipotent character. Some of his abilities shown are teleportation, the ability to "pause" the game (without being affected), and the ability to transform characters into different forms. He can create entire areas, namely the worlds accessed from Showdown Town. In one part, he threatens to reduce Banjo and Kazooie to basic pixels.


==History==
==Biography==
L.O.G. claims to have had a hand in creating every video game ever made and, being in the position he is in, is occasionally a bit prone to bragging, but generally is a very fair person. He also mentions in passing that he has a wife, a "Lady of Games", who was the first to create games that had "kittens, ponies and ninjas being blown up with rocket launchers".
===Background===
{{Quote|This L.O.G. guy happens to be the man, the big cheese, the supreme being, the creator. Stay on his good side!|[[Bottles]]|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]}}
L.O.G. claims to have created every game ever, and due to his position, is occasionally a prone to bragging. He also mentions in passing that he has a wife, the [[List of implied characters#Lady of Games|Lady of Games]], who was the first to create games that had "kittens, ponies and ninjas being blown up with rocket launchers."


It is also implied that he was involved in the creation of the earlier games in the [[Banjo-Kazooie series]], being aware of many classic details in the series, including the likes of [[Tooty]] and [[Mumbo's Mountain]], which both appeared in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. He references these and other characters and locations in his [[List of Questions From The Six of the Best |quiz]] in the final challenge. An exhibit in [[Banjoland]] also directly states that L.O.G. worked hard to get ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' out in a timely manner.
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''===
[[File:LOG Nuts and Bolts screenshot.png|thumb|left|L.O.G.'s appearance in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.]]
In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', L.O.G. is one of the main characters. He first makes his appearance at [[Spiral Mountain]], where he briefly "pauses" the game just as Banjo and Kazooie are about to fight Gruntilda. The word 'Pause' appears on-screen as L.O.G. materializes. He turns then into a frog and a pumpkin and sends them on a quest to collect objects scattered around Spiral Mountain. After deciding the challenge he concocted was pointless, L.O.G. decides on a new one and sends the three to [[Showdown Town]] in newly-created vehicles.


==Games==
Once there, he explains that he can offer the deed to Spiral Mountain. The rules of his contest are that if Banjo and Kazooie can collect enough [[Jiggy|Jiggies]] to return to Spiral Mountain, they win, and Grunty wins if she can prevent them from doing so. To make the competition fair, he gives Grunty a new body and a purple cat, [[Piddles]], as her new sidekick. L.O.G. restores Banjo and Kazooie's physical fitness and gives them a [[Mumbo's Wrench|magic wrench]]. He does not give the duo back their moves learned in the two previous games, stating that they will not need them. L.O.G. then creates five large worlds for them to compete in, all of them being artificial environments, and leaves. From that point on, Banjo and Kazooie can visit L.O.G. in front of his game factory. Although L.O.G. tries to remain neutral throughout the competition, he later admits that he does not want Grunty to win.
===''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''===


L.O.G. first makes his appearance at [[Spiral Mountain]], where he appears just in time to stop a fight between Banjo-Kazooie and Gruntilda from occurring by (literally) pausing it (the word 'Pause' appears on screen and Banjo, Kazooie, and Gruntilda are frozen in time as L.O.G materializes). Rather than have them let their fight ensue, he sends them on a quest to collect things scattered around the mountain. After deciding the challenge he concocted was pointless, sends the three to [[Showdown Town]] in newly-created vehicles, where the game really begins.
L.O.G.'s makes a final appearance at Spiral Mountain, where he awards six Jiggies to Banjo and Kazooie if they complete his [[List of questions from The Six of the Best|Six of the Best]] task, which is interlaced with a trivia quiz. When the duo win the final challenge against Grunty, L.O.G. pauses the game before they can finish her off. He instantly teleports Grunty and Piddles to his video game factory and gives the Spiral Mountain deed to Banjo and Kazooie, and their moves from the previous two games.
{{br|left}}
==Other appearances==
In ''[[rarewiki:Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|Killer Instinct]]'', L.O.G.'s head appears as a backpack in the "Rarewear" costume for [[rarewiki:Rash|Rash]].


