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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 22/07/2026

The trailer for my second movie All Night Wrong has been released! Blind dates can be murder. Starring Maria Bakalova, Zach Cherry, Tyler Labine, and Emily Hampshire it will be in select theaters and available to rent/own on digital and On Demand on Friday, August 14.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 26/05/2026

In 2022 on Metroid Prime's 20th anniversary I posted a series of dev stories on Twitter (Pre-X!) about the development of the game. Now that my website is back, I consolidated them all into a single page. Check it out! threewave.com/metroid-stor...

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Metroid Prime Dev Stories — Zoid Kirsch

20th anniversary behind-the-scenes development stories from Metroid Prime, shared on Twitter in November 2022.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 23/05/2026

The OG Threewave website is back! I've been meaning to build a website celebrating my work over the decades and bringing back to the original. Check it out and see what I've been up to lately. threewave.com/threewave

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Zoid Kirsch — Threewave.com

Creator of Threewave CTF. Veteran game developer across id Software, Retro Studios, Valve, and Blizzard. Now producing films.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 15/04/2026

The Beared Girl (2026) is first movie I helped bring about as executive producer. It's heading to theatres in Canada this April 25th. I'll be at the showing at the Rio theatre in Vancouver. Here's the official trailer. Can't wait for people to see it! youtu.be/RzgGMmA6BcI

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THE BEARDED GIRL Official Trailer (2026) Jessica Paré

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 22/03/2026

Project Hail Mary was an awesome movie. One of its stars poking fun at Cameron just makes it better.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 08/03/2026

Tried installing CachyOS (Linux) on my main PC. I guess I selected the wrong drive and stomped over my Windows install. Boy the Windows Boot Manager gets very upset when you install a different operating system into its partition. Guess what I got to reinstall this afternoon!

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 15/07/2025

Something a bit different than my usual video game content! Two years ago we were invited to help produce a quirky coming of age film about a family of bearded ladies. The Bearded Girl premieres at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal on July 17th. Check out the teaser trailer.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 08/04/2025

I'm installing Ubuntu Linux to try out gaming on it again on my primary PC. During the install it showed a banner with "Great for gaming!" with a picture of Dota 2. I'm like, cool, I helped make that.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 30/03/2025

Watched Netflix's Adolescence again with a friend. Still a gut punch--the ending just tears me up emotionally. It's so well written and produced and the acting is just stellar. Stephen Graham's performance as Jamie's dad is a particular standout. You can just feel his despair. Highly recommended.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 28/02/2025

Every once in a while I remember @hbomberguy.bsky.social 's "most fuckable twink" line from his video on plagiarism as the funniest thing I've ever seen in a video and quietly chuckle to myself.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 11/02/2025

I need to stop doom scrolling. Fuck.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 09/02/2025

One of the weirdest (worst?) things of recent news is having to explain "Leopards ate my face" to friends and family. Sigh.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 27/01/2025

Well that's different. I live in Kelowna, the third largest city of British Columbia. The main bridge across the lake is closed this morning due to a bomb threat. Crazy. Never expected that in Canada. www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...

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Bennett Bridge closed for 'several hours' due to police incident - Kelowna News

The Bennett Bridge was closed in the early morning hours of Monday, Jan. 27 due to a police incident.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 26/01/2025

Its been almost twelve years since Boards of Canada released their last album. I still have hope.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 14/01/2025

They did it again! Nintendo is not including the original Retro Studios credits in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. Nintendo's policy of not including the original credits for remastered games is unacceptable. Their work is still there! Story below...

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 10/01/2025

Does anyone else have issue with 5G on their phone where initial use of web or social app takes many seconds to load? This goes away if I switch to LTE (4g) connectivity. 5G has long establishment times? 5G+ is even worse. Maybe specific to my carrier, Telus?

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 07/01/2025

I'm pretty sure all Canadians including myself will politely say "no thank you" to the idea of becoming part of the United States.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 20/12/2024

Path of Exile 2 is amazing, but then there's stuff like this. I get notified the map is complete, so I look away for a second. Four seconds later the ground explodes and kills me. My character makes frost patches so I had no idea the ground wasn't my own effect. There needs to be more clarity.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 15/12/2024

Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game (29 years between the two)

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 12/12/2024

There is a new patch for Horizon Zero Dawn for PC that adds "transmog". I love how this feature in multiple games was named after the "Transmogrifier" from Calvin and Hobbes comics and is now common vernacular in gaming. Thanks Bill Watterson.

Open upside down cardboard box with ZAP in red letters above it. The box reads "Transmog-rifier" on the side.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 12/12/2024

I've been enjoying Path of Exile 2 Early Access quite a bit. The improvement in the art and animation is so good it leaves the first game far behind. The skill animations in particular are wonderful to watch and feel great. Now, if I would only stop dying so much....

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 06/12/2024

One of my favorite things is the day Metroid Prime went gold (Oct 2002) I took this poster around to everyone on the team to sign. It's a record of our memories working together. You may notice everyone signed around Samus, never on top of her. It was just how everyone respected the character.

A picture of Samus Aran in her Varia Suit from Metroid Prime with signatures of the development team surrounding her.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 05/12/2024

Started playing Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered this week. Cleared 100% of the game. Going to finish the Frozen Wilds DLC then move onto Horizon Forbidden West! The improvements in the remaster in graphics, models and performance is very noticeable. Still a great game.

