Elizabeth Zelle
@kohizeri.bsky.social
Head of User Research @ Amazon Games | Making games since 2008 | Bethesda and Volition alum | Midwest is Best | Opinions expressed are my own | She/Her
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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Amazon Games Studios has divested upcoming MOBA March of Giants to Ubisoft, original home of its creative leadership team.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
Ubisoft acquires upcoming MOBA March of Giants from Amazon Game Studios
The news follows significant cutbacks to Amazon's game publishing business as part of a global reduction in headcount.
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Amazon Games Studios has divested upcoming MOBA March of Giants to Ubisoft, original home of its creative leadership team.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
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people have really internalized this idea that you can’t articulate a problem without presenting a solution and man, that’s just what middle managers say to ruin your life
December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
people have really internalized this idea that you can’t articulate a problem without presenting a solution and man, that’s just what middle managers say to ruin your life
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Gamedevs don’t get enough appreciation for what they do, and often the biggest impact comes from people the public never hears about.
Which gamedevs would YOU give an award to, and for what?
Which gamedevs would YOU give an award to, and for what?
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Gamedevs don’t get enough appreciation for what they do, and often the biggest impact comes from people the public never hears about.
Which gamedevs would YOU give an award to, and for what?
Which gamedevs would YOU give an award to, and for what?
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We’re very excited to announce Thinky Dailies! 🎉 Follow our thinky friend on an adventure through handcrafted daily puzzles!
thinkygames.com/dail...
thinkygames.com/dail...
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We’re very excited to announce Thinky Dailies! 🎉 Follow our thinky friend on an adventure through handcrafted daily puzzles!
thinkygames.com/dail...
thinkygames.com/dail...
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis brings back Lara Croft’s classic adventure reimagined with jaw-dropping visuals, modern gameplay, and new surprises. Arriving in 2026. Wishlist now: playtr.games/wishlistnow
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis brings back Lara Croft’s classic adventure reimagined with jaw-dropping visuals, modern gameplay, and new surprises. Arriving in 2026. Wishlist now: playtr.games/wishlistnow
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Always feel bad for video game people when they start talking about the Geoffscars, assume they're in a kind of MST3K situation where they can't control whether or not they watching those awards because they've used parts of their keyboards to fashion their beloved deckbuilding roguelite mechanics
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Always feel bad for video game people when they start talking about the Geoffscars, assume they're in a kind of MST3K situation where they can't control whether or not they watching those awards because they've used parts of their keyboards to fashion their beloved deckbuilding roguelite mechanics
Congrats to @lissanna.bsky.social and the rest of the amazing team who helped bring this to life!
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Congrats to @lissanna.bsky.social and the rest of the amazing team who helped bring this to life!
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Innovation in Accessibility goes to DOOM The Dark Ages
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Innovation in Accessibility goes to DOOM The Dark Ages
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Pornhub has released the top most searched terms in the United States and every state searched “industrial crane lifting a dark and dripping shape from an unquiet sea” bc America is going through it,
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Pornhub has released the top most searched terms in the United States and every state searched “industrial crane lifting a dark and dripping shape from an unquiet sea” bc America is going through it,
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Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
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me after one teams meeting at 9am:
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
me after one teams meeting at 9am:
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how it feels to try something on in a store you have no right to try on
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
how it feels to try something on in a store you have no right to try on
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive
RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back recommending all newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B
CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive
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in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
Tell me you're a game dev without telling me you're a game dev 😆
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tell me you're a game dev without telling me you're a game dev 😆
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Yes, Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Games
Yes, Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Games
A Warner Bros. spokesperson has confirmed the video game division will be acquired by Netflix alongside its wider streaming and television business.
www.gamedeveloper.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes, Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Games