If you use LINE they've started pushing a crappy AI that will write your messages for you. You can turn this off in settings.

Why does the Author Guild’s Human Authored Certification (that you have to pay for) allow for genAI usage? 😥 Do they think authoring just means picking words and putting them in order? (That is a huge job, don’t get me wrong—it’s a big part of what I do too, but c’mon.)

The latest interview with localizers is out! This time with manga and game translator Leo McDonagh (@leotranslations.bsky.social) who's currently doing an MA at the University of Tokyo. #interviewswithloc j-entranslations.com/leo-mcdonagh...

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

The UK govt is Palantir’s 2nd biggest customer. Why? Or, more to the point, how? Our latest @thenerve_news investigation reveals a web of cronyism into the highest levels of govt. But Palantir also has a spin machine that uses political journalists to launder its PR 1/

Ew Moleskine used genAI for their Lord of the Ring collection by mentioning they used it, then entirely removing the claim after some backlash. Incredibly shitty of them for a brand that claims human creativity. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

The latest interview with localizers is out! This time with manga and game translator Leo McDonagh (@leotranslations.bsky.social) who's currently doing an MA at the University of Tokyo. #interviewswithloc j-entranslations.com/leo-mcdonagh...

Why do none of these doofuses realize a) there are *plenty* of translators, they just have to actually pay us, and b) the manga market outside Japan is very different and you can't release every manga ever made without cratering sales and destroying reader trust??

Dreams on a Pillow is the game that the establishment doesn't want you to play. A game made by Palestinians about Palestine. This game needs to exist, and we can make it happen. Please back, share, and talk about this game. We must amplify the voices that they're trying so hard to silence.

this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has

HOW have I not heard about this game AT ALL????

I need to allow myself to enjoy work more and not be so scared all the time that something's going to go wrong. (I mean, something always goes wrong, but I should at least enjoy it.)

Even if you follow me, you likely can't see my last repost: a Palestinian gamedev working on the lovely Dreams on a Pillow launched a promised follow-up crowdfunding campaign. But @moderation.bsky.app labeled him spam for daring to be Palestinian, so you can't see reposts, repost him, or tag him.

@bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app you need to do better. Game dev community, we need to call out bsky for silencing a fellow game dev. And while you're at it..Wishlist Dreams on a Pillow!! store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/...

New podcast episode is up! I spoke with @prettytranslator.bsky.social on translation choices, infinite anime backlogs, and the importance of creating art in tumultuous times. Check out the link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCiK... #kashcast #podcast

This. 💯 Would you bring store-bought dough to your local baker? Would you hand a printed recap to a guide in a museum? Would you give randomly found wood to a carpenter? ... Just to make the bread / tour / furniture cheaper?

You also can't pinch to zoom in on pictures anymore because of this. Thanks 🙃

It's the Global Week of Action Against Elbit Systems, so here are some of the connection points in Japan 🧵 1. FANUC's robots are making 155mm shells for Elbit, which the Israeli military then drops on Gaza in what can only ever be indiscriminate attacks due to the nature of the shells.

With Sword World and Wares Blade coming out in the English language for the first time, @crapstacular.bsky.social talks to the publishers about how they're overcoming the challenges of translation.

Remembering the guy who blocked me on LinkedIn for asking him if his company was the one who were "notorious for not crediting freelance translators" after he tried to sell me his company's services. He cold emailed my work email three months later (he didn't know it was me) so I blocked him 😂

Happy 20th anniversary to Okami! Here's a short thread with resources on the game's English translation, starting with this old 1UP interview with the localization producer (may take a few tries to load): web.archive.org/web/20110629... (thread: 1/3)

I would take a few months or the whole year out to study Korean at a language school in Korea. Also focus on reading at least one book a week.

Epic Games Fortnite Voices, Gen-ai characters, acquired Meshcapade a german ai startup, expansion of Epic Developer Assitant (ai coding tool) Tim Sweeney has stated that “AI will be involved in nearly all future production -y Sources: www.pcmag.com/news/epic-ga... gameranx.com/updates/id/5...

