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Zackery Cuevas

@himynameiszack.bsky.social
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I write about games, gaming monitors, keyboards, and mice for PCMag. I also wrote a Peppa Pig book. Opinions are mine, but you can have some. www.pcmag.com/authors/zackery-cuevas

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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Star Wars: Galactic Racer largely sticks the landing to me. A tight arcade racer with Burnout’s DNA pumping through it. Between this and Zero Company, a great reminder that Star Wars still has plenty of juice (especially outside of the movies)
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Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Since this summer, @himynameiszack.bsky.social has been singing the praises of Star Wars: Galactic Racer, and that held true in the final release www.pcmag.com/news/star-wa...
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer Was One of the Best Games I Played at Summer Game Fest
After years of waiting, Star Wars: Galactic Racer's Outer Rim rallies finally bring back breakneck Burnout energy, making for one of 2026's most unique and exhilarating multiplayer games.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The people in the rocket money ads are the dumbest people alive. How are you spending money on 4 subscriptions to Netflix? You should be tarred and feathered
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abigbatchofcumber @bigbatchofcumber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Still one of my favorite bits of writing ever.
Is Madame Web a good movie?

No.

Should I see it?

You should see it immediately. Madame Web belongs in the Criterion Collection with a lengthy, labored essay justifying its inclusion. I would write it for free.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Were there always this many lines in New York City?
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elizabeth Holmes and Nathan Fielder look at each other the same way Newtypes do
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YASUKE: A Lost Descendant ➡️ WISHLIST NOW @yasukethegame.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
YASUKE: A Lost Descendant Pre-Alpha Ver.2.12 is now out and various aspects have been improved: ✦ Audio ✦ Gameplay ✦ Enemy ✦ VFX Patch Notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/244... Please look forward to more improvements and updates to the build!
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YASUKE: A Lost Descendant - YASUKE Pre-Alpha Patch 2.12 - Steam News
Various changes and updates based on the feedback received and planned changes in the future of this build.
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Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From a real Silent Hill sicko, check out Zack’s take on Townfall
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.pcmag.com/news/silent-... As a huge fan of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill f, I really wanted to like Silent Hill: Townfall more. While its atmosphere is top notch and its puzzles are great, I was not a fan of its stealth gameplay or its combat, and its story and characters did not land for me.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Had Me Stumped for Hours...Then Nearly Bored Me to Death
I love the mid-'90s tech and brain-bending puzzles, but Townfall's plodding gameplay and impersonal story turn a terrifying setting into an exhausting chore.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.pcmag.com/news/silent-... As a huge fan of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill f, I really wanted to like Silent Hill: Townfall more. While its atmosphere is top notch and its puzzles are great, I was not a fan of its stealth gameplay or its combat, and its story and characters did not land for me.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Had Me Stumped for Hours...Then Nearly Bored Me to Death
I love the mid-'90s tech and brain-bending puzzles, but Townfall's plodding gameplay and impersonal story turn a terrifying setting into an exhausting chore.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Was worried I wouldn’t be able to get into Fire Emblem again but I’m really enjoying Fortune’s Weave. Quickly rising up my GOTY list
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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve shown Taylor Lorenz more grace than most. I thought her early reporting on content houses and influencer culture was ahead of its time. But this is stupid, insane and ahistorical. When was the last time anything fun or cool or culturally relevant actually happened on X, The Everything App?
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hate that this has happened so often you can track and map out the grift forming in real time
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Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The best part of Control Resonant is how it understands the freaky liminal appeal of simply existing in New York City. My latest for @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/news/control...
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‘Control Resonant’ Loves Freaky New York City Just as Much as I Do
This surreal sequel is instantly one of gaming’s best depictions of the Big Apple, an urban kaleidoscope that’s unnerving to witness yet incredible to explore.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So funny to see all this discourse about Wolverine and watch like six different streamers fumble basic mechanics.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026
“I do hope you’ve been enjoying those steaks and that they’ve been prepared to your satisfaction—but now comes the delightful surprise.” — Emile Bernier
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Horrified Guests Begin Gagging As Dinner Host Reveals They’ve Been Eating USDA Beef
RICHMOND, VA—Feeling the half-chewed contents of their stomachs roil as they retched into their napkins, guests at a local dinner party began gagging Tuesday as their host revealed that they had been ...
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Brian: "gn" *stays up*
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pcmag.com @pcmag.com · 15/09/2026
With the DOJ backing OpenAI over publishers and Trump focused on an AI arms race with China, securing fair content licensing deals remains an uphill battle.
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Trump Tirade Makes It Clear: Publishers Are on Their Own in the AI Fight
“We could put guardrails. We can do this and that," Trump said this weekend. "But I think you have a lot of very negative forces that are...bringing up things that won’t happen."
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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are tired of posting statements like these.
Today was an awful day at IGN. We were blindsided by the layoff of four union members and many more people across the organization who contributed years of their careers to making IGN an unparalleled voice in games and entertainment. 

With each successive layoff, core parts of IGN’s operation continue to be stripped away. Today, IGN has decided to do away with many of our talented producers, editors, hosts, and other crucial roles, both within and out of the union. How many layoffs will occur before we no longer recognize the company we work for and the content that we make? 