Screenshot of Game Progression from Horizon Zero Dawn showing 100% completion.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 04/12/2024

Getting ready for Path of Exile 2's Early Access launch in a just two days! Normally I run Path of Exile's standalone client, but for PoE2 I'm going to run the Steam version since I like Steam's new game recording feature. Will be useful playing during early access.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 03/12/2024

Checked the old blue site today and on my Following feed the first three posts were friends saying they will no longer post there and to follow them here. Guess its time to make this my primary site.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 03/12/2024

I never learned Emacs except for Ctrl-X Ctrl-C.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 27/11/2024

Following up on this. It is a very good time to buy a new TV. Good quality large size TVs are priced very low. I just bought a new 75" microLED TV for $1700 CAD ($1200 USD) for example. It's the season of huge TVs I think.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 26/11/2024

It's increasing looking like there are going to be many tariffs coming next year especially from China. If you were thinking of buying any electronics like TVs, computers, video games, household stuff like vacuums etc now is the time before prices are going to go up significantly soon.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 25/11/2024

I'm having a love and hate relationship with Balatro. I'm trying to play harder and harder decks and I'm at the point where it's always me losing at the last ante due to some bullshit. Well time to start another round....

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 24/11/2024

Oh that's neat, I changed my bsky handle to @threewave.com Still have the domain after all these years.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 22/11/2024

It's so pretty! The white limited edition Steam Deck OLED just oozes coolness.

Picture of a white Limited Edition Steam Deck OLED in the white case with the Balatro title screen featured.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 18/11/2024

Do you ever actually use the Scroll Lock key? If so, what for?

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 15/11/2024

It blows my mind that we are over 8 billion matches of Dota 2 played. Since its unveiling at Gamescom in 2011 that works out to an average of about 19 matches per second for the last thirteen years.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 11/11/2024

20 years of Metroid Prime 2! This was a fun interview to do. Jack and I still get along great. Although trying to remember stuff from 20 years ago is always fascinating--I laugh when I see myself on camera rummaging around in my head trying to remember stuff.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 31/10/2024

I'm glad to be back in Canada. The BC and Federal gov't have spent almost a billion dollars on upgrading to fiber internet throughout the province and country. My provider just announced upgraded speeds available so I put the 10Gbps NIC on my motherboard to work. SO FAST!!!

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 22/10/2024

Most times AI image generation spits out crap. But one use I've found for it is generating logos for my various group chats. Here's one I used for a group chat with my sister and her husband. We both live in British Columbia. She loves it.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 17/10/2024

Tinnitus sucks. A few times a day my left ear rings for about two minutes. Got tested and learned my left ear can't hear in the 2000Hz range anymore so there may be some damage there along with just getting old. Sigh.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 17/10/2024

Whoa, I'm guessing the block change on Twitter (X?) is causing a lot of people to sign up on BlueSky. I've had more follows in the last few hours than the last month! Welcome!

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 14/09/2024

Unicode now has Pac-Man, 1CC6B through 1CC6E. "BLACK LARGE CIRCLE MINUS LEFT QUARTER SECTION" Is that Evil Otto I spy at 1CC6F? www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U...

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 06/09/2024

Started playing Astro Bot this morning and can't help but smile a lot while I play it. So cute and fun.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 29/08/2023

I've enjoyed Siracha for years. I've started buying other hot sauces. Picked up a kanzuri based one with Carolina reapers and really love the taste of it. Oh no, have I started a terrible hobby? Will I be putting hot sauce on everything soon? Yum!

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 15/08/2023

Today is my pup's birthday. Fiona is eight years old. She's an incredible dog and is loved by everyone who meets her. Happy Birthday Fiona! 🎂🎉🥳

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 11/08/2023

After Nintendo left myself and the original team out of the credits for Metroid Prime Remastered, its nice to see id Software do it right and include everyone who worked on Quake II in its re-release. This should always be how its done.

Quake II Threewave Capture the Flag Credits

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 11/08/2023

Quake II Re-Master is out today! Includes the game and all its expansions and also Threewave Capture the Flag. Split screen coop too! Nightdive did a great job on the re-master. XB: bit.ly/47jHNnU PS: bit.ly/3YudsyV Switch: bit.ly/3s4rE5R PC: bit.ly/3OyjbiE

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 21/07/2023

I also have this book. Its probably the most esoteric book I own and I love it.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 11/07/2023

I realized I hadn't posted a picture of Fiona yet. She's an amazing dog. Her favorite things are laps and chasing squirrels. She's a rat-cha crossbreed which explains it. She'll be eight years old this August.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 04/07/2023

Bluesky seems to be exploding with invites this weekend. I had so many people appear here for me to follow. Seems like we're starting to hit critical mass. Twitter got bought and then succumbed to enshittification. I wonder how many years we've got on Blueksy before it also enshittifies.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 01/07/2023

I was flying south to Oregon earlier this week and the flight passed right by Mount St Helens. Got an amazing picture of the crater. Still impressive after it blew up in 1980.

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Zoid Kirsch @threewave.com · 01/06/2023

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 My wedding anniversary to my wonderful husband is also in June so I get to double dip in Pride celebrations. Be strong, be proud, be awesome.

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