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

When you use AI to do your writing, you are telling your audience: “I deserve your attention, but you do not deserve my effort.”

If you’re a politician who believes in equality and human rights, we’d love you to add your name. If you're a woman in the UK, sign our here: notinourname.org.uk And if you're a trans-ally, please share 🙏 🩷

BAFTA pulling a trailer for an autobiographical game about surviving sexual assault only hours before it was said to be a part of a showcase is an exceptionally bad look.

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The desperate campaign to push AI down our throats is just what Nestlé did with baby formula, or Monsanto with patended seeds. Manufactured Intermediation—inserting a corporate tollbooth into a process that used to be self-sustaining, using a low initial barrier to entry to destroy the alternative.

Honored to be speaking at the first ever Game Workers Conference alongside some of my fellow freelancers about the unique challenges and wins of organizing freelancers in the games industry!!! 💖

I dunno about y'all but I'm fairly sure we were sold out. Everybody involved needs to be held accountable for this, and the data centers need to be held not just to the same, but to higher environmental standards. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A good day to remind everyone @sweetshop.app accepts no VC money, no AI comics, no AI translations, and would never use our publisher nor creators work to train generative AI (and pay them pennies for it).

I want to be a better steward for the Human Made icon. If you have any ideas on how I can get the word out for it more please let me know. Do you think game retailers would be interested in stickers they could pass out? folks interested in pins? What can I do to support you using this icon? a zine?

Scream. My sister and her friend showed it to me when I was about 8 😅

I know most of you weren’t going to play it anyway, but now you can feel vindicated in doing so :)

Very worth a read. Confirms what we've both been noticing about *everything* for a very long time. And we remember when most things were well-made. The YKK zippers thing is legit btw, they're genuinely so much better, and I've been using that knowledge for *years* to avoid cheap stuff.

54% - That's the percentage of translators (out of 235 respondents) who only receive minimal or no reference material whatsoever for the games they're working on. Remember that figure next time you read a translation that sounds off in context!

Fatal Frame II Remake is localized into 8 languages, yet none of the translators are credited. This continues a long series of non-crediting by Koei Tecmo.

Just fucking credit your localizers no matter how long or deeply they're involved, regardless of whether they made it to the end. You already have (bullshit) anticompete clauses in our contracts and forbid clients from directly poaching us. The slightest dignity for us won't ruin your bottom line.

Nearly half of these 100 are from games that were translated into English, btw, and a full half of the top 10 entries were written by translators. Sadly, some of them, like Suikoden 2, Yakuza 0, and Metal Gear Solid 4, blanket credit translation companies instead of listing names of individuals.

Since everyone is talking about Artemis II, here’s a cool story. Thanks to these 11 deaf individuals, we now have a better understanding of space travel. This is why human diversity matters. Give it a read! 🙂 www.nasa.gov/missions/pro...

Whatever skills I have as a translator came from the million+ words I translated down the translation mines. If all the unglamorous grunt work disappears there won't be anywhere to learn

so @wrenegade.bsky.social and I were interviewed on the @igea.bsky.social Game Wise podcast a while back and the episode has just gone up! we discuss how we made @unpackinggame.com, how our backgrounds contributed, what success felt like and more gamewisepodcast.buzzsprout.com/2517964/epis...

MorionRec is a really cool little puzzle game, and it's on sale on Switch! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

that's not to say that I write everything in *my* voice when I translate. not at all. when I translate the narrative sections of a novel, I try to emulate the JP author's voice. I even put a note to my editor once that a writing style reminded me of Terry Pratchett, and I tried to channel that.

Space is so cool.

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New #WriterBeware blog post: An update on the Anthropic copyright settlement, now that the deadline for filing claims has passed, including how many claims there've been and an objection to the settlement that could change everything if approved writerbeware.blog/2026/04/10/a...