Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

Disability accommodations are a rare thing that actually trickles down. You like curb cutouts? Auto-opening doors? Jar openers? Ramps? Hand rails? YOU’RE WELCOME Even as an abled person you use disability accommodations every single day. Supporting accommodations actually helps everyone.

I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

Politicians crying that they're just "protecting the children" while doing the exact opposite is nothing new, but if this becomes law it could effectively end the careers of some of you favorite queer creators (including mine!)

you don't have to read graphic descriptions of SA even if the rapist is running the country right now you don't have to read or watch graphic depictions of bombing innocents even if it's happening right now you can be angry about and take action against wrongs without exposing yourself to trauma

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

big thanks to @katrinal10n.bsky.social, @ghaspey.bsky.social, and @marinmmiller.com for their major contributions to the video (I learned a lot!) and to @kaiserneko.bsky.social for letting me use some clips from sailor moon abridged in the cutaway gags

Speaking as a (biased) localizer, this is legit one of the beautiful things about loc when it's done later, rather than simultaneously. You have time to figure out stuff like, "Oh, every chest has a separate 'it's closed' message rather than a universal one" and can tune your work accordingly.

Maomao fanart by me 🐸🍃

When we first got the brief on this project, I was absolutely terrified. The prospect of having to edit a novel's worth of intricate 17th century prose was daunting, but our incredible translators managed to pull it off. Shoutout to Violaine, Marie, Thomas and Félix for their work!

I made this for a talk I'm giving, but maybe you can use it, too?

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope 100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max... ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

This article aptly captures the real state of Japanese game dev right now. For years, companies have prioritized outsourcing/contract hires because of fewer legal obligations. But as this piece describes, it also lets them skirt around layoff laws by ceasing to contract that external work at all.

Oh hey I've got a track on this album: Chun-Li's Theme, arranged by me for flute choir and featuring members of my VGM Flute Brigade! Preorders are open now, and the full album will release in just a few days. Please check it out and support women in VGM! gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/album/lightn...

My new book launched yesterday! With the help of our friends at @darkhorse.com! Which means you can buy it at any bookstore worth a damn! Here's an overview (link in video description), plus a few little bonus Metroidvania Works segments that were added to the print edition: youtu.be/7My3pi-MEO8

Another reason not to use generative AI in translation -- it ADDS stuff that wasn't in the original!!!

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

They are trying so hard to force us to do and be what they want us to do From trying to control who we vote for to forcing AI slop tools into everything But it turns out that we are humans with agency, and we can say no

I'm a perma-freelance translator and multimedia artist. Being neurodivergent, it's very difficult for me to have a "normal" job...so buy my stuff! I've written a couple Japanese textbooks (JLPT N5-N4 levels, based off Genki I-II), I crochet stuff, and I run mini translation classes through here.

Want to understand manga, anime, and games in the original Japanese? Interested in becoming a Japanese-English translator yourself? Considering fleeing to Japan? I've got a channel for that! 200+ educational Japanese videos from absolute beginning to advanced in a variety of styles.

Hey! I'm being a youtuber again! New video essay about anime dubs drops later this week. Bonus videos for members. Like. Comment. Subscribe. uwu

They're gonna all "Biblical Prophecies" this and "Foretelling" that right up until the bit where it's easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. *That* bit's just a *metaphor*

I'm also opening myself up for freelancing contracts again on a VERY SHORT TERM BASIS. If you have need of English Dub script adaptation, narrative design, voice direction, text editing.... Let's talk.

🚨 Rare post from us: We are on the lookout for a couple of new editors to work with us, specifically for French and Japanese language comics. You can read the full listing over here peow.studio/blog/newedit...

I sometimes remember how extraordinarily the PSX FF games got at realizing the feel of natural dialog through text boxes. Text boxes overlapping one another for interruption, timed text boxes, text boxes shifting position to indicate little conversational nuances

Great statement. Very happy to hear this! This only happened because YOU spoke up, commented, reached out. YOU, the fans and readers, their paying customers, made it clear that you want high-quality English translation. I’m so thankful for all of you.

whoever was the translator at Kaizoku fansubs and decided to not translate nakama, just look at your legacy...

Spotted in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood

It's always "trying to bring about the rapture" and never the part of the bible about eliminating all debts. If they were really serious about biblical teachings all loans (including credit card debt) would be wiped at the end of seven years

I want to spread some positivity in the world, so I want to shout-out folks doing great work in the Japanese translation space:

Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.

Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

This bit in the From Russia With Love game made me laugh out loud. You've got a fairly grounded, low key fight based on the one in the movie, then the most video game looking fucker of all time slides into frame.

Just screaming.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

You should read my big Final Fantasy 6 fanfic adaptation if you're looking for something to do. I've been writing it since 2020 and it's very long, and we are *so* close to the end of the World of Balance. (And yes, I've been working on the next chapter!) archiveofourown.org/works/25561693

This is how bad it it is, and this is just the BASICS!

Clearly I’ve stumbled onto this channel late, but I just wanted to say this video by @prettytranslator.bsky.social is amazing. A great look at not just anime history, but what being a translator is like.: m.youtube.com/watch?v=OYS0...

If you’re a fan, it’s a good time to let them know you won’t pay for AI translations sevenseasentertainment.com/about/contac...

GIVE US THE LAYERED CSP FILES IF YOU WANT MANGA LOCALIZED FASTER

Like I really don’t think people appreciate how much work you need to find every year as a freelance TL to make anything resembling a livable wage with the rates where they are rn. To hit the median US income on pretty typical manga rates you’d have to get about *50 volumes* a year

Every professional translator I know has the same position on this and can easily explain the reasons for it when asked. The fact that executives don't even bother to ask and force translators to work on AI/MTL slop regardless makes it clear where their priorities lie: money trumps quality.

Having to fix AI/machine translation is more work than just translating from scratch.

If translation *alone* took six months, the pay rate would be so huge, it'd eclipse the golden years of the 90s and every manga translator I know wouldn't be juggling 10+ series. But no, it's one of the quickest, cheapest parts, for worse and for worse. You're drawing blood out of a stone, dinguses.

New generative AI statement for @hinterland.bsky.social's games, being added first to the Episode Five build launching at the end of March. (Needs some formatting tweaks for widescreens apparently...😅)