Its been crazy following the, I guess, pushback against VNDB these past few. I mean, it's always been an ongoing battle, but, I think only recently have there been SO many posts of people going "making an alternative" or looking for one. There was that ugly ass AI thing that someone tried, BUT

Auguri Buon Anno

At a certain point I just phased out of watching seasonals this year, and still kinda am, I have SO much shit saved up from the year to watch at my leisure, and I'll probably be back in the seasonal mines for Winter, BUT, still a great year of shows for me

Shoushimin Series' Cinematography And The Unnerving Pretense Of Ordinariness blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/31/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #shoshimin #小市民 #小市民シリーズ #hyouka

Booted up Vivid Statis to see that its out out which is cool. I think its blend of VN to Rhythm game loop is actually fine for what it is, and it even has a mode where you can just read the story, which is nice, from how far I've gotten in its EA phases, it was a cool mystery. Its also free

old.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/... Today I learned the hatred for dubs goes so deep that someone would go the extra mile to sabotage actors careers for the simple sake of...not liking English voice acting (that they don't have to watch) of Japanese cartoons.

I feel like I have an awareness curse for internet culture slang terms. I swear I have NEVER heard of JOP/EOP before I made that post a while ago of me discovering it. AND EVER SINCE, I KEEP seeing it everywhere in the most random places It annoys me all the same every time too

Randomly decided to check out the Madoka Exedra steam page and the first thing is this legend. And there's another legend who has like 100 hours dropping a similar negative review. It's always crazy to me cuz its like, damn, 1000 hours in before they stop sipping the Kool-Aid

That new VN from the team of NGO's steam page does have a very big glaring thingy at the end indicating AI usage BUT, I really wished it was more descriptive you know store.steampowered.com/app/4240150/...

Seeing the Rance potentially being on Steam news has me, for the first time, putting on my biggest Gatekeeper Uniform, I think its a really bad idea for the populace (but a really good one for them to make money, so good on them), if "normies" play it, we might be in Discourse Nuclear Fallout

Randomly remembered core memories of going to Forest Valley (Overnight camp type dealio) for school, and on these trips the last days would usually be a huge battle royale. Except minus the battle part. These trips double as nature lessons and so we would play a huge game of "prey vs predator"

old.reddit.com/r/anime/comm... Read through pretty much all of the discussion here, and for all the data nerds and forum nerds and moderation nerds, there's just a lot of really interesting back and forths about the innerworkings and politics of communities like this

Excluding anime+books+music, the movie/tv/games I've went through this year (also excluding games that don't have an ending, like multiplayer games). Overall, happy I did more stuff than I might, and all I can do is hope to keep expanding. Anything in Green is my favorite of that category

Might be having a little too much fun with the CITY vid, the only problem is that once I get into the more biographical and descriptive info about the actual topic I'm probably not getting too flashy with it, but, after seeing the intro come together I am really happy with it

Seeing the different ideas that I had in mind come together is really exciting. It means I can do more wacky stuff like this for other vids but also apply this in other ways now that I'm more confident in executing it, it's also a lot of work putting together everything but, its fun

youve been put into an engagement pear wiggler for years, you dont gotta live that way. this place has its problems but at the very least it gives you some agency on how you want to use the site and doesnt punish you for it.

#unbeatable merry christmasu!

I've now seen it all. People usually see the "graphics" when describing anime. But has anyone ever seen someone describe an anime as AAA like they would a AAA game? Its just so funny how people get wires crossed when discussing things.

I don't think STEVEM has a Bluesky, if there is one, my bad, but, with the ongoing issues with CR, I thought this recent upload is very important, especially because, I'm sure most do not think about, or even are aware of such issues in CR. Truly an unfortunate company youtu.be/fJqZGyoyLcw

For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art

how to use this site for new ppl 1. you're going to be on here less. use that extra time on the computer to draw or write or make music or program or play games etc! 2. don't look at the discover tab 3. follow ur faves 4. follow the people your faves repost + reply to 5. build a feed like that

Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt

Seeing the same discourse pop up time and time again, and the only thing I can think is how Twitter should have proximity chat. Like voice chat so that when discourse pops up, if you want to discourse you have to join an open mic lobby and speak to another human being and reflect upon your humanity

When I'm tired of all of these blue (Lock, Blue Box, Blue Exorcist, Blue Period, Grand Blue, Blue Dragon, Blue Miburo, Blue Orchestra, Blue Reflection Ray) anime

I was sharing the last PMG feature to friends on the Microsoft case and I realized just how little sometimes these news features are to a general audience. Not just that one, that Microsoft helped a genocide, but also stuff like Roblox's criminal underbelly and weird exploitation

