Gonna miss a bunch of it this week due to circumstances, but gosh I love GDQ. Always such a good time.

SurPRIZE! 💜✨ Bobby and The Prize Pals are BACK 😎 #SGDQ2026

Please help me finish my thesis so I can finally be free of academia 🫶✨ aidetectionsurvey.carrd.co

Okay, I finally beat Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. It only took me two years.

Hey everyone— I’ve opened up shop again because I need to be able to make rent and bills while on the job hunt. I’ve got some consoles, PC accessories and games on offer, please take a look (or share if you can)! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Termination without cause in Japan is complex and workers have a lot of rights and protections we don't in the US. If Japan had employment laws as weak as ours, Nintendo would undoubtedly lay off workers just the same. It's not management's benevolence or farsightedness, it's labor law.

-eurobeat intensifies-

Finished Deltarune Chapter 5! A sweet, fun chapter... really liked the new mechanics, and man this game just keeps getting harder haha.

every time i see people taking the stairs in FF7 Remake I wonder how many people never even see some of Barret's best lines in the game because they're exclusive to the elevator route

Finished my replaythrough of Deltarune… just in time for tomorrow. :)

I wrote about this a while back, and while the obvious disclaimer is that nobody wanted to be laid off or quit, the fact is some found happiness they'd been missing in their lives for a very, very long time

I wrote for the first time in years yesterday :) and I'm gonna write more today :)

Feels bad, man aftermath.site/stranger-than-...

Marigold #art from my painting series, Sidewalk Plants.

Always Returning, 2013 #art

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

Cloud Collection #art

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

Persona 4 Revival - out Feb 18th, 2027

Got around to (finally) posting some photos I cleaned up from my Japan trip back in October. blog.mandyjacek.ca/japan-2025/

Had an exciting moment where I was listening to Japanese radio and realized I could understand what the weather report was. Brain getting bigger...

Today is Heero's 7th 'Gotcha' day! Here he is, during the first few weeks we had him. My potato.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

Picked up two more of Greg Girard’s books - Snack Sakura and JAL 76-88. Both are excellent - could go on and on about colours and lighting!

Any time a creative turns to this tech, they are saying "I do not respect the people who do this thing. I do not value their creative contribution to my vision. I think they are so worthless, they can be replaced by the machine that ate their work." It's not surprising this is seen as hostile.

I’m learning Linux. I just installed it and I am already having multiple problems. I am in for a good time.

VERY excited to share this big project. Many games are made in Canada, but few are *set* here.
 So, I spoke to 20+ devs who have been making all kinds of games that take place in Canada.
 From showcasing stunning landscapes to telling diverse stories, these games paint a vivid portrait of Canada. 🍁

Burger…

Trying to keep my love for art alive in a world where tech bros constantly try to destroy it

It’s basically summer, time to read outside.

always worth underlining that when regular people say we want lower budget games we generally imagine smaller, stable teams shipping less polished but more frequent releases but when management hear that they mean lower wages and more contractors. it is the only thing they care about

A) we don't own anything now B) the stuff we don't own doesn't work and can be taken away at a moments notice

AYN Thor and/or Cocoon users, @lena.fyi and I have made a theme! It's called 'PhantomaOS', and it's inspired by 2000s-era future-computer interfaces. Lena wrote an original song for it, and I did all the art/animations You can download it here! cocoon-shell.com/themes/?type...

30 years ago today, Principal Skinner purchased fast food to disguise as his own cooking at an unforgettable luncheon with Superintendent Chalmers. #TheSimpsons episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” first aired April 14, 1996.

Reposting this for obvious reasons. I have much more in common with any Iranian than I do with the American and Israeli pieces of shit trying to annihilate them. Any single Iranian life lost is an entire universe gone; more, a tragedy at a level I cannot personally fathom. This is all I can do.

Spent the day outside yesterday, got distracted by Bird.

Vibe coding? Heh. AI is inevitable. Yall are just afraid of the future *smirk* 😏

Finally finished Left Hand of Darkness last night - took a few restarts for me, but I was glad to finish it. Really interesting concepts, and occasionally a line that hits real good.

It is Heero's birthday! He is 7 years old. He had a rough year, but things are on the upswing. He's a good boy. ✨

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

Games Done Quick's long, difficult journey to a better gaming future aftermath.site/games-done-qui...

i think sometimes cis people truly have a hard time understanding that jk rowling is a living person actively using her wealth to fund the international assault on trans lives. she’s not some Complicated Author we can have a spirited debate about separating from the art with!!!!!

just know that if you engage with harry potter in any form i'm judging you

Husband wasn't impacted by Epic layoffs, thankfully. It is hard to continue watching this industry downturn and seeing so many friends impacted and having to uproot their lives, constantly.

Did you guys know Bone is my favourite comic - heck, one of my favourite books - of all time? I love Bone. It's brilliant, funny, and is one of the best balances of serious-funny out there. It was a huge inspiration for me. A regular re-read for me.

A drastic size difference on Lego night builds.

Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell: aftermath.site/video-game-rec...

My real-life Pokémon is mad I’m spending time with the digital Pokémon.

Went to a low-stakes hockey game tonight (Canucks/Sens) and had a lot of fun. I haven’t been to a game in literally 20 years. I should do it more often.