The Weekly Gazette 11-16-2025

[DerVVulfman]

(November 10 to November 16, 2025)

Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area

General Chat

The re-opening of the U.S. Government hit the News of the World with the Senate finally passing the bill, holding the nation hostage for over 40 days. But passing the bill has Democrats fuming and calling out Senator Schumer, while Republicans are fuming that Congress continued receiving paychecks. The Epstein also hit the news as Democrats block efforts to fast track their release. But what has come to light were the eMails of Trump-obsessed writer Michael Wolff tried to have Epstein blackmail then-candidate Trump. Likewise, emails have revealed that Epstein gave ex-Clinton Treasure Secretary Summers advise about women. And a New York Times reporter was busted for tipping Epstein off about an ex NYPD detective and his tell-all book. Its bleak news for Higher Education as California is challenged with College students without even an 8th grade reading level. On focusing upon ideologies than education, even a Harvard professor admits Trump correct over its bias. On free speech, chaos erupted at Berkley as Antifa storms a TPUSA event, one rioter charged with assault and robbery. And a California University openly denies a TPUSA chapter from opening after a third attempt. New York's new mayor elect may be rethinking things after Governor Hochul slams the breaks on Mamdani's Free Bussing promise and says he will reach out to Trump for possible assistance. Following his ouster, residents of Prince Andrew Road in England demand the name be changed. And the scandal of the BBC intentionally doctoring US President Trump's January 6 speech continues, having apologized but refusing to pay for damages. While the disgraced BBC boss who quit is proud of the work, former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss backs Trump. But the UK is not the only one who performed such edits as Australia's own ABC network likewise edited Trump’s Jan. 6 speech in the same manner and for the same goal. Violence and hate speech hit the news in Germany as a man was arrested for painting swastikas on nearly fifty cars with his own blood. And the Saudi doctor who killed six after plowing his car into a crowd during Christmas now begins his trial. Within Latin America, Argentina's President extend a warm welcome to any from New York fleeing the upcoming Mamdani administration. But in Peru, President Boluarte had been ousted by their entire congress over crime and corruption. And thousands of 'Gen-Z'ers took to the streets of Mexico city to protest the rising crime and political corruption. Weather was big news in both Latin America and in the Asian pacific as tornadoes ripped through Brazil, killing 5 and injuring over 400. And typhoon Fung-wong killed 8 while displacing over 1.4 million in the Philippines, only to barrel towards Taiwan forcing thousands to evacuate. Meanwhile, trusting China seems bleak as their diplomat threatens to behead Japan's new Prime Minister, and plans to block rare earth minerals within mere days of the US/China rare-earth deal. Russia is raging against Ukraine, launching strikes at Ukraine's nuclear plants and pouring 150,000 troops into Donetsk, even terrorizing the streets of Pokrovsk as if rejects from a Mad Max sequel. But pressure is ramping up, China's largest purchaser of Russian Oil cutting ties. As drone fragments crash into NATO territories, Belgium opens investigations into the drone incursions. And Germany has unveiled a new military service plan to create Europe's strongest conventional army. Violence erupted in the Middle East as a Kashmir resident was arrested for detonating a car in Delhi, killing 8 and injuring 20. Following that, 9 more were killed after another detonation occurred at an Indian police station. The pain of Hamas lingers in Israel as a former Hamas hostage gave harrowing testimony how she was raped, while other survivors still suffer from the harrowing October 7th massacre. And Israeli security forces have been breaking up Hamas cells still active and readying attacks against civilians. A New Mexico man killing two people claiming a cockroach told him to do it, a fake airline captain with forged credentials flying hundreds of passengers, crazy footage showing China’s Hongqi bridge collapsing months after opening, former US President Obama destroying a national landmark to build a monument to himself, Trump asking for the pardon of Netanyahu in his corruption trial, rich 'Sniper' tourists paying $90K to have human-hunting safaris in the Sarajevo, and more hit this week's news.