Why We're Boycotting Xbox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

My real agenda is that if Yona can get a sequel after a decade, it's time to wish upon a star and say that we can get a sequel for Akagami, there's so much material and season 2 ends right before the next major arc. But the real end goal is an adaptation for Colette Decides to Die

I've been thinking about trying out Yona of the Dawn every so often, but since I knew the anime was incomplete in comparison to the manga I've always thought, maybe I should read it. Turns out my 1% gamble that it would get a sequel won Now what else should I not watch/read gambling for a sequel

Steam recap chart thingy, my goals is to balance out my stat chart next time. The only reason its mega lopsided is because MTGA is counted as Turn-Based Tactics, which I guess a TCG is literally that, and I play a lot of Magic. Wheres my Rhythm Game TCG, that has to exist somewhere

Saw a post about someone who says ENG VAs don't put their soul into their work, which I thought, okay, this person is 12, then in a later comment try to defend themselves and say that they are in the right of "criticizing art," except in the same breath admit to ragebaiting and engagement farming

EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's a lot to unpack with this statement, and the thread has not acknowledged calling VNs "american itch.io games," but I just think its so funny to refer to VNs as "american itch.io games." Very good thread though honestly, a lot of great recommendations for these american itch.io games

I like browsing the "missing connections" posts on /r/anime, which are just people who can't remember the name of a thing they watched, and I saw one who asked for something they refer to as "nostalgic" and I'm like oh damn a show prob in the 1990s, nope, they remember it as a 2018-2020 show

Unrelated to the last thing I posted about vid production, is a completely different idea I've wanted to try, no hiding what its about, a vid on CITY, and the idea in my head for what I want to do with it is coming along well with these test shoots I think

"show reviewers like Moistcr1tical" are we cooked chat. Also wait "its good" not because of anything THEY said, but because other people they see like it. They don't even defend it with THEIR own opinion. Are we cooked chat. I have no issue with Charlie though, just thought it was funny

Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33. Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening. So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability... transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...

The post TGA fights are happening and its a wonder that people keep dogging on multiplayer games. These guys participate in massive multiplayer online pvp with complete glee, and doing it willingly with just imaginary internet points on the line.

Here's some TGA counter-progamming if you'd like, a sick thread about cool indie games. I vow in 2026 to force myself to catch up on a bunch of these.

Me when I thought "MyGo" is the hard show being shown? No way, this is like the freest hard show "community score 824" alright nvm I guess this is the most obscure show that has ever existed

Just finished the story mode for UNBEATABLE Incredibly good, exactly the kind of thing that's for me at like every metric, I'm finding it quite hard to actually put into words what I want to say, so I'll figure that out later, is that a cliche, it left me speechless, maybe, but it really was my jam

I've been replaying this specific EP and it just gets better each time. Kogane is so good at what they do and Park Bird is just a classic name I feel in this space, and through their combined powers is an all timer youtu.be/y20hvn1Njdo

Greatest to ever do it, the drone shot still gives me the chills, that and when you realize just how fucking large this stadium is and having to maintain a sense of space while directing, too good youtu.be/eMLR6HDUeso?...

......I'm back? Just a quick one summarizing the anime enshiffitifaction we've been experiencing the past 6 months (AI-subs, shitty typesetting, AI-cc, and AI dubs.) I'll be back to my deep-dives on animanga localization next year, TBD.

Being real, I don't know what "omegaverse" means, but its a word I hear pretty often, and I've always assumed it was related to Disney Twisted Wonderland (I also dont know what this is) because the logo for that is a circle mirror, and the omega greek symbol is circular like

There's a thread about Genshin winning a pornhub rankings as most searched thing for the year, and, there's unironically some interesting discussion going on there, like, wondering about the breach of mainstream appeal the game has as to how it could beat out the other categories

Was playing some mtg with friends the other day, and while fixing an issue with my mic, I reentered the group call in the middle of an ongoing Berserk talk (I had no context) and I had the biggest urge, while "dark fantasy" was brought up to mention Rance. Almost revealed my power levels too much

Deciding for the first time to actually map out and plan out this next 3 in 3 (that is comprised of an unique "set") and "drawing" "storyboards", which, might be more of an affront to storyboards all across the world, but it has actually helped me visualize the direction so I'll give it that.

I have no clue about vgmdb as a website beyond what it is, but I do really appreciate that as a database it is really kinda meticulous about recording info about music. I mean scroll all the way down to the notes section where you get credits and details for every track vgmdb.net/album/71581

Busted out Clone Hero for the first time in a while, went to check for more recent songs, and there's so many charts that just have expert difficulty. But I'm a shitter. Normalize making song chart difficulties for shitters. How am I gonna play these Girl Band Cry songs when I suck ass smh

Logged onto Osu for the first time in a while and the first thing it does (it opens up on a random song) is show me this, thank you for inflating my ego video game (me a washed rhythm gamer)