Looking for TZERØ - Experiencing Beauty in Games

I was eating out with a friend for pre-festivities chat and best wishes, and realized that, by just talking, I finally clutched what I really wanted to express with TZERØ. It's an abstract concept, and, sometimes, it escapes my grasp.

A wish that is still to be lit.

It's not something easy to sum up in a phrase, like in "I want to be a Honkai: Star Rail guide maker", which is a simple, focused, clear idea. It's more of a philosophical direction, more than a specific set of actions. I want it to become reality, and part of my everyday life in 2026, though, as I'd like it to be part of yours, if you like the idea of sharing the journey.

My aim - and, based on my friend Luke - our aim - is pretty simple in the end: finding beauty in games. I've been seeing the world of information revolving around games being filled with disappointment about this or that idea, and this is becoming less and less interesting and entertaining for me, plus I don't really get where it's really going - when it is going somewhere.

As TZERØ, we're looking for something different... the feeling of "awe" we experienced much more when we were kids, and now probably long for, as much as younger generations than us '90s kids, who are also somewhat disillusioned and overloaded by entertainment stimuli.

This wipeout battle end frame from Zenless Zone Zero made me want to talk about today's experience.

Beauty can emerge from anything: aesthetics, fun gameplay, music or an engaging, significant story. It can be something epic, like NieR:Automata's "Ending E", or something really small, like catching a Moonfish in Animal Crossing.

The Doubt About Language

I've been struggling with deciding the initiative's main language for a long time... but I now realize it's wasn't a problem in the first place. I think that any language goes: it's all about being here together, sharing our experience from different perspectives. Multiple languages would help make this feel real. It would help this reality grow in the direction I'd like to see it go. A multilingual melting pot of feelings: this is what TZERØ is probably meant to be.

I'll try to invite people to write article in their own mothertongue, and will be glad to translate it for the main portal with all the tools technology give us. I think some feelings are better conveyed in our language, but only in certain situations: sometimes, I feel more comfortable in writing in English, and I love a reality where I can just do that.

Feeling Lost May Be Just Fine

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I've been feeling lost, recently. I don't know what is the reason. A few years back, I feel like I just had a better way at telling what I wanted to do, and what was just there to distract me from the place I wanted to reach. At this point, though, I just feel we're all talking about a journey, so I'm getting used to it. I always want to sound strong to everyone to be a good leader, and help everyone realize their dreams.

Maybe I'll just pour this into the work of art we all want to realize together as humans, instead, so that you can have a disoriented Nero Atlas that still wants to do his best - which is as true as it can be as the person behind the character and net signature.

I'd like to bring games that are helping me find the way to peace, freedom, and the emotions that make me feel like life is new every day, and that we're sharing a dream. I would like to tell you our journey together as VZERØ, the group of storytellers that you may choose to lighten up your mood and be part of your day. I'd like to make it a story that talks about you too, and how you helped us make another step in the way.

I'd like you to recognize me, Nero Atlas, especially, as just a gamer that loves to study things and understand them, and, at the same time, thinks too much.

A World that Can Be Us

Luke is convinced that we still don't have a group of international friends that talk on social media about games, and share the feeling of being a tight-knit community. Maybe he is right: I admit there's nothing like that, or even close to that, in my YouTube feed. The closest thing I can think of is what the collaborations between Cimo, CovertGoBlue, Rarran, LSV and other trading card game content creators indirectly created. And I loved it.

I originally thought as TZERØ as a way of offering help to players that wanted to navigate the world of games in a safe way. I can't think of a safest way of listening to everyone's opinions, and form my own, without making it the absolute, though. I think this philosophy, of a world we create together, could really be the key.

I've always seen any group initiative as an adventure to be shared. Sometimes, I feel like it's not enough, and try overdoing things... but maybe this is more than enough!

Whether you'll choose to stick with us to just listen to us talk about games in our lives, become an editor yourself, or are just here for a quick stop before leaving, I want to say "Thank you for being part of this story". Life can be very confusing, at times, and the more time passes, the less I think I ever understood. Or, maybe, I'm just forgetting.

Regardless, I really hope this journey will be fun. Luke seems to really believe it. And I want to trust his way of seeing things.