Compliments from men, yes, sure, thanks Compliments from women? I’m so flattered, feels like I won an award, thank you so much for noticing me,

I am of belief you need to be one of your biggest fans when it comes to your work. If you can't celebrate your own work, it will be hard to get anyone else to feel the same way.

The problem with 'name and shame' is that sexism is so endemic to the games industry you'll just be called difficult/a paranoid bitch/someone who needs to watch her step if you say anything. And often our female colleagues are alongside the problematic men disbelieving our complaints

Been feeling real burnt out on games as of late, but I am so jazzed for this. Love the .hack series!

I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers. This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.

I genuinely think North American game dev is broken. While I do think there is stagnation, games don't stand a chance to not result in layoffs if they aren't doing millions right out the gate.

Hard not to be disappointed by this, man. I already settled not buying it with the casting decisions, but it seems to be justified. I really enjoyed the original Y3 and thought it was one of the stronger narratives. Seeing the series sour its own reputation by its own hands is brutal to witness.

and its not just that i hate the slop. i hate what all this shit is doing to us. im going into every game assuming guilt until proven otherwise, and thats a) exhausting and b) not fun at all!

A review is an op-ed by definition. You’re just upset at the criteria being used.

We also made sure to pick up something related to his namesake.

Honeymoon in Japan! Had an amazing couple of weeks exploring and taking photos, my husband driving around Lake Ashi, riding the Shinkansen, eating a ton of good food, capsule machines, and drinking so much canned coffee.

I talked myself out of it, but…

Everyone who worked on a video game needs to be in the credits: aftermath.site/video-game-cre...

🫵 LAZY

It’s SO good. So good. I definitely didn’t cry during Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

Omg I also forgot IT'S HEERO'S GOTCHA DAY. Here he was six years ago! Such a little burnt potato...

Brian Eno calls on Microsoft to cease its partnership with Israel and pledges to donate the original fee for his Windows '95 chime to victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza

All tucked in.

I bought a Supernote! I’m still getting used to it, but I got the Nomad and the size works perfectly for me. I think it’s going to be really fun sketching with this!

Finished FFXIV Endwalker tonight... I got me very emotional at moments, and now I'll never be able to listen to Close in the Distance again without crying a ton. I've really loved my time with this game.

Heero enjoying the snow.

Heero adores the snow! It was hard moving to a place that only gets one snowfall a year, but it makes it so exciting when it happens.

Heero got one of his Christmas gifts early.

You have to be your own biggest fan of your work. You should celebrate it. Sometimes it's so hard to do, but if you can't celebrate your own work, it'll be hard pressed to get anyone else to.

A doodle and a sleepy Heero.

the really important thing about resisting automatically generated stat sheets that services give you is that numbers mean nothing without ~why~. exercise learning to talk about music & why you like it, not just "because i listened to it a lot" or "it's peak". these are skills you can develop!!

Every year, Spotify Wrapped becomes something that feels actively hostile to the enjoyment of music, now with more blatant data mining to train AI. which is bad enough, but also remember that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is a primary investor in an AI predator drone company

Marigold #art from my painting series, Sidewalk Plants.

"I don't support genAI (unless it's stroking my ego)" is a hell of a take to see some people having

Always Returning, 2013 #art

Paradise Apple Blossoms #art from my painting series, Sidewalk Plants.

Cloud Collection #art

The Thousand Petal Crown Peony #art from my painting series, Sidewalk Plants.

it's TDOV and i don't really have any art that celebrates that but im gonna use it as an opportunity to show a buncha stuff i made that i like

Seems like there are at least 12 of you now, so hi. I’m guessing most of you are following me for game dev stuff, even though I rarely post about that. I mostly post about Heero, my Shiba Inu.

Flower study from earlier this year.

Sometimes I feel tears well up in my eyes and people go “oh, are you okay?” And I don’t want to tell them I thought about the ending of Like a Dragon Gaiden, the Man Who Erased His Name and now I want to crY MY EYES OUT