Sign in

"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name

@shadowhog.bsky.social
391 followers 91 following 1.2K posts

Guy who likes games. Occasional contributor to the Hardcore Gaming 101 Top 47K Games podcast. Mostly repost things I find interesting. He/Him. Avatar by @nuclearhog.farm.

PostsRepliesMedia
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
R2, do you is fucking

(From Star War: The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West, a bootleg Chinese DVD of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith with English-to-Chinese-back-to-English subtitles that are incomprehensibly wrong)
053
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(credit: @blorgblorgbl.org)
010
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can't forget ວЯƎᗺ⅃HAHLBERG in ЯƎTAWATER ИOSIZON
ວЯƎᗺ⅃HAHLBERG
ЯƎTAWATER
ИOSIZON

(or, in case text-to-speech can't handle the special characters:

GREBLHAHLBERG
RETAWATER
NOZIZON)
020
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Spacey was posting it on Sonic Retro and SFGHQ, and Milla's design (specific image embedded) immediately jumped out to me. Played the early SAGE demos (forget if Lilac was still a hedgehog then, believe she was), loved it. Backed the Kickstarter at the alpha test tier. Briefly modded the forum, too.
One of the original promotional images of Freedom Planet, depicting Milla Basset. She is a strange green-eyed dog girl with white fur, long ears sporting two green chevrons on each of them, and a full head of orange hair for some reason. She is wearing a tan hoodie over a green leotard, as well as green and orange bangles worn on bare hands and feet - green bangles on her left foot and right hand, and orange bangles on her left hand and right foot. Two sprites of her are present, one that closely resembles her final spritework but lacking most of the shading, and a much larger one that shows what the smaller sprite is attempting to convey in more detail, such as depicting all five fingers instead of a more mitten-like appearance. All of this is atop a blue background (added by myself; the original image was transparent, but BlueSky doesn't do transparent images).
171
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Uh huh
MAGFest 2027 pre-registration is not yet open.

Please contact us if you have any questions.
100
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anything goes, even
CIRNESE

(A photo of Colonel Noodles from Parappa the Rapper 2, in his Chinese Noodles outfit)
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Metroid Ravenous (2027)
"I'm very hungry!" says Hungry Pumkin [sic] at the start of that one Flash game where he approaches the bar of a restaurant, demands the player "give [him] the [insert food here]" and immediately eats it upon receipt (or throws it away with a "No! I don't want that!" if the wrong food was chosen). Samus's helmet has been crudely drawn over his face.
02510
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"I'm very hungry!" says Hungry Pumkin [sic] at the start of that one Flash game where he approaches the bar of a restaurant, demands the player "give [him] the [insert food here]" and immediately eats it upon receipt (or throws it away with a "No! I don't want that!" if the wrong food was chosen).
030
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
010
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek
A frame from Safe House (1998), showing Patrick Stewart viewing a rack of many guns.
120
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Post something random or you'll have an awful September.
010
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hell to Pay, the other WizardWorks WAD I hadn't already played (I've beaten Perdition's Gate). I removed the custom sprites/sounds from the monsters (aside for a select few, like decorations or the Cmdr. Keen replacements). Maybe that's heresy? IDC. Oh, and reelism.dog of course, but, y'know
The title screen to Hell To Pay, by Wraith CorporationMAP31 of Hell to Pay, by Wraith Corporation. The custom monster sprites have been surgically removed, leaving the stock Doom 2 monsters instead.
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
220
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A few that stood out to me
$16.99 for Little Samson$15 for Panzer Dragoon, $20 for Panzer Dragoon Zwei $50 for Panzer Dragoon Saga, and most importantly, $5 for Pebble Beach Golf Links, featuring Craig "The Walrus" Stadler
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I find this result quite amusing for reasons I can't get into (...yet) Here's mine, FWIW
That UNDERTALE virtue quiz showing JUSTICE and INTEGRITY ranking above 50%, then KINDNESS, BRAVERY, PERSEVERANCE, PATIENCE and DETERMINATION being under 50% (all listed in descending order)
020
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Rent-free in my head
Snake 『Fox!』Fox『Snake!』
030
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
TBH it had branched out into other media from, like, Year 2 or 3, with two TV shows and like 3 comics (Archie, Fleetway and Shogakukan's Study Magazine). I feel like I got into the franchise through the TV show? Because my first Sonic game was Sonic 2 on Game Gear and IDK how I got in through this:
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The mistranslations of Suruga-ya listings can be very funny to me. Like... "With" (since updated to "Wiz", meant to be "Whizz"). At least the last one is mostly right (even if "Stoffee" is a funny way to Romanicize it, it's closer to "Starfy" than "Stupe" is - プ isn't even in the title!).
100
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Still a perfectly cromulent version Damn, y'all got a black case? Ours was white, same as the rest of them
A North American copy of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D.
100
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I like how "Phelix" has exactly two results in the library (and no relevant results I could immediately find on DuckDuckG or Google): that above photo collage, and this ad for BABE: A Little Pig Goes A Long Way™ Interactive MovieBook.
An ad for BABE: A Little Pig Goes A Long Way™ on Windows CD-ROM. The Phelix mascot is in the lower-left, and is named in the fine print in the lower-right.
240
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#Deltarune
Hank Hill holding up BromideF from DELTARUNE Chapter 5 on his cell phone, which depicts Flowery taking a bubble bath - fully-clothed, of course.
040
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I know everyone is dunking on this, but I swear this just makes me think of this Noisepuppet gag (from youtu.be/FpRiNXfrDNo)
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
(Credit @blorgblorgbl.org for this one)
120
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Somebody in a Discord server I'm in was sharing similar YouTube ads they were getting I assume Visual Excellence is a publication run by Chef Excellence ("An Excellent Graphics")
Three completely nonsensical and unearned awards in the corner (technically both lower corners) of an ad for a crappy mobile game whose name I've deliberately cropped out (they don't deserve the traffic).