Once there, he explains that he can offer them the deed to [[Spiral Mountain]], but they must both follow his rules: if Banjo and Kazooie can collect enough [[Jiggies]] to return to Spiral Mountain, they win, and Grunty wins if she can prevent them from doing so. In order to give both sides a fighting chance, he gives Grunty a mechanical replica of her original body and a new henchman, [[Piddles]], and also restores Banjo and Kazooie's physical fitness and gives them a [[Magic Wrench]], though he does not give the duo back their old moves from the previous games (the two having forgotten most of them during their eight years of inactivity) on the grounds that they won't need them. He creates five large worlds for them to compete in and sends them on their way. While he makes it known that he is attempting to be impartial in the challenge, he does admit later on that he doesn't want Grunty to win.
==Statistics==
 
*'''''Nuts & Bolts'' manual profile:''' "''L.O.G., as he is known, is a mysterious widescreen deity who claims to have had a hand in every video game ever made. L.O.G. decided to end the feud between Banjo and Grunty, and, in an unexpected twist, the Lord of Games has chosen to settle the matter using games.''"
L.O.G. can be visited at any time from that point on in front of his [[Lord of Games' Videogame Factory|factory]] overlooking the town square.
 
He makes his final appearance at [[Spiral Mountain]], where he awards 6 Jiggies for the completion of his [[List of Questions From The Six of the Best |Six Of The Best task]], which is interlaced wih a trivia quiz. Afterwards, once Grunty is defeated, he stops the heroes from finishing her off by, again, "pausing" the game. He instantly teleports Grunty and Piddles to his video game factory and hands [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] the deeds to Spiral Mountain, ending their quest. During the award ceremony to Banjo and Kazooie, L.O.G. also gives the duo all of their moves back.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
'''L.O.G.:''' Greetings, o second-game characters!.<br />'''Banjo''' W-who are you?<br />'''L.O.G.:''' My title is the Lord of Games, but you has-beens call me L.O.G. I am the grand creator of all videogames!"<br />'''Kazooie:''' Even ones that don't sell very well, like Ghoulies?<br />'''Gruntilda:''' Your name is odd and you look a bit querer, so tell old Grunty what brings L.O.G. here?<br />'''L.O.G.:''' I come to settle your differences, cliched crone. You will play a challenge of my choice. To the winner goes Spiral Mountain. To the loser... an eternity of toil in my video game factory!<br />'''Gruntilda:''' This sounds like a preposterous ruse, what'll you do if we refuse?<br />'''Banjo:''' Oh dear...<br />'''L.O.G.:''' I wish they could stay like this, but I suppose you people would actually like to take a part in this game.<br />Now then, in line with Banjo tradition, your challenge will consist of collecting as many pointless objects as possible. Let the Collectathon commence!.<br />No no no, it's all too painful to watch, gamers today don't want all this, they just want to shoot things! But as we're broadening the demographic, I'll have to think of something original. Hmmm. Very well then, failures, listen carefully.<br />'''Kazooie:''' Failures? We've been in several games already!<br />'''L.O.G.:''' But nowhere near as many as that Italian gentleman, correct?<br />'''Banjo:''' He does have a point.<br />'''L.O.G.:''' I will now transport you to a brand new game world, considerably more impressive than anything you've seen before.<br />'''Gruntlda:''' My body's gone but not my eyes, all I see is a pack of lies!<br />'''Banjo:''' Mr. L.O.G., I don't think any of us are really in good enough shape for another adventure.<br />'''L.O.G.:''' Any other requests?<br />'''Kazooie:''' Hey, L.C.D. brain, where are my moves from the previous games?<br />'''L.O.G.:''' You won't needing those. They where rather outdated, anyway.<br />'''Gruntilda:''' Bird was bad in our last game, now it seems she's extra lame!<br />'''L.O.G.:''' Please follow me in those vehicles before I change my mind.<br />'''Kazooie:''' Come on Banjo, grab us the cool-looking one!<br />'''Gruntilda:''' Too slow, loosers. Watch me go! I'll win it this time, I just know!<br />'''Banjo:''' This one looks a bit safer...<br />'''Kazooie:''' No, it looks like a shopping trolley. We'll really look very stupid.
{{Main|List of Lord of Games quotes}}