While we recognize the challenges the media industry is facing as a whole, it is difficult to understand how laying off valuable employees better positions us to meet those challenges. In turn, remaining employees bear additional workloads worsened by anxiety over the ever-looming threat of another layoff.

We are devastated, angry, and heartbroken for our colleagues.
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Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Extremely depressing to see how much contempt just about everyone has for video game coverage
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wow am I the only one who thought Jack Schlossberg was gay?!?
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Doom scrolling in the middle of the night does have its benefits
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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy 17th Anniversary Pokemon Heartgold and Soulsilver. The best Pokemon games ever made.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
StarCraft shooter that’ll never see the light of day? Welcome back StarCraft Ghost
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Stop Making Sense” turns 42 today. Of his performance, David Byrne said: “You see this person in the beginning [of the film] who's kind of angsty, stumbling around .. And then, by the end, he's surrendered to the music and is fairly joyful .. He’s found a kind of community." 🙏🏼 “Slippery People”
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The closest I get to pre-internet gaming these days is when I’m reviewing a game and get stuck on a puzzle. Really been staring at the screen for 30 mins trying to decipher this shit
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The video game industry has always been volatile (I published Press Reset in 2021!) but the skeleton key to understanding the current state of things is this: Big games now cost 10x to make what they did 15 years ago but most do not generate even close to 10x the revenue. Simple as that
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Kojima bleeding Xbox for another 200 million on a vanity project that’ll sell more when it’s eventually ported to PC and PlayStation. Masterful gambit.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Currently updating my PS3 to play through the FF13 trilogy like God intended
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
literally begging Sony to pivot away from the live service or over-the-shoulder, narrative-heavy action game strategy now please
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Kinda wild how well Star Fox Adventure’s visuals hold up.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 10/09/2026
i know after having his loyalty betrayed big boss took money from war criminals to fund his dream but this is a bit on the nose
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HYPERFREAKT 🎃 @hyperfixt.neocities.org · 10/09/2026
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Liam @jazzyfuture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The message included with this proto dump is rad
Today, I’m releasing the SNES proof-of-concept alpha of Project Dream, the proto-type that would go on to become Banjo-Kazooie.

I’ve held on to this for years, it was fun to have something that only a handful of people had, and as I am several people removed from how it got out of Rare to begin with, I didn’t want to risk that it could somehow get someone else in trouble, (so how I got it is a story I don’t plan to share.) I will just say that I got it from someone who got it from someone, who got it from somewhere.

But with the current state of the industry and Microsoft's current heartless gutting and mismanagement of Rare and other companies it controls, plus with how long it's been, I feel it's more important to make sure this is properly preserved, and the ROM dissected by people with far more knowledge on how to do such things.

I hope by releasing this, that it also inspires other people to release what they have as well. I know the Twelve Tales Conker 64 prototype is out there somewhere, but sadly, this is the only thing that I have.

There is little joy left in the industry, as it relentlessly marches towards AI, layoffs, l anti-preservation and ownership tactics, and, in Microsoft’s case, the support and approval of literal genocide in Gaza.

Let’s get the last beautiful things hiding on our hard drives out there for everyone. That's all we have left.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So happy Metroid Ravenous is real.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026
For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs
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September 11 Docs
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.pcmag.com/opinions/are... Adding Ocarina of Time to the list
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Are Remakes Actually Good for Gaming? Or How I Learned to Stop Hating and Love Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Another big-budget update hits the scene, and this one feels more hollow than the rest. Still, Delta has its merits.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO
Sheik in the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Link is kinda giving Elizabeth Holmes in this remake
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The stiching on Link's hat is making me sick
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Even if it's a 1:1 remake (which I'm fully expecting), I'm still pretty excited to see this Ocarina of Time remake tomorrow morning.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The son, the father, the holy GameCube
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
New in PN: Trump’s colonialist Venezuela fever dream "His ego is the world’s largest gas guzzler, and what it belches out, in the US and worldwide, is corruption and misery."
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Trump’s colonialist Venezuela fever dream
Pillaging resources like this is the stuff of fascist regimes.
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s so funny, I saw a headline about this that essentially framed it as a huuuge hit to “global productivity” and my first thought was, “only if you’re a little bitch lmao”
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Welcome back Quibi
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Enjoying my 34th birthday by not moving out of bed
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The USPS is reportedly set to comply with a Trump executive order by launching a hastily built, error-riddled system that could jeopardize mail voting
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USPS Work To Comply With Trump Executive Order Is Rushed, Sloppy, Whistleblower Warns
“The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said before releasing the whistleblower statement.
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇
Screenshot of the top of a whistleblower disclosure titled "USPS Rushed Implementation of New and Untested IT Systems Threatens U.S. Ballot Mail Delivery." Addressed to Senator Blumenthal, the first point details how the whistleblower has "significant concerns about the USPS's secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed process for the creation and implementation of an entirely new and untested set of IT systems" intended for the 2026 midterms.
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Zackery Cuevas @himynameiszack.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
www.pcmag.com/news/onimush... Onimusha's swordplay and boss fights are so great that it cancels out a lot of its less-than-thrilling open world bloat.
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword Is a Thrilling But Imperfect Samurai Revival
After two decades of silence, Onimusha is back with Onimusha: Way of the Sword, a wonderful revival of the fan-favorite franchise.
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