Zoid Kirsch
@threewave.com
Game developer enjoying life in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Known for helping bring about Threewave Capture the Flag for Quake 1/2/3, Metroid Prime, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2 and World of Warcraft Classic.
Known for helping bring about Threewave Capture the Flag for Quake 1/2/3, Metroid Prime, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2 and World of Warcraft Classic.
Something a bit different than my usual video game content! Two years ago we were invited to help produce a quirky coming of age film about a family of bearded ladies. The Bearded Girl premieres at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal on July 17th. Check out the teaser trailer.
July 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Something a bit different than my usual video game content! Two years ago we were invited to help produce a quirky coming of age film about a family of bearded ladies. The Bearded Girl premieres at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal on July 17th. Check out the teaser trailer.
Thanks Trump.
Statement from Nintendo of Canada:
Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in Canada will not start on April 9, 2025 in order to align with the timing of pre-orders to be determined in the U.S. Nintendo will provide updated information at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in Canada will not start on April 9, 2025 in order to align with the timing of pre-orders to be determined in the U.S. Nintendo will provide updated information at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
April 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thanks Trump.
I'm installing Ubuntu Linux to try out gaming on it again on my primary PC. During the install it showed a banner with "Great for gaming!" with a picture of Dota 2. I'm like, cool, I helped make that.
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm installing Ubuntu Linux to try out gaming on it again on my primary PC. During the install it showed a banner with "Great for gaming!" with a picture of Dota 2. I'm like, cool, I helped make that.
Watched Netflix's Adolescence again with a friend. Still a gut punch--the ending just tears me up emotionally.
It's so well written and produced and the acting is just stellar. Stephen Graham's performance as Jamie's dad is a particular standout. You can just feel his despair.
Highly recommended.
It's so well written and produced and the acting is just stellar. Stephen Graham's performance as Jamie's dad is a particular standout. You can just feel his despair.
Highly recommended.
March 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Watched Netflix's Adolescence again with a friend. Still a gut punch--the ending just tears me up emotionally.
It's so well written and produced and the acting is just stellar. Stephen Graham's performance as Jamie's dad is a particular standout. You can just feel his despair.
Highly recommended.
It's so well written and produced and the acting is just stellar. Stephen Graham's performance as Jamie's dad is a particular standout. You can just feel his despair.
Highly recommended.
Every once in a while I remember @hbomberguy.bsky.social 's "most fuckable twink" line from his video on plagiarism as the funniest thing I've ever seen in a video and quietly chuckle to myself.
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Every once in a while I remember @hbomberguy.bsky.social 's "most fuckable twink" line from his video on plagiarism as the funniest thing I've ever seen in a video and quietly chuckle to myself.
I need to stop doom scrolling. Fuck.
February 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I need to stop doom scrolling. Fuck.
One of the weirdest (worst?) things of recent news is having to explain "Leopards ate my face" to friends and family. Sigh.
February 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
One of the weirdest (worst?) things of recent news is having to explain "Leopards ate my face" to friends and family. Sigh.
Well that's different. I live in Kelowna, the third largest city of British Columbia. The main bridge across the lake is closed this morning due to a bomb threat. Crazy. Never expected that in Canada.
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Bennett Bridge closed for 'several hours' due to police incident - Kelowna News
The Bennett Bridge was closed in the early morning hours of Monday, Jan. 27 due to a police incident.
www.castanet.net
January 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Well that's different. I live in Kelowna, the third largest city of British Columbia. The main bridge across the lake is closed this morning due to a bomb threat. Crazy. Never expected that in Canada.
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Its been almost twelve years since Boards of Canada released their last album. I still have hope.
January 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Its been almost twelve years since Boards of Canada released their last album. I still have hope.
They did it again! Nintendo is not including the original Retro Studios credits in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.
Nintendo's policy of not including the original credits for remastered games is unacceptable. Their work is still there!
Story below...
Nintendo's policy of not including the original credits for remastered games is unacceptable. Their work is still there!
Story below...
January 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
They did it again! Nintendo is not including the original Retro Studios credits in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.
Nintendo's policy of not including the original credits for remastered games is unacceptable. Their work is still there!
Story below...
Nintendo's policy of not including the original credits for remastered games is unacceptable. Their work is still there!
Story below...
Does anyone else have issue with 5G on their phone where initial use of web or social app takes many seconds to load? This goes away if I switch to LTE (4g) connectivity. 5G has long establishment times? 5G+ is even worse.
Maybe specific to my carrier, Telus?
Maybe specific to my carrier, Telus?
January 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Does anyone else have issue with 5G on their phone where initial use of web or social app takes many seconds to load? This goes away if I switch to LTE (4g) connectivity. 5G has long establishment times? 5G+ is even worse.
Maybe specific to my carrier, Telus?
Maybe specific to my carrier, Telus?
I'm pretty sure all Canadians including myself will politely say "no thank you" to the idea of becoming part of the United States.
January 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm pretty sure all Canadians including myself will politely say "no thank you" to the idea of becoming part of the United States.
Path of Exile 2 is amazing, but then there's stuff like this. I get notified the map is complete, so I look away for a second. Four seconds later the ground explodes and kills me. My character makes frost patches so I had no idea the ground wasn't my own effect. There needs to be more clarity.
December 20, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Path of Exile 2 is amazing, but then there's stuff like this. I get notified the map is complete, so I look away for a second. Four seconds later the ground explodes and kills me. My character makes frost patches so I had no idea the ground wasn't my own effect. There needs to be more clarity.
Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game
(29 years between the two)
(29 years between the two)
December 15, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game
(29 years between the two)
(29 years between the two)
There is a new patch for Horizon Zero Dawn for PC that adds "transmog". I love how this feature in multiple games was named after the "Transmogrifier" from Calvin and Hobbes comics and is now common vernacular in gaming.
Thanks Bill Watterson.
Thanks Bill Watterson.
December 12, 2024 at 5:04 PM
There is a new patch for Horizon Zero Dawn for PC that adds "transmog". I love how this feature in multiple games was named after the "Transmogrifier" from Calvin and Hobbes comics and is now common vernacular in gaming.
Thanks Bill Watterson.
Thanks Bill Watterson.
I've been enjoying Path of Exile 2 Early Access quite a bit. The improvement in the art and animation is so good it leaves the first game far behind. The skill animations in particular are wonderful to watch and feel great.
Now, if I would only stop dying so much....
Now, if I would only stop dying so much....
December 12, 2024 at 2:09 AM
I've been enjoying Path of Exile 2 Early Access quite a bit. The improvement in the art and animation is so good it leaves the first game far behind. The skill animations in particular are wonderful to watch and feel great.
Now, if I would only stop dying so much....
Now, if I would only stop dying so much....
One of my favorite things is the day Metroid Prime went gold (Oct 2002) I took this poster around to everyone on the team to sign. It's a record of our memories working together.
You may notice everyone signed around Samus, never on top of her. It was just how everyone respected the character.
You may notice everyone signed around Samus, never on top of her. It was just how everyone respected the character.
December 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
One of my favorite things is the day Metroid Prime went gold (Oct 2002) I took this poster around to everyone on the team to sign. It's a record of our memories working together.
You may notice everyone signed around Samus, never on top of her. It was just how everyone respected the character.
You may notice everyone signed around Samus, never on top of her. It was just how everyone respected the character.
Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered this week. Cleared 100% of the game. Going to finish the Frozen Wilds DLC then move onto Horizon Forbidden West!
The improvements in the remaster in graphics, models and performance is very noticeable. Still a great game.
The improvements in the remaster in graphics, models and performance is very noticeable. Still a great game.
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered this week. Cleared 100% of the game. Going to finish the Frozen Wilds DLC then move onto Horizon Forbidden West!
The improvements in the remaster in graphics, models and performance is very noticeable. Still a great game.
The improvements in the remaster in graphics, models and performance is very noticeable. Still a great game.
Getting ready for Path of Exile 2's Early Access launch in a just two days! Normally I run Path of Exile's standalone client, but for PoE2 I'm going to run the Steam version since I like Steam's new game recording feature. Will be useful playing during early access.
December 4, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Getting ready for Path of Exile 2's Early Access launch in a just two days! Normally I run Path of Exile's standalone client, but for PoE2 I'm going to run the Steam version since I like Steam's new game recording feature. Will be useful playing during early access.
Checked the old blue site today and on my Following feed the first three posts were friends saying they will no longer post there and to follow them here.
Guess its time to make this my primary site.
Guess its time to make this my primary site.
December 3, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Checked the old blue site today and on my Following feed the first three posts were friends saying they will no longer post there and to follow them here.
Guess its time to make this my primary site.
Guess its time to make this my primary site.
I never learned Emacs except for Ctrl-X Ctrl-C.
December 3, 2024 at 3:02 PM
I never learned Emacs except for Ctrl-X Ctrl-C.
Following up on this. It is a very good time to buy a new TV. Good quality large size TVs are priced very low. I just bought a new 75" microLED TV for $1700 CAD ($1200 USD) for example. It's the season of huge TVs I think.
It's increasing looking like there are going to be many tariffs coming next year especially from China. If you were thinking of buying any electronics like TVs, computers, video games, household stuff like vacuums etc now is the time before prices are going to go up significantly soon.
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Following up on this. It is a very good time to buy a new TV. Good quality large size TVs are priced very low. I just bought a new 75" microLED TV for $1700 CAD ($1200 USD) for example. It's the season of huge TVs I think.
It's increasing looking like there are going to be many tariffs coming next year especially from China. If you were thinking of buying any electronics like TVs, computers, video games, household stuff like vacuums etc now is the time before prices are going to go up significantly soon.
November 26, 2024 at 7:57 PM
It's increasing looking like there are going to be many tariffs coming next year especially from China. If you were thinking of buying any electronics like TVs, computers, video games, household stuff like vacuums etc now is the time before prices are going to go up significantly soon.
I'm having a love and hate relationship with Balatro. I'm trying to play harder and harder decks and I'm at the point where it's always me losing at the last ante due to some bullshit. Well time to start another round....
November 25, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I'm having a love and hate relationship with Balatro. I'm trying to play harder and harder decks and I'm at the point where it's always me losing at the last ante due to some bullshit. Well time to start another round....
Oh that's neat, I changed my bsky handle to @threewave.com
Still have the domain after all these years.
Still have the domain after all these years.
November 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Oh that's neat, I changed my bsky handle to @threewave.com
Still have the domain after all these years.
Still have the domain after all these years.