BEST GAME 2025 -PLAYER'S CHOICE
INNOVATION 2025 -CREATIVE GAMEPLAY
GRAPHICS 2025 -VISUAL EXCELLENCE
210
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Indeed, can't write without ideas
From Deltarune 's Hometown segments.

* (Gerson Boom Memorial Bench)
* "Throughout my career, some of my best ideas came from dreams."
* "Take a rest here. If anyone asks -- you're writing!"
030
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Finally, He has come to Seek His Own
The North American cover art for The Ooze for the Sega Genesis. The Ooze seeks his own level.
021
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Apparently we got the 🫪 emoji within the past half a year or so, and I only just noticed that today. Discord's version below for those who just see a missing glyph. (Well, supposedly Discord's version; I don't see it listed in their emoji picker yet.)
Discord emoji/Twemoji version of the "🫪" glyph
100
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Sierra
011
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I never did post this art of Mina the Hollower I commissioned off of @nuclearhog.farm a few years ago, did I (Lightly modified to make his signature stand out against black, because it's a transparent PNG normally and BlueSky is gonna JPEG it)
Mina the Hollower, sporting her Nightstar flail, jumping into action
0287
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In case anyone is playing Mina the Hollower and wants to use a Name in the Game perk (albeit mine), the code I got (and can freely share) is CHB&EERIEA. Has a nice visual perk on her profile art, too...
A screenshot of Mina the Hollower, but Mina's portrait has a pair of glasses now.
030
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Can't say as I have a good enough eye for bootlegs to catch these, but it's okay, anime figures aren't really my scene anyway Did catch this bootleg Sonic last Saturday at some kids' toys stand at a mall, though.
A kids' toys shop in a mall. Pictured are toys of what I believe is a blue whale with a human face, a yellow school bus, and some weird fusion between Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario, in that it is sporting red overalls, a blue shirt, white gloves, and red leather boots, but also that's just straight up Sonic's head. The red overalls have the words "DANCING Gracefully" printed on it, along with some musical notes.
110
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Can you believe it guys #MinaTheHollower
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Next thing you know,
A screenshot from one of the Shenmue games. The camera is in a close-up on Ryo's hand as he examines a Sonic figure (from Sonic the Dighters) that he got from a capsule machine.
130
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Also James McCloud's Arwing, and although it's hard to see, Fox is digitigrade now
Close-up of James McCloud in his Arwing, featuring TWO fox pawprints emblazoned next to the window. Presumably this is his paw and little Fox's paw, as a gesture to how much he cares for his son, and not him having giant paw hands but tiny paw feet and emblazoning both on his ship.The part of the trailer introducing Falco Lombardi, with Fox, Peppy and Slippy in the background. Fox's legs are obscured in shadow, but the silhouette shows the "backwards knee" (in actuality, his heels) characteristic of a digitigrade leg.
020
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Nintendo got so mad at the whole "Arwing pilots chop their legs off" theory, that the characters now go barefoot and mark their Arwings with their footprints, just to shut people up
