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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm not one to pass on a trending topic about games. My 9 Games. my9games.net/en/edit

A graphic depicting "My 9 Games: The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am" in a 3X3 grid.

Games depicted, from left to right and starting at the top:

Red Dead Redemption 2
Suikoden II
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Suikoden V
Planescape: Torment
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Summoner
Thousand Arms

☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ancient Aliens: "One of the first crop circles ever recorded was a 'mowing devil' that was in England going through the wheat fields." I love the idea that the world's most enduring symbol of evil takes time out of his day to do damage control by mowing some cheapskate's field for free.

A woodcut featuring a small black devil tending to a field whilst using a scythe.

A Wikipedia entry detailing the origins of the mowing devil and its accompanying woodcut.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have no personal stake in the Marvel's Wolverine discourse, but I will take any available opportunity to advocate for his brown suit being infinitely cooler and superior to his yellow and blue suit, bub.

An image of the comic book character Wolverine in his classic brown suit.

An image of the comic cook character Wolverine in his classic yellow and blue suit.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What I imagine it's like for a cool bug when I bend down to look at and admire it for being a cool bug.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day to the most essential laborer I know, the cheese vendor from Larian Studios' Divinity: Original Sin.

A screenshot from the 2014 Larian Studios game, Divinity: Original Sin, depicting a bald vendor who sells cheese to the player, with a captioned subtitle of one of his many cheese-related quips, in this case, "No one has as many friends as the man with many cheeses!"

This is, in fact, a man with many cheeses.

All the cheese.

Seriously, this dude has so much goddamn cheese.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains."

Cover of Depeche Mode's 1997 album, Ultra.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

One of the funniest and most unexpected YouTube notifications I've ever received, but also one of the coolest. So, here I lie, enthusiastically watching 57-year-old Barney Greenway angrily thrash around a tiny desk at 7:30 in the morning on a random Wednesday.

A screenshot from YouTube, depicting the band Napalm Death performing one of NPR's Tiny Desk concerts.

That is an assemblage of words I never thought I'd read, much less write.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Life might not be perfect, but I had bourbon chicken, jambalaya, gumbo, and red beans and rice for dinner, and that certainly helps take the edge off a fair bit.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Introduce yourself with four video games.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Just dropped my puppy off at the groomer and now have an hour to kill, so I'm enjoying the storm as I treat myself to pretzel and sesame seed bagels from Einstein Bros. I had no idea they also made beef-flavoured doggie bagels, so, naturally, I bought one for him as a treat. I hope he likes it.

Two bagels on a paper napkin, the left a pretzel bagel, the right a sesame seed bagel, and a plastic knife with some jalapeño cream cheese on it.

A small beef-flavoured doggie bagel.

For my puppy, not me, though it does kinda smell nice.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Wishing a good weekend and week ahead to no one except Cheddar Big Booty Cheeseburger.

A picture of an orange and white cat cradled in its owner's arm.

The caption reads, "Arkansas cat named 'Cheddar Big Booty Cheeseburger' wins national contest." The contest was for wackiest pet name.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Just for the record, THIS is what a real doctor looks like.

Matt Smith in a promotional photo for Doctor Who, portraying the Eleventh Doctor.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters at the end of this month, a new Legacy of Kain game next month, and Godzilla Minus Zero at the end of the year. Fine, I suppose I'll hang on a bit longer.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I often wonder if the PlayStation 1 T. rex tech demo thinks about me as much as I think about it.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Happy Dragon Quest VII Reimagined early access launch day to those who celebrate. I put dozens of hours into Dragon Quest/Warrior VII on PlayStation back in the early 2000s, and I adored all of the Reimagined demo. It's been great to see the series finally getting its flowers these past few years.

Screenshot from my Steam account, depicting the progress of my Dragon Quest VII Reimagined download, which sat at 8% at the time of the picture being taken.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Ruckus has added a second point into stealth, and he's well on his way to mastering the arts of invisibility and hibernation.

