Chris de Hoog

@hoogathy.bsky.social

Canadian writer and geek of many passions. RPG Editor @cgmagonline, Features Editor @ffunion. Random opinions are my own. (He/him)

Presenting a new illustration by Kuroimori to celebrate FFXIV's launch on the Nintendo Switch™ 2! ✨ A very warm welcome to all the new Warriors of Light starting their journey in Eorzea 🌱❤️

An illustration of G'raha Tia from Final Fantasy 14 Online sitting in front of old tomes while holding a handheld gaming device and smiling at the viewer. A moogle looks over his shoulder from behind at the device. Art by Kuroimori.

Being a parent is pretty tough, but it's all worth it for that moment, every once in a while, when you get to take your kid to the city to see a marching band and say, "Will you defeat them? Your demons and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?"

I hate how what I need to do is write books, and yet I keep thinking, "Maybe if I wore increasingly weird glasses and sat in front of my taxidermy with a bubble pipe and did unhinged houseplant reviews I could go viral and sell some books." Doing the work doesn't feel like enough, some days.

This is revenge against Carney for cancelling the island airport expansion. But it's stupid revenge, because high speed rail is incredibly popular (~70% support) in Ontario. Having just seen this play out in Quebec, Ford knows he isn't going to get re-elected so it's unpopular policy time.

Ontario rethinking support for high-speed rail after feds reject Billy Bishop expansion: source | CBC News

The federal government's rejection of a plan to allow commercial jets at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport is threatening a wedge between the Ford government and Ottawa — and potentially strengthening op...

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Metroid: Other M sucks. Then you see “Other M” is an anagram for “Mother” and you can feel your blood pressure rising. Before you can calm yourself, you realize “Metroid: Other M” is an acronym for “MOM” and you want to burn Nintendo and Team Ninja to the ground