Shawn Zipay
@zips.bsky.social
I run a gaming news site, Total Gaming Network - https://totalgamingnetwork.com
(It was formerly known as CS-Nation)
(It was formerly known as CS-Nation)
After getting zero immersive sim stuff from Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, I sure am getting a pretty sizable chunk of immersive sim elements in The Outer Worlds 2 and I am loving it!
I really enjoyed OW1 and this one is better in almost every way. Still not done yet though.
I really enjoyed OW1 and this one is better in almost every way. Still not done yet though.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
After getting zero immersive sim stuff from Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, I sure am getting a pretty sizable chunk of immersive sim elements in The Outer Worlds 2 and I am loving it!
I really enjoyed OW1 and this one is better in almost every way. Still not done yet though.
I really enjoyed OW1 and this one is better in almost every way. Still not done yet though.
Was I supposed to get anything for International Men's Day yesterday? Like ice cream?
I should've gotten myself some ice cream.
I should've gotten myself some ice cream.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Was I supposed to get anything for International Men's Day yesterday? Like ice cream?
I should've gotten myself some ice cream.
I should've gotten myself some ice cream.
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
Excuse me? Is my "Popular with Friends" feed busted because what the hell is this stupid nonsense?
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Excuse me? Is my "Popular with Friends" feed busted because what the hell is this stupid nonsense?
Wonder if we'll actually get someone leaking the unredacted Epstein files, because you KNOW the ones that get released will be heavily redacted and scrubbed of all mentions of Trump and other Republicans.
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Wonder if we'll actually get someone leaking the unredacted Epstein files, because you KNOW the ones that get released will be heavily redacted and scrubbed of all mentions of Trump and other Republicans.
Krafton CEO asked ChatGPT to figure out how he could get out of paying the Unknown Worlds' co-founders.
That is WILD!
kotaku.com/subnautica-2...
That is WILD!
kotaku.com/subnautica-2...
Subnautica 2 Publisher Asked ChatGPT For Help Dumping Founders
New filings accuse Krafton of engineering an illegal takeover to save money
kotaku.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Krafton CEO asked ChatGPT to figure out how he could get out of paying the Unknown Worlds' co-founders.
That is WILD!
kotaku.com/subnautica-2...
That is WILD!
kotaku.com/subnautica-2...
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just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
Was able to just ignore that warning about needing a BIOS update and played the first "level" of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
If I didn't get this for free, I'd be requesting a refund right now.
I don't even care to keep playing and I generally play through each CoD campaign.
If I didn't get this for free, I'd be requesting a refund right now.
I don't even care to keep playing and I generally play through each CoD campaign.
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Was able to just ignore that warning about needing a BIOS update and played the first "level" of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
If I didn't get this for free, I'd be requesting a refund right now.
I don't even care to keep playing and I generally play through each CoD campaign.
If I didn't get this for free, I'd be requesting a refund right now.
I don't even care to keep playing and I generally play through each CoD campaign.
Go fuck yourself, Activision. I'm just trying to play your crap single player campaign.
I literally have both TPM2.0 and Secure Boot enabled. I also need them for Battlefield 6 and have zero issues there... and I'm on Windows 11.
I'm not updating my perfectly working BIOS for this shit.
I literally have both TPM2.0 and Secure Boot enabled. I also need them for Battlefield 6 and have zero issues there... and I'm on Windows 11.
I'm not updating my perfectly working BIOS for this shit.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Go fuck yourself, Activision. I'm just trying to play your crap single player campaign.
I literally have both TPM2.0 and Secure Boot enabled. I also need them for Battlefield 6 and have zero issues there... and I'm on Windows 11.
I'm not updating my perfectly working BIOS for this shit.
I literally have both TPM2.0 and Secure Boot enabled. I also need them for Battlefield 6 and have zero issues there... and I'm on Windows 11.
I'm not updating my perfectly working BIOS for this shit.
And from the peak of Dispatch to this...
I'm sure it'll be fine, right? Surely everyone saying how bad the campaign is and how it isn't meant at all for single player and how you can get kicked for being AFK and no checkpoints are all just liars...
Right?
I'm sure it'll be fine, right? Surely everyone saying how bad the campaign is and how it isn't meant at all for single player and how you can get kicked for being AFK and no checkpoints are all just liars...
Right?
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And from the peak of Dispatch to this...
I'm sure it'll be fine, right? Surely everyone saying how bad the campaign is and how it isn't meant at all for single player and how you can get kicked for being AFK and no checkpoints are all just liars...
Right?
I'm sure it'll be fine, right? Surely everyone saying how bad the campaign is and how it isn't meant at all for single player and how you can get kicked for being AFK and no checkpoints are all just liars...
Right?
Finished Dispatch.
God, what a GREAT game! The cast, the casting, the story, art/visuals, music, etc. Everything. Just amazing. I loved it!
