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David Mertz

@mizukey.bsky.social
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New Solo Indie Dev @ Soup Weather Stream/Podcast @SaveDataTeam Former Lead PM of Game Distribution @ Blizzard I play, make, and talk about games. Also sometimes cook. He/Him

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 01/10/2026
Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.
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WumpaGem @wumpagem.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fine, I'll do it myself.
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'Game Recomps That Aren't Vibe-Coded' a list of games by WumpaGem | Backloggd
With the sheer abundance of game recompilations built with generative AI tools getting unwarranted attention from clickbait news outlets I felt we need some kind of curated database of recompilations ...
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Save Data Team @savedatateam.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We sat down to check out the brand new coop anime adventure: Orbitals! The verdict: it's just like one of my Japanese animes! youtu.be/ZBKR2C-HYNY
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Mike Towndrow @itsmike.town · 07/09/2026
Long live @doublefine.com 🤘
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
First game I played at Pax today and my favorite by a mile. Spoiler, will probably be my game of the show. Style, substance, and sicknasty mechanics.
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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 04/09/2026
If you're doing PR or sending keys or whatever, essentially cold calling YouTube/Twitch channels with a game, I assure you that you do not need to have AI gin up some fake list of things that you "saw and enjoyed" on the channel to make that message have impact. That stuff just makes you look fake.
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 31/08/2026
🚨AMNESIA FORTNIGHT 2026 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS LIVE 🚨  Help us keep making weird and wondrous games; 26 amazing game pitches await your votes, and in the end, one prototype will emerge victorious! The fate of THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE is in your hands! 🌌 www.dfaf2026.com
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Save Data Team @savedatateam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Interested in Daggerheart? Or just looking for a new TTRPG show? Why not check out our new series, The Endless Sea of Akur! Critics are raving about it so far!
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If I win the lottery there will be signs. (Psychonauts 3 fully funded)
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Save Data Team @savedatateam.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hey you. Yeah, you! Did you know we have a brand new, actual play TTRPG show starting THIS SUNDAY!? Get hyped for a new cast and a new adventure when the Endless Sea of Akur sets sail August 9th at 6 pm EST!
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, as a child. Off panel, someone says to her, “Enjoy your youth!”
The second panel shows child Sarah again, now frowning. The person off panel continues, saying “After you’re 30 you’ll be old and your life will basically be over.”
Before the last two panels there is text that reads “LIFE AFTER I TURNED 30.”
The third panel shows adult Sarah opening a door.
The fourth panel shows the door opens to a beautiful field with flowers, a rainbow, and a pond. Sarah says “Wait what.”
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026
All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
someone holding up a sign that AI crossed out
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kuraine @lena.fyi · 26/07/2026
there arent nearly enough people talking about Radiata Stories (2005)
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 09/07/2026
is it good that every single games studio i still own is having all its staff leak comments like "we cant possibly make games under these conditions" in ten thousand articles
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Reasonable for the times, but the times are not reasonable.
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What a way to build trust with your employees and fans. Xbox has become where little sparks of creativity and passion go to fizzle and die instead. Xbox is just going to keep pivoting from idea to idea, never committing to or dreaming of anything, slowly driving out thousands of talented people.
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 16/06/2026
😅
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Sure is clearer than ever that Asha’s first 100 days campaign being centered around putting “fans first,” invoking nostalgia, and building loyalty towards Xbox as a brand was deliberate and deceitful, huh? What a move, pandering and aligning themselves to the most fanatical/vocal before pulling this
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🚨 IS THIS YOUR GRANDMA 🚨 We recently received these found photos of a grandma getting an NES for her birthday. We've determined it was October 1990, it was her 65th birthday, and she was in Miami, FL. Did she like Duck Hunt
An older woman with curly white hair unwrapping a Nintendo Entertainment System.Grandma is happy with her Nintendo Entertainment System Action Set. In the background, there is a man with a horseshoe mustache, wearing a Miami Hurricanes hat and a t-shirt for Cozzoli's in the Grove Pizza. Faintly visible is a birthday cake with the number 65 in candles.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 29/05/2026
You can tell a man who hasn't ever cleaned for himself decided on this because if you knew how to clean you would know what you need to do. Someone said that all modern tech is trying to do is replace tech bros mom's and it's not hard to unsee this.
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Oops𓅓 @vodkula.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Video game depicting Godzilla in a city. The text readsn go ahead Godzilla destroy the data center s
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Greg Loring-Albright (he/him) @gregisonthego.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A meme from “dasharezone” featuring a cartoon skull with flames behind it. The header reads “Computer’s [sic] should do what I tell them to.” In two bubbles on either side of the skull: “stop guessing what I want” and “do not ever ‘remind me later’”. Finally, the footer: “and show me posts from the people I follow in da order they post it mother fucker.”
