heard a cool game came out today totally not bias had an absolute blast as part of the TL team on this one. was really excited to come back after working on the first one. it's big, it's weird, it's swinging for the fences. happpppppy launch day!

I have 3 types of TTRPG characters: *Grandpa Haunted By Past Failure *Easygoing Nihilist Martyrs *Guy who is Leafy, Metallic, or Both

N64 Level 1's

hey so uh one of the main Nintendo Switch 2 Direct streams completely ate our trailer due to I guess technical difficulties?? so if you guys could share this it would mean a lot 😅

what's wrong babe? you've barely touched your rarohire rochi terochichimomo

Sitting down and considering fantasy species archetypes I'd put in a completely self-indulgent worldbuilding project built entirely to my preferences. Orcs get in free, obviously, but there's definitely gotta be a Plant Guy and a Construct guy. Maybe both at once. PF2's "conrasu" sound so cool.

some Asura's Wrath shenanigans here

Allowing you to write your own custom combat barks and callouts is one of the coolest things a game can do. All the more incredible when it actually vocalizes them as written in the audio, as it does in Freedom Wars.

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']: Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

A G D Q!!!!!!!!!

Happy 2025. May your efforts strengthen, relieve and inspire those around you.

happy new years everyone <3

this musical timing was not on purpose, but it cracked me up (especially with that pose)

I should open every D&D session like this

In my experience, games that give you tools to tell yourself stories can be just as memorable and powerful as games built entirely around more direct storytelling.

Proud of Metaphor, proud of my team, proud we got to have a part in casting this magic. If you played it, I hope it connected with you.

once more we have hit that part of the tabletop RPG where we encounter a boss significant and powerful enough to get a pre-fight cutscene. once more I burst into sony vegas like a husky taking down a poorly-attached baby gate

It is done. These will make some handsome non-coconut nanaimo bars. Or as my in-laws have come to call them, "Canadian crack".

This is, by the widest possible margin, the most insane ad I have ever seen for a Final Fantasy game

This is a crazy price for a lovely, laid-back time. A good game for telling yourself stories.

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer. Morning.

Picked up Etrian Odyssey Nexus again (after a hunt to find the cartridge) and settling in for comfortable postgame. Always lovely to have my guild filled up with people who I'll probably never field in the party, but would nevertheless like to spend life in a fantasy world with.

nanaimo bars got a little fraught tonight, but at least I had a lot of leftover vanilla frosting as consolation

same man

exciting evening at home selecting fonts for visual novel use. this is unfortunately said entirely in earnest

I bounced off Monster Hunter the first time I tried (ascribing it to having more of a Rancher mindset) but I keep wondering if there's some PSO-adjacent gameplay nougat in there I could really get lost in, if I could just reach it.

The local dragon pays a visit

Ringo is up there with Utawarerumono's Haku as one of my favorite protags to ever work on. So much more of a goofball than you'd guess from her design.

Grabbed the Romancing SaGa 2 remake. The promise of dynastic fantasy is too sweet to pass up. Plus, all reports indicate folks who had likewise bounced off the 16-bit incarnations found this version much easier to stick with...

One of my favorite little signs I've come across so far is this one, which at first looks like it would be warning you about the monsters depicted on it... but it actually reads "prizorgu viajn dentoja" or "take care of your teeth"

Meanwhile, the symbol next to these height markings at the Hushed Honeybee are what first got me really curious about the language to begin with. I assumed from the start that they were for Maria, but the symbol (which corresponds to the letter M) all but confirms it

If you're games industry and following some folks already, reply with who you are and what you do, and then re-post this or whatever it's called. Let's try and find each other on this new place

Metaphor ReFantazio spoilers, 9/09, rot13: Whfg uvg Zbagnevb, naq jnf trahvaryl funxra ol ubj zhpu vg ybbxf yvxr... Bagnevb. Gbebagb. Jurer V terj hc. Naq jurer n pregnva Rgevna Bqlffrl Hagbyq punenpgre pynvzf gb or sebz, gb obbg. Vg pbhyq or n pbvapvqrapr, naq lrg...

Hey, why not? Easier to ramble when I have a reason, even if it's about stuff I like.

Not long now until I close VA auditions for my teeny tiny visual novels. Even if I'm not making these for any sort of public consumption, it's so invigorating to have a personal project that's low-scope enough for completion to be within sight.

@ozone.birb.house Hallo, would appreciate a Game Dev tag when convenient!

I'm not sure if Microsoft has gravely misinterpreted Veilguard's genre, or if I have.

Pros: Will face the horrors of the world unflinching Cons: Cannot order a pizza

Happy #MetaphorReFantazio Day, everyone. I like how Gallica is basically an MP3 Player lol #🎥✨️

I was marked to do QA on this title, and the credits will attest to as much... but through uncommon circumstance and the kindness of my then-boss, this game's item list was my proving: the first text I was made to localize. Names and descriptions flashed by in a matter of giddy, reverent hours.

At last I can share that I played around 10 characters in Metaphor: ReFantazio! I've been sitting on this one for an age! www.andrewjamesspooner.com #actor #puppeteer #voiceactor www.shiningvoices.com #videogame #gamedev #voiceover #voicetalent #voiceartist #voiceacting #vo #metaphorrefantazio

Happy launch day to Metaphor: ReFantazio. After eight years, what remains to be said? How sappy can I possibly get without straight-up quoting the game itself? Everyone who worked on the game poured immense amounts of craft, love, and hope into it. I hope you can feel as much in playing it.

Beat Gnosia. Fascinating experience, especially as I normally REALLY don't jive with those Among Us style deception games. Kind of emboldened to think of how much it achieved just based on the strength of its weirdo cast.

They gotta stop giving me these certified bangers, too much pressure www.metacritic.com/game/metapho...

Seen some real choice protagonist names across LPs of the ReFantazio demo. Several of them unprintable, obviously. Deezjinko, Xbob, "Trav"(elling Boy), plus stuff like Metaphor and Simile. But I've got a real fondness for one "Al LeGory".

If I ever manage to make some original work that itself gets translations and audiences in other languages... I can't imagine anything higher.

Maybe it's partly because we just had the Dreamcast annivetsary, but Majima's black-and-purple pirate coat makes me miss Kraken from Power Stone

OH SHIT. BACK TO JAIL FOR ME