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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I like it, but I'm also a sicko who liked The Bouncer in its time, so I may not be an impartial voice on this one.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(Tangent: wow, there have been a lot of attempts to go back to the original MMPR well over the last 5+ years)

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'd love to see them build on the foundation - add variety to each character, balance the vechicular sections, etc. We were in a real renaissance of "90s IPs revived as side-scrolling beat-em-ups" for a while there and beating up baddies as the Green Ranger is so satisfying to the millennial brain.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My son's nearing the end of the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers run (halfway through season 3, as another OG is about to depart), and it rekindled my hope that @digitaleclipse.bsky.social will, someday soon, announce a follow-up to Rita's Rewind.

Key art from Digital Eclipse's "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind." Characters from the show and game are portrayed in a dynamic, movie poster-style collage with the Rangers posing in the foreground, Rita Repulsa gesturing over their heads, and their various Zord robots and antagonists in the background.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Hey guys, I have a genius new money-making scheme: we join random Discord servers, then days later start offering 'emergency art commissions' by DM. We're gonna make so much bank!" - some genius, 2025

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Guess the next step is to "go broke," shame

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ari velazquez 🌯 @ari.velazquez.fyi · 01/10/2026

steam: this game you've had installed for two years but never played has an update. we'll download it next week me: no you'll download it right now motherfucker. and i will sit here and watch it download. steam: so you're gonna play it? me: fuck you

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Take me back to the days of making a mix tape off the radio and jamming out with one of these hefty yellow Walkmans. (God, I *am* old now)

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Absolutely abhorrent read. Strong reminder of the dangers women constantly face in this industry. The number of these kinds of stories we keep seeing is absolutely unacceptable

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Feels a bit like cheating to have 3 FFs, and with one more slot I'd sneak in Super Metroid last, which I found much later. However the distinct experience of playing those three is pretty key to the "history" here.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Following the Top 9 bandwagon with a chronological list of first experiences that hooked me on video games as a hobby and a medium. Each of these has a story in my formative years.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

(Coincidentally, that place is practically next door to Digital Extremes' offices now.)

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trailer for a documentary about a concert venue in my hometown: it was legendary and anybody who was anybody in the area had to play there as a rite of passage Me: oh cool, that's the dive bar that used to do all-ages shows when I was a teenager

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

(The highest listing there claims to be for charity, and appears to be registered as "official eBay for Charity," but... forgive me if I don't trust that farther than I can spit in these circumstances.)

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Would love to see eBay do something about this situation, but given that their reporting form doesn't have a suitable option to report immoral price gouging, I doubt it. The card's price on Collectr is $133.36 CAD, up $21.38 today, and the higher listings on eBay right now are $496-707.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The problem is that taken together, none of this feels like strategy, and it certainly doesn't feel like a vision of what Xbox is actually going to be once this reset completes." 🎯

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We've passed over 5000 out-of-print magazines in our digital archive! This is a big milestone that wouldn't have been possible without our community of supporters, collaborators, and industry partners. And it's about to keep growing. Learn more...

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VGHF Digital Archive passes 5000 magazines. Here's what's next. | Video Game History Foundation

We've passed a big milestone for our digital archive. Let's talk about where our magazine collection is going next...

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Jason Fanhees @jasonfanelli.com · 23/09/2026

This is how my mind works today.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Officer Boots and Officer Ginger are probably freaking out right now too.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sony has taken a sharp turn toward the cliff this year, there's no doubt about that, but Xbox has been blundering for a decade at least, taking the industry with it.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1) Undermine physical media 2) Gut the industry with a series of acquisitions 3) Layoff staff in droves & shutter the studios 4) ??? 5) Completely reset and restructure the company 6) Profit???

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I find the reaction I get oscillates between “that’s so cool” to incredulous eyebrow raising to politely faking like they understand this is a profession.

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey I recognize that quote

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Getting back on my WH40K bullshit.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Booted up the game and found it was raining on the login screen, then spent 30 seconds with my pup and fell in love. What a great game Soulframe is shaping up to be.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Game critics, if you ever struggle to review a game in the meager time allotted to you, let PR know in an email. We can take that feedback and incorporate it into reports. Doesn't mean a CEO/director will see reason, but it's at least one more way we can fight to make things better for next time.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If Canada does become a part of / an associate of the EU... will it be easier for me to buy Square Enix merch than it is now?

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Bookio: Confused Man with Math Equations

ALT: Bookio: Confused Man with Math Equations

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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 18/09/2026

It's happening again

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Never give up. Never cognitively surrender.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The last two weeks, seeing all the FFVII Revelation reactions but not having experienced it myself:

Bart Simpson sitting by his bedroom window, head propped up on one arm, lamenting - from the episode where he breaks his leg and all the neighborhood kids are using the Simpsons' above-ground pool

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CGMagazine @cgmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Now, as Square Enix re-releases Crisis Core Reunion onto the market on Switch 2, and Final Fantasy VII Revelation is a fixed point on the road ahead, Zack's story hits differently." www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/cri… #FinalFantasyVII #CrisisCore #Switch2

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I could never get into the Brave Exvius games because of the gacha element, so I'm excited to see the story told like a straight classic RPG. And from the looks of this, they're cooking up something special.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The discourse: "Final Fantasy Resonance is too much fan-service" Final Fantasy Resonance: "Hold my beer, it's original story time"

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FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE | Tokyo Game Show Trailer

YouTube video by FINAL FANTASY

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ZeroooO0OooooO0Ooooo @scootercomputer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have an unconventional solution to the loneliness crisis and the erasure of third spaces...

Marketing graphic for Nintendo Streetpass on the 3DS. It shows white stick figures going about their days and the two in the middle are walking away from each other, one has a tote bag the other a briefcase. It shows 3DSes in their bags and green arrows forming a circle between the people. At the bottom is two 3DSes doing a wireless communication thing between them.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Give us another couple years... to continue eroding what few pillars of civilization still remain undesecrated"

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Enjoying the opportunity to preorder brand new physical games while I still can.

A copy of Marvel’s Wolverine for PS5, sitting on a couch

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I thought the Directs last week were the nail in the coffin for my desire to pick up the Dagdan Edition of Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, and yet now in the eleventh hour I'm wondering... maybe I should get it after all

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alzandah Nintendo Switch 2 Edition @alzandah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’ll be sharing this Metroid Ravenous piece as a file eventually so you can print it out for yourself.

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