*"That looked rather painful. Let's begin, shall we?
== Gallery ==
*"This charming locale is known as Showdown Town".
<gallery>
*"Perched up there is my splendid videogame factory".
Lord of Games artwork 2.jpg|Concept art from ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.
*"While exploring the town, look for these doors, which lead into game worlds of my own creation. There you'll find Jigsaw pieces..." "Jiggies? Is that the best you could come up with? We've run around chasing Jiggies at least twice before!" "Silence, bregull. Deposit the Jigsaw pieces in the Jiggy Bank, and more doors will open to you" - Kazooie and L.O.G.
LOG wallpaper NnB.jpg|Wallpaper of L.O.G.
*"Win and bank enough Jiggies to open the final door, return ro Spiral Mountain and potentially win the game."
LOG screenshot 1.png|L.O.G. wants to keep Banjo and Grunty in their current transformations.
*"Grunty's role in my wonderful game is quite simple. She must try to prevent you two from gettint back to Spiral Mountain." "But how we play your daft game when you've stolen my abilities?" - Kazooie and L.O.G.
LOG screenshot 2.png|L.O.G. about to introduce Banjo and Kazooie's new adventure.
*"By using this, impatient bird of dubious popularity." "A rusty metal stick? You've got to be joking, tube head!" - Kazooie and L.O.G.
LOG screenshot 3.png|L.O.G. at the start of The Six of the Best.
*"Actually, you'll find that rusty stick to be a magical wrench with near-unlimited creative power."
LOG screenshot 4.png|L.O.G. in the ending.
*"Oh my, Piddles isn't going to like that."
LOG screenshot 5.png|Another screenshot of L.O.G. in the ending.
*Now then, hold down the LB right trigger to pick up objects, and release it to drop them. Pick up this."
LOG screenshot 6.png|L.O.G. provides the deed to Banjo, declaring him the owner of Spiral Mountain.
*"That Trophy Thomas fellow seens to think his gifts equal my own, but when it comes to maximizing you Jiggy count by replaying games, he does serve a purpose."
</gallery>
*"In invented the first-person shooter, you know. Wish I hadn't bothered now. Have you seen how many of the thing there are? I expect there's even a space marine in this game somewhere."
*"You may be restricted to a single vehicle in Showdown Town, but don't let that put you off experimenting with your bets new parts to create mean machines for use in the game worlds!"
*"Whatever the outcome of this conflict, do you think you could consider not having a nemesis for a while? Your squabbling gives me a serious migraine, right here, behind my screen."
*"The Jinjos in the game worlds are rather more independent than the few remaining in Showdown Town, who may need some help to escape their current circunstances."
*"I discarded a lot of game worlds from this adventure. The Sewers of Severity, Vomit Volcano, Tooty Land... None of them made the cut, for whatever reason."
*"They're all in the pipeline. You know. Killer Instinct 3. Battletoads and Jet Force Gemini games. Even Ghoulies 2! Oh you'll never believe that. I've ruined my own humorous jape."
*"You should be grateful, I could've sent you to Hoedown Town. It's awful. The music, the dancing! -L.O.G saying about the beta world Weird West
*"What's that? You want to know why you've never met or heard of me before? Well, I'm very good at disguising myself. Pet my piglet!"
*"Sigh. This latest batch of characters is even more dysfunctional than I suspected."
*"I'll asume that was an accident. Keep it up and I'll reduce you to constituent pixels!"
*"When you're ready, press the A Button and let's begin the game!".
*"Now for your next test. Collect Grunty's eye and put it where it belongs! That's right, in the skip. Oh, very well, the "Dumpster". Sigh..."
*"I do believe that's the right answer!".
*"Well done, you answered that correctly!".
*"Excellent, a correct answer!".
*"All question answered correctly! Aren't you the smart one?"
*"My eyes are almost popping out of my screen! A performance like that earns you the very highest reward!"
*"I don't think that will be necessary, Banjo." "Why not, scart mouth? - L.O.G. and Kazooie.
*"Because you've just won the game."
*"(Referring to Gruntilda) Oh, but you are. Farewell, you half-baked harridan!
*"Now, if you two wouldn't mind smartening yourselves up, I'll see you later to collects your prize."
*"By the video game powers invested in me by myself, I hereby declare Banjo to be the rightgul owner of Spiral Mountain, for no and evermore."
*"(Reffering to Kazooie's question) Good point, although you may never get another game."
*"I believe somebody has someting to show you."
*"Of course, I have the best gift for you. It's just a little something I made eariler."
*"Let's take a look, shall we?".
*Alas, No. The warp system is built to transport vehicles. Not of bunch of animals running on foot like. Well... Like animals. Hop back into yout Trolley and try again
 