And shoutout to this vital part of SDN, the aptly named Mr. Whiskey.
God, what a GREAT game! The cast, the casting, the story, art/visuals, music, etc. Everything. Just amazing. I loved it!
And shoutout to this vital part of SDN, the aptly named Mr. Whiskey.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Finished Dispatch.
God, what a GREAT game! The cast, the casting, the story, art/visuals, music, etc. Everything. Just amazing. I loved it!
And shoutout to this vital part of SDN, the aptly named Mr. Whiskey.
God, what a GREAT game! The cast, the casting, the story, art/visuals, music, etc. Everything. Just amazing. I loved it!
And shoutout to this vital part of SDN, the aptly named Mr. Whiskey.
I forgot Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is out like now.
I'll get around to trying the campaign this weekend. Problem is since they designed it for co-op, the difficulty swings are apparently WILD plus no pausing.
I've read "worst gaming experiences I've ever had" for the campaign... so uh... oh boy.
I'll get around to trying the campaign this weekend. Problem is since they designed it for co-op, the difficulty swings are apparently WILD plus no pausing.
I've read "worst gaming experiences I've ever had" for the campaign... so uh... oh boy.
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I forgot Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is out like now.
I'll get around to trying the campaign this weekend. Problem is since they designed it for co-op, the difficulty swings are apparently WILD plus no pausing.
I've read "worst gaming experiences I've ever had" for the campaign... so uh... oh boy.
I'll get around to trying the campaign this weekend. Problem is since they designed it for co-op, the difficulty swings are apparently WILD plus no pausing.
I've read "worst gaming experiences I've ever had" for the campaign... so uh... oh boy.
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If Valve actually announces Half-Life 3 next Wednesday (the 19th) I might actually lose my mind.
Like in the good way, not the way in which I'm already losing my mind.
Like in the good way, not the way in which I'm already losing my mind.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If Valve actually announces Half-Life 3 next Wednesday (the 19th) I might actually lose my mind.
Like in the good way, not the way in which I'm already losing my mind.
Like in the good way, not the way in which I'm already losing my mind.
Alright. Dispatch Ep 3 in the bag.
Hopefully I have time to finish the other episodes tomorrow.
Absolutely loving it.
Hopefully I have time to finish the other episodes tomorrow.
Absolutely loving it.
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Alright. Dispatch Ep 3 in the bag.
Hopefully I have time to finish the other episodes tomorrow.
Absolutely loving it.
Hopefully I have time to finish the other episodes tomorrow.
Absolutely loving it.
Finally started Dispatch tonight. On Episode 3 now.
I love Royd.
I love Beef.
I love Royd.
I love Beef.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Finally started Dispatch tonight. On Episode 3 now.
I love Royd.
I love Beef.
I love Royd.
I love Beef.
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Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
There's going to be so many YouTube videos tomorrow featuring moved goalposts.
Ghost of Yotei has sold over 3.3 million copies in 30 days
➡️ www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/...
#GhostofYotei #PS5
➡️ www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/...
#GhostofYotei #PS5
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
There's going to be so many YouTube videos tomorrow featuring moved goalposts.
PC is finally leaving Early Access
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
PC is finally leaving Early Access
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do the water fountains in the Senate building just run straight lead
Hassan: With the government reopening shortly, Republicans now finally have to come to the table. Or make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
do the water fountains in the Senate building just run straight lead
Honestly, it's shit like tonight that really makes me not give a fuck about voting in the future.
What difference does it make? Both sides are equally shitty in their very own, very unique ways.
There will never be any change in my lifetime for the better. Just maintaining the status quo or worse.
What difference does it make? Both sides are equally shitty in their very own, very unique ways.
There will never be any change in my lifetime for the better. Just maintaining the status quo or worse.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Honestly, it's shit like tonight that really makes me not give a fuck about voting in the future.
What difference does it make? Both sides are equally shitty in their very own, very unique ways.
There will never be any change in my lifetime for the better. Just maintaining the status quo or worse.
What difference does it make? Both sides are equally shitty in their very own, very unique ways.
There will never be any change in my lifetime for the better. Just maintaining the status quo or worse.
The last month and a half was completely pointless if all dems were going to do was cave in like every single time.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The last month and a half was completely pointless if all dems were going to do was cave in like every single time.
When are keyboards going to ditch the Scroll Lock key?
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When are keyboards going to ditch the Scroll Lock key?
Your friendly reminder that nobody, at any point in their life, should ever listen to what Daniel Vavra has to say nor his opinion on literally anything.
The boss of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance games has reviewed The Outer Worlds 2, and in doing so has claimed a number of flaws in Obsidian’s sci-fi RPG.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Boss' The Outer Worlds 2 Review Lands on 7/10, but He Has a Few Stinging Criticisms for Obsidian's RPG
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Your friendly reminder that nobody, at any point in their life, should ever listen to what Daniel Vavra has to say nor his opinion on literally anything.