Falco doing welding work on the Great Fox interior while Peppy looks at something else in a different direction. The welding illuminates Falco's legs, which are digitigrade and visibly have bare toes exposed.A close-up of Fox McCloud's Arwing, with a fox paw print emblazoned next to the window.A close-up of Peppy Hare's Arwing, with a rabbit paw print (apparently wearing a toeless boot?) emblazoned next to the window. Also, what appears to be an impressive tally of... something. Kill count, probably. Don't mess with Peppy.Close-up of Slippy Toad flying his Arwing in space. It is HEAVILY obscured by the shadow, but there is a frog hand-/footprint emblazoned next to his Arwing's window.
110
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
MC
DONALD'S 
I'm locin& it.————————————
Thin Burger™🍔
BurgerBurger🍞
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I'm not asking for much - something like this Honda Civic in this bright and saturated green, but as a hybrid or an EV (assuming my HOA has some way for me to charge one, in this ideal scenario). The lack of actual greens available at the moment is depressing. Don't fret, tho! We have five greys!
A listing of a 2017 Honda Civic coupe pulled off of CarMax, with the license plate covered by a 🙂 emoji or sticker. The car is a bright lime green, and is in a showroom of some sort atop a turntable, used for CarMax's 360° exterior turnarounds.
120
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
011
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
010
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
resident evil requiem dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed boy i die!!! shit boyboyyoass how i had die over some macnuggets
000
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Twilight Sparkle thinking of Picollo first is so funny to me, considering she is the caretaker of a literal purple/green dragon
Spike, from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
1592
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Age verification? I used Prodigy.
⭐
PRODIGY®
Interactive Personal Service
020
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It was certainly more applicable to Paper Mario than Panzer Dragoon Saga, anyway. (...I wonder if the other masks on Sega's site were archived)
"For those who can't find Panzer Dragoon Saga, see below." A full-page image of the face of the game's protagonist, Edge, with cutout instructions surrounding it, is placed below.
131
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
030
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Only at MAGfest can you listen to a live band playing Transport Tycoon music while across the room, Tenna is playing Doom deathmatch
A display of OpenTTD, shown on a screen above a live bandSomebody cosplaying as Tenna from DELTARUNE playing Doom deathmatch at the multiplayer museum, in the same room as (but other side of) the previous photo
030
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I am spared your curse
My con badge, with multiple ribbons, two of which were from the Dukkido booth
110
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A black-and-white image of a lone tree in an open field on a cloudy day. Superimposed over it is a transparent image of the character only ever referred to as "Dad" (even in the credits list), with his iconic quote "If you can travel through space and time, you don't need a car."
020
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
From Electronic Gaming Monthly, Volume 7, Number 8, Issue 61, Page 61, to be needlessly specific! archive.gamehistory.org/item/53e9dc5...
A picture of two skeletons in a dark cave from the first (and Japan-exclusive) King's Field for The PlayStation. One skeleton has a shield, and both have swords. The caption reads "The PlayStation can produce mind-boggling effects." Taken from a scan of page 61 of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Volume 7, Number 8, Issue 61, hosted on the archive of the Video Game History Foundation.
1133
"Shadow Hog" is already a spooky name @shadowhog.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
083