=== L.O.G.'s Tips===
During the loading screens, L.O.G. will appear and in his face the player can read random hints and tips:


*"Press and hold the Y Button when on foot to recall a distant or lost vehicle. This will not work during a Jiggy game. That would be cheating!"
==Nomenclature==
*"If you've built a heavy vehicle, you'll need to add more power to enable it to perform well."
===Lord of Games===
*"Have you been playing for a while but still don't like the vehicle-based gameplay? Maybe you need to buy Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox Live Arcade instead."
{{Foreign names
*"Showdown Town is made up of six different districts: the town center, theater district, seaside, lake, docks and uptown."
|Spa = Señor de los Juegos
*"Collect the Mumbo Crates around Showdown Town, then take them to Mumbo's Motors to add more vehicle parts to the garage parts store."
|SpaM = Lord of the Games
*"I've heard that cooking roast beef in the Nutty Acres volcano is considered a real achievement."
|Ita = Signore dei Giochi
*"Hold up on the D-Pad when not in a Jiggy game to make a shortcut to Mumbo's Motors, where you can build or test vehicles."
|ItaM = Lord of Games
*"Visit Mumbo's Motor's in Showdown Town to build and fine-tune your very own vehicles."
|Fra = Seigneur Absolu des Jeux
*"Most of the vehicle parts in the Weapon category also require ammo to function. A simple but crucial point."
|FraM = Absolute Lord of Games
*"Leave plenty of space between wheels and add them to the corners of land-based vehicles for optimal performance."
|Jap = Lord of Games
*"Having trouble finding the Jinjos in game worlds? The Spec-o-Spy vehicle part is the answer."
|JapM = -
*"In multiplayer mode, you'll start your own party. If you're connected to Xbox Live, you can join your friends' parties or invite them to your party."
|Swe = StormäsTare OCh Kung
*"Only the Trolley can be used in Showdown Town. i will be not swayed! All other Vehicles can be used inside the Game Worlds
|SweM = Grandmaster and King}}
===L.O.G.===
{{Foreign names
|Spa = S.J.
|SpaM = L.O.G.
|Ita = L.O.G.
|ItaM = -
|Fra = S.A.J.
|FraM = L.O.G.
|Jap = L.O.G.
|JapM = -
|Swe = S.T.O.C.K.
|SweM = L.O.G.}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*L.O.G breaks the [[Fourth wall]] in the introduction scene when he transforms Banjo and Gruntilda into a pumpkin and a Piñata, saying "I wish they could stay like this, but I suppose you people would actually like to take part in this game." (See gallery below)
*The Lord of Games mentions [[mariowiki:Mario|Mario]] from [[Nintendo]]'s [[mariowiki:Mario (franchise)|eponymous franchise]] during the introduction sequence of ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', where Kazooie says that she and Banjo had "been in several games already," to which L.O.G. replies by saying that they haven't appeared in "nowhere near as many as that Italian gentleman." This is a reference to the fact that Mario appeared in over 200 games (including spin-offs), and Banjo and Kazooie had only appeared in 5 games up to that point.
*L.O.G.'s beta name was God of Games.
*The game playing on L.O.G.'s monitor head is called "Generic Paddle Tennis Game 5," and it's his "way of trying to appear unthreatening and approachable to [his] little video game children."<ref name="Banjo-Kazooie Facebook Q&A"/>
*L.O.G. mentions Nintendo's popular mascot Mario while talking with Kazooie: "We've been in several games!" "But nowhere near as many as that Italian gentleman, correct?"
*L.O.G. states that cheese gives him nightmares, and "that's when things like ''{{wp|Taboo: The Sixth Sense|Taboo}}'' and ''{{wp|Wheel of Fortune video games|Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition}}'' end up happening."<ref name="Banjo-Kazooie Facebook Q&A"/>
*His face is a refrence to the game, Pong, which was one of the first videogames ever created.
*It is implied that [[rarewiki:Fiddlesworth Dunfiddlin|Fiddlesworth Dunfiddlin]] from ''[[rarewiki:Grabbed by the Ghoulies|Grabbed by the Ghoulies]]'' was the Lord of Games disguised, as in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', L.O.G. while in Showdown Town claims to be "very good at disguising [himself]," and proceeds to tell Banjo to "pet [his] piglet." "Pet my piglet" is one of the many "Fiddlerisms" said by Fiddlesworth.
*The mice possibly represent computer mice. They also have USB plugs like computer mice, and obviously play on the naming of them.
**Inside the Dunfiddlin Cottage of [[rarewiki:Goulhaven Hall|Goulhaven Hall]], various pieces of clothing and pictures of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' characters in them can be found.
*Somewhere near the end of the LOGBOX 720 soundtrack, a robotic voice says: "Welcome to my world, Stupid Bear and Bird, Lots to do and see, Stop and Swop on 360", which might be L.O.G's voice.
* His character description refers to him as a "widescreen deity". However his display appears to have a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is considered ''fullscreen'' by modern standards.
 
