Zack Zwiezen, Author at Kotaku

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Nintendo Hits YouTube Soundtrack Channel With Over 1300 Copyright Blocks

The Japanese publisher continues its crackdown on people sharing Nintendo music via YouTube

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 30, 2022

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Sunday Comics: Wow!

Another Sunday means more video game-related webcomics

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 30, 2022

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NFT Minecraft Project Sells $1.2 Million In Tokens, Deletes Everything A Few Days Later

Blockverse devs deny the project is a scam, instead claiming they vanished because of harassment

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 29, 2022

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Science Has Figured Out The Worst Starting Word In Wordle

A TikTok user created a custom computer script to figure out the best and worst starting words in the popular game

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 29, 2022

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Steamed Hams Is Now A Playable Point-And-Click Adventure Game

The classic Simpsons meme has been converted into a free to download game via a dedicated fan

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 29, 2022

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The Top 12 Most Valuable Pokémon Cards In History

From Charizard to Pikachu, behold the rare Pokémon cards worth thousands of dollars

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 28, 2022

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I Traveled To Facebook’s Soulless (But Popular) Metaverse So You Don’t Have To

Mark Zuckerberg’s VR paradise is here, it's called Horizon Worlds

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 27, 2022

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The Week In Games: Arceus, I Choose You!

The next entry in the Pokémon series launches this week on Switch, plus a new Serious Sam and some ports

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2022

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Halo Infinite Devs Can’t Replace XP Boosts Wasted During Server Outages

343 Industries says it doesn't have the ability to refund consumables if Halo suffers from server issues

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2022

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Dark Souls Servers Down Due To Exploit That Could Give Someone Control Of Your PC

Bandai Namco has turned off all the PC servers for Dark Souls 1 , 2 , and 3 following reports of a nasty RCE exploit

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2022

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Sunday Comics: There!

Another Sunday means more video game-related webcomics

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2022

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Half-Life: Alyx Is Even Better With A Weird, Talking Gnome

Half-Life: Alyx But The Gnome Ts TOO AWARE comes from the same folks behind the fantastic Half-Life VR But The AI Is Self-Aware

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 22, 2022

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Xbox Creator Nearly Got Fired After Saying Gaming Is Like Masturbating

In 2001 Seamus Blackley, part of the original Xbox team at Microsoft, found himself in some hot water

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 22, 2022

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Rainbow Six Extraction Should Be Your Next Game Pass Download

Ubisoft’s new co-op shooter is not what I expected and that’s a good thing

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 21, 2022

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Destiny 2‘s Hated Blue Engram Problem Is About To Get Better

More quality-of-life changes are coming to the looter shooter with Witch Queen next month

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 20, 2022

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NFT Bro’s ‘Metaverse’ Rave Looks Boring, Dead

Welcome to Decentraland , a virtual hell filled with crypto bros in bad avatars vaguely milling to low-quality music

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 20, 2022

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The Week In Games: Another Week, Another Co-Op Shooter

Rainbow Six Extraction drops this week, plus Shadow Man Remastered comes to Switch and Windjammers 2

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 16, 2022

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AGDQ 2022 Raises Record $3.4 Million For Charity

It's the highest total raised by any GDQ event in the speedrunning marathon's 12-year history

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 16, 2022

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Pandemic Digital Board Game Is Being Delisted From Mulitple Stores For Unknown Reasons

It has already been removed from Steam and mobile storefronts with no explanation from its publisher

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 16, 2022

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John Carpenter Thinks Halo Infinite Is The Best Of The Series

The famous horror director behind The Thing and Halloween has long enjoyed playing video games

By Zack Zwiezen Published January 16, 2022