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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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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
reported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways.
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also never a better time to go back to the GBA games!
Box art for the US version of Fire Emblem on Game Boy Advance. Also known as Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
With 6 not having online at launch, I think the more likely outcome is GTA 5 AND 6 are in the top 5 and Marvel Rivals drops out 😭
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I didn't think there was a wrong way to play Celeste before this.
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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 · 27/08/2026
You've got it handled!
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Old men can call other old men old man
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our*. Put the glasses on, old man 👴
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The wild part to me is that he makes it VERY CLEAR that Complexly does not and will not use AI, so you can continue to trust that team. While at the same time, devaluing himself and the content he creates without seemingly realizing it in the slightest.
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The 10x thing feels to me like the arbitrary number an MBA would put on the TAM growing due to including phones as devices that could stream games down. Not a realistic amount of audience they would get from that increassd market size. 🤷‍♂️
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The first round is by far the hardest! I believe in you
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
CONGRATS!!!! So so happy for you and Karen <3
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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 · 06/07/2026
Any feeling for if this is due to union protection forcing Xbox to negotiate? From what I'm aware of, nearly all of the eligible teams at Blizzard have unionized.
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Nah, stopping exclusives was taking a knee. Now they are trying to undo taking a knee which is not really how taking a knee works. If they were waiting out the crisis and building for next gen, they'd keep more of these studios they are closing around to make a banger launch lineup of exclusives.
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I know none of you are buying our console, but this new price really indicates the amount of VALUE we are bringing to you and our shareholders. We know you can't afford it anymore, so we've partnered with Klarna so that the poors can take on debt to buy us more RAM so we can boil the ocean faster.
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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 · 22/06/2026
Not a Gunpla person, but I am a Gundam person. Models are all based on anime that are sometimes related, but often not beyond big robots and a general anti-war message within (usually) war stories. Out of modern shows, would recommend Iron-Blooded Orphans or The Witch From Mercury if interested!
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
His name is Raz
My cat, Raz, looking up at me while being held like the baby that he is.Raz sitting on a blanket looking incredibly dapper with a bow tie onRaz laying on top of the headrest portion of a couch looking very regal. One front paw is being held out as if he were ordering you to kiss his ring (that he does not have)
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Glad you are doing better! (And that you have a functional medical system) Rest up!
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Skies of Arcadia, Legend of Legaia, and Celeste are my go-tos
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Ooooohhhh you were cleaning his blood off the floor yesterday.
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Release the watch history Grubb
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Check if they have local shelves and take your pick from there! Probably some good (or at least interesting) stuff that might not make it to other book stores.
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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 · 25/04/2026
I think this is my favorite of your essays. Really put a lot of my feelings about playing these games recently into words <3 Glad you're here on Earth still and I appreciate your voice both explicitly here and when you speak about this stuff on other shows.
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
George Foreman has 12 kids. Named all 5 of his sons George and one of his daughters Georgetta. It's a real problem out here.
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I only got through it using a checkpoint mod. Couple of those fights/runbacks (and some in act 2) were designed for harming the player instead of fun.
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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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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Gomae (Japanese sesame spinach dish) Veggie spring rolls + a sauce: fresh, not fried. You can add protein and a sauce at will (highly recommend trying nuoc nam pha) Chopped roasted veggies like carrots Tiny teriyaki turkey meatballs Inari sushi - basically just stuff fried tofu skin with whatever
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David Mertz @mizukey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Everyone (incorrectly) thinks *their* extraction shooter will be the one to break the genre to the main stream and rake in millions/billions of dollars.
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