Shadow Hog

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Guy who likes games. Occasional contributor to the Hardcore Gaming 101 Top 47K Games podcast. Mostly repost things I find interesting. He/Him. Avatar by @nuclearhog.farm.

Hank Hill holding up BromideF from DELTARUNE Chapter 5 on his cell phone, which depicts Flowery taking a bubble bath - fully-clothed, of course.
Still cartoon drawing of a working at a fictional fast food restaurant named Dinko's. She says "Welcome to Dicko's, home of the Dildos, HeɘH".
That final segment of 2001: A Space Odyssey where Bowman is trapped in a bedroom, eating dinner. It has been edited with a giant cake atop the bed. Bowman thinks to himself, "Gotta save the huge bedcake for later; don't wanna spoil my appetite. Happy Space Birthday to me", while a muffled "Happy Birthday" by Concrete Blonde plays in the background.
Three completely nonsensical and unearned awards in the corner (technically both lower corners) of an ad for a crappy mobile game whose name I've deliberately cropped out (they don't deserve the traffic). BEST GAME 2025 -PLAYER'S CHOICE INNOVATION 2025 -CREATIVE GAMEPLAY GRAPHICS 2025 -VISUAL EXCELLENCE
From Deltarune 's Hometown segments. * (Gerson Boom Memorial Bench) * "Throughout my career, some of my best ideas came from dreams." * "Take a rest here. If anyone asks -- you're writing!"
The North American cover art for The Ooze for the Sega Genesis. The Ooze seeks his own level.
Discord emoji/Twemoji version of the "🫪" glyph
The introduction to Hexen: Beyond Heretic's first hub, The Seven Portals, but when Korax pops in to speak to the player from a fiery portal, instead of asking "GREETINGS, MORTAL. ARE YOU READY TO DIE?", he says "GREETINGS MORTAL. I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU TO MY PROFESSIONAL NETWORK ON LINKEDIN."
Sierra
Mina the Hollower, sporting her Nightstar flail, jumping into action
A screenshot of Mina the Hollower, but Mina's portrait has a pair of glasses now.
A kids' toys shop in a mall. Pictured are toys of what I believe is a blue whale with a human face, a yellow school bus, and some weird fusion between Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario, in that it is sporting red overalls, a blue shirt, white gloves, and red leather boots, but also that's just straight up Sonic's head. The red overalls have the words "DANCING Gracefully" printed on it, along with some musical notes.
Can you believe it guys? Mina the Hollower, just a week away. Mina is in a week! Woohoo! I am so happy about this information. Mina! Just a week away, oh wow. Can you believe it? Mina the Hollower! Just in a week! It got here so fast! Mina! Just a
A screenshot from one of the Shenmue games. The camera is in a close-up on Ryo's hand as he examines a Sonic figure (from Sonic the Dighters) that he got from a capsule machine.
Close-up of James McCloud in his Arwing, featuring TWO fox pawprints emblazoned next to the window. Presumably this is his paw and little Fox's paw, as a gesture to how much he cares for his son, and not him having giant paw hands but tiny paw feet and emblazoning both on his ship.
Falco doing welding work on the Great Fox interior while Peppy looks at something else in a different direction. The welding illuminates Falco's legs, which are digitigrade and visibly have bare toes exposed.
MC DONALD'S I'm locin& it.
A listing of a 2017 Honda Civic coupe pulled off of CarMax, with the license plate covered by a 🙂 emoji or sticker. The car is a bright lime green, and is in a showroom of some sort atop a turntable, used for CarMax's 360° exterior turnarounds.
A GIF of Dunban from Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, captioned "That's Dunbine over there!". "Dunbine" is conspicuously in a different font.
Ace Attorney health bar receiving a penalty
resident evil requiem
Spike, from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
⭐ PRODIGY® Interactive Personal Service
"For those who can't find Panzer Dragoon Saga, see below." A full-page image of the face of the game's protagonist, Edge, with cutout instructions surrounding it, is placed below.
Hans Moleman: "I'm 31 years old."
A display of OpenTTD, shown on a screen above a live band
My con badge, with multiple ribbons, two of which were from the Dukkido booth
A black-and-white image of a lone tree in an open field on a cloudy day. Superimposed over it is a transparent image of the character only ever referred to as "Dad" (even in the credits list), with his iconic quote "If you can travel through space and time, you don't need a car."
