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TJ Denzer

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Senior News Editor Shacknews.com & culinary host of tasty indies on Indie-licious. Unofficial Bowser expert/weirdo. contact: tj.denzer (at) http://shacknews.com

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · Apr 9

Yeah, it's a repost, but please play this at my funeral without explanation or context. It's as good of an understanding of who I am as you're going to get and the people closest to me will understand.

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 19h

All of the money in the world can’t hide a fool once they speak.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 1d

Romantic moves on a Saturday night, as we do.

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 1d

Dragon Ball FighterZ still getting new updates in 2025 and they dug up ANOTHER Goku for the roster. God bless fighting games. #FGC youtu.be/fVtdkNqbiKE?...

DRAGON BALL FighterZ: EVO France 2025 Announcement Trailer

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Shacknews @shacknews.com · 2d

ShackStream: Becoming cannon fodder in Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6 is officially released, and it's time for Jan to dust off his boots and revisit those glory days. Or just shoot wildly at things.

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 3d

We had our shares of wins and losses, but we held our own more often then not on Solo Juggernaut Warwick. I love playing this character in #2XKO. I could do for a little QoL in the Ranked Lobbies and menus though, lol. #FGC

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 3d

live on Twitch now! twitch.tv/shacknews

Shacknews - Twitch

Shacknews began in 1996 as a Quake fan site. It eventually grew to cover all games and platforms, but still maintains strong ties to its PC gaming roots.

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 3d

I've been dabbling in some solo Warwick Juggernaut in #2XKO and I think it's time we took what we've learned live. Come watch as I lab out Warwick's kit, showing off some setups and where his damage is, and take him online with player matches! #FGC

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 3d

ShackStream: The Lab - Unleashing the beast with Warwick in 2XKO

How does Warwick run in 2XKO? Pretty dang good actually. Join us for a special livestream of his ferocious gameplay!

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Shacknews @shacknews.com · 3d

Invincible VS introduces Cecil Stedman and Story Mode at NYCC 2025

With heroes and villains running amok, Cecil Stedman is about to get his hands dirty.

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 3d

I have a really good time going back and forth between him and the assassin. Her grab/yank combos are so fun.

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 3d

This game has a mage frog who’s consumed by and endless thirst for vengeance and he fucking rips

Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 3d

Absolum fuses the Hades style rogeike with beat ‘em ups and its spectacular. A gorgeous and heartful game that finds some surprising ways to shake up the formula. Easily one of the best best ‘em ups ever made, and I think the most compelling “Hades-like”we’ve seen. www.inverse.com/gaming/absol...

'Absolum' Is The Perfect Chaser To 'Hades 2'

'Absolum' ambitiously combined the roguelike with the beat 'em up, and the unique concoction is a phenomenal success.

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lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 4d

HEY FOLKS!

Now I am back from Japan I wanted to do a proper *I'M LOOKING FOR WORK* post.

Reviews, previews, features, podcasts, on-camera stuff, online, in print... I can do it all! And have been doing it all for like six years!

If you have a beat on any opportunities, please let me know.

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 3d

Checkmates in #2XKO are so delicious/devastating. You can see them from a mile away. Solo Warwick remains a pretty exciting way to pass my time for the moment.

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 3d

They're making an animated series about the Duolingo bird and I just don't know how to take any of this seriously.

Not just the series. Any of it. All of it.

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 4d

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 3d

Our review of Absolum is up! The game's rogue-lite qualities are punishing at first, but it forces you to try anything to get an edge, and that encourages exploration of characters and builds in a satisfying beat-'em-up system. It's likely my addiction this season. #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 4d

Absolum review: Punching above its weight

This side-scrolling beat-'em-up breaks boundaries with hard-hitting combat and an original fantasy story with branching paths.

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Shacknews @shacknews.com · 3d

Absolum review: Punching above its weight

This side-scrolling beat-'em-up breaks boundaries with hard-hitting combat and an original fantasy story with branching paths.

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder if Ubisoft regretted canceling a Civil War era Assassin's Creed after it saw Shadows hit one million units in sales on the afternoon it was released.

Ya know... despite the flood of racist chuds screaming, praying, and shitting themselves in hope of it failing.

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 4d

Ubisoft reportedly canceled a post-Civil War Asassin's Creed in 2024

Ubisoft apparently canceled the game due to backlash to Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows and high tensions in USA politics.

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Shacknews @shacknews.com · 4d

The Shacknews BF6 review will be a couple of days late to allow for us to get time with full servers, but expect some multiplayer videos to drop on October 9 @ 11 a.m. ET. #Battlefield6 #Gaming #Battlefield

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 4d

It's so uncanny they have to be related by blood if not the same person.

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 4d

Asmongold is what happens when this guy from GeGeGe no Kitaro gets a Who Framed Roger Rabbit deal.

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 5d

I put my finger on exactly what I like about Warwick in #2XKO. #FGC

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 5d

The characters in #2XKO haven't really appealed to me, until Warwick. What's more, I learned that Juggernaut Warwick is a monster once you get him to rage state. Think I'll stick around on him for a bit until another character I like comes along for the duo. #FGC

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 5d

Perhaps one of the most interesting things I played at #TGS2025. D-Topia is a new @annapurna.com jam with Marumittu Games. In a "perfect world" handled by an AI system, your job is to keep paradise running smoothly in a chill narrative that feels disturbingly timely. #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 5d

D-Topia puts you in the role of a service tech that maintains an AI-run 'utopia'

At Tokyo Game Show 2025, Marumittu Games and Annapurna Interactive's D-Topia had us solving troubles in paradise.

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TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 5d

I fear my state may have put the ICE Recruitment Center and the Paul Blart Lookalike Content too close to one another.

TJ Denzer @johnnychugs.bsky.social · 5d

One of the things I got to do during #TGS2025 was try to bend my hands about C. Viper's high execution gameplay in #StreetFighter6. Her tools are going to be a challenge to master, but they look rewarding for players who put in the time. Also, that theme is absolute 🔥 #SF6 #FGC

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 5d

C. Viper feels tough to learn, but looks rewarding in Street Fighter 6

We got a taste of C. Viper's upgraded Burning Kicks and Seismic Hammers in Street Fighter 6 during Tokyo Game Show 2025.

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