this is my favourite drink in the world and I was quite baffled the first time I went to Japan and couldn't find it anywhere. with how often I find it in Toronto, I assumed it must be as ubiquitous as hachimitsu lemon drinks or something
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this is my favourite drink in the world and I was quite baffled the first time I went to Japan and couldn't find it anywhere. with how often I find it in Toronto, I assumed it must be as ubiquitous as hachimitsu lemon drinks or something
the boi is back
coming soon... 👀🧸🎮
Please spread this information people, don't let Pay Pal dox you.
FYI folks, the Big Holidays coming up are: Rosh Hashanah is Mon 22 Sep-24 Sep Yom Kippur is Wed 1 Oct - 2 Oct And also? You don't have to KNOW who's Jewish to not schedule meetings these days. Just do it. (AND DON'T BE ALL "WE HAVE TO MOVE IT BECAUSE [PERSON] IS JEWISH" THAT'S TACKY & GROSS)
LOVE seeing "Video Game Arts Appreciation Night" from @agotoronto.bsky.social this Friday! Really cool way to spotlight some great Canadian games, like @compulsiongames.bsky.social's South of Midnight, @visaigames.bsky.social's Venba, @localthunk.com's @playbalatro.com & Isometricorp's Tunic. 🇨🇦 🎮
They don't tell you how fruity mecha is as a genre until you get into it and realize that all the shows are doing shit like this
#wol
Congratulations, that's so exciting! And what a perfect fit for you!
once again begging the users of reddit to stop reporting people disliking fictional characters as "promoting hate and violence based on identity". someone hating on your fictional character preferences is NOT the same as receiving hate speech for your identity ffs.
Bandai Namco will release the Eternal Sonata Original Soundtrack by Motoi Sakuraba on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music tomorrow: www.rpgsite.net/news/18333-e...
My entry for @39daph.bsky.social contest!! Moogle Doomscrolling 💙 Oils on canvas #39GAME
lrt given their creative bankruptcy in monster designs, I can't say I'm surprised they've either let cgpt translate their game text for them or gone with a lowest common denominator loc company to press that button for them lol
This is what Palworld's Communications Director had to say on the matter. As of the time of posting, they have yet to follow-up on those questions. (Source: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...)
worth noting: you always die from rabies. there is no not dying from rabies
Very interesting algorithm analysis, which explains the repeated problems with content moderation getting in the way of social justice tldr: it's always good to block a TERF or a white supremacist or any other type of fascist original post: www.tumblr.com/chiptrillino...
Ah
Of the many writers to predict AI, only Douglas Adams got the tone right
Happy Labor Day 🙂
last night in Saskatchewan...... enjoying homemade bannock with saskatoon berry jam and a saskatoon berry iced tea
Not officially confirmed but Nelvana, one of Canada's most storied animation studios, appears to have quietly closed down on Friday, yet another casualty of Corus Entertainment's struggle to survive.
Said this on the other app but we rly need to normalize that growing up = becoming a person with the money to afford childhood interests. The idea that you have to suddenly stop caring about cute or joyful things when you turn 18 is the reason so many ppl are so fucking miserable for 60 years after
Kamille has a lot of Really Good Faces.
Start your September with ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED fresh fonts for full commercial use in your projects, a whopping 90% off in our Cosy Autumn Sale 🍂 ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts #art
#kh
I actually had to explain to someone recently that the AI that tells enemies in video games how to react to player inputs is NOT genAI and has existed for literal decades. they genuinely had no idea there was a difference. this shit has poisoned the well so bad.
fascinating ebay find. Screaming naked Char can now be yours for only $39.43
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
You took a (long) break from wearing a mask, right? You got away with it. But, guess what? There's a *lot* more Covid around again. And, access to vax is up in the air. Just put a (good) mask on again when you're out and about and you'll be much more protected as well as protecting others. ✨✨✨
Time to remind people about the Commercial Pattern Archive — it doesn’t have instructions and search is a bear but there’s two hundred years’ worth of clothing patterns in here including all the big names new and old: copa.apps.uri.edu
the mosquitoes in Saskatchewan can sense my Ontarian weakness and beeline for me whenever I'm outside. I don't remember the last time I had this many bites. 😭
The same goes for translation and localization. You don't get experienced translators if you don't have entry-level translators. I worry for what our industry will look like 10, 20 years down the line, as the veterans begin to retire.