A picture of two skeletons in a dark cave from the first (and Japan-exclusive) King's Field for The PlayStation. One skeleton has a shield, and both have swords. The caption reads "The PlayStation can produce mind-boggling effects." Taken from a scan of page 61 of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Volume 7, Number 8, Issue 61, hosted on the archive of the Video Game History Foundation.
"If humans had tails, we'd probably-" "-eat GRILLED chicken."
Phoenix Wright: "[...] Christmas" means it was[...] Christmas!
Opening to Symphony of the Night, run through Foone Turing's Death Generator. Dracula is talking, but his line is now "I was called here by humans who keep saying "Metroidvania"."
In 2025 you played 0 games You stuck with a few fun faves. Your top 0 games:
Scorpio from Dirty Harry
A video of a cat climbing a giant plush bear, with music from Shadow of the Colossus (specifically "Revived Power ~Battle With The Colossus~") superimposed over it. Video taken from https://bsky.app/profile/theothertaira.bsky.social/post/3m7b7xkqvks2q
Email receipt of a GOG purchase showing Blood: Refreshed Supply purchased for $10.19 before tax
An image of Captain Kavok, who definitely isn't Chancellor Gowron, proclaiming "Experience bIj!"
A Cuptain from Deltarune Chapter 4
"PEPSI FOR TV GAME", from Pepsiman for the PlayStation [1], in the style of the "ZOHRAN FOR NEW YORK CITY" political banner
The Dude saying "Jesus." from The Big Lebowski (1998).
A screenshot of Fighters Megamix featuring Hornet (the car) fighting Janet (the cop). Source: https://medium.com/@vegapedia/life-in-review-fighters-megamix-9acaafaecc3a
the quality foo         ple
👻 it is a mystery
Page 58 of Computer Gaming World Issue #88, detailing Adventure Game of the Year (King's Quest V, with a special award for Rise of the Dragon), Action Game of the Year (Links: The Challenge of Golf), and Overall Game of the Year (Wing Commander). The URL in the post leads to a proper, text-searchable scan of the issue in question.
The male squire from Final Fantasy Tactics, but his head is that of Tenna's from Deltarune Chapter 3.
Laughing jack-o'-lantern
The white dude who is on the North American box art and cartridge label of Columns III, and almost assuredly isn't on the Japanese box or cartridge anywhere (but also: shut up)
Korax (from Hexen) would like to add you to his professional network on LinkedIn
Screenshot from the game Blue Angelo. A horned fairy lady says "I'm sorry but I must leave now. People of my village must be worry about my abscence. Thanks for all."
A facial crop of Captain Planet, hue-shifted 180°, turning his normally-blue skin to a peachy white; the result looks like Just Some Redhead Dude With A Mullet
Dialog portrait for Rouxls Kaard ("Rules Card") from Deltarune
A screen capture from the page for Sonic Jam (Sega Saturn) on Models Resource. On the left: Miles "Tails" Prower. On the right: Miles "Tails" Prower (Low-Poly).
💀 BONE UP! ⬆️ 💀 007800 (Mina the Hollower, Yacht Club Games, 2025)
NO! NOT THE BAKERY! NANAO MISAKI "That's where I work!"
An image of a short poem, in the style of the various prophecies present in the various Dark Cathedrals in Deltarune Chapter 4. It reads: "AS THE FOUNTAINS HISS, THE ANGEL WILL SING: Yall gotta see this IMG_4750.png"
Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Undertale: saw an ad on Cucumber Quest. Tried demo, accidentally killed Toriel. Flowey calling me out for sparing her after reloading blew me away: this game would be an all-timer. -Shadow Hog" (The dialog icon is of a little ferret, stoat or weasel person.)
A crop of the first picture of the Espio the Chameon plush, revealing it has a hilarious wall-eyed expression when viewed from head-on
Demo completion screen for Mina the Hollower. A mouse in a red longcoat and glasses reads a green book on a balcony. Thanks for Playing! Weapon: Nightstar (whip) Play Time: 00:41:20 Bones Collected: 1834 Deaths: 1