Happy Monday, folks, and welcome to my first Weekly Video Games Thread of 2026! Well, actually, I wrote this two weeks ago, because I already added the header image and realized “no, wait, I actually want my final two threads to have relevant prompts.” So I just, you know, kept this file open for around fourteen days to make sure I didn’t forget it.

Anyway, among Mario Kart World‘s many pleasures is the UFO, this bizarre event that can happen randomly. You can be abducted by this flying saucer and drive as it for a few seconds. Naturally, there’s a mini-game where you suck up cattle. This delighted me from the moment I first found one, so here’s today’s prompt: what’s your favorite UFO in a game?

And, as always, what did you play this weekend?