Today was the first time in all the time I’ve covered events and this industry where a developer was so rude and insulting to me I had to make a formal complaint about it Wasn’t one I planned to meet with, but one who thought it good to record people without permission, laugh at them, and be smarmy

Public days mean catchup, and before the indie area that means I’m doing some of the obscure things before my one other appointment Idol VR, for example

I will warn there is potentially-lethal crowding besides the Ananta booth in the small alley there Whew

On the one hand: eepy On the other hand: new cat ears acquired Inside the halls for a day of… something, at TGS

TGS Day 3 Accurate state of my mental health:

Cat in their natural habitat

rawr x3

Me and the voices in my head

Also noting ppl not here often calling it TGS returning to form while devs I know here/speak to on both JP and international sides alongside those here regularly near-angry at how the event has turned out And that’s before talking how the indie selection got pushed off the main floor for an AI area

I will say, for reasons I’m going to dig into in more detail later, having been to a lot of TGS shows, this is the worst and most lacking event Pockets of greatness don’t excuse an event I feel is damning to the state of the current industry and doesn’t show the creativity I’ve witnessed elsewhere

Day 2, feat. Professor Layton

Day 2 of TGS let’s goooooooo (I feel more alive today which is something!)

Four reviews I’ve read of Ghost of Yotei, and the approach to handling the challenging-to-depict backdrop of Ainu culture (a topic that not even Japanese media is too good at with problematic consequences) isn’t even mentioned None of those reviews mentioned even the WORD Ainu, either

I’m absolutely not saying it doesn’t have real practical applications in some fields but it seems like a bad sign for the current AI boom that any time I see a practical consumer application of it, my immediate response is “can I turn this off?”

ぐうたらの秋AGAIN(2025) ※新作です。 #illustration #イラスト

Anyway that’s the end of my day 1 Played a bunch of Capcom and Level-5 titles, played some other things, did interviews… near-collapsed as I only had 4 hours sleep but 5 Red Bulls We roll, to another few days!

Mega Man with human proportions isn’t real, he can’t hurt you Mega Man with human proportions:

me fr

Observation: men’s toilets face free body wipes while women get free ‘kawaii sanitary napkins’ Collab with Hop Step Kitomi-chan

And I’m on the showfloor! For a bit, just gonna get bearings before jumping to meetings

Day 01 of this whole dang show business

Huh Nintendo launched a new Fire Emblem mobile game They still have Heroes going, and they haven’t touched mobile but I guess, sure, why not Feels more like them testing some new gameplay ideas in a mobile game veneer but it’s an odd choice

And remember, the reason he wanted separate vaccines wasn't due to any science, but because *he'd filed a patent application for a single measles vaccine*. It was just grifting.

TGS is funny because every year I have to take the train going past Disney so it’s a funny mix of gaming people and Disney ppl (A way too long train tourney too but yea)

It sure is fun to have a meticulously-planned TGS schedule only to have new games announced and to be offered appointments to play titles featured in a certain press conference held literally 3 hours before the doors open Sony don’t hold your State of Play the morning of TGS challenge

I reviewed the Chainsaw Man movie, and it’s good But in overcorrecting for the TV series it loses a creative identity that leaves me with more respect for the flaws of that prior attempt compared to the technical standard on display here

Shadow and Sonic are judging us

AIOBAHN!

Sonic speed, or something

Let TGS begin!

For those unfamiliar, this is a live-action V-cinema (direct to video/streaming) drama and you have the cast of it doing a Yakuza version Which is going to go right over the heads of most I feel lol

Developers of indie life-sim RPG Neverway explain the advantages of focusing on the Japanese market – and how Outersloth threw them a funding lifeline www.gamesindustry.biz/japanese-pla...

this quote tho

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Godzilla be like 😈

My favorite messaging when announcing a rebrand is ‘we’re destroying everything we’ve ever built and leaving nothing meaningful in its wake’

Also I feel too powerful because of this photo I am going to become insufferable

Fun story: after the show @lexluddy.xyz turned to me and said ‘I now understand why you’re like this’, which is both a great compliment and somewhat of a bullet to the chest that has left me reeling in considerable pain

It’s a shame this is my final, but after four trips, this show is such a lot of fun, coupled with a great revue, and I’m glad i got to see it so much Aside from my first visit I was always bringing someone new along too, which as someone who does shows with friends but often alone is nice!

It should be obvious to say as someone now on their fourth visit, but the show is very very good And I’m glad to always find new parts to appreciate every time

Time to Castlevania for a fourth and final time

Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."

Me rn (I’m about to see Takarazuka Castlevania for the fourth time)

A phrase no one has ever said to me

New coolish thread update Oh my god

Imagine just casually making the best animated film of the year

Seeing a movie in 5mins, but I don’t wanna stop staring at the original guitars used in Linda Linda Linda that this theater has on display here alongside the shirt people received if they took part in the original production

Deep Taco Makes you think