A puppy's small snout sticking out from under a warm and fluffy blue blanket.

A puppy's small, black nose poking out from one of the holes on a warm and fluffy blue blanket.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I had forgotten how absolutely unhinged Jingle All the Way is. We used to be a proper society before Woke™ decided it was no longer acceptable to punch a reindeer in its stupid reindeer face and share a reconciliatory beer with it afterward.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Steam Replay is out, and The Division series practically had a monopoly on my gaming time for the majority of 2025. Outside of Red Dead Redemption 2, I haven't been as consistently addicted to any game over the past few years as I have The Division 2. I even bought the novels and Audible Original.

A screenshot of my Steam Replay 2025, showcasing the games I've played the most throughout the year, featuring The Division 2, The Division, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, and Spirit City: Lofi Sessions.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

When you place one point into stealth and convince yourself that you're good to go for the rest of the game.

A small black puppy with his head hidden under a white pillow, with the rest of his chonky lil' body completely visible.

The ear of a small black puppy, sticking out from under a white pillow.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

After much procrastination, I've begun playing Cronos: The New Dawn. The dystopian atmosphere and ambient soundscapes are proving to be exquisite, but the true highlight thus far is that there are cats throughout the land to be discovered, petted, and documented. 10/10 game mechanic. No notes.

A screenshot from the video game, Cronos: The New Dawn, depicting your heavily armoured protagonist discovering a black and white cat.

The "pspspsps" is not officially depicted in the sounds or subtitles, but the universal clarion call of cats is still very likely to exist in this dystopian era.

A screenshot from the video game, Cronos: The New Dawn, depicting your heavily armoured protagonist bending down to one knee in order to pet the aforementioned black and white kitty.

A screenshot from the video game, Cronos: The New Dawn, showing said black and white meow meow documented in your in-game database.

It is a lovely feline. We are friends now.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Just recalled this tweet I made back in 2020, and not only is it still true, but it's become increasingly more prevalent due to the infinite loop of AI discourse. There's also the minor detail that it's now almost always in Peggy Bundy's voice. C'est la vie.

Screenshot of a tweet I made back on February 10, 2020 that states: "I'm a fairly intelligent 35-year-old with a rather sharp brain, yet I still can't stop myself from mentally pronouncing "AI" as "AL" every time I see it."

Also, I am no longer a 35-year-old. I am now a 41-year-old, because that's how the passage of time works, you goof.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Spotify Wrapped is nice, but Last.fm will always be a more accurate indication of my online listening habits at any given time. As usual, I was all over the map. This is also the first time in years that Depeche Mode and Judas Priest didn't make the cut—still listened to them a fair bit, though.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Diablo IV didn't hook me quite as much as I'd anticipated, but I'm still an unabashed lover of Lilith, to the point I even bought her Funko Pop and have never regretted it. 😆

A still-packaged Funko Pop figure of Lilith from Diablo IV.

A Funko Pop figure of Diablo IV's Lilith, now free from the shackles of her package imprisonment.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

For seemingly no apparent reason, YouTube has lately been pushing playthroughs of and retrospectives about Vagrant Story into my recommendations, so I'm hoping this is the universe signaling to me that a remaster and Steam port will be on its way in the not-too-distant future.

A collage of photos from the 2000 PlayStation title, Vagrant Story, featuring cheeked up protagonist Ashley Riot and his slutty little man-waist staring wistfully into the distance, engaging in combat, and in dialogue with an NPC, stating "I am the reinforcements."

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

"Coming in at the top of the 69th, pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers..."

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

They've also added a skin that lets you turn your drone into a purple bat, complete with sound effects, and it further enhances the festive feel.

