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December 13, 2025

Grabbing joysticks.

- Team Brunch letters@hindustantimes.com

This week, we're...

Uncle, please sit. Gamers are not nerds, introverts or violent incels. Tim Sweeney, who created Fortnite, has spent billions buying up forested land just to protect it. Now, Gabe Newell, Steam owner, has modified a superyacht for marine ecology research. We like this leaderboard!

imageCatcalling Moscow.

Kitty, catto, meowster? Go Russian when you next see a cat. Tiny, delicate fluffball: Kotik. An elegant madam who treats you like her personal butler: Kisunya. Fat, lazy males: Kotyara (our fav). No term for orange cats, but we'll use Kotoyd — a silly idiot constantly underfoot. Purrfect.

imageChanging our POV.

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