Shawn Zipay

@zips.bsky.social

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I run a gaming news site, Total Gaming Network - https://totalgamingnetwork.com (It was formerly known as CS-Nation)

Trying to play Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and an Ubisoft Connect error says that my connection was lost.
Part of an email saying "Welcome to The Veilguard" as part of some extremely late marketing email from Electronic Arts.
Image showing the members of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The members include several large gaming studios such as Bandai Namco, Capcom, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Konami, Microsoft, Nintendo, Riot Games, Roblox, PlayStation, Square Enix, Take-Two Interactive, Tencent, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Games, and Wizards of the Coast.
Apu from the Simpsons diving to take a bullet for an employee. An image commonly used for weirdos trying to defend bad people, corporations, or opinions. Such as a weirdo diving to take a bullet for people upset with Rockstar and Take-Two for greedily locking non-cosmetic content such as actual missions and entire storefronts behind a $100 version of Grand Theft Auto 6.
An entire paragraph from the New York Times article talking about the death of Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot in which the author actually debates on if the inclusion of a black protagonist in a recent game was woke or not. "But some people online criticized the game for having “gone woke” by creating a Black samurai named Yasuke. Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur, said Shadows was an example of how “D.E.I. kills art,” using an abbreviation for diversity, equity and inclusion. Ubisoft reminded players that its games were works of fiction, even as Yasuke was an actual historical figure."
Headline that cutoff at an amusing part. It reads, "Iran says draft US deal includes oil sanctions waiver, nuclear limits and ass."
Three-way tie for first (with a time of 3:54.516) in Sparrow Racing League between myself, Yoshiro, and a person named Swayze.
A forced AI integration of "aireal" an AI "intelligent brain for your home network" that was added to the TP-Link Deco app within the past week.
XBOX head Asha Sharma responding to someone on Twitter who was complaining about other brand logos being shown for an XBOX Games Showcase. She says, "Seeing the feedback on logos. It was a miss, and I own it. We are talking about how we adjust for future XBOX shows."
LEGO Batman and Robin from LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. They're chilling in the LEGO Batcave and wearing the outfits from the 1966 Batman.
The Penguin in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight saying, "So anyway, I started blastin'!" This is a line from Danny DeVito's character in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. DeVito also played the Penguin in the Batman movie.
A wood Warthog from Halo in Forza Horizon 6.
Lower the price of the systems The biggest disservice you did to the xbox brand was using all the chips that should have gone to consoles to power your cloud. Playstation took advantage and dominated the console sales while XBox took a nose dive. It's time to hit back, lower the systems prices to slightly lower than launch price and get people interested again. Games aren't the problem (your games rock), it's the fact that nobody wants to buy an XBox now after you dropped the ball. You can still recover.
A list of names in Forza Horizon 6 that does not include "Shawn." And it'll be a cold day in hell before I ever use "Sean." SEEEEEEN. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Screen grab from the latest Any Austin video upload about the best gaming nightclubs. The image shows my name, website, and photo because some old footage (from 2011) of Deus Ex: Human Revolution's The Hive club was used for a brief segment. I was shocked (in a good way)!
The closed Marathon Steam CCU thread on ResetERA showing 220 pages of replies for nearly 11,000 total replies.
Promotion from Microsoft for their Rewards program that says: "Turn Earth Day art into points. Create feel-good images and pick up 20 points." Then it links to the Bing Image Creator, which is an AI image creator tool.
Latest YouTube upload from Crowbcat where he doubles down (months after his original video) on some truly terrible takes saying how bad the Resident Evil 4 Remake is compared to the original.
Marathon Steam CCU thread. 600,821 views with 8,244 replies.
You, as Jesus, crucified on the cross. First time?
Someone who was just saved.
A shopkeeper saying, "You look tired. Clearly you need a new pillow!"
Screen from "I Am Jesus Christ." The character is talking to Joseph, who says to you, Jesus, "Hello Jesus."
I Am Jesus Christ on Steam. Shows a downloading in progress bar.
Album artwork for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's soundtrack, Nos Vies En Lumiere Bonus Edition. Music by Lorien Testard. The song playing is For Those Who Come After by Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, and Victor Borba.
Downloading Life is Strange: Double Exposure on Steam.
