Chris Kohler
@kohler.bsky.social
Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
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Chris Kohler
@kohler.bsky.social
· Nov 13
𝐓𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑
" A gorgeous documentary compilation" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — Eurogamer
"Fascinating" — The Guardian
"The definitive telling of the Tetris story" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — VGC
𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑇𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟.
www.digitaleclipse.com/games/tetris...
" A gorgeous documentary compilation" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — Eurogamer
"Fascinating" — The Guardian
"The definitive telling of the Tetris story" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — VGC
𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑇𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟.
www.digitaleclipse.com/games/tetris...
Nintendo bringing finished-but-unreleased Virtual Boy games to Switch is fantastic news. Zero Racers is an F-Zero spinoff! D-Hopper is an action adventure by Intelligent Systems! These are big deal internally-developed Nintendo games. Exciting times for big nerds
-Virtual Bowling
-Virtual Force
-V-Tetris
Previously unreleased games coming later this year:
-Zero Racers
-D-HOPPER
Features rewind, custom control mapping. Later this year - Change screen color
-Virtual Force
-V-Tetris
Previously unreleased games coming later this year:
-Zero Racers
-D-HOPPER
Features rewind, custom control mapping. Later this year - Change screen color
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Nintendo bringing finished-but-unreleased Virtual Boy games to Switch is fantastic news. Zero Racers is an F-Zero spinoff! D-Hopper is an action adventure by Intelligent Systems! These are big deal internally-developed Nintendo games. Exciting times for big nerds
This guy has one more copy of Terranigma than I do
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This guy has one more copy of Terranigma than I do
Catching up on Nintendo news, I'm not really seeing anything in the translated quotes from Kensuke Tanabe that suggests he's retiring or leaving Nintendo?
He may have said that this is his last game, but that could just be transitioning out of hands-on development...
www.ign.com/articles/met...
He may have said that this is his last game, but that could just be transitioning out of hands-on development...
www.ign.com/articles/met...
Metroid Prime Producer Reportedly Leaving Nintendo After 40 Years, Unsure if There Will Be Another Game to Wrap Up Sylux's Story - IGN
Nintendo veteran Kensuke Tanabe has reportedly said that the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is his final game at the company, where he has served for four decades.
www.ign.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Catching up on Nintendo news, I'm not really seeing anything in the translated quotes from Kensuke Tanabe that suggests he's retiring or leaving Nintendo?
He may have said that this is his last game, but that could just be transitioning out of hands-on development...
www.ign.com/articles/met...
He may have said that this is his last game, but that could just be transitioning out of hands-on development...
www.ign.com/articles/met...
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Kiki sequel finally in English? Translated by MY FRIEND?!
Eiko Kadono's Kiki and the New Magic (tr. me) is coming out Aug. 25 🐈⬛ 🧹 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813082...
Kiki and the New Magic by Eiko Kadono: 9798217227105 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Join Kiki, the beloved young witch, and her clever cat Jiji in the enchanting sequel to the modern classic! This new translation will reveal more to the story that inspired the Hayao Miyazaki film, Ki...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Kiki sequel finally in English? Translated by MY FRIEND?!
Kiki sequel finally in English? Translated by MY FRIEND?!
Eiko Kadono's Kiki and the New Magic (tr. me) is coming out Aug. 25 🐈⬛ 🧹 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813082...
Kiki and the New Magic by Eiko Kadono: 9798217227105 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Join Kiki, the beloved young witch, and her clever cat Jiji in the enchanting sequel to the modern classic! This new translation will reveal more to the story that inspired the Hayao Miyazaki film, Ki...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Kiki sequel finally in English? Translated by MY FRIEND?!
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hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
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Finished Quartet this weekend! Absolutely the best "not an SNES JRPG" I've ever tried - really enjoyed the story, the great soundtrack, and the turn-based mechanics are catnip for a "fight/magic/items" type person like myself. PC only for now:
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Finished Quartet this weekend! Absolutely the best "not an SNES JRPG" I've ever tried - really enjoyed the story, the great soundtrack, and the turn-based mechanics are catnip for a "fight/magic/items" type person like myself. PC only for now:
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
Finished Quartet this weekend! Absolutely the best "not an SNES JRPG" I've ever tried - really enjoyed the story, the great soundtrack, and the turn-based mechanics are catnip for a "fight/magic/items" type person like myself. PC only for now:
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Finished Quartet this weekend! Absolutely the best "not an SNES JRPG" I've ever tried - really enjoyed the story, the great soundtrack, and the turn-based mechanics are catnip for a "fight/magic/items" type person like myself. PC only for now:
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/...
my beautiful innocent post and the comments underneath it:
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
my beautiful innocent post and the comments underneath it:
Took 35 years but somebody finally found the true ending
Using a combination of glitches in Super Mario World, Yoshi can be taken into the final battle, where he can eat Peach upon Bowser's defeat. With Peach gone, the ending will not play, and Mario and Yoshi will simply stare at each other forever.