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
<gallery withds "120">
Image:Log1.PNG|L.O.G. breaking the [[Fourth wall]] in the intro of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''.
Image:Log2.png|L.O.G. explaining to [[Banjo]], [[Kazooie]] and [[Grunty]] the new adventure in the intro of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''.
Image:Log8.png|Lord of Games in front of his factory.
Image:Log9.png|L.O.G. in [[Spiral Mountain]].
Image:Log3.png|L.O.G. at the beginning of The Six of the Best.
Image:Log4.png|L.O.G. in The Six of the Best task.
Image:Log5.png|L.O.G. after the final showdown.
Image:Log6.png|L.O.G. talking to [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]].
Image:Log7.png|L.O.G. delivering the deeds of [[Spiral Mountain]] to [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]].</gallery>
====Artwork====
<gallery withds "120">
Image:Gog.jpg|L.O.G. as God Of Games, his beta name. Beta design too.
Image:Gog2.jpg|L.O.G. as God of Games. Strangely, in this design he seems to be a villain.
Image:Gog'sFactory.jpg|Beta design of [[Lord of Games' Videogame Factory]].
Image:LOGDevelopment.png|L.O.G.'s development.
Image:WallpaperN&B12.jpg|''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' LOG's official website wallpaper.
</gallery>
 
==Names in Other Languages==
{{Foreignname
 
|Spa = Señor de los Juegos, S.J.
|SpaM = Lord of the Games, L.O.G.
|Ita = Signore dei Giochi, L.O.G.
|ItaM = Lord of Games, L.O.G.
|Fra = Seigneur des Jeux, S.A.J.
|FraM = Lord of Games|Jap = ロード・オブ・ゲーム,ログ
|JapM = Lord of Games, L.O.G.|JapR = }}


{{clear}}
==References==
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[[Category:Main Characters]]
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Latest revision as of 15:25, January 12, 2024

The Lord of Games, often abbreviated to L.O.G., is a character in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

Lord of Games
Lord of Games art.jpg
Artwork for Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Game(s) Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
World(s) Spiral Mountain, Showdown Town
“My title is the Lord of Games, but you has-beens call me L.O.G. I am the grand creator of all videogames!”
—Lord of Games, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Physical traitsEdit

L.O.G. is a tall character whose appearance consists of a floating, golden cathode ray tube monitor and a long, mauve robe. The screen that makes up his "face" is green, and it's a screenshot of "Generic Paddle Tennis Game 5"[1] (a parody of Pong, one of the first video games ever created), complete with two paddles, ball, and a screen divider. The two paddles appear to represent his eyes, and his mouth could either be represented by the ball on-screen or the speaker at the bottom of the monitor. There are two literal, living computer mice crawling around him, and their tail represents a USB plug, and at one point L.O.G. says that nobody except his mice understand him.

