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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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.
October 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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.
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
August 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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
Did I just go to a show that filled a hole in my soul I never knew was missing? Only the fox god knows
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Did I just go to a show that filled a hole in my soul I never knew was missing? Only the fox god knows
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.
June 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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.
Donations to The Trevor Project are quadrupled at the minute give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/692...
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Donations to The Trevor Project are quadrupled at the minute give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/692...
Chat is this normal?
(I’ve gotten this alert every single day since setting up my air purifier six weeks ago)
(I’ve gotten this alert every single day since setting up my air purifier six weeks ago)
June 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chat is this normal?
(I’ve gotten this alert every single day since setting up my air purifier six weeks ago)
(I’ve gotten this alert every single day since setting up my air purifier six weeks ago)
I have a problem but at least it's a good one🫠
June 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I have a problem but at least it's a good one🫠
Stadium is great and all but this new perk is the biggest update this season. We're so freaking back
April 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Stadium is great and all but this new perk is the biggest update this season. We're so freaking back
This is what they’re destroying the web for
March 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is what they’re destroying the web for
Passing the time until the bells in the only way that makes sense.
Happy New Year when it comes. Lang may yer lum reek
Happy New Year when it comes. Lang may yer lum reek
December 31, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Passing the time until the bells in the only way that makes sense.
Happy New Year when it comes. Lang may yer lum reek
Happy New Year when it comes. Lang may yer lum reek
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”
Also very amused that number three is just “cats”
December 19, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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”
Also very amused that number three is just “cats”
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
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
December 12, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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
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
What a fucking asshole to so gleefully tell me how much I messed up
December 6, 2024 at 3:00 AM
What a fucking asshole to so gleefully tell me how much I messed up
It's got its own spot on my desktop so I know where it is at all times <3
November 27, 2024 at 8:55 PM
It's got its own spot on my desktop so I know where it is at all times <3
This clip from a 2022 internal Facebook video lives rent-free in my head
November 27, 2024 at 8:55 PM
This clip from a 2022 internal Facebook video lives rent-free in my head
Bluesky users own their data, so I wonder how scraping it for LLM training squares with the community guidelines @support.bsky.team
November 27, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Bluesky users own their data, so I wonder how scraping it for LLM training squares with the community guidelines @support.bsky.team
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.
November 25, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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.
No idea how any of us can ever trust AI when Gmail's autocomplete continues to do this every damn Friday
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 AM
No idea how any of us can ever trust AI when Gmail's autocomplete continues to do this every damn Friday
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)
November 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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)
the xbox wire becoming a self-help blog was not on my 2024 bingo card
November 11, 2024 at 5:18 PM
the xbox wire becoming a self-help blog was not on my 2024 bingo card
Esports are good, actually
September 30, 2023 at 9:22 PM
Esports are good, actually