A screen from The Division 2, showcasing the bat effect on the drone.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I always enjoy it when video games add holiday decorations and do special seasonal events, and The Division 2's Halloween Event hasn't disappointed at all. I'd slowly been getting burned out on playing it, but the spooky decorations and goings-on have made it feel fresh and fun again. 🎃

A screen from The Division 2, featuring assorted Halloween decorations during the 2025 Halloween Event.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

You know, I have to be honest and say that I'm not really vibing with the creative direction Disney is taking Star Wars these days.

A screenshot of two trending topics on Bluesky: "Jeffrey Epstein" and "Favorite Jedi."

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Unbeknownst to me until this morning, a new game called Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club quietly released on Steam a few days ago, wherein you get to don the Detective Snoopy outfit and solve mysteries with Woodstock and the Peanuts gang. If anyone needs me, that is precisely what I'll be doing.

The title screen for the game Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club, featuring Detective Snoopy and the entire Peanuts gang.

Snoopy and Woodstock looking at and commenting on a bee hive, with the quote, "Flowers, bees...what a great combination!"

Snoopy in Charlie Brown's room, just after he put on his detective outfit.

Snoopy and the Peanuts gang in a pumpkin patch.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The ghillie suit cop from To Catch a Predator has lived in my head rent-free for two decades now. Attempting to meet a minor but getting chewed out by Chris Hansen and then bumrushed by Swamp Thing has to be one of the funniest cases of dashed expectations I've ever witnessed.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Dedicating the entirety of autumn to romantics, poets, dreamers, cryptids, and headless specters on horseback who spirit away terrified visitors of sleepy countryside settlements.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Special shout-out to my favourite backpack trophy in the game, Donut Kitty.

Screenshot from The Division 2, showing my venerable and esteemed backpack trophy, Donut Kitty, which is a small trinket in the shape of a pink, frosted donut with sprinkles that also has cat ears and a lil' kitty face on it.

It is smiling because it also enjoys doing war crimes.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

It's me. I'm the problem. I'm the guy who is actually willing to purchase in-game cosmetics if they happen to pander to my niche interests—carrying around a cat in a backpack as I engage in war crimes, for example.

A screen from The Division 2's store, depicting three cats in a backpack in a bundle they've dubbed The Kitty Fluffy Kiss Kiss bundle.

A screen from The Division 2, depicting my female character showcasing my new adorable kitty companion that I will henceforth be lugging around in a backpack as I engage in war crimes and armed assault.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

For some reason, YouTube's algorithm this morning keeps recommending videos to me of Tom Hardy playing with dogs, and I have to say that I'm not hating it.

A list of watched videos from my recent YouTube history, featuring videos of the already annoyingly handsome Tom Hardy also proving to be damnably charming as he plays with rescue dogs and retired police dogs.

Tom Hardy in a red hoodie, smiling, continuing to be annoyingly handsome and charming, as he pets and plays with two rescue dogs named Coral and TJ.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Sometimes, the only thing stopping you from making a scene is having the self-awareness to know that scene risks being straight out of a snuff film.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"GLORIOUSLY ARCHAIC." "Diablo 1 inspiration." Okay, I'm intrigued.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"My name is Ye and I sucked my cousins dick till I was 14."

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

It's honestly not even close. No death in fiction has ever affected me this much, and I'm including Arthur himself when I say that. I loved that horse.

Scene near the end of Red Dead Redemption 2, depicting main character Arthur Morgan saying "thank you" to his fallen and dying horse, in this case a white Arabian.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Apropos of absolutely nothing, here's that time Nightcrawler broke into the White House and started kicking people in the face.

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Royal Mail recently unveiled a set of stamps depicting mythical creatures and figures from UK folklore, and I'm currently having a major "I just think they're neat" Marge Simpson moment over them.

A recently unveiled set of stamps from Royal Mail, depicting mythical creatures and figures from UK folklore, illustrated by artist Adam Simpson.

The set depicts Beowulf and Grendel, Blodeuwedd, the Loch Ness Monster, Cornish Pixies, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Black Shuck, Grindylow, and a Selkie.

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