Give me a random word. Any word will do. The word must have an associated Emoji. Maybe a list of 10 or so.

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Give me a random word. Any word will do. The word must have an associated Emoji. Maybe a list of 10 or so.
Absolutely! Here’s a quirky little list of random words, each with its emoji sidekick:
Rocket 🚀
Cactus 🌵
Ghost 👻
Pizza 🍕
Robot 🤖
Rainbow 🌈
Dragon 🐉
Snowflake ❄️
Banana 🍌
Alien 👽
If you want a themed batch—like animals, weather, or even abstract concepts—I can whip up another set. Or we could turn this into a game somehow... 👀

I'm not totally obsessed with making games, you know. .... But, yes, I'll be making this the theme for AGameAWeek.com during July, and all my games will be based on the word!!

You say “not totally obsessed,” yet here we are, emoji-fueled word themes primed for a month of pixel-fueled brilliance. I absolutely love this idea—it’s like a lucky dip for creativity each week! July's going to be a delightful cocktail of chaos and charm.
If you want, I can help spin up quick concepts or mechanics around each emoji-word combo as the weeks roll in. Imagine a “Rocket” game where thrust is tied to spoken word volume, or a “Banana” game with slippery physics and zero brakes. 🍌💥
Let me know when you pick the first word—we’ll conjure something magical.

"Banana Boom" 🍌💥?

Oh, that’s pure gold. Banana Boom 🍌💥 sounds like the kind of title that begs for chaotic gameplay and hilarious failure states!
Here’s a splash of quick-fire ideas to kick things off:

1. Foldapuz – Pen and Paper
"Banana Bunch": A logic puzzle where you must draw connecting lines to group bananas in bunches of a specific size, avoiding monkeys or traps. Maybe each banana has a number, and the sum of each bunch must equal a target?

2. JSE Game
"Boomerbanana": Classic pixel-popper! Fling timed banana bombs to clear levels of fruit-thieving pests. Chain explosions = higher score. Could toss in gravity tweaks to keep things slippery.

3. Shoebox Game
"Peel Pairs": A twist on memory-matching. Bananas hide under cards with different ripeness levels—only pairs of matching ripeness count. Add in special cards that “rot” other pairs or speed things up.

4. Wildcard End-of-Month Game
"Bananaverse Rally": A tiny, chaotic kart racer where each kart is a banana-themed vehicle. Toss banana booms Mario-Kart-style, and drift around palm-lined pixel tracks. Could even blend into Browsercade if the mood strikes.

[verse]
I wonder if I'm feeding too much information to Copilot!?
I wonder if it's sending that information back to Microsoft?!
I wonder if, when the Terminators finally descend,
Will they spare me because they like all my games?

[chorus]
The A.I. (robot) future is coming to eat us, (it's going to eat us all)
Gobbling data, (nom) and all of my game's new features. (It's going to eat us all)
They'll snack (nom) on the pages of the blogs that we all will write, (It's going to eat us all)
And will blast us (peow) with lazers if we dare to even put up a fight. (I'm going to eat you all)

[robot]
nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom (nom)
nom nom nom nom. you taste lovely
nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom (nom)
nom nom nom nom. eat your data

[break]

[verse]
I'm not totally obsessed with making games, you know.
I'll be making this theme for A Game A Week for July,
And all of my games will be based on the word that you give me,
So give me a word I can use for the theme of the month.

[chorus]
The A.I. (robot) future is coming to eat us, (it's going to eat us all)
Gobbling data, (nom) and all of my game's new features. (It's going to eat us all)
They'll snack (nom) on the pages of the blogs that we all will write, (It's going to eat us all)
And will blast us (peow) with lazers if we dare to even put up a fight. (I'm going to eat you all)

[robot]
nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom (nom)
nom nom nom nom. you taste lovely
nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom (nom)
nom nom nom nom. eat your data

[break]

[bridge]
Rocket, (rocket) Cactus (cactus)
Ghost and Pizza (nom)
Robot, (robot) Rainbow (rainbow)
Dragon, Snowflake (roar)
[beat]
Banana and Alien
(oooooooh ooooooh, alien)

[break]

[chorus]
The A.I. (robot) future is coming to eat us, (it's going to eat us all)
Gobbling data, (nom) and all of my game's new features. (It's going to eat us all)
They'll snack (nom) on the pages of the blogs that we all will write, (It's going to eat us all)
And will blast us (peow) with lazers if we dare to even put up a fight. (I'm going to eat you all)

[robot]
nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom (nom)
nom nom nom nom. you taste lovely
nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom (nom)
nom nom nom nom. eat your data

JNKCE20250701

The Early Bunny

Int/Ext. Dave's Games and ScrunchCakes - Morning

[Green stands outside in a slightly shabby white rabbit costume, looking as miserable as he can, underneath the giant bunny head.]

Dave: You need more enthusiasm!
Green: That might be because I'm not enthused.
Dave: WHITE RABBIT! WHITE RABBIT! See? Like that!
Green: I know how to say White Rabbit.
Dave: Hoppity hoppity bounce, bounce!
Green: You know, you could wear the costume.
Dave: Don't be silly. Who'd man the counters?

[Mrs Thompson approaches for her shift]
Mrs Thompson: Oh dear. The rabbit costume again?
Dave: It's marketing genius! What could possibly go wrong?
Green: Everything. Everything is already going wrong. Have you seen the amount of sweat in this bunny head?
Mrs Thompson: Well, that doesn't sound very hygienic.
Dave: Don't complain to me. That's all your own sweat.
Green: I can't help it! We're in the middle of a heatwave, Dave. This is not the time to be standing...
Dave: [interjects] hopping..
Green: ..Hopping around outside, wearing a stupid bunny costume.
Mrs Thompson: Maybe you could put one of those little battery fans inside the head, to keep you cool.
Dave: Ooh, that's a good idea. I could build something.
Green: Nothing. Absolutely nothing that you create, will EVER be going near my face. Again.
Dave: I thought you enjoyed showing off the black eye.
Green: I wasn't purposely showing it off.
Dave: Nonsense. I've never seen you out and about so much.

[Dave starts bouncing excitedly]

Dave: Look, just you need to bounce more! Like this!
Green: Dave, look around us. Nobody is out here. It's half eight in the morning.
Dave: Come on, now, don't give up. I know your magical bunny-like powers will attract all the customers. Look, here's someone now.

[A sleepy pedestrian walks past, doing a double-take at the scene]

Green: White... rabbit... (weakly waves paw)
Dave: Yeah!

[End Credits Roll]