Kris Holt
@krisholt.bsky.social
I write about tech and games at @engadget.bsky.social, Yahoo Tech and Forbes. Be fun and try.
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This is rad. Bodacious. Tubular even. Love that there’s a 120 Minutes channel. Also that there are era-appropriate ads.
January 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This is rad. Bodacious. Tubular even. Love that there’s a 120 Minutes channel. Also that there are era-appropriate ads.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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checking out the crypto gaming magazine’s 2026 “most anticipated” list to see how blockchain gaming has been going
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
checking out the crypto gaming magazine’s 2026 “most anticipated” list to see how blockchain gaming has been going
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watched a youtube video this morning of a big streamer doing 2026 predictions and someone in his chat asked him to predict if we will go to war with venezuela and he said no chance lmao. he filmed it a couple days ago.
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
watched a youtube video this morning of a big streamer doing 2026 predictions and someone in his chat asked him to predict if we will go to war with venezuela and he said no chance lmao. he filmed it a couple days ago.
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friendly reminder to not post anything that will get feds knocking on your door and putting you on no-fly lists, no matter how upset you are about injustices. it doesn't matter that you're not serious and it doesn't matter if you append "in Minecraft". be careful with what you say, here or anywhere
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
friendly reminder to not post anything that will get feds knocking on your door and putting you on no-fly lists, no matter how upset you are about injustices. it doesn't matter that you're not serious and it doesn't matter if you append "in Minecraft". be careful with what you say, here or anywhere
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Look it’s totally fine if you don’t feel like it, I’ll share it again Monday or something. But if you’d like a frivolous diversion here is a story where I went to the stranger things finale in theaters and had a frank Reynolds experience where I finally Got It
www.theverge.com/streaming/85...
www.theverge.com/streaming/85...
I went to the Stranger Things finale in theaters and the strangest thing happened
A streaming show becomes a communal experience.
www.theverge.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Look it’s totally fine if you don’t feel like it, I’ll share it again Monday or something. But if you’d like a frivolous diversion here is a story where I went to the stranger things finale in theaters and had a frank Reynolds experience where I finally Got It
www.theverge.com/streaming/85...
www.theverge.com/streaming/85...
Oh whoa what’s this? It’s my GOTY list! www.forbes.com/sites/krisho...
a cartoon girl with a ponytail and freckles is wearing a red top
Alt: a cartoon girl with a ponytail and freckles is wearing a red top and acting shocked
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Oh whoa what’s this? It’s my GOTY list! www.forbes.com/sites/krisho...
Finally locked in my personal GOTY list, which will be published on Friday. In the meantime, check out Engadget’s fave games of 2025! www.engadget.com/gaming/engad...
Engadget's favorite games of 2025
It was another incredible year for video games.
www.engadget.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Finally locked in my personal GOTY list, which will be published on Friday. In the meantime, check out Engadget’s fave games of 2025! www.engadget.com/gaming/engad...
Just found this in my email drafts
December 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just found this in my email drafts
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Merry Happy, y’all.
December 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Merry Happy, y’all.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
Awful news
December 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Awful news
Kids today will never understand what it was like to go from floppy to zip. Or dial-up to broadband.
look at this beautiful specimen I found in one of my old storage containers 🥰
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Kids today will never understand what it was like to go from floppy to zip. Or dial-up to broadband.
Here is an extra-special Monday edition of the weekly indie games roundup I've been putting together at Engadget for most of this year and have been terrible at promoting (it is also most likely the final edition of 2025!)
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here is an extra-special Monday edition of the weekly indie games roundup I've been putting together at Engadget for most of this year and have been terrible at promoting (it is also most likely the final edition of 2025!)
One Cut of the Dead at Fantasia. Perfect festival film
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
One Cut of the Dead at Fantasia. Perfect festival film
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Apropos of nothing
If you play and enjoy games, you owe it to yourself to go out and try new stuff. There are so many awesome games out there if you look.
Explore a little! Please!
If you play and enjoy games, you owe it to yourself to go out and try new stuff. There are so many awesome games out there if you look.
Explore a little! Please!
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Apropos of nothing
If you play and enjoy games, you owe it to yourself to go out and try new stuff. There are so many awesome games out there if you look.
Explore a little! Please!
If you play and enjoy games, you owe it to yourself to go out and try new stuff. There are so many awesome games out there if you look.
Explore a little! Please!
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here's your game awards roundup, perverts
Everything announced and all the winners at The Game Awards 2025
This year at The Game Awards, if your game wasn't melodramatic, mechanically innovative, beautifully presented and aggressively French, it really didn't stand a chance.
www.engadget.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
here's your game awards roundup, perverts
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
Valve will end up announcing Half-Life 3 in a tweet at like 6:23am on a Sunday.
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Valve will end up announcing Half-Life 3 in a tweet at like 6:23am on a Sunday.
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around 40 game developers affiliated with @videogameworkers.bsky.social have gathered outside the peacock theater, where the game awards will take place in a few hours, for a “the industry is dead” demonstration
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
around 40 game developers affiliated with @videogameworkers.bsky.social have gathered outside the peacock theater, where the game awards will take place in a few hours, for a “the industry is dead” demonstration
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If someone is fully capable of reading you for complete and utter filth without saying a single word?
And they look right in the camera and smile like the Grinch right before doing so?
And they look right in the camera and smile like the Grinch right before doing so?
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If someone is fully capable of reading you for complete and utter filth without saying a single word?
And they look right in the camera and smile like the Grinch right before doing so?
And they look right in the camera and smile like the Grinch right before doing so?
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New from me! An in-depth look at access to The Game Awards, from seat fillers to major studios.
The Game Awards is bigger and more expensive than ever. Even some nominated developers are getting priced out. Our report: https://kotaku.com/game-awards-geoff-keighley-tickets-trailers-clair-obscur-2000652243
The Game Awards Is Bigger Than Ever But Doesn't Come Cheap
The annual awards ceremony tries to celebrate game developers and hype up fans, to varying degrees of success
kotaku.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New from me! An in-depth look at access to The Game Awards, from seat fillers to major studios.
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Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