HUGE NEWS: Today we're launching a pack of 10,000 game assets! All existing Chequered Ink Assets + hundreds exclusive to the pack, across a variety of genres for commercial use in all your projects. AND they're all made by HUMANS 🫨 ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev #indiedev

Chequered Ink launches pack of 10,000 game assets to combat the rise of generative AI At Chequered Ink, we’re launching a pack of 10,000 game assets across a variety of genres to give budding developers an alternative to AI.

Shinya Arino has recieved his copy!

Of COURSE there is a spiderweb at eye level in front of my door on the first of December. How foolish of me to think there WOULDN’T be spiderwebs in my face in December.

We will be our own best customer — and build big with Canadian workers, Canadian technology, and Canadian materials.

How is November already ending?

Holy fuck, you can't even imagine how bad it is until you actually listen.

Submission for Random Game Saturday.

THIS was not on my 2025 Bingo Card Nintendo buying Bandai Singapore? Knowing some of the people there, they have some amazing talent that I hope Nintendo keeps through this transition. www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/re...

Anytime I see “Users on X were quick to—“ that tab gets closed. There’s no news worth quoting people on the Nazi site for.

'Midnight Jazz FINAL FANTASY IX' arrangement album announced for February 11, 2026. Tracklist includes arrangements for piano, big band & both directed by Yuma Yamaguchi. Mega Jacket available through Amazon.co.jp w/ illustration by Satoshi Kuramochi. Website: www.jp.square-enix.com/music/sem/pa...

Huh. I have an IMDB page for a movie I subtitled over a decade ago. Nifty!

Companies when I spend an hour writing a customized cover letter, spend 30 minutes to find keywords in the job post, another 2 hours carefully tailoring my CV with those keywords, and another 30 minutes to input it all again into their third-party application portal:

Sorry for the rant on your feeds. Feeling the weight of a lot of unmet goals this year. I had really hoped to make strides in my professional life this year and it just seems like the universe, economy and industry just said “Nah”.

It’s getting obvious that I’m burned out. 8 people at work this week have expressed concern over how exhausted I look. I’ve averaged 5 hours of sleep per day for the year, used all my PTO on my kids’ sick days and an unsuccessful job hunt, and am paid peanuts to do the work of 3 people.

Just found my 2 year old’s xylophone stick in a carton of milk. How’s your evening shaping up, everyone?

Softbank and Nvidia news like:

I JUMPED thinking the conbini stocked Nanaimo Bars for a hot second

Being a dad means accepting that whatever follows the Tarzan bellow your 2 year old lets out at 7am is going to take the most of your time before work.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow on the City’s Neighbourhood Retail Initiative. www.linkedin.com/posts/mayor-...

One method of Japanese study that I would recommend everyone: Shadowing. My prep course for university here included a class specifically on shadowing where we recorded ourselves. Hearing yourself and hearing your mistakes is really key to understanding pitch accent.

Hrmos, man… 3 companies I applied to use it, but each time I had to fill out a form with the same info on my resume. Despite all 3 using the same platform, it doesn’t have a login. So instead of applying a template and adjusting details applicable to the job, I need to re-enter ｅｖｅｒｙ　ｄｅｔａｉｌ.

Living out near the mountains can be cold as hell around winter, but I do enjoy stepping outside to the smell of all the houses nearby using their wood stoves and fireplaces.

I could go for a scalding bowl of Ramen right about now

I get the whole “invest in yourself” to move up in your career, but who in this economy has the financial freedom to drop $1.5k for courses and a certificate? IF you pass the exam?

You’re alright, Tokyo

It’s been a hot minute since Tokyo Station. Nearly 4 years ago I came through to hear the Emperor’s New Year address.

The games business is about games. If you’re in the games business, and somehow (as often happens) your company somehow is now focused on something else (AI, XR, “IP,” acquisitions, etc.) you’re in for a period of struggle. Everyone will wonder what’s wrong. But you know. It’s about games. Gameplay.

The Nintendo Today! App has a Halloween image for whatever theme you have set. It’s pretty grand.

And what feels like overnight, the leaves have changed.

“It’s just the way the industry is.” they say, pulling the ladder up after themselves.

Feeling bummed today about a variety of things, but just saw a woman get off the train at Ikebukuro and offer to walk a blind woman through the station to her transfer. A reminder that simple acts of kindness radiate a warmth even to those who witness it.

your regular reminder that this company can get straight in the fuckin bin

Just saw a post on LinkedIn and the guy embedded “idea by_____” on his ChatGPT slop image like someone is just going to copy and paste it elsewhere lol

I’m generally pretty cautious, but if I’m skiing and catch someone saying “hey meta what’s my elevation” to their oakleys, I’m gonna crash into them just because it’s the right thing to do

This Eggman in the Shinobi art style looks great. It really gives the old Eggman some strong villain aura.

Everyone else can get a random song stuck in their head after not hearing it for a decade, right? Or is this the sound of brain synapses snapping on me?

Woke up with the file select theme from Sonic 3 in my head for some reason. While I knew it was a Sonic 3 song, it genuinely took me a few minutes to figure out which track it actually was lol youtu.be/EWi6S5S9o60

Feeling stuck. I’ve been waiting on the results of my permanent residency application for almost 20 months now, all while putting my life on hold basically to avoid any changes from potentially risking my approval. This is kind of ridiculous.

Lunch in Yokohama

The Susuki (Silver grass) in front of my house was getting out of hand and the rain would cause it to fall in front of the gate, but I could finally get a cool morning today to wrangle it in with some ties.

Feeling 10 years younger now that the testicle-melting near 40℃ with over 80% humidity weather has subsided.

Honestly, get involved with your cities to encourage zoning changes. A cafe or local business on the corner of a residential neighborhood will do more for the marginalized and disenfranchised near you. As the internet moves to surveillance and AI, real locations will be a backbone for neighborhoods.

It has been reported that former Koei Tecmo Designer Tomonobu Itagaki passed away at the age of 58. Extremely sad.

Pro tip: there’s usually a reason managers avoid putting something in writing and it is never good. I feel for these people, this kind of workplace management breeds cronyism and rewards bad behaviour.

Not many people know that Shibuya used to have a cable car.

Not sure if LinkedIn got the fucking memo, but most of us are on the platform to make professional connections. The disgust I felt checking my inbox for the “new message” to be greeted with this horseshit does not have an adequate English word in the dictionary.