PersonalityEdit

“It would be a shame to let Gruntilda win and turn your homeland into a grotty, ugly suburb. But I must remain impartial...”
—Lord of Games, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

He is an omnipotent deity and a personification for video games overall. L.O.G. claims to have been involved with the creation of every video game, making them in his game factory. L.O.G. has a wise yet domineering personality. He is often shown to be fair, such as when he gave Grunty a new body so that she could have an equal chance of the competition for the Spiral Mountain deed.

L.O.G. is knowledgeable of the first two games, Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. The Banjoland world has several artifacts originating from these two games. He references other characters and locations in his quiz during the final challenge. L.O.G. could also represent the game's developers, Rare Ltd., as the U.F.O. exhibit directly states that he worked hard to get Banjo-Tooie released in a timely manner.

PowersEdit

“Ssssh! L.O.G.'s listening... And watching... Always watching... I've said too much!”
—Supporting cast, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

L.O.G. is an omnipotent character. Some of his abilities shown are teleportation, the ability to "pause" the game (without being affected), and the ability to transform characters into different forms. He can create entire areas, namely the worlds accessed from Showdown Town. In one part, he threatens to reduce Banjo and Kazooie to basic pixels.

BiographyEdit

BackgroundEdit

“This L.O.G. guy happens to be the man, the big cheese, the supreme being, the creator. Stay on his good side!”
—Bottles, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

L.O.G. claims to have created every game ever, and due to his position, is occasionally a prone to bragging. He also mentions in passing that he has a wife, the Lady of Games, who was the first to create games that had "kittens, ponies and ninjas being blown up with rocket launchers."

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & BoltsEdit

 
L.O.G.'s appearance in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, L.O.G. is one of the main characters. He first makes his appearance at Spiral Mountain, where he briefly "pauses" the game just as Banjo and Kazooie are about to fight Gruntilda. The word 'Pause' appears on-screen as L.O.G. materializes. He turns then into a frog and a pumpkin and sends them on a quest to collect objects scattered around Spiral Mountain. After deciding the challenge he concocted was pointless, L.O.G. decides on a new one and sends the three to Showdown Town in newly-created vehicles.

Once there, he explains that he can offer the deed to Spiral Mountain. The rules of his contest are that if Banjo and Kazooie can collect enough Jiggies to return to Spiral Mountain, they win, and Grunty wins if she can prevent them from doing so. To make the competition fair, he gives Grunty a new body and a purple cat, Piddles, as her new sidekick. L.O.G. restores Banjo and Kazooie's physical fitness and gives them a magic wrench. He does not give the duo back their moves learned in the two previous games, stating that they will not need them. L.O.G. then creates five large worlds for them to compete in, all of them being artificial environments, and leaves. From that point on, Banjo and Kazooie can visit L.O.G. in front of his game factory. Although L.O.G. tries to remain neutral throughout the competition, he later admits that he does not want Grunty to win.

L.O.G.'s makes a final appearance at Spiral Mountain, where he awards six Jiggies to Banjo and Kazooie if they complete his Six of the Best task, which is interlaced with a trivia quiz. When the duo win the final challenge against Grunty, L.O.G. pauses the game before they can finish her off. He instantly teleports Grunty and Piddles to his video game factory and gives the Spiral Mountain deed to Banjo and Kazooie, and their moves from the previous two games.

Other appearancesEdit

In Killer Instinct, L.O.G.'s head appears as a backpack in the "Rarewear" costume for Rash.

StatisticsEdit

  • Nuts & Bolts manual profile: "L.O.G., as he is known, is a mysterious widescreen deity who claims to have had a hand in every video game ever made. L.O.G. decided to end the feud between Banjo and Grunty, and, in an unexpected twist, the Lord of Games has chosen to settle the matter using games."

