FrDougal9000 / Apollo Chungus
@frdougal9000.bsky.social
Writer for Hardcore Gaming 101 (as Apollo Chungus) and Cartoon Milk. Occasional animation enthusiast, music composer and numpty.
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29 | he/him/whatevs
Howdy folks, my first @hg101.bsky.social article in a while is now available to read! It looks into the pretty neat Japan-only Saturn platformer Willy Wombat, developed by Westone and featuring designs by Susumu Matsushita & English voice acting! www.hardcoregaming101.net/willy-wombat/
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Howdy folks, my first @hg101.bsky.social article in a while is now available to read! It looks into the pretty neat Japan-only Saturn platformer Willy Wombat, developed by Westone and featuring designs by Susumu Matsushita & English voice acting! www.hardcoregaming101.net/willy-wombat/
shout out to this fucking rad bit of Sonic fan-art by Matt Lyon, adorning the pages of Mean Machines issue 10 (July of 1991, making this one of the earliest known pieces of Sonic fan-art)
October 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
shout out to this fucking rad bit of Sonic fan-art by Matt Lyon, adorning the pages of Mean Machines issue 10 (July of 1991, making this one of the earliest known pieces of Sonic fan-art)
A bunch of pictures I took from the 1947 stop-motion adaptation of the Tintin book Crab with the Golden Claws (by Claude Misonne)
September 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A bunch of pictures I took from the 1947 stop-motion adaptation of the Tintin book Crab with the Golden Claws (by Claude Misonne)
Howdy everyone, hope you're all doing well! I've got a new article up on @hg101.bsky.social talking about the cute puzzle platformer Rolo To The Rescue, made for the Mega Drive by British dev Vectordean (of James Pond fame)!
September 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Howdy everyone, hope you're all doing well! I've got a new article up on @hg101.bsky.social talking about the cute puzzle platformer Rolo To The Rescue, made for the Mega Drive by British dev Vectordean (of James Pond fame)!
Howdy folks, it's been a while! One of my @hg101.bsky.social articles got posted on the site today, looking at the solid point-and-click adventure revival Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse by @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social! It's pretty good! www.hardcoregaming101.net/broken-sword...
September 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Howdy folks, it's been a while! One of my @hg101.bsky.social articles got posted on the site today, looking at the solid point-and-click adventure revival Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse by @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social! It's pretty good! www.hardcoregaming101.net/broken-sword...
watching a bit of Jem and the Holograms, and this rando poster in the corner reminded me of the Ys 1 title screen lol
August 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
watching a bit of Jem and the Holograms, and this rando poster in the corner reminded me of the Ys 1 title screen lol
#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
oh cock i'm a bit late with this. lotta animal comedy cartoons this week, with the excellent T&J Trap Happy and the very rubbish Mansion Cat. glad that FIXED got to come out, even if i didn't jive with it all that much, and Technological Threat's a good time.
#LastFourWatched
oh cock i'm a bit late with this. lotta animal comedy cartoons this week, with the excellent T&J Trap Happy and the very rubbish Mansion Cat. glad that FIXED got to come out, even if i didn't jive with it all that much, and Technological Threat's a good time.
August 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
oh cock i'm a bit late with this. lotta animal comedy cartoons this week, with the excellent T&J Trap Happy and the very rubbish Mansion Cat. glad that FIXED got to come out, even if i didn't jive with it all that much, and Technological Threat's a good time.
#LastFourWatched
oh cock i'm a bit late with this. lotta animal comedy cartoons this week, with the excellent T&J Trap Happy and the very rubbish Mansion Cat. glad that FIXED got to come out, even if i didn't jive with it all that much, and Technological Threat's a good time.
my favourite 80s clint eastwood film, dirty harry and the hendersons
August 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my favourite 80s clint eastwood film, dirty harry and the hendersons
Metal Gear Solid if it really took place in 2005
August 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Metal Gear Solid if it really took place in 2005
#LetterboxFriday
#LastFourWatched
A bit late, but I finally watched enough stuff over the last week that isn't fucking Jem and the Holograms lmao. A pretty charismatic "hunt the serial killer" film with Sigourney Weaver/Holly Hunter and some good Looney Tunes shorts (and Muscle Tussle).
