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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 17h

I’d hoped for something more out of an Advent Children adaptation - there’s not a lot of content in that film, but it deserved more.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 17h

The right opportunity arose to bring a cat back into our home. This is Eleanor, and she is Chaos.

Close up on a dozing, light orange cat’s face, with prominent whiskers and eyes fighting to stay open

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 18h

Maybe the set they announced for next year but wouldn’t identify?

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 21h

Embark on a new journey...

Welcome to Datalog.

YouTube video by DATALOG

www.youtube.com

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sorry, but if you let a young kid mess around unrestricted on these things you are absolutely parenting wrong.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 7d

I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.

"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.

Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 3d

Some days I can almost imagine it's still online, like hearing its voice on the breeze

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 6d

This is my first glimpse of this volume, and wow, ditto to everything Hayes said - what an honour to be in this book, especially with that gorgeous Amano cover.

Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 6d

Got my copy of Lock-On Volume 6, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. What an incredible volume, and I cannot say how thankful I am to have a piece in this next to so many inspiring writers and artists.

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Rebo is back? @rebochan.bsky.social · 7d

I’ll never forget what the GameFAQs guide I used back in the day said to describe when this guy joins the team:

“Did you hear that loud sucking sound? That’s all the difficulty going down the drain.”

Square Enix @square-enix-games.com · 8d

In celebration of the release of Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles...

Please enjoy this artwork of Cidolfus Orlandeau from Final Fantasy XVI character designer Kazuya Takahashi!

This Artwork of Cidolfus Orlandeau from Final Fantasy Tactics has arrived from Final Fantasy XVI character designer Kazuya Takahashi!

Cidolfus Orlandeau's portrait looks like a realistic rendition of the character in black and white, with gold accents.

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CGMagazine @cgmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

It's #CallOfDuty #BlackOps7 Beta code giveaway time! Follow us, Like, Repost and tag your squad for a chance to win! The #CODBlackOps7 Beta runs Oct 5-8, so act fast!

Winners will be drawn on Wednesday, Oct 1! SO ENTER FAST!

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 9d

Screencap from The Simpsons S06E15, where a sobbing child begs Homer (as Krusty) to stop pummeling a Hamburgler-esque character, shouting "stop! he's already dead!"

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 9d

Look, if you're gonna copy Parasite Eve's homework, you should at least try to make it look like you didn't copy directly.

Parasite Mutant - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 10d

the reason i love this website so much, despite its flaws, is that i can come here and just talk about yakuza and football, instead of fighting for my life every day via the block button and abusive DMs

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 10d

The predominant failure of so many of these daft centrist op-ed writers is they assume everyone’s main goal online is political discourse and not, like, talking about dragonsmut books or the differences between slot mask and shadow mask CRTs

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

if you simply do not like the vibe on this website, that's fine. i'm not a big fan of the "open cesspool of neo-nazis" vibe on X: The Everything App. but this ideologically-driven desire to present every person who uses this app as hysterical and unreasonable is kind of pathetic

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 12d

If you see this, repost with a game from the year you were born:

Screenshot of Final Fantasy on the NES, showing the boss fight against Garland

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 12d

The new script is a delight.

鋼のStephen Meyerink @sjmtaelus.bsky.social · 12d

Watching the launch stream of Ivalice Chronicle and absolutely thrilled that the new loc really is based on WotL's loc with VO tweaks. So glad it's not been thrown out

FFTIC screenshot, Gaffgarion saying: I find dead men rout more easily.

FFTWOTL screenshot, Gaffgarion saying: I find dead men rout more easily.

FFTIC screenshot, Gaffgarion saying: A head-on assault. These swords of Goltanna...lackwits one and all.

FFTWOTL screenshot, Gaffgarion saying: A head-on assault. These swords of Goltanna...lackwits one and all.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 12d

I thought I was done, and then they revealed those FFI, FFVIII, and FFIX scenes. Damnit.

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 13d

*Woof.*

Lbabinz 🇨🇦 @lbabinz.bsky.social · 13d

ROG Xbox Ally up for pre-order at Best Buy ($799.99) https://lbabi.nz/C2fElw #ad

Ally X ($1,299.99) https://lbabi.nz/qkL2Vl

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 14d

I’d never really clocked this series until I happened upon reviewing Ryza 2, and while it has some… design choices, I’ve been pulled into each of the games since. Solid RPGs with a fun crafty core.

Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 14d

Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & The White Guardian is bolstered by its new - for lack of a better term - “cozy” elements that bring the series’ components together nicely.

Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian (PS5) Review - CGMagazine

Atelier Resleriana's console outing is both a crash-course in the franchise's core tenets, and a welcome breath of cozy-esque fresh air.

www.cgmagonline.com

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 15d

The Ivalice Chronicles is the definitive Final Fantasy Tactics experience, a timeless classic carefully and lovingly rebuilt from the ground up without losing sight of what made it so good nearly 30 years ago.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (PS5) Review - CGMagazine

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is a deftly rebuilt iteration of a foundational title—making a must-play RPG easier than ever to enjoy.

www.cgmagonline.com

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 14d

Can you even claim that you saved the world in the late eighties if you weren't wearing blue armour with a horned helm while you were doing it?

Concept art of the Warrior of Light from the original Final Fantasy by Amano, and the newer concept art of the hero of Dragon Quest 1 by Naoki Ikushima. Both are gazing into the horizon, wearing blue armour, a horned helmet, and a flowing cape.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 15d

FunFactor is *so* close to breaking even and finally chipping away at the invested costs Ty and I have incurred, but we can’t get there without reaching new listeners and generous ULTRA supporters.

A share, a rating, a review, a subscription, or any combination of the above make a HUGE difference.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 15d

It’s FunFactor Fuuuuuuuuuesday!

It’s @funfactorpod.com’s first shake at @gameinformer.com, a mag Ty and I had little experience with. And then...Carnage Heart.

It was Ty's bizarre obsession, I’d never heard of it, and it was (and is) one of the most unusual, tough-to-talk-about games of all time.

Game Informer 47 - Carnage Heart [S1E14]

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CGMagazine @cgmagazine.bsky.social · 15d

"Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles' Enhanced Mode has polished the iconic systems of the original to a dazzling shine."

https://www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles-ps5/

#FinalFantasyTactics #SquareEnix

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Chris de Hoog @hoogathy.bsky.social · 15d

The Ivalice Chronicles is the definitive Final Fantasy Tactics experience, a timeless classic carefully and lovingly rebuilt from the ground up without losing sight of what made it so good nearly 30 years ago.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (PS5) Review - CGMagazine

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is a deftly rebuilt iteration of a foundational title—making a must-play RPG easier than ever to enjoy.

www.cgmagonline.com

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