QuotesEdit

Main article: List of Lord of Games quotes

GalleryEdit

  • Concept art from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

  • Wallpaper of L.O.G.

  • L.O.G. wants to keep Banjo and Grunty in their current transformations.

  • L.O.G. about to introduce Banjo and Kazooie's new adventure.

  • L.O.G. at the start of The Six of the Best.

  • L.O.G. in the ending.

  • Another screenshot of L.O.G. in the ending.

  • L.O.G. provides the deed to Banjo, declaring him the owner of Spiral Mountain.

NomenclatureEdit

Lord of GamesEdit

Language Name Meaning
French Seigneur Absolu des Jeux Absolute Lord of Games
Italian Signore dei Giochi Lord of Games
Japanese Lord of Games -
Spanish Señor de los Juegos Lord of the Games

L.O.G.Edit

Language Name Meaning
French S.A.J. L.O.G.
Italian L.O.G. -
Japanese L.O.G. -
Spanish S.J. L.O.G.

TriviaEdit

  • The Lord of Games mentions Mario from Nintendo's eponymous franchise during the introduction sequence of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, where Kazooie says that she and Banjo had "been in several games already," to which L.O.G. replies by saying that they haven't appeared in "nowhere near as many as that Italian gentleman." This is a reference to the fact that Mario appeared in over 200 games (including spin-offs), and Banjo and Kazooie had only appeared in 5 games up to that point.
  • The game playing on L.O.G.'s monitor head is called "Generic Paddle Tennis Game 5," and it's his "way of trying to appear unthreatening and approachable to [his] little video game children."[1]
  • L.O.G. states that cheese gives him nightmares, and "that's when things like Taboo and Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition end up happening."[1]
  • It is implied that Fiddlesworth Dunfiddlin from Grabbed by the Ghoulies was the Lord of Games disguised, as in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, L.O.G. while in Showdown Town claims to be "very good at disguising [himself]," and proceeds to tell Banjo to "pet [his] piglet." "Pet my piglet" is one of the many "Fiddlerisms" said by Fiddlesworth.
    • Inside the Dunfiddlin Cottage of Goulhaven Hall, various pieces of clothing and pictures of Banjo-Kazooie characters in them can be found.
  • His character description refers to him as a "widescreen deity". However his display appears to have a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is considered fullscreen by modern standards.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ a b c Archive on Reddit of the Banjo-Kazooie Facebook Q&A (archive.org)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Characters Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie
Supporting characters Boggy • Bottles • Captain Blubber • Ghost • Humba Wumba • Jamjars • Jinjo • Jolly Dodger • King Jingaling • Klungo • Lord of Games • Mr. Fit • Mumbo Jumbo • Pikelet • Supporting cast • Trophy Thomas
Antagonists Gruntbot • Gruntilda • Minjo • Mr. Patch • Piddles • Showdown Town Police
Cameos Bawl • Captain Blackeye • Cheato • Clanker • Colliwobble • Dingpot • George Ice Cube • Glowbo • Gobi • Golden Goliath • Loggo • Mildred Ice Cube • Moggy • Roysten • Saucer of Peril • Soggy • Tanktup • Targitzan • Tooty • Topper • Weldar
Items Jiggy • Jinjo Token • Mumbo Crate • Musical Note • T.T. Trophy • Vehicle parts
Objects Jig-O-Vend • Jiggy Bank • Laser Door • Mumbo's Wrench • Trapdoor Tower • Vehicles • Wrench-it Bolt
Locations Spiral Mountain (Banjo's House • Gruntilda's Lair) • Showdown Town (Mumbo's Motors • Test-o-Track • Klungo's Arcade • Boggy's Gym • Bingo Palace • L.O.G.'s Video Game Factory) • Nutty Acres • LOGBOX 720 • Banjoland • Jiggosseum • Terrarium of Terror • L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges
Minigames Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh World • Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh Universsse
Other Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack • Gallery • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Stop 'n' Swop
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