Puppy Zuki joins the family 🥰

Let's be clear, what happened to Jimmy Kimmel (and was thankfully rolled back) is not a case of "freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequences." If Disney, Nexstar & Sinclair had cancelled Kimmel over pressure from the public, that would be one thing, but the pressure came from the government.

You're just always at half health

May it be music, art, writing, localization or any other creative field: no one wants your AI slop.

Savage Beastfly fucked my day up, but I struggle with bosses that summon adds, that's just my weakness 😅 I do want to push back on "come back later if it's too hard", as that's iffy when I have a bunch of beads in a cocoon too far in the boss arena to recover without retriggering the fight 🤷‍♂️

Repeat after us: 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀. • Nothing is linear • You often get the texts in disarray • Different UIs, menus, dialog styles mean different contexts • Also no one can translate more than 2-3k words a day without sacrificing quality, proofreading & LQA.

I'm playing & loving Silksong, but there's no excuse for a game of this caliber, legacy, hype & passion to have localized versions in such a state. @teamcherry.bsky.social, you worked hard to make the 7-year wait worth it for players. A shame that care doesn't extend to international audiences.

. @teamcherry.bsky.social spent 7 years polishing Silksong to no end, yet so far we learned both the Chinese and French localizations have been botched. Loc is an afterthought even in some of the most lovingly crafted titles. It's so fucking sad. Whole audiences who can't enjoy your labor of love.

The debate about Silksong's Chinese localization has the merit of showing devs and publishers that the quality of your localization 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 to players. Even if we'd have prefered it didn't turn into the witch hunt it seems to have become...

This is what Palworld's Communications Director had to say on the matter. As of the time of posting, they have yet to follow-up on those questions. (Source: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...)

𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐈, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. Pocketpair decided to go AI. To no professional's surprise, the result is terrible. English to Vietnamese game localizer Phú Trần made these slides to show how bad it is. How many more fiascos before we can stop this AI nonsense?

I wish more games could be made like Silksong. "It took 7 years because we were having too much fun making it" is such a beautiful thing.

"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it." An excellent addition to the article we posted yesterday (fromthevoid.net/blog/ai-in-g...) from @anthonymoser.com. Thank you for not being polite 🤍

The fuck's going on

When someone aks what we think about the use of AI, the first question that comes to mind is always: But why? Why would we, or anyone really, want to use it? Here's @mittovac.bsky.social's piece about this very topic. Please share to anyone who needs to read this ⬇️ fromthevoid.net/blog/ai-in-g...

I live in a world where I have to tell people that maybe letting folks create things is a good thing and just because we can fuck that up doesn't mean we should.

Let's go

Little layout of excerpts from last week at Gamescom 💫 1️⃣ Capcom's epic booth 2️⃣ Ben & Maria, loc managers at @daedalic.bsky.social 🤍 3️⃣ Kill the shadow, an indie game you should wishlist too! 4️⃣ Snapshot of the loc dinner mixer - thank you so much for coming everyone ✨

studios arent turning to AI. Ownership and dipshit leadership are, and are making everyone's jobs harder in the process.

It's funny because all the devs & pubs I heard from at Gamescom had strong anti-AI and "let's take our time" sentiments. Yes, they're all indies. You're only listening to and parroting the side of the industry that's completely lost the plot and will chase infinite growth into a AAAA-sized grave.

"By far the biggest expense when making games is salaries."

The five knights of @igda.org's localization roundtable! ⚔️ One of the greatest pleasures of international gaming events: finally meeting your friends & colleagues 💫 📷 @mittovac.bsky.social, @oreli.bsky.social, Julia Gstoettner, @florianxl8.bsky.social & Alexis Biro 🤍

Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality. This is how AI is killing translation work:

Straight from the horse's mouth

We've run out of slurp juice and all my apes are gone.

Good to see devs supporting the "Don't preorder games" sentiment by throwing active deterrents in 👍

Not sure where to find @mittovac.bsky.social at Gamescom? Follow these subtle hints:

Spending my morning in the Silksong line. That's the good ol' #Gamescom experience

Here we go! Do say hi if you see me on the #Gamescom grounds. I'll be rushing Metroid Prime 4 and Silksong this morning 😅

IT'S REAL

Ladies, gentlemen and all other lovely folk, we're... not live actually, still a couple hours left... #ONL #SilksongTonight

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later: game localization edition 🎮

People keep asking "How can we fuck this up with AI?" and just going for it, huh?

Here we go! If you're attending #ddc25, make sure to attend our localization roundtable at 12:45 today!

You know when you're playing a roguelike and you're on a shit run that you KNOW isn't gonna make it but you insist on seeing it through instead of restarting cause maybe you'll get lucky and it'll work out? I feel that's where humanity's at.

We're ready for Gamescom / Devcom! @mittovac.bsky.social packed everything he needed. See you veeeery soon! 💫

A year's passed and we're back! It's like those time loop games I've heard so much about.

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

You know how through pyriscence some natural environments actually rejuvenate after a fire, using that destructive force as fuel to regrow? This is what the AAA games industry needs. It needs to burn down in order for something healthier to grow in its place.

When I want to produce art because it makes money but I hate art:

Area not covered by expertise: finding the name of who you're talking to.

The AAA industry's been collapsing cause it's run by soulless robots who know nothing other than "throw money at problem". Money doesn't magically create a good or popular game. Concord cost 100s of millions and had less concurrent players at launch than people who live here:

It's #InternationalCatDay, so here's our beloved CEO and nap master Indy 👑 Boop your fur ball for us today - and drop a picture of their whiskers below if you please 🤍

a message; a word.

I want to play Croakwood I want @fromthevoid.net to work on Croakwood @texelraptor.com talk to me 🐸

Nintendo released a survey asking for feedback on physical and digital games. This is definitely the chance to make your voice heard about Switch 2 Game Key Cards. Source: theWellRedMage Survey: nintendoofamerica.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

90% of Donkey Kong Bananza is this very good chill adventure platformer that's a pleasure to casually smash through... and then the final 10% go up to 11 for no reason and are bloody phenomenal 🤣 Now on to the post-game 🍌

We will be at Gamescom / Devcom this month! Meet @mittovac.bsky.social in Cologne to talk about everything localization. Who are we seeing there? ✨

Drop your 10/10 game. No context needed. Can you guess who chose which game? 😏 ❓ @mittovac.bsky.social ❓ @saracee.bsky.social ❓ @tamslator.bsky.social ❓ @esperluverte.fr

Microsoft would have fired the Mario Odyssey team after that game released. Nintendo had them make Donkey Kong Bananza. Please continue to protect that team, they be cooking like crazy. And in general, keep and nurture your talent, you dicks!