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Frankly, this should apply to all goods, including airplane tickets, and be national. In lieu of that, demand this change from your states. Dynamic pricing is predatory and should be banned.
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
8-10 hour turn-based RPG with heavy cooking themes?! Sign me the heck up. 1000% diving in after vacation. Please do well and help normalize that RPGs do not need to be 40+ hours.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Depressing as all heck. Even the trees can't catch a break
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
great reporting here. basically yes DLSS 5 is running a gen AI model on the 2D output and nothing more. it doesn’t know anything about the 3D scene, textures / models / lighting / PBR other than what the model infers by looking at a frame. TL:DR, they sped up slop. youtu.be/D0EM1vKt36s?...
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Nvidia Answers my DLSS 5 Questions
YouTube video by Daniel Owen
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 17/03/2026
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ceej @ceej.online · 12/03/2026
soup dumplings? incredible. what else can we soup
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Genuinely so damn proud of my friends for building a channel from getting 20 views on a thinly veiled video game ripoff of an ESPN show to one where they get to visit a major publisher and do really cool things. 🥹
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 31/01/2026
An unbelievable thing happened last night. 3,083 people from the @minnmax.com and @giantbomb.bsky.social community stepped up to protect the people in Minneapolis from ICE. You can still donate to VEAP here - bit.ly/iceoutminneapolis Here's the archive - youtube.com/live/SMcO71c...
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Oh my god, they’re already not allowed to deport US citizens. This is not bargaining. This is acquiescence in the face of authoritarianism.
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Save Data Team @savedatateam.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
IN 24 HOURS! We'll be hosting a brand new competitive game show! Find out which member of Save Data Team is the BEST GAMER! (sick art by @sophinoxyz.bsky.social)
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Never Forghetti
Cooking instructions from a box of pasta. COOKING TIME: 9-11 MIN.
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Jeff Marchiafava @ohheyitsjeffm.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please share what's happening. Please stand up for your fellow Americans. Please stop believing their lies and start believing your own eyes. Enough is enough. GET ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY?...
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Minneapolis - January 2026
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Haunted Lakes fan account @vscomputer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
To paraphrase @charalanahzard.bsky.social : the more you know about a topic, the more AI tends to get it wrong, so you should only ask it about things you know nothing about
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JessEviltelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Reminder that Psychonauts 2 was the actual Game of The Year 2021 and was robbed
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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 16/12/2025
Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
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Save Data Team @savedatateam.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
ONE HOUR TO GOOOOO!
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Our Extra Life starts tomorrow at 1pm ET! Tune in and help out the kids! www.extra-life.org/participants...
Graphic depicting Save Data's Extra Life Charity Stream schedule, all times in EST.
1p - PowerPoint with friends
3p - Community Games
5p - The Price is Right, but for video games
6:30p - Vic learns to drive
8p - Pico Park 2 returns
10p - Chaos Jeopardy 
12a - Music Guessing Game
2a - Hell times, we play whatever we want here
10:30a - Mad Dog Mcree
12p - Eat Peppers And Nobody Explodes
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Save Data Team @savedatateam.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Here's our detailed schedule for our annual 24 hour Extra Life charity stream! We've got a ton of amazing things planned, so come hang out with us this Saturday & Sunday! 😁
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Six One Indie @sixoneindie.com · 10/09/2025
47 indies. 72 minutes. The Six One Indie Showcase returns September 18th via IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie's channels! • World premiere from ORIGAME DIGITAL • Lil Gator Game: In the Dark gameplay • Super Rare Originals, Blumhouse Games, and so much more! Save The Date: youtu.be/QncfsZr_fxQ?...
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Greg Miller @gameovergreggy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Important Gregway today celebrating @sixoneindie.com. ❤️ www.patreon.com/posts/138610...
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ONeillJones @oneilljones.com · 29/08/2025
this survey took less than two minutes yes, it's inane. do it anyway
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Greg Miller @gameovergreggy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Talk trash about Hawlucha again. We dare you. @jordanmiddler.bsky.social
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Save Data Team @savedatateam.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Some of the best screams from our Peak stream 😂
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 19/06/2025
Hard Drive Presents: A Woke And Gay Charity Stream Donations go to @translifeline.org 7/25-7/26 8PM ET-8PM ET Guests include: @mikedrucker.bsky.social @giantbomb.bsky.social @katmabu.bsky.social @airbagged.bsky.social @leovader.com, and more! 🏳‍⚧More details to follow🏳‍⚧
An event poster that shows the same info contained in the body of the post. 
How's this for the announcement?

Hard Drive Presents: A Woke And Gay Charity Stream 

Donations go to @translifeline.org 

7/25-7/26 8PM ET-8PM ET

Guests include: 
@mikedrucker.bsky.social 
@giantbomb.bsky.social 
@katmabu.bsky.social 
@airbagged.bsky.social 
@leovader.com, and more!

🏳‍⚧More details to follow🏳‍⚧
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Samantha Nye // ציפּיע 🌿 @thesamethyst.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you want to to stop being compared to Nazis, stop sounding and acting like Nazis. "Making communities safer" is exactly what Nazis said they were doing too.
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