Michael Matuzak
toozed.bsky.social
Michael Matuzak
@toozed.bsky.social
Software person. Music person. life's a dance.

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2025 was brutal for games media, but I'm seeing some glimmers of hope as worker-owned sites like @aftermath.site, @rascal.news, and @giantbomb.bsky.social have carved out vital spaces in the games community.

Earlier this year, I made a huge Indie Games Media starter pack for y'all. Let's celebrate.
December 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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NEXXT studio 3.7.3 is up.

Get it here:
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt

Accompanying change blogpost:
www.patreon.com/posts/146840...
NEXXT studio 3.7.3 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
December 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Nobody ever talks about The Long Kiss Goodnight as a Christmas movie and in my opinion, this is bad and wrong.
December 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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ATTENTION BSKY: in celebration of Cinco Paus Day's Eve, please message me if you'd like a free copy of the best game ever made. :)

smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus

Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show

PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
Cinco Paus by Michael Brough
Available for Windows, macOS
smestorp.itch.io
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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The Professor, our foster dog, is up for adoption but has had zero applications. And I get it, people are busy, but he’s wonderful.

Not a sleep in your lap dog but the king of sleep next to you dogs. Just a nice little 4 month old gentleman. With a PhD.

new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...
December 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Didn’t know I needed this until just now.

The Lox reading the script of, “Angels With Filthy Souls,” from Home Alone. 🤌🏾
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Author Aidan Moher (@aidanmoher.com) shared his Top 10 Games of 2025 and a whole lot more!

Also shouts out to anyone that mentions Vagrant Story on their list.
giantbomb.com/articles/aid...
Aidan Moher's Top 10 Games of 2025 | Giant Bomb
Aidan Moher's Top 10 Games of 2025 - A guest list for GiantBomb.com's 2025 Game of the Year extravaganza.
giantbomb.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Another wip architectural concept from earlier this year. Each time someone passes in the village, a tomb is built for them and filled with their favourite books. A library that allows others to get to know who they were. Using an open book with layered pages as the motif for the structure
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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CECOT has a max capacity of 40,000.

There are over 50,000 Black men in solitary confinement in the US today.

Black men are most likely to be falsely arrested and charged while 100% innocent. You can be in jail for over a year before your trial. During that time you can be forced to do slave labor.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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It’s not Minnesota Nice anymore, it’s Minnesota NoICE!

Art by me, please share, thx <3
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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(Reminder that when I quote post, I'm not doing it to pile on anyone, and I will be deeply annoyed with you if you do. Never be an asshole on my behalf.)
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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I wrote dis! I interviewed the composer, Lorien Testard who shredded the guitar. READ NOW!
How Clair Obscur's composer created an incredible soundtrack
aftermath.site/clair-obscur-s...
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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i know where someone can saw a beam to improve this country immeasurably
Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Blue Prince (2025)
Oh shit waddup
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Autumn’s Waning 🍂
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.

It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛

bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It&#8217;s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM