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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

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oh my god I had pushed all this out of my brain

23.11.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: And it's called "Ouendan." Ok? When I heard it, I said, what a beautiful word. But it's something we're going to be looking at more and more, and doing it probably even better than it's ever been done

21.11.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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wild shit going down at the peach factory

22.11.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join the Online Arcade Beta for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection You can beta-test the new lobby system on Steam, starting immediately.

Looking to try out the Online Arcade feature for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection? We just added it as a beta branch on Steam. Give it a try this weekend!

There are also several other improvements you can get a peek at in the beta. All the details below!

www.digitaleclipse.com/media/join-t...

22.11.2025 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Actraiser.

22.11.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: And it's called "Ouendan." Ok? When I heard it, I said, what a beautiful word. But it's something we're going to be looking at more and more, and doing it probably even better than it's ever been done

21.11.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Actually kind of crazy to look back at that era after just having visited the deyoung museum to see takahashi originals on the wall

21.11.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when i was growing up we didn't have anime. we had a black and white picture of anime and we had to make do

21.11.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
The Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night plus the original soundtrack. Three bucks each, I believe.

The Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night plus the original soundtrack. Three bucks each, I believe.

On this day in 2009, pulled off the CD rack at the Haight/Ashbury Goodwill:

21.11.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 83    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot of the Australian version of Taste Christmas, a recipe magazine, showing a recipe for a gingerbread house made of something known as "crack", which I think is some kind of mixture of chocolate and salty ingredients like crackers or pretzels. so they've called it "festive crack house"

a screenshot of the Australian version of Taste Christmas, a recipe magazine, showing a recipe for a gingerbread house made of something known as "crack", which I think is some kind of mixture of chocolate and salty ingredients like crackers or pretzels. so they've called it "festive crack house"

oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that

21.11.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1389    ๐Ÿ” 503    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

This is like when I found out that "Price Club" was not named that because it has low prices but because the founder's name was Price

21.11.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's time! Time for some hard-won wisdom and harsh truths about collecting.

Here's the video of my recent panel, "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpN...

19.11.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Review: Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection

"This is probably Digital Eclipseโ€™s finest documentary, capturing superbly the waves of hype that met the early years of Mortal Kombat."

retronauts.com/article/2453...

20.11.2025 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review: Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection

"This is probably Digital Eclipseโ€™s finest documentary, capturing superbly the waves of hype that met the early years of Mortal Kombat."

retronauts.com/article/2453...

20.11.2025 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You can now open a Nippon Curry (Hinoya Curry) franchise. I am not gonna do it but you should. let me know when it opens
nipponcurryfranchise.com

19.11.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
19.11.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's time! Time for some hard-won wisdom and harsh truths about collecting.

Here's the video of my recent panel, "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpN...

19.11.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Tetris Forever is $20.99 on US PSN buff.ly/iyyuqB1

18.11.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' 
The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross.
The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'

A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross. The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'

#3157 A helpful tutorial

17.11.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37539    ๐Ÿ” 8346    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 160    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94
A review for Xevious from Computer Entertainer, as seen in Atari 50.

A review for Xevious from Computer Entertainer, as seen in Atari 50.

Computer Entertainer credited to VGHF under a Creative Commons license.

Computer Entertainer credited to VGHF under a Creative Commons license.

Digital Eclipse just released new DLC for Atari 50, covering Namco ports for Atari platforms. And... hey, what's this?

That's Computer Entertainer, the game magazine we released into the Creative Commons this summer! It's already being used in commercial game history projects

17.11.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 205    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited to see that Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection has been nominated for Best Fighting Game at the VGAs!

Support our unique approach to preserving game history and vote here!

www.thegameawards.com/nominees

17.11.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Netflix Party Games | Official Game Trailer | Netflix YouTube video by Netflix Games

Didn't have "Ken Jeong plays Tetris Time Warp with the Squid Game people" on the ol' bingo card but hey!

www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

17.11.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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well I never heard of her. is she more famous than Fatal1ty

17.11.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My cousin @jeremykohler.bsky.social is doing some incredible work at ProPublica -- a great reporter (and publication) to be paying attention to right now!

16.11.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

[drops a piece of toast] This toast is now considered to be lost media ๐Ÿ˜”

16.11.2025 04:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 279    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(This is less about whether one of these sites used AI to generate the image and more about the fact that they absolutely know what they're doing by saying "Mario creator" in their social post to refer to the artist of a popular Mario manga.)

16.11.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If your primary news source is Facebook clickbait (and it often is!) you are currently under the impression that the creator of Mario has died.

15.11.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. The second grave will still be there when you start New Game+

14.11.2025 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 146    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. The second grave will still be there when you start New Game+

14.11.2025 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 146    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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