Zack Zwiezen
Writer @ Kotaku | Also seen on: Kill Screen, USGamer, GameCritics, Hard Drive & Entertainment Fuse (He/Him)
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- One of my favorite things I've done. lol kotaku.com/barbenheimer...
- Still laugh at this lol
- My favorite moment from the Superman trailer is when Clark switches into Superman. The deeper voice, the straighter posture, the way he looks more stoic, and his focus. It's a wonderful moment and matches Christopher Reeve's ability to swap between Clark and Superman.
- In the press release announcing MAX is now HBO Max again, the company says the name change is an example of how it "boldly" iterates. Truly hilarious bullshit. kotaku.com/hbo-max-dead...
- I saw a lot of people covering this as straight news, which is fair. But I also believe this is a perfect example of how the richest people in the world running the biggest companies in the world have no idea what they are doing. You could replace them, yes you, and likely do a better job.
- It should make you angry that Max is now HBO Max again. The people involved got paid MILLIONS to make that decision and then undo it a few years later. That they'll get paid more money next year than you'll ever see in your entire life for making some of the dumbest decisions you can imagine.
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- Last I looked I've crossed the 5,000 mark for Kotaku.
- I've been researching allegations regarding the founder and leadership of AbleGamers. From alleged abuse and harassment, financial mismanagement, and failure of leadership to protect employees, sources recount a hostile environment. Read my latest @ign.com story here: www.ign.com/articles/for...
- Good work! Also damn :(
- Truly wild that in 2025 it can still take hours for a trailer to officially be shared online!
- 20 years ago, Elijah Wood, The Killers, MTV, and J Allard showed us the Xbox 360 and the future of video gaming. Really. kotaku.com/xbox-360-mtv...
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- Bad meals make the good ones better! This is true of everything
- Lol we gave up and just bought it on Steam.
- (I'm still troubleshooting and stumbling upon posts of people literally reinstalling Windows, changing their hard drive and more and still being fucked by the Xbox App. Incredible! Insane! )
- The Xbox PC app is one of the worst pieces of software around. Just a broken nightmare. I often buy stuff on Steam, even if it's on Game Pass, just so I can actually play it.
- It's fun that the Xbox App is just a weird in-between thing that is connected to the (even worse!!) Windows Store. All of this needs to be tossed in the bin and replaced with a singular modern app that works and isn't broken.
- Also, god help you if you have Battle Net installed and/or EA Play. It's like 5 apps all sort of connected but bad.
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- Ohhhh no :( Hope you bounce back!!
- For the first time in about a decade, Kotkau has review of a Bethesda game up at embargo with everyone else. Here's my Doom Dark Ages review! kotaku.com/new-doom-dar...
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- ...what a fucking morning typo. lol
- Did Bethesda take us off the blacklist? No. But life finds a way.
- Me, a person who doesn't really know much about Catholicism: Okay so like he's Vice Jesus? Like second in command?
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- Looking up Chromebook on TikTok brings up a lot of videos of kids doing this. You get a bit of smoke.
- this is one of the worst video game covers I have ever seen. it makes it look like a grouphouse simulator for a band of fascist-adjacent youtubers. or the company photo for a studio that has never hired a woman.
- The Alters is up for preorder on Amazon ($39.99) PS5 buff.ly/gWe38H6 XSX buff.ly/TMfJ2nl Best Buy buff.ly/NgVokLk GameStop buff.ly/Ivk4Lrx Target buff.ly/MEn1LrT #ad also launching on Game Pass Ultimate
- How does a game with a cover like that have a screenshot like this on Steam? WILD
- Wrote about how Jason and Lucia in GTA 6's second trailer show us something never before seen in GTA: A real couple that seems to genuinely love each other and is relatable. kotaku.com/gta-6-traile...
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- I mean, GTA 3's narrative is pretty flimsy anyway. The ending just feels like them having a joke about the cliche of the hero saving the woman.
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- I know they've played coy about it, but I think that's what they intended.
- This is a franchise that has almost always treated couples as tools to make fun of women. (GTA 3 ends with Claude shooting the woman he cares about and saved minutes earlier.) And now we have a game where we see a man and a woman who cuddle, hold hands, laugh, work together, and more.
- Fucking sucks that so many people are violently opposed to science. gizmodo.com/noaa-warns-o...
- POPEWATCH 2025 Begins
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- video games are chores. But in fun places or with cool power ups. Or both.
- I rewatched the GTA 6 trailer a few times and put together a list of 13 or more things I spotted, including Easter eggs, references to past events, etc. kotaku.com/gta-6-traile...
- Post-apocalyptic camping simulator
- GTA 6 trailer 2 contains a PS5-inspired console.
- One of the first lines in trailer 2. lol
- The fact that Steam reviews and wishlists matter as much as they do has got to be the most "what are we doing here, man" thing about the indie games business
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- I also would love if Valve reached out to publications, creators, game devs, writers, etc and did Criterion-style collections and put those on the FP. Not even like a SALE or anything, just "Hey this famous game dev likes these 5 games."
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- I think user reviews/wislists/etc are fine in theory. But only if the storefront has a robust system of moderation and editorial control as well. Valve is just letting the inmates run the prison while they sit outside counting money. "Go on in," Gabe Newell gestures to a riot. "Free market"
- Celebrating a quiet and cozy May the 4th.
- We back
- Just saw Sinners and
- No spoilers but I keep thinking about scenes / moments and going "Ohh damn..." Also that music bit in the middle of the movie is one of the coolest things I've seen in a film in a long time.
- We all fucked up and turned them back on
- That fight between the Emperor and Yoda in ROTS would have been very different if my dude was packing a gun.
- hey, guys. Here's the Emperor from Star Wars holding an assault rifle in Fortnite. kotaku.com/star-wars-fo...
- hey, guys. Here's the Emperor from Star Wars holding an assault rifle in Fortnite. kotaku.com/star-wars-fo...
- You'll learn a lot from this list, but the main takeaway is that the Empire is super disorganized. Did you know they have a MAGMA TROOPER and a LAVA TROOPER. Seems redundant!
- In honor of May the 4th and Andor, I ranked all of the Imperial Stormtrooper variants in Star Wars. kotaku.com/every-stromt...
- In honor of May the 4th and Andor, I ranked all of the Imperial Stormtrooper variants in Star Wars. kotaku.com/every-stromt...
- "Zack, you didn't rank Clone Trooper or First Order trooper variants?!" This is already 30+ slides long. I ain't doing a 60+ long slideshow/list. Those can be separate lists.
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- Agreed.
- Whenever I rewatch Mission Hill, I'm always struck by how cool it looked. We should have gotten more of this show.
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- I knew I forgot something big. I blame @botherer.bsky.social who edited this. I told him to include any I missed. GOOD JOB JOHN
