{"id":1098359,"date":"2026-01-26T15:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tYufjjz8iiA4mA6wss9yze"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:47:44","slug":"the-silksong-hive-is-buzzing-over-a-dev-tweet-that-sees-a-chocolate-cake-napoleon-bonaparte-and-imagine-dragons-all-pointing-with-red-string-to-the-april-switch-2-nintendo-direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-silksong-hive-is-buzzing-over-a-dev-tweet-that-sees-a-chocolate-cake-napoleon-bonaparte-and-imagine-dragons-all-pointing-with-red-string-to-the-april-switch-2-nintendo-direct\/","title":{"rendered":"The Silksong hive is buzzing over a dev tweet that sees a chocolate cake, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Imagine Dragons all pointing with red string to the April Switch 2 Nintendo Direct"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I mean this with all the affection in the world\u2014I cannot think of a single gaming community that is as cooked as the Silksong fanbase. &#8220;Cooked&#8221; as in, stewing in their own juices for so long that said juices have evaporated, leaving behind a shiny braised lump in a scorched pot. This is not an indictment, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/can-somebody-go-check-up-on-silksong-fans-after-the-triple-i-initiatives-tongue-in-cheek-loading-screen-tip-im-worried-about-them\/\">it&#8217;s a statement of fact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;ve missed this descent into madness, some context: Silksong, the successor to Hollow Knight, was announced back in 2019. Then, in 2022, it surfaced again\u2014taking part in a showcase displaying games meant to be released in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hollow-knight-silksong-may-be-delayed-has-gotten-quite-big\/\">next &#8220;12 months&#8221;<\/a>. This has not proven to be true, because you are reading this article.<\/p>\n<p>The r\/Silksong subreddit has, in particular, been spiralling into a bout of extended madness for a <em>while<\/em>. Its latest conniption? A developer&#8217;s X account, used primarily for making <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/everydruidwaswr\/status\/1879482412977263085\" target=\"_blank\">shitposts<\/a>, like &#8220;how to permanently calcify your pineal gland for a good night\u2019s rest&#8221; (I don&#8217;t know, either), has changed their profile picture to one of a chocolate cake. I had a sensible chuckle at this at first, before veering dangerously close to becoming a convert myself.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/everydruidwaswr\" target=\"_blank\">Little bomey\/everydruidwaswr<\/a> on X, formerly known as Wilbop\/Wilboooo (a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=wilbop+twitter&#038;rlz=1C1YTUH_en-GBGB1074GB1074&#038;oq=wilbop+t&#038;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEEUYOzIGCAAQRRg7MgYIARBFGEAyBggCEEUYOTIKCAMQABiABBiiBDIKCAQQABiABBiiBDIKCAUQABiABBiiBDIKCAYQABiABBiiBDIGCAcQRRg80gEIMTQzMmowajeoAgCwAgA&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">quick google search confirms this<\/a> at the time of writing) is believed to be the account of William Pellen, co-founder of Team Cherry. On January 16, the account changed their profile picture to that of a chocolate cake and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/everydruidwaswr\/status\/1879751713621725206\" target=\"_blank\">posted the following<\/a>: &#8220;something big is coming. keep your eyes closed tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Like deep sea creatures descending on whalefall, the Silksong community immediately began feasting. A reverse image search of the cake in question led to a recipe for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/recipe\/blackout-cake\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Blackout cake<\/a> on Bon App\u00e9tit, posted on April 2, 2024. April 2 is when the &#8220;direct&#8221;, which typically reveals a bunch of games, for the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hollow-knight-silksong-may-be-delayed-has-gotten-quite-big\/\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> is slated for this year.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, while &#8220;little bomey&#8221; is not too dissimilar from a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vivino.com\/wineries\/little-boomey\" target=\"_blank\">winery in South Australia<\/a>, and Team Cherry is a South Australian development studio. Napoleon Bonaparte (bare with me) was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainreview.org\/essay\/little-boney\/\" target=\"_blank\">also called &#8220;Little Boney&#8221;<\/a> by James Gillray as part of anti-French propaganda such as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the-public-domain-review.imgix.net\/essays\/little-boney\/01-32348145-edit.jpeg?fit=max&#038;w=1200&#038;h=850&#038;auto=format,compress\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Little Boney in a strong fit&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He just so happened to marry <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.napoleon.org\/en\/magazine\/napoleonic-pleasures\/marie-louises-wedding-outfit-2-april-1810\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marie-Louise of Austria<\/a> on <em>April 2<\/em>, 1810, who\u2014quoting napoleon.org, was &#8220;dressed in the imperial cloak, made of crimson velvet with gold stitching.&#8221; Hornet wears a red cloak. Coincidence? Honestly, I&#8217;m sort of convincing myself it&#8217;s not. You can thank <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Silksong\/comments\/1i393fl\/comment\/m7l27uv\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\">RennugunneR<\/a> on the Silksong Subreddit for that connection.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more\u2014fans also discovered that Imagine Dragons announced their song <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Imaginedragons\/status\/1774882471013966101\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Eyes Closed&#8221; on April 2, 2024<\/a> (&#8220;eyes closed tomorrow&#8221;), and as for the &#8220;everydruidwaswr&#8221; thing\u2014well, people are stumped.<\/p>\n<p>The closest they&#8217;ve come to an answer is the fact that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hollowknight.fandom.com\/wiki\/Druid_of_the_Moss_Temple\" target=\"_blank\">The Druid of the Moss Temple<\/a> is an NPC in Silksong\u2014spied on a noticeboard during a trailer\u2014with the words &#8220;cruel world, will you not provide me with the fruits I desire?&#8221; If we take &#8220;wr&#8221; to mean &#8220;was wrong&#8221;, then one could surmise this hints at the desired fruits finally being provided, but\u2014look, I&#8217;m starting to believe. I have contracted SKONG madness, and I am taking a step back before it gets its hooks in me proper.<\/p>\n<p>This is, to be clear, all unsubstantiated rumour-milling and pattern recognition so far. But if you join the choir and start drawing those lines on a corkboard, perhaps you too will come to think that the cake is a truth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"494f7e08-61d5-4986-89c9-32cf91d1f8c2\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-silksong-hive-is-buzzing-over-a-dev-tweet-that-sees-a-chocolate-cake-napoleon-bonaparte-and-imagine-dragons-all-pointing-with-red-string-to-the-april-switch-2-nintendo-direct.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"494f7e08-61d5-4986-89c9-32cf91d1f8c2\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/the-silksong-hive-is-buzzing-over-a-dev-tweet-that-sees-a-chocolate-cake-napoleon-bonaparte-and-imagine-dragons-all-pointing-with-red-string-to-the-april-switch-2-nintendo-direct\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mean this with all the affection in the world\u2014I cannot think of a single gaming community that is as cooked as the Silksong fanbase. &#8220;Cooked&#8221; as in, stewing in their own juices for so long that said juices have evaporated, leaving behind a shiny braised lump in a scorched pot. This is not an indictment, it&#8217;s a statement of fact. In case you&#8217;ve missed this descent into madness, some context: Silksong, the successor to Hollow Knight, was announced back in 2019. Then, in 2022, it surfaced again\u2014taking part in a showcase displaying games meant to be released in the next &#8220;12 months&#8221;. This has not proven to be true, because you are reading this article. The r\/Silksong subreddit has, in particular, been spiralling into&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-silksong-hive-is-buzzing-over-a-dev-tweet-that-sees-a-chocolate-cake-napoleon-bonaparte-and-imagine-dragons-all-pointing-with-red-string-to-the-april-switch-2-nintendo-direct\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1098360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748],"class_list":["post-1098359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Silksong hive is buzzing over a dev tweet that sees a chocolate cake, Napoleon Bonaparte, and 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