ziad
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ziad
@ziaddd.bsky.social
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Hello,

As you know my dog Sam has cancer, he needs a surgery and the vet bills overhelmed me and I can't pay them right now.

After all your nice messages I decided to setup a Kofi for the bills.

I appreciate every € and please only donate if you can afford it.

ko-fi.com/knoebel
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
we’ve seen enough filmmakers at the berlinale actually show a fucking spine to confirm that no, saying “free palestine” when you’re asked about it will not get you cancelled. it is literally so fucking easy how are y’all this pathetic
February 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM
time to bring this one back
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
what do you think makes a good game review?
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Going to make a thread of every reason to NEVER vote for Newsom. Let's start with:
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 PM
i understand being excited but i still recommend you abstain from all the new blizzard stuff given microsoft’s continued support of the israeli military. that situation hasn’t magically changed
February 12, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Reading this while watching a report on how deeply embedded Nvidia, AMD, Intel are in the Trump administration’s plans to invade and subjugate Greenland.

Microsoft is expediting a genocide, video game execs are up and down the Epstein files, Rockstar is union busting.

Check your exits folks.
February 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm curious as to what the 2XKO's teams plans were before they were informed of yesterday's layoffs -- what tasks were the individual staff members assigned to for the foreseeable future?

If you know anything, please consider hitting my DMs, will handle the info responsibly.
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
2XKO situation is fucked on so many levels man; even just from the selfish perspective of "i'm still waiting to play it once they fix the goddamn screen tearing because it actually seems fun." i do not understand the decision-making process here
February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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this review is full of slam dunks but finding out that Mine's substory has him doing image rehabilitation of a guy who got imprisoned for seuxal assault made my jaw hit the floor dude.
Technically poor and hurried, devoid of the original's charm, and full of filler content and baffling changes, Yakuza Kiwami 3 is a 20/100, a 2/10, a one-star game.

It's a seismic miss that left me questioning my love for the series.

My review: www.gamerguides.com/yakuza-kiwam...
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
can we talk about how fire this logo is
February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
every falco is just a fox waiting to get on HRT
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
i don’t doubt that ye developed some real prejudice by misconstruing his experiences in the music industry with antisemitic stereotypes. but, and maybe i’m too biased/soft, seeing people laugh off how bipolar made him lean into those destructive tendencies ain’t sit right with me
January 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
best thing one battle after another did is have leo’s character call everybody he doesn’t like a “fucking liberal”
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Kamala Harris's actual 2024 policies:
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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our long gestating beach gen episode on grand theft auto III is finally out! a lot of daring design mixed with a lot of mid, and @ziaddd.bsky.social, @kranku.bsky.social, and I go through all of it. I'm excited to kick beach gen off again this year! link below!
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
inconvenient timing to be singing GTA3's virtues; listen to the latest BEACH GEN GAME CLUB but also consider supporting the workers unfairly dismissed at rockstar!

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kEX...
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
at the risk of sounding old as fuck, what’s with dudes wearing their hoodies like this
January 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM
listen man, i'm just saying: if resident evil requiem has at least one section where out of nowhere it goes fixed camera angles, i would get freaked out by that
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
when it’s a shonen fight and the perspective-character has an internal monologue like “he’s fast..!”
January 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
alright i don’t wanna land on a list or anything but i need some art inspo for my game… what are y’all favorite examples of tank top punch girls in anime/gaming? preferably darker-skinned
January 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM
we’re a few weeks removed now but “she didn’t like my *glug glug glug* truly is a 10/10 all-time line read
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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New video on the channel!

I beat one of the hardest games ever. My 1CC run of ESP Ra De with commentary.

Enjoy: youtu.be/NGD9L1mo4gs
January 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
neon inferno really surprised me with its quality, check out my review

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUvz...
Neon Inferno is one of the best arcade action campaigns in years
YouTube video by ziadbruh
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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cygames going heavy into genAI is pretty bad. if anything normalizes it, it'll be gacha. gacha shouldn't even be legal but you say that and people just say "gambling's cool, just don't spend money you idiot" ignoring such an insanely predatory thing
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM