Ozzie Schatz
@ozschatz.bsky.social
Musician/artist/sound maker in the dark reaches of my bedroom. Studied music production and composition at Bennington College. Any/All
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
It's a crying shame that retro Horror games aren't taking aesthetic, mechanical, and structural ques from Siren.
October 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It's a crying shame that retro Horror games aren't taking aesthetic, mechanical, and structural ques from Siren.
Every time people say Silent Hill f has Soulslike combat, an angel loses its wings.
September 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Every time people say Silent Hill f has Soulslike combat, an angel loses its wings.
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Keep pressuring Microsoft to end all complicity!
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
September 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Keep pressuring Microsoft to end all complicity!
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
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It's time to get your brain back.
Mark your calendars for September 17th!
⚔️Try Blanksword's free Demo on Steam⚔
⚔️Preorder the game on Kickstarter⚔️
👇Official trailer below, links in comments👇
Mark your calendars for September 17th!
⚔️Try Blanksword's free Demo on Steam⚔
⚔️Preorder the game on Kickstarter⚔️
👇Official trailer below, links in comments👇
September 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's time to get your brain back.
Mark your calendars for September 17th!
⚔️Try Blanksword's free Demo on Steam⚔
⚔️Preorder the game on Kickstarter⚔️
👇Official trailer below, links in comments👇
Mark your calendars for September 17th!
⚔️Try Blanksword's free Demo on Steam⚔
⚔️Preorder the game on Kickstarter⚔️
👇Official trailer below, links in comments👇
The rest of the country is about to learn what a groyper is and I cannot fathom how you'd explain that to someone over the age of 40.
September 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The rest of the country is about to learn what a groyper is and I cannot fathom how you'd explain that to someone over the age of 40.
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well color me shocked that a major publication would baselessly accuse trans people of committing violence
NYT re ammunition:
"A senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that report had not been verified by ATF analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted."
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
"A senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that report had not been verified by ATF analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted."
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Update from Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
well color me shocked that a major publication would baselessly accuse trans people of committing violence
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my latest "cutscenes" column is a conversation with @mrsambarlow.bsky.social and @nataliewatson.bsky.social that we recorded back in january, about FMV games, and about full-motion video as moment and medium, from DRAGON'S LAIR to PHANTASMAGORIA to IMMORTALITY mubi.com/en/notebook/...
Cutscenes | A Hit of Pure Videodrome: Sam Barlow and Natalie Watson on Full-Motion Video Games
With “Immortality,” “Telling Lies,” and “Her Story,” Barlow may have finally cracked the code of the interactive film.
mubi.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
my latest "cutscenes" column is a conversation with @mrsambarlow.bsky.social and @nataliewatson.bsky.social that we recorded back in january, about FMV games, and about full-motion video as moment and medium, from DRAGON'S LAIR to PHANTASMAGORIA to IMMORTALITY mubi.com/en/notebook/...
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Reading the Immortality book and once again wondering what Manon Gage and Charlotta Mohlin are up to and why the hell aren't they being cast in everything
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Reading the Immortality book and once again wondering what Manon Gage and Charlotta Mohlin are up to and why the hell aren't they being cast in everything
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The man-made famine in Gaza is now officially recognised months after Israel’s deliberate starvation campaign was obvious. The most preventable famine in history, unfolding in plain sight and we won’t forget our government armed, funded and gave it cover.
August 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The man-made famine in Gaza is now officially recognised months after Israel’s deliberate starvation campaign was obvious. The most preventable famine in history, unfolding in plain sight and we won’t forget our government armed, funded and gave it cover.
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Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts
It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.
www.theverge.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
I will be very normal about this.
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I will be very normal about this.
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Did you know that it is illegal to say the phrase "I want to kill the Author of Harry Potter"? It's illegal. It's a BlueSky offence. It's one of the only sentences that you're not allowed to say. Now it was ok for me to say it right then because I was just telling you that it's illegal to say-
August 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Did you know that it is illegal to say the phrase "I want to kill the Author of Harry Potter"? It's illegal. It's a BlueSky offence. It's one of the only sentences that you're not allowed to say. Now it was ok for me to say it right then because I was just telling you that it's illegal to say-
I feel like a bad film watcher for not liking Long Day's Journey Into Night, but man what a tedious film
August 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I feel like a bad film watcher for not liking Long Day's Journey Into Night, but man what a tedious film
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Hi Itch, author of the original article here. Thanks for ignoring my repeated requests to comment, and then coming out of the woodwork days later to claim that my article - which verified each game's indexing status independently - is 'full of misinformation.'
You're full of it. (thread)
You're full of it. (thread)
This article is full of misinformation unfortunately. The games Wendy and co. are indexed: itch.io/search?type=...
I think maybe the person is confused because it doesn't show up in the autocomplete? Autocomplete only shows the top ~1000 games: itch.io/t/3361091/se...
I think maybe the person is confused because it doesn't show up in the autocomplete? Autocomplete only shows the top ~1000 games: itch.io/t/3361091/se...
Search results for 'krispy cat'
itch.io
August 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hi Itch, author of the original article here. Thanks for ignoring my repeated requests to comment, and then coming out of the woodwork days later to claim that my article - which verified each game's indexing status independently - is 'full of misinformation.'
You're full of it. (thread)
You're full of it. (thread)
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'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel
'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel
Arkane Studios' STJV section in France has published an open letter in support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement.
www.gamedeveloper.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel
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"[T]his article is in revolt against the puritanical notions of pornography as a monolithic evil, a space of degeneration and moral rot."
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"[T]his article is in revolt against the puritanical notions of pornography as a monolithic evil, a space of degeneration and moral rot."
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
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Over the past month, independent content hosting platform Itch.io has been systematically banning queer & NSFW content. We talked to creators about how this impacted them, and how they’re fighting back.
Written by @thefreeradical.org and edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
Written by @thefreeradical.org and edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
‘I feel violated’ - Queer Creators Lose Livelihoods in Itch.io bans
The recent Itch bans on queer and NSFW content have damaged careers and put countless people out of work. Though some are now on the verge of homelessness, they’re still organizing and fighting back. TNN delves into what’s at stake on the frontlines of the fight against anti-queer censorship.
transnews.network
August 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Over the past month, independent content hosting platform Itch.io has been systematically banning queer & NSFW content. We talked to creators about how this impacted them, and how they’re fighting back.
Written by @thefreeradical.org and edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
Written by @thefreeradical.org and edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
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I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
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VILE: Exhumed, which was banned very shortly before its scheduled Steam release, has been released for free online, including on Github and the Internet Archive. Cara's statement, per the IA page:
August 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
VILE: Exhumed, which was banned very shortly before its scheduled Steam release, has been released for free online, including on Github and the Internet Archive. Cara's statement, per the IA page:
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I hope games people have found their way to the extensive documenting of sex workers issues with these same banking companies, we’ve been fighting for everyone for a long time but it seems our research has a lot of trouble getting out.
This was from 2021
www.acceptancematters.org
This was from 2021
www.acceptancematters.org
August 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I hope games people have found their way to the extensive documenting of sex workers issues with these same banking companies, we’ve been fighting for everyone for a long time but it seems our research has a lot of trouble getting out.
This was from 2021
www.acceptancematters.org
This was from 2021
www.acceptancematters.org
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So @countesslita.com played No Mercy, the game at the heart of Collective Shout’s complaint to payment processors and the main reason why we’re in the middle of the actual largest censorship wave in video game history and…
It’s a stepmom porn visual novel. That’s it.
youtu.be/h0SGlCIBmm0?...
It’s a stepmom porn visual novel. That’s it.
youtu.be/h0SGlCIBmm0?...
I Played No Mercy: The Game Banned from Steam
YouTube video by Countess Lita
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
So @countesslita.com played No Mercy, the game at the heart of Collective Shout’s complaint to payment processors and the main reason why we’re in the middle of the actual largest censorship wave in video game history and…
It’s a stepmom porn visual novel. That’s it.
youtu.be/h0SGlCIBmm0?...
It’s a stepmom porn visual novel. That’s it.
youtu.be/h0SGlCIBmm0?...