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Kris Holt

@krisholt.bsky.social
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I write about tech and games at @engadget.com and Forbes. Afflicted with Tanzneid. Be fun and try. (he/him) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in 🇨🇦 💌 kris at kris holt dot net

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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
LPT:
Screenshot showing muted terms such as audience score, rotten tomatoes and metacritic
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
For a second, I was surprised I saw this reply😅 These have been on my muted words list since 2020:
Your muted words: "it's coming home"
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Advertise your bluesky account with a Simpsons meme
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Now is a good time to join the unstoppable bandwagon
“Do you want to be Scottish” flowchart indicating that everyone wants to be Scottish and that they’re accepted
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Had no idea I had so much in common with Samara Weaving
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Cannae wait, and you’re welcome to join us
“Do you want to be Scottish” flowchart indicating that everyone wants to be Scottish and that they’re accepted
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
its always 2 dumb bitches telling eachother "exactlyyyy"
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I knew immediately what I had to do with my $42.50 class-action settlement from the Canadian bread price-fixing scandal… Buy games that I’ll never play!! Just kidding, I donated it to a food bank www.moissonmontreal.org
Screenshot with text reading
Moisson Montreal
Donation
Thank you very much for your supportScreenshot confirming a donation of $42.50
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You have no idea how much I needed this. Best party in the world. Somehow, for a couple of hours, the happiest place on Earth was in Laval. I adore this techno/metal/boy band so very much.
A baseball hat with an Electric Callboy logo surrounded by circles of glow sticks
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I’m at the rave. I’m at the metal show. I’m at the combination rave-metal show.
A concert venue with a large crowd and a curtain covering the stage. Text: Electric Callboy Tanzneid
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Just found this, from February 2022, in my camera roll
The “is this a pigeon” meme format of an animated human character looking at a butterfly. 

The butterfly has the caption “every frame of a Nintendo Direct.” 

The human’s caption reads “is this Silksong?”
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
For the 9 games thing I simply picked the first 9 games that sprang to mind that Mean Something To Me - my9games.com
A collage of box art or key art for nine video games:
Super Mario World
Poinpy
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Half-Life
Overwatch
The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Rodland
WWF No Mercy
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Just found this in my email drafts
Text reading "Concord Beta Early Access"
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Had to do it
A viewer might not want to sign up to a streaming service for an entire month if they only want to watch a single game (say, a winner-take-all soccer match in which a team scores three utterly sensational goals to take their country to the men’s World Cup for the first time in 28 years). However, Disney asserted that, under its agreement with Sling TV, the platform can only offer access to its channels to traditional subscribers. Under Disney's interpretation, those are consumers who have recurring monthly subscriptions.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This 1,000% was not my submission to the BBC's live blog of the Scotland game, but I absolutely get it
"How's the nerves you ask? Four pints and four poops tells you it's own story. Let's hope the Scottish performance isn't Jobbies" - Kris
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Ball x Pit is a video game-ass video game in the best way. In fact, it may be the most video game-ass video game. After 30 hours, I don’t really want to stop.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Saw Canada’s (finest? only?) Electric Callboy tribute band last night. Had a damn good time but I need to see the real deal ASAP
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Did I just go to a show that filled a hole in my soul I never knew was missing? Only the fox god knows
Babymetal on stage holding Babymetal flags with Babymetal logos on screens
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Just off the top of my head. For some unforsaken reason, Turbo Kid wasn't in the database, but that's what would be in the blank space.
My ballot for the best movies of the 21st century: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Almost Famous, In Bruges, The Babadook, Parasite, Inside Out, Let the Right One On, Pan's Labyrinth, The Endless and a blank space where Turbo Kid should be.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Donations to The Trevor Project are quadrupled at the minute give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/692...
Screenshot of a $100 donation to The Trevor Project, dated June 18, 2025
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Chat is this normal? (I’ve gotten this alert every single day since setting up my air purifier six weeks ago)
Daily notifications from the Mila air purifier app. Text: “Heads up, Kris. It looks like elevated ozone levels are forecasted in your area over the next 24 hours.”
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I mean...
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I have a problem but at least it's a good one🫠
YouTube notification:
New badge unlocked
You are officially a top listener of Electric Callboy
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Stadium is great and all but this new perk is the biggest update this season. We're so freaking back
Text reading

Mei
Mei
Chilling Reach

Removed.
Biting Cold

Moved to Minor perk.
Secondary fire hits slow enemies by 20% for 1.5 seconds.
Deep Freeze

New Major Perk.
Continuously hitting enemies with primary fire freezes them for a short time.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This is what they’re destroying the web for
Google Gemini AI overview for the search query “rrsp 2026 start date”

Text reads:
The contribution year for RRSPs in 2026 begins on the 61st day of the year, which is March 61, 2026. The contribution year ends on the 60th day of the following year, which is March 60, 2027.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Four-frame image macro based on Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones screenshots. Frame 1, Anakin appears to say "I picked up a Tamagotchi of myself." Frame 2, Padme responds, "You're going to feed it, right?" Frame 3, Anakin appears to star blankly at Padme. Frame 4, Padme looks dismayed.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Passing the time until the bells in the only way that makes sense. Happy New Year when it comes. Lang may yer lum reek
Balatro screenshot
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Jeez I wonder what roguelike deckbuilder, a format that doesn’t usually sit well with me, I might have been playing this year. Also very amused that number three is just “cats”
Spider graph of my most-played game types in 2024. From first to last, they are roguelike deckbuilder, souls-like, cats, hero shooter, action roguelike and difficult
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
AND ANOTHER THING. Every time I get a free few days of Super Duolingo and it expires, the app icon gets all messed up. What exactly the fuck is going on here
Messed up Duolingo app icon
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
What a fucking asshole to so gleefully tell me how much I messed up
Screenshot of Duolingo’s year in review feature. The stupid owl mascot is smiling and waving while saying “you made 354 mistakes this year.” Jerk
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Cursed clip
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Name that tune
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
It's got its own spot on my desktop so I know where it is at all times <3
A video file called "metaverse" on top of an ocean desktop background
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This clip from a 2022 internal Facebook video lives rent-free in my head
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Bluesky users own their data, so I wonder how scraping it for LLM training squares with the community guidelines @support.bsky.team
Screenshot of the bluesky community guidelines. Key text: Don’t use Bluesky Social to break the law or cause harm to others. For example, do not: Steal or distribute others’ private personal information without their permission
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Can't believe I slept on Another Crab's Treasure all year. What an absolute delight of a game. It rocketed straight up my GOTY ranking.
A hermit crab using a giant pistol as a shell. It's holding a fork in one claw.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
No idea how any of us can ever trust AI when Gmail's autocomplete continues to do this every damn Friday
Text reading "Hope you have a great week." The cursor is positioned before "great week," the color of which is gray to indicate that it's a automated suggestion.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I will never shut up about the only game that’s made me seriously consider getting a tattoo (at least after I realized how cliché one of a Triforce would be)
Key art for Sayonara Wild Hearts featuring the logo and characters from the game.
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
the xbox wire becoming a self-help blog was not on my 2024 bingo card
Screenshot of the Xbox Wire site, showing key art for Death Stranding: Director's Cut. Text: "Games. Death Stranding Director’s Cut Arrives on Xbox Today: 5 Ways to Connect in 2024."
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 30/09/2023
Esports are good, actually
Overwatch League Grand Finals 2023 logo on a wall
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Kris Holt @krisholt.bsky.social · 11/07/2023
Just had a most terrific evening with my buds
The Foo Fighters logo on a stage backdrop with an audience in the foreground
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