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Took 35 years but somebody finally found the true ending
Thinking back to that time I remade the entirety of The Legend of Zelda 1 in Super Mario Maker with only a few minor cuts. Pretty solid port
www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8i...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8i...
Super Mario Maker 2 - The Entire Zelda 1 Full Game Remake
YouTube video by Super Milltendo
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Thinking back to that time I remade the entirety of The Legend of Zelda 1 in Super Mario Maker with only a few minor cuts. Pretty solid port
www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8i...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8i...
Latest thing to pop up in the high-end collector world is a really beautiful Super Mario Bros. with an intact 1985 first-run matte sticker seal. Unfortunately for the seller, it's not a sealed copy—it's actually open from the bottom—but will go for a lot anyway
www.ebay.com/itm/35810290...
www.ebay.com/itm/35810290...
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Latest thing to pop up in the high-end collector world is a really beautiful Super Mario Bros. with an intact 1985 first-run matte sticker seal. Unfortunately for the seller, it's not a sealed copy—it's actually open from the bottom—but will go for a lot anyway
www.ebay.com/itm/35810290...
www.ebay.com/itm/35810290...
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When a Final Fantasy V guy plays Quartet
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
When a Final Fantasy V guy plays Quartet
if you got quanchied at MAGFest you legally have to buy mortal kombat legacy kollection. sorry i dont make the rules
That's a wrap! Over the course of this weekend, I have deposited 224 pictures of Quan Chi throughout the Gaylord. Go, and Quan Chi in peace #MAGFest2026
January 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
if you got quanchied at MAGFest you legally have to buy mortal kombat legacy kollection. sorry i dont make the rules
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Hell yeah I’ve got Switch 2
Switch 2 a new medication every couple of months so please bear with me
Switch 2 a new medication every couple of months so please bear with me
June 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hell yeah I’ve got Switch 2
Switch 2 a new medication every couple of months so please bear with me
Switch 2 a new medication every couple of months so please bear with me
Incredible timeline magic
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Incredible timeline magic
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I've been attending the DICE Awards for literally 20 years straight, but this will be my first time ON the red carpet instead of just off to the side of the red carpet. Let's go!!!
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is a Finalist for Fighting Game of the Year at the 29th Annual #DICEAwards!
Check out the full list of nominees here: https://www.interactive.org/awards/29th_dice_awards_finalists_93k3p1.asp
Check out the full list of nominees here: https://www.interactive.org/awards/29th_dice_awards_finalists_93k3p1.asp
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I've been attending the DICE Awards for literally 20 years straight, but this will be my first time ON the red carpet instead of just off to the side of the red carpet. Let's go!!!
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Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping
Reposted by Chris Kohler
A little poem to start off the new year.
My apologies to W. H. Auden, and to villanelles in general.
jordanmechner.com
My apologies to W. H. Auden, and to villanelles in general.
jordanmechner.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
A little poem to start off the new year.
My apologies to W. H. Auden, and to villanelles in general.
jordanmechner.com
My apologies to W. H. Auden, and to villanelles in general.
jordanmechner.com
"How are those fighting animals coming along?
"Wonderfully. The tests show they're fighting quite a lot."
"Wonderfully. The tests show they're fighting quite a lot."
January 5, 2026 at 12:11 AM
"How are those fighting animals coming along?
"Wonderfully. The tests show they're fighting quite a lot."
"Wonderfully. The tests show they're fighting quite a lot."
babe are we out of Zuru Snackles?
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
babe are we out of Zuru Snackles?
Not paying $250 for a review copy of Murder on the Mississippi, but at least we can read the whole press release...
www.ebay.com/itm/39744594...?
www.ebay.com/itm/39744594...?
January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Not paying $250 for a review copy of Murder on the Mississippi, but at least we can read the whole press release...
www.ebay.com/itm/39744594...?
www.ebay.com/itm/39744594...?