this is probably still the best omake ive ever written
Sailor Moon window display at Eaton's department store in downtown Toronto circa 1996, courtesy Derwin Mak and the Anime North FB group
ugh saw my first cybertruck in Saskatchewan :( nearly had a full vacation from them
we must needs reconstruct titan from thine memories
Adult games can no longer launch in Early Access on Steam. This is devastating for small projects (like my own!) because EA can be a much-needed lifeline while games are still in development
This is a repost of my thoughts on Dawntrail as a funeral director. I posted it on the bird app after finishing the main MSQ when it came out and I hope to expand on it more now that the story is done. 🧵
or there's a now-deleted comment that seems to have been the solution with a dozen thank you replies
and very important doodle i have no explanation for this it just exists
listen I ain’t gonna believe nothing until I hear it from Dean and Cas
what the *fuck*????
People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.
kind of fun to imagine the rest of the world flying their flags at 1.5 mast in reverse mourning though
Can't count the amount of lettering choices I made during the simul grind that I then went back and said "man what the fuck was I thinking" or just didn't have time to really consider That the bar is as high as it is, with the quality of work people are putting out, is astounding.
We see this "passion tax" in the dubbing market. Wages for production have depressed significantly, meanwhile it's voice acting rates are some of the lowest on the market--even after significant raises.
"This would kill a Victorian child on contact" buddy, that kid grew up with heroin in their cough syrup and arsenic in their wallpaper. A Victorian child would probably kill YOU on contact.
ok bought ff11 on sale finally. dunno when I'll get around to it, maybe the big content drought
anti-anxiety bell
please don’t give up on transitioning no matter how hateful the world is, they need to know that we will never disappear like they want us to, we need to keep fighting. don’t feel shame in who you are, pursuing your happiness and becoming who you were always meant to be is something truly beautiful
[Canadian intensifies]
152. skate 3
94. king crimson
71. cool beyblade stunts
56. verbal instructions
41. i'm just using slang
23. horf
"CBC and Radio-Canada don't automatically secure the rights to their shows in the other language. So you have to pay to be able to subtitle a show in another language" In awe of just how stupid this is. How can CBC/Radio-Canada continue to overlook something so obvious? www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...
Jude has decided I'm not coming home and finally started being nice* to my dad who is looking after him. *well, "tolerant" maybe.
reached the part of my trip where I just miss my cat a lot 😔
final fantasy has a certain je ne sais kweh
The kids are alright
tl;dr
and that's *with* skipping most of the security line with nexus, nvm if we'd had to wait in the long line on top of the terrible security experience
oh Calgary Airport is my new least fave airport by such a fucking longshot. I don't know if I've ever been so stressed at an airport before.
my kingdom for a separate tag for vanilla gposing and the gposing where its all modded (I will never have what I want)
lmfao
someone on the reddit post said yoshi p's message was too long so they didn't finish reading it and since it started with the ult weapon example it wouldn't surprise me if most people didn't even make it to the nsfw mods section
i had to do it
sopping wet beast #pokemon
Genuinely Yoshi P continues to handle modders with kid gloves because as a gamer he Gets It and doesn't want to really fuck with it but as The Guy In Charge he is trying to tell you to shut the fuck up so he doesn't have to do something drastic about it.
Crunchyroll started as a piracy website that would steal the work of fansub groups and lock it behind paywalls, which caused Fansub groups to literally encode messages during the "Brought to you in part by these sponsors" segments, warning viewers that if you paid for the subs, you got scammed
Rightstuf was the best place to buy anime and manga. Then it was bought by Crunchyroll and everything good about it was destroyed. I love legally supporting anime and manga. My job depends on it! But Crunchyroll made it SO much harder.
When Crunchyroll merged with Funimation, they got rid of all the people in management who a) were actual fