Oh my god. I’m at a loss for words. I can’t believe Andrew is gone. It doesn’t feel real.

This does a wonderful job of showcasing how the Japanese text uses vivid wording and elevated diction just as much as the WotL translation. (FF4 also does this to an extent, which is another reason why I consider the DS translation to be the best both in terms of accuracy and writing quality.)

A friend talked about a mobile game he was playing that had weird translation issues. That got me to thinking about what the cause of those issues could be, and considering the wider question of how many factors can influence a translation before even considering an individual translator's merits. 🧵

Happy HaDEEZ NUTS 2 day Got ‘em 😎

I am screaming, screaming, screaming every word of this thread at the top of my lungs. My frustration with this subject has never been stronger than it is at this precise moment.

palette and palate are not interchangeable words!!!!

It's heartening to see FF Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles received well by today's critics—even more so that a few have labeled its prose "flowery," for all the baggage that word entails. It only makes me hungrier for it.

HAPPY TRAILS IN THE SKY 1ST CHAPTER RELEASE DAY 💙🤍 空の軌跡the1st発売おめでとうございます！！ #TrailsInTheSky #空の軌跡 #TrailsInTheSky1st #sora1st #trailsthe1stcountdown #pixelart #art 🌟

Soothe, new music delivery, that which ails this body and mind today.

Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!! 📡 Steam blippo.plus/steam 📡 Switch blippo.plus/switch 📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫

Only 17 days left until Ys vs Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga launches digitally on 10.10.2025! Featuring art drawn by Gaha from Studio Pom! #YsvsTrails #Trails #Falcom #Ys

Blippo+ - Logos From Planet Blip up for order at The Yetee ($15) buff.ly/WPS1yXF #ad "This 40-page book features a variety of black & white and full color illustrations from the game along with notes and commentary on the development and history of the game from writer Claire L. Evans."

A deep dive into the technical side of bringing Ys vs Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga to modern platforms! From porting hurdles to remastering upgrades, see how we made it all work! Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/179... #YsvsTrails #Falcom #Ys #Trails

The world is as big as you want it to be. Where will you go next? Happy 10th anniversary, Undertale. Thank you, @tobyfox.undertale.com.

1400 words on the death of the monoculture for my patrons, all of whom smell like a lavender breeze www.patreon.com/posts/139251...

✌🏻 Happy Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter day from ur Falcom baddie* *adult man who likes a specific video game series a normal and healthy amount

HAPPY #TRAILSINTHESKY1ST DAY!! You better go fishing with Estelle... or else. 💥 Cosplay by me! 📸 Artisticaise Cosplay Photography #trailsinthesky #エステルブライト @gungho-america.bsky.social

Hollow Knight - Silksong - A pause from the Hive 🪡

My husband sleeping in the other room. Sunbeams cast over my sleeping cat. Clear skies. A clean and comfortable apartment. Music piping through the stereo. It’s a good day. I have a lot to be grateful for. 💛

!!NEW VIDEO!! This time I cover Chunsoft’s Sound Novel franchise, a hugely important series in the history of Japanese video games that served as the progenitor to the visual novel genre and was a source of inspiration for all kinds of developers. WATCH - www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9BT...

Happy release of Trails in the Sky! #TrailsInTheSky

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

good morning

Hel-LO?!?!?!?

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS AT THE CINEMA 😱💛

We begin our years-long descent. ♾️ 🏯

In an increasingly stressful political climate, we're in the middle of a new generation of games that value distraction above all else.

What's he waiting for?

📡⚡️🎵The Blippo+ OST lands next week! There's no better way to 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗧 than tuning in, turning on, and tripping out to 137 tracks of total TV tuneage. Featuring theme songs, system music, and every hit track featured on CH49's Party Music Nonstop. Pre-order now: yacht.bandcamp.com/album/blippo...

Wahoo.

it’s time for a celebration! 🎉 over 500,000 copies have now been sold worldwide! 🥹🫶 thank you so so so much to everyone for playing and supporting, we are so grateful for the response and love for Grand Bazaar. 🤍🐮 artwork by Igusa Matsuyama.

are you all behaving while I’m reconnecting with whimsy

Hello, Florida. You look nice from up here. Please be nice down there.

They finally revealed him: my beautiful, beautiful boy. 💚🤍

Mark your calendars... 10.10.2025! The Ys vs. Trails is real! Featuring a special illustration of Michel, Adol, and Estelle by Studio Pom Play it on all these platforms!

レッツゴー‼️

I had one of the most magical mornings playing R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 while reading Andy's fanzine. I'd recommend it to anyone. It is so good I ended up in tears while crossing the finish line on that New Year's Eve race, and the final laps flashed "2000" and "Happy New Year" and then FIREWORKS.

This is so cute. What a fun bit of cross-promotion.

I love my family.

fighting despair with hope is hard work but worth every bit of effort it takes

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Love how the current wave of tech seems hell-bent on devaluing multilingualism as a skill and extricating language from culture ^_^

The Wor[l]ds of Yoko Taro | Writing in video games www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...

This advertisement for the BOSS Dragon Quest tie-in campaign shows all the NPCs that help the player in Dragon Quest III. There are 583 characters in the mural. I wonder if we all encounter about 580 people that help us in our lives and if a significant number of them are canned coffee drinkers?

I'm REALLY proud of this episode. Great guests, an under-appreciated topic, and plenty of further reading in the show notes for those who are interested!

I'm sad to hear that Kageyama-san has left us. That we got to meet at MAGFest this year feels like a precious gift I'm unwrapping once more in the wake of his passing. I didn’t get to know him as a person, of course, but his music touched me. Thinking of him and his loved ones today.