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Tech Talk

This week, the News of the Cyber Worldseems bad news for big tech, with Google noting that Public Wi-Fi can allow bank details to be stolen by cyber criminals, Apple's dismal sales of the iPhone Air2 forcing it to get pulled off the market, Apple also losing $4billion as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire chose to put it all into Google stocks, and NVidia loses $5.8Billion as Softbank sells all its stocks to invest in OpenAI. Cars hit the cybernews as Tesla began $60-per-day rentals after a market slump, and Pennsylvania introduced a bill to legalize flying cars. Of data centers, Verizon is slated to cut over 15,000 jobs while Amazon-backed Anthropic felt $50 Billion is fine to spend on AI data centers. Coinbase leaving Delaware for Texas, lawyers fined over incorrect filings made with AI, a New Jersey judge declines to hear a case when a woman was targeted online with phases like "This @#$%^ needs to Die", and more hit this week's cybernews.

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This week, the Chinese Hackers made a splash as new research showed that China hacked into and began using ClaudeAI out of San Francisco to attack government agencies and their banking services. And while the name of the China-based criminal hacking group is unknown, Google has filed lawsuits alleging the criminal organization had swindled victims out of millions of dollars by way of phishing scams.

Forum Games & Nonsense

This week, the journey to Count to a million continued with AVGB-KBGaming and DerVVulfman, but was later joined by krayedon.

Games Development

Complete Projects

With an upcoming 2026 release, Starmage wanted to let everyone know that the Steam Page for Rave Heart+ will have a redirect to Moz The Tiger's FAQ page offering more information about the game and its new revisions. Those that already paid for Rave Heart will be happy to hear that Steam should automatically upgrade their purchase to Rave Heart+ free of charge. However, old save games will not work due to numerous changes, the original edition of Rave Heart will no longer be available.

Material Development

Tools

For those who enjoy playing or crafting games with a simpler model design, kraydon discovered Blockbench, a lowpoly 3d editor. Totally free and open source, Blockbench is perfect for those making content as simple as Minecraft, Dungeon Tycoon, and others.

Scripts Database

RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine

A new update was made to Ekuipment Points XP by kyonides, that where the actor's name and EP points are now visible in their own window rather than the help display when you use the [A] key to bring up the in-battle equipment changer.

RPGMaker VX/VXAce (RGSS2/3) Engines

A new update was made to Ekuipment Points VX by kyonides, that where the actor's name and EP points are now visible in their own window when you use the [A] key to bring up the in-battle equipment changer.

Resources Database

2D Resources

There are no fish tanks today, no televisions depicting the news, nor horrific stalkers from Wes Craven movies. This week, you may find more hospital staff among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V as one more nurse makes her appearance. Short of stature as all using the RTP style from RPGMaker XP, but with short black hair and twin pigtails, she can be found in traditional blue hospital scrubs. And she appears iwth and without the sterile hospital mask, and in a livid green zombie tint.

Creativity Section

Music and Audio

It is said that artists can be their worst critics. And for that, they look upon old wirks as something to avoid or something to revisit and refine. And this week when DoubleX ventured into the archives of His Music Room, he chose to enhance his fifth composition with more strings, and rework instruments including the percussion once the bridge had been reached. Following that, DoubleX released his 49th composition entitled "Ultimately in Vain", whereby his uses violins, pianos and light xylophone taps to play with the idea that one may enjoy working on a project for someone. But once the melody reaches its bridge, electronic hums and rhythmic zaps begin to sound as the one for whom the project is for may not see the work come to fruition.

Art and Design

If one expects to see visions of refinement and love within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! as they had last week, they will be both astonished and jolted. No comforting grace will the Atomic Biowulf present as she feeds upon her victims. Set against a backdrop of ebony and emerald, the deadly wolfgirl appears with the hapless subject of her amusement and hunger as bright, forked currents of jade courses around her. As is her standard, another speed draw was also delivered, beginning with a favored song performed by Casey Edwards & Victor Borba.

Well, that's it for this week.

"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present." - Golda Meir (1898-1978)

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