An in-game painting from Crimson Desert that is clearly created with genAI. There are several additional or missing limbs on animals and "humans" in the painting. Other features are badly morphed.
Image showing Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2 on the left and the Fake Factory (a terrible "high res" graphical mod for Half-Life 2) version of Alyx Vance on the right. At the top it says "DLSS 5 OFF" for the left side and "DLSS 5 ON" for the right, mocking the terrible DLSS 5 screenshots Nvidia showed off today.
Option in World of Warcraft to connect to a Pinterest account.
A list of "alerts" for a phone. It includes alerts for extreme threats, sever threats, AMBER alerts, and an alert if Chris Kluwe is writing another book.
Markwayne Mullin hiding behind chairs as rioters try to access the House chambers on January 6.
Part of an interview with Capcom's Shingo Izumi. RPG Site: I have to ask this. You will have now released Mega Man Legacy Collections of the Classic, X, Zero, ZX, Battle Network, and Star Force series. Only the Mega Man Legends series remains. Are you also planning to release a Mega Man Legends Legacy Collection? Shingo Izumi: At this time, there are no plans to do so. However, as mentioned in a prior response, when we consider new collection projects in the future, a Mega Man Legends collection would also be one of the possible candidates.
Steam unpacking Resident Evil Requiem.
A response that reads a LOT like an AI wrote it from the new head of Xbox, Asha Sharma, to a known serial harasser, Smash JT. In response to a top three game list, Asha replied with: "Great list. I did my top 3 in another reply. Halo, Valheim, 007. It's been a long time since I played Chrono Trigger. Have you done every ending? Thanks for all the detail. I appreciate it a ton."
Steam achievement for High on Life 2. It says, "Why do you know all that stuff?" "Prove your Galactic Tax Code prowess." "0.5% of players have this achievement." "Unlocked February 12, 2026, 2:09 AM."
Image from Game Grumps episode where a character is saying, "Today is football."
Screenshot from Control showing a room covered everywhere with sticky notes.
Screenshot from the game Control. The caption is from a voice recording from someone named Ramsay. The caption reads: "Wait. Six. Seven?" Get it? Like the meme. LIKE THE MEME! Ahh, a classic! Remedy was way ahead of the game on this one.
Ahti, the best janitor ever, standing next to Jesse Faden (the best Director of the FBC) in the game Control.
The description for Highguard on Steam. From the creators of Apex Legends and Titanfall, comes Highguard: a PvP raid shooter where players will ride, fight, and raid as Wardens, arcane gunslingers sent to fight for control of a mythical continent. Battle rival Warden crews for possession of the Shieldbreaker, then break into and destroy the enemy base to secure territory in this all-new breed of shooter. Below that are the game's system requirements.
A group of bald bar patrons touching the top of their heads in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Cloud next to a person in a Cactuar costume in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep. (Laughing Nervously) What the fuck?
Cable car on the way to the brightly lit Gold Saucer in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Gumby. Text says, "Gumby will return in Avengers: Doomsday."
AdSense ad saying "Meet the wife of Ron Howard - Try not to gag."
My 2026 word from Merriam-Webster is "melancholic."
Message saying to "Complete Fort Condor Hard Mode Battle" in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Chadley, a young boy from Final Fantasy 7 Remake that is now also in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Avowed update on Steam at 57.2GB.
Tweet from Geoff Keighley: There will be new game announcements tonight at The Game Awards.
Credits for The Outer Worlds 2 showing the title, The Outer Worlds 2, and the developer, Obsidian Entertainment.
An image showing a Steam achievement for completing the main story in Dying Light: The Beast. The timestamp shows it was gotten "yesterday" which would be November 26th, 2025.
Some "maga 4 ever" troll linking to a Trump Truth Social post. The post appeared under my "Popular With Friends" feed here on Bluesky.
Warning message in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 saying: "Action Required. Your PC does not meet security requirements for Call of Duty. To keep your game and security features up to date, please review and resolve the requirement(s) below: BIOS firmware: Update Required.
Steam download for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
A hero in an orange cat suit pouring some whiskey into a cup of coffee.
Robert and Royd in a screenshot from Dispatch.
Start of a topic from one of my work emails that reads "PC 1.0 Review."
A "flaw" that appears in The Outer Worlds 2. The flaw is called Consumerism and reads: You're the reason our marketing works. Promotions and sales have riddled your brain, and you're more interested in buying the next big thing than financial planning. WARNING: Once selected, Flaws cannot be removed. Effects: -15% vendor prices and -10% Sell Value at Vendors.