Kris Holt

@krisholt

I write about tech and games at @engadget.com, Yahoo Tech and Forbes. Afflicted with Tanzneid. Be fun and try. (he/him) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in 🇨🇦 💌 kris at kris holt dot net

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Kris Holt@krisholt· Jul 1

For a second, I was surprised I saw this reply😅 These have been on my muted words list since 2020:

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 21

Advertise your bluesky account with a Simpsons meme

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 14

Now is a good time to join the unstoppable bandwagon

“Do you want to be Scottish” flowchart indicating that everyone wants to be Scottish and that they’re accepted

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 13

Had no idea I had so much in common with Samara Weaving

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 8

its always 2 dumb bitches telling eachother "exactlyyyy"

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 3

I knew immediately what I had to do with my $42.50 class-action settlement from the Canadian bread price-fixing scandal… Buy games that I’ll never play!! Just kidding, I donated it to a food bank www.moissonmontreal.org

Screenshot with text reading
Moisson Montreal
Donation
Thank you very much for your support

Screenshot confirming a donation of $42.50

Kris Holt@krisholt· May 16

You have no idea how much I needed this. Best party in the world. Somehow, for a couple of hours, the happiest place on Earth was in Laval. I adore this techno/metal/boy band so very much.

Kris Holt@krisholt· May 16

I’m at the rave. I’m at the metal show. I’m at the combination rave-metal show.

A concert venue with a large crowd and a curtain covering the stage. Text: Electric Callboy Tanzneid

Kris Holt@krisholt· Mar 8

Just found this, from February 2022, in my camera roll

The “is this a pigeon” meme format of an animated human character looking at a butterfly.

The butterfly has the caption “every frame of a Nintendo Direct.”

The human’s caption reads “is this Silksong?”

Kris Holt@krisholt· Mar 6

For the 9 games thing I simply picked the first 9 games that sprang to mind that Mean Something To Me - my9games.com

A collage of box art or key art for nine video games:
Super Mario World
Poinpy
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Half-Life
Overwatch
The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Rodland
WWF No Mercy
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Kris Holt@krisholt· Dec 28

Just found this in my email drafts

Text reading "Concord Beta Early Access"

Kris Holt@krisholt· Nov 19

Had to do it

Kris Holt@krisholt· Nov 18

This 1,000% was not my submission to the BBC's live blog of the Scotland game, but I absolutely get it

"How's the nerves you ask? Four pints and four poops tells you it's own story. Let's hope the Scottish performance isn't Jobbies" - Kris

Kris Holt@krisholt· Oct 13

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.

Kris Holt@krisholt· Aug 2

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

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jul 1

Did I just go to a show that filled a hole in my soul I never knew was missing? Only the fox god knows

Babymetal on stage holding Babymetal flags with Babymetal logos on screens

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 24

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.

My ballot for the best movies of the 21st century: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Almost Famous, In Bruges, The Babadook, Parasite, Inside Out, Let the Right One On, Pan's Labyrinth, The Endless and a blank space where Turbo Kid should be.

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 18

Donations to The Trevor Project are quadrupled at the minute give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/692...

Screenshot of a $100 donation to The Trevor Project, dated June 18, 2025

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 18

Chat is this normal? (I’ve gotten this alert every single day since setting up my air purifier six weeks ago)

Daily notifications from the Mila air purifier app. Text: “Heads up, Kris. It looks like elevated ozone levels are forecasted in your area over the next 24 hours.”

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 6

I mean...

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jun 3

I have a problem but at least it's a good one🫠

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Kris Holt@krisholt· Apr 22

Stadium is great and all but this new perk is the biggest update this season. We're so freaking back

Text reading

Mei
Mei
Chilling Reach

Removed.
Biting Cold

Moved to Minor perk.
Secondary fire hits slow enemies by 20% for 1.5 seconds.
Deep Freeze

New Major Perk.
Continuously hitting enemies with primary fire freezes them for a short time.

Kris Holt@krisholt· Mar 7

This is what they’re destroying the web for

Google Gemini AI overview for the search query “rrsp 2026 start date”

Text reads:
The contribution year for RRSPs in 2026 begins on the 61st day of the year, which is March 61, 2026. The contribution year ends on the 60th day of the following year, which is March 60, 2027.

Kris Holt@krisholt· Jan 27

Four-frame image macro based on Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones screenshots. Frame 1, Anakin appears to say "I picked up a Tamagotchi of myself." Frame 2, Padme responds, "You're going to feed it, right?" Frame 3, Anakin appears to star blankly at Padme. Frame 4, Padme looks dismayed.

Kris Holt@krisholt· Dec 31

Passing the time until the bells in the only way that makes sense. Happy New Year when it comes. Lang may yer lum reek

Kris Holt@krisholt· Dec 19

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”

Spider graph of my most-played game types in 2024. From first to last, they are roguelike deckbuilder, souls-like, cats, hero shooter, action roguelike and difficult

Kris Holt@krisholt· Dec 12

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

Kris Holt@krisholt· Dec 6

What a fucking asshole to so gleefully tell me how much I messed up

Screenshot of Duolingo’s year in review feature. The stupid owl mascot is smiling and waving while saying “you made 354 mistakes this year.” Jerk

Kris Holt@krisholt· Dec 4

Cursed clip

Kris Holt@krisholt· Nov 29

Name that tune