Chris de Hoog
@hoogathy.bsky.social
Canadian geek of many passions. RPG Editor @cgmagonline, Features Editor @ffunion; host @kyberclub; streamer @guildtwotaps. Random opinions are my own. (He/him)
25 years ago I begged my dad to let me rent Final Fantasy IX, after reading about it for months in magazines. He finally caved so long as I didn’t get too far if I still wanted to get it for Christmas.
I may have made it well into disc 2 on that rental, but getting it for Christmas wasn’t a waste.
I may have made it well into disc 2 on that rental, but getting it for Christmas wasn’t a waste.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
25 years ago I begged my dad to let me rent Final Fantasy IX, after reading about it for months in magazines. He finally caved so long as I didn’t get too far if I still wanted to get it for Christmas.
I may have made it well into disc 2 on that rental, but getting it for Christmas wasn’t a waste.
I may have made it well into disc 2 on that rental, but getting it for Christmas wasn’t a waste.
Just opened MTG Arena for the first time in awhile and saw they banned sweet lil’ guy Vivi… but they also banned the true abomination, Screaming Nemesis, so I can live with this.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just opened MTG Arena for the first time in awhile and saw they banned sweet lil’ guy Vivi… but they also banned the true abomination, Screaming Nemesis, so I can live with this.
The *only* thing I don't like about Brie Larson as Rosalina for the new Mario Movie is that it could prevent her from playing Samus someday, should a project like that ever come to pass. But the chances of that seem slim, and she's a perfect choice for Rosalina.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The *only* thing I don't like about Brie Larson as Rosalina for the new Mario Movie is that it could prevent her from playing Samus someday, should a project like that ever come to pass. But the chances of that seem slim, and she's a perfect choice for Rosalina.
[Sakamoto Days intensify]
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
[Sakamoto Days intensify]
All I needed from a free ACNH update was the classic Nintendo items, so... I'm pretty happy with everything they announced this morning.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
All I needed from a free ACNH update was the classic Nintendo items, so... I'm pretty happy with everything they announced this morning.
This is the part that stings the most. We were heading in this direction, and TROS threw it all out for a couple cool set pieces. "We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close."
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is the part that stings the most. We were heading in this direction, and TROS threw it all out for a couple cool set pieces. "We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close."
Now *this* is Halloween.
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Now *this* is Halloween.
For some reason when I first watched the trailer and this moment hit, I thought, "I want a tabletop RPG based on the idea of FF characters living in the real world."
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For some reason when I first watched the trailer and this moment hit, I thought, "I want a tabletop RPG based on the idea of FF characters living in the real world."
Also Clive's silhouette at the end of the trailer like:
October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Also Clive's silhouette at the end of the trailer like:
"The new Dissidia is a 3v3 team boss battle arena set in modern day Tokyo, and the heroes live amongst regular people"
October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The new Dissidia is a 3v3 team boss battle arena set in modern day Tokyo, and the heroes live amongst regular people"
What really kills mehere is that two of the teaser images are giving such Enna Kros energy, and I can’t suspend my scepticism that a World of Final Fantasy character would be pushed to the front of a new Dissidia teaser.
October 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What really kills mehere is that two of the teaser images are giving such Enna Kros energy, and I can’t suspend my scepticism that a World of Final Fantasy character would be pushed to the front of a new Dissidia teaser.
I am respectfully trying not to shout in neither joy nor frustration until the actual reveal. I’m dying for anything Dissidia but “mobile team boss battle arena” are not the words I’d like to see at the forefront here.
October 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I am respectfully trying not to shout in neither joy nor frustration until the actual reveal. I’m dying for anything Dissidia but “mobile team boss battle arena” are not the words I’d like to see at the forefront here.
The right opportunity arose to bring a cat back into our home. This is Eleanor, and she is Chaos.
October 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The right opportunity arose to bring a cat back into our home. This is Eleanor, and she is Chaos.
Maybe the set they announced for next year but wouldn’t identify?
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Maybe the set they announced for next year but wouldn’t identify?
If you see this, repost with a game from the year you were born:
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you see this, repost with a game from the year you were born:
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?
September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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?
Not just a new character either, but base improvements and new powers? This just keeps getting better.
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Not just a new character either, but base improvements and new powers? This just keeps getting better.
Game enjoyers, what is stopping you from being *this* stylish and well-equipped?
September 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Game enjoyers, what is stopping you from being *this* stylish and well-equipped?
(Still gonna buy the Amiibo though, I'm not a monster.)
September 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
(Still gonna buy the Amiibo though, I'm not a monster.)
I'm really not sure how to feel about Samus getting a motorbike and huge open areas to explore, given how the feel of Metroid has always been tighter and closer. At first I thought this was a new spin-off in the vein of Hunters. But I'm willing to give it a try this December.
September 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I'm really not sure how to feel about Samus getting a motorbike and huge open areas to explore, given how the feel of Metroid has always been tighter and closer. At first I thought this was a new spin-off in the vein of Hunters. But I'm willing to give it a try this December.
*Homer Simpson drooling noises*
Nice to crack some FF TCG for the first time after the MTG crossover.
Nice to crack some FF TCG for the first time after the MTG crossover.
August 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
*Homer Simpson drooling noises*
Nice to crack some FF TCG for the first time after the MTG crossover.
Nice to crack some FF TCG for the first time after the MTG crossover.
This is exactly what MTG had in mind, right?
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is exactly what MTG had in mind, right?
Damn, this may be the bleakest thing I've ever seen in the writing sphere.
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Damn, this may be the bleakest thing I've ever seen in the writing sphere.