#LastFourWatched
A bit late, but I finally watched enough stuff over the last week that isn't fucking Jem and the Holograms lmao. A pretty charismatic "hunt the serial killer" film with Sigourney Weaver/Holly Hunter and some good Looney Tunes shorts (and Muscle Tussle).
August 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#LetterboxFriday
#LastFourWatched
A bit late, but I finally watched enough stuff over the last week that isn't fucking Jem and the Holograms lmao. A pretty charismatic "hunt the serial killer" film with Sigourney Weaver/Holly Hunter and some good Looney Tunes shorts (and Muscle Tussle).
#LastFourWatched
A bit late, but I finally watched enough stuff over the last week that isn't fucking Jem and the Holograms lmao. A pretty charismatic "hunt the serial killer" film with Sigourney Weaver/Holly Hunter and some good Looney Tunes shorts (and Muscle Tussle).
some friends were chatting about who could play a live action Lupin III and one of them joked Mike Matei. i couldn't help but bring that mental image to life.
August 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
some friends were chatting about who could play a live action Lupin III and one of them joked Mike Matei. i couldn't help but bring that mental image to life.
cartoons are good
August 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
cartoons are good
Blimey, there's a new episode of the @hg101.bsky.social Top 47k game podcast out today and I'm on both segments, talking about some cool video games with @bobinator.bsky.social @kaly.bsky.social and @taxowlbear.bsky.social! Go listen to it, it's good stuff
www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...
www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...
August 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Blimey, there's a new episode of the @hg101.bsky.social Top 47k game podcast out today and I'm on both segments, talking about some cool video games with @bobinator.bsky.social @kaly.bsky.social and @taxowlbear.bsky.social! Go listen to it, it's good stuff
www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...
www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...
Idiots, I love em
July 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Idiots, I love em
Nice sunny breezy day out here
July 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Nice sunny breezy day out here
Have a drawing of a lil guy
July 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Have a drawing of a lil guy
Not sure if I'm totally chuffed with how this reads. It didn't impact me anywhere near as much as most, but I liked it.
Also enjoyed trying to draw a sprite of myself for the first time, seeing how individual pixels change how you see hair or other details. Thanks for that Toby : )
Also enjoyed trying to draw a sprite of myself for the first time, seeing how individual pixels change how you see hair or other details. Thanks for that Toby : )
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not sure if I'm totally chuffed with how this reads. It didn't impact me anywhere near as much as most, but I liked it.
Also enjoyed trying to draw a sprite of myself for the first time, seeing how individual pixels change how you see hair or other details. Thanks for that Toby : )
Also enjoyed trying to draw a sprite of myself for the first time, seeing how individual pixels change how you see hair or other details. Thanks for that Toby : )
shout out to Altissia from Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition. gives me the best kind of Soleanna from Sonic 06 vibes (i know they're both pulling from Venice, but Pocket Edition's lower fidelity puts me so much in mind of Soleanna, i love it)
July 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
shout out to Altissia from Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition. gives me the best kind of Soleanna from Sonic 06 vibes (i know they're both pulling from Venice, but Pocket Edition's lower fidelity puts me so much in mind of Soleanna, i love it)
yeah why not, let's go yo
July 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
yeah why not, let's go yo
Suddenly felt the urge to play Elite Beat Agents when I went into the shopping centre. Dunno why.
July 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Suddenly felt the urge to play Elite Beat Agents when I went into the shopping centre. Dunno why.
4. Two Gophers From Texas is one of the best Looney Tunes. There is nothing that compares to the thrill of seeing a short that looks like that, with such a deranged looking dog and charmingly doofy gopher boys. I absolutely adore this cartoon, and it made director Art Davis a legend in mine eyes.
July 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
4. Two Gophers From Texas is one of the best Looney Tunes. There is nothing that compares to the thrill of seeing a short that looks like that, with such a deranged looking dog and charmingly doofy gopher boys. I absolutely adore this cartoon, and it made director Art Davis a legend in mine eyes.
A moron from many angles
July 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A moron from many angles
Been wondering recently why the cover for the prefab sprout album "let's change the world with music" looked so familiar, and I realised its cuz the text font/colors are identical to local(ish) house designing company sigma homes lol
July 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Been wondering recently why the cover for the prefab sprout album "let's change the world with music" looked so familiar, and I realised its cuz the text font/colors are identical to local(ish) house designing company sigma homes lol
tfw you read fifty shades of grey for the first time
July 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
tfw you read fifty shades of grey for the first time