Zack Zwiezen
@zackzwiezen.com
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Over at Kotaku, we are trying to cover at least one cool indie game every week. It's called Indie of the Week!
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If you are an indie dev with something cool, feel free to send it to [email protected]!
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If you are an indie dev with something cool, feel free to send it to [email protected]!
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Latest from me at The Guardian!
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
Before the Game Awards in LA last week, a US video game workers union turned up to protest. "Anyone who works in the games industry can identify that our art form is being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money." @alyssamerc.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
‘Our industry has been strip-mined’: video game workers protest at The Game Awards
Outside the lavish event, workers called out the ‘greed’ in the industry that has left games ‘being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money’
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Latest from me at The Guardian!
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
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A big year for Xbox amid a messy multiplatform shift.
What's the future look like when the head of Microsoft Gaming celebrates an indie release like Keeper but not Halo coming to PlayStation?
Kotaku's 2025 State of Xbox from @zackzwiezen.com
What's the future look like when the head of Microsoft Gaming celebrates an indie release like Keeper but not Halo coming to PlayStation?
Kotaku's 2025 State of Xbox from @zackzwiezen.com
The State Of Xbox And Game Pass In 2025 - Kotaku
Xbox had great games in 2025, but everything else is bad, bad, bad, bad
kotaku.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A big year for Xbox amid a messy multiplatform shift.
What's the future look like when the head of Microsoft Gaming celebrates an indie release like Keeper but not Halo coming to PlayStation?
Kotaku's 2025 State of Xbox from @zackzwiezen.com
What's the future look like when the head of Microsoft Gaming celebrates an indie release like Keeper but not Halo coming to PlayStation?
Kotaku's 2025 State of Xbox from @zackzwiezen.com
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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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“Our sources say the two suffered lacerations consistent with a knife. The LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division is still investigating.”
Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds
Rob Reiner -- the legendary director -- and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have died ... TMZ has confirmed.
www.tmz.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“Our sources say the two suffered lacerations consistent with a knife. The LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division is still investigating.”
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
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I'm giving out this star, so get it while you can folks
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I'm giving out this star, so get it while you can folks
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This … is not good news www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion that belongs to director Rob Reiner
A man and woman were found dead inside a home in Brentwood that records and neighbors tie to director Rob Reiner.
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This … is not good news www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...
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SNL used AI art tonight, multiple times.
Booooooo.
Booooooo.
December 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
SNL used AI art tonight, multiple times.
Booooooo.
Booooooo.
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December 25, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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It's kind of unbelievable how hard Bari Weiss and CBS News have been pushing their interview with Erika Kirk. Just total propaganda.
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's kind of unbelievable how hard Bari Weiss and CBS News have been pushing their interview with Erika Kirk. Just total propaganda.
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Keita Takahashi said 'To a T' didn't sell well enough. He moved back to Japan with his family, unsure if he will stay in the industry.
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
December 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Keita Takahashi said 'To a T' didn't sell well enough. He moved back to Japan with his family, unsure if he will stay in the industry.
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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Any attack targeted at people just because they are Jewish is as barbaric and evil as any attack on people just because they are Palestinian, or whatever other nationality. I will not accept any justification or relativization for this horrifying act of antisemitism in my mentions. Evil, period.
Eleven killed at Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brands attack on Jewish worshippers act of antisemitism and terrorism
www.middleeasteye.net
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Any attack targeted at people just because they are Jewish is as barbaric and evil as any attack on people just because they are Palestinian, or whatever other nationality. I will not accept any justification or relativization for this horrifying act of antisemitism in my mentions. Evil, period.
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Every one of these pieces comes down to “what if ai was useful”
Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"
December 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Every one of these pieces comes down to “what if ai was useful”
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Mom and I got together for the great Christmas Cookie Bananza, so many cookies!
December 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Mom and I got together for the great Christmas Cookie Bananza, so many cookies!
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“Atlanta’s top veneer specialist” faces over 100 counts after prosecutors accused him of making millions by performing cosmetic dental procedures without a license
‘Atlanta’s top veneer specialist’ not licensed dentist, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say he has made more than $4 million.
www.wsbtv.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Atlanta’s top veneer specialist” faces over 100 counts after prosecutors accused him of making millions by performing cosmetic dental procedures without a license
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merry christmas from dark castle, where the suit of armor in the great hall is replaced by a christmas tree if the mac's internal clock says it's christmas day.
December 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM
merry christmas from dark castle, where the suit of armor in the great hall is replaced by a christmas tree if the mac's internal clock says it's christmas day.
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“To put it frankly, old white people have a lot of time, and they’re really angry,” Stauss said. “Having somebody that looks like your grandmother out there, shouting ‘shame’ or out there blowing her whistle, is really important.”
They’re the Heat on ICE
Stopping federal agents on Canal Street was just the start: Inside a resistance movement.
nymag.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“To put it frankly, old white people have a lot of time, and they’re really angry,” Stauss said. “Having somebody that looks like your grandmother out there, shouting ‘shame’ or out there blowing her whistle, is really important.”
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watch me draw an extremely realistic struthiomimus in under three minutes*
*like 70 minutes irl
*like 70 minutes irl
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
watch me draw an extremely realistic struthiomimus in under three minutes*
*like 70 minutes irl
*like 70 minutes irl
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Literally played this like 3 hours ago and it made its way onto my Kotaku GOTY ballot.
few more reviews for despelote to hit 500 and overwhelmingly positive 🙏🏽
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Literally played this like 3 hours ago and it made its way onto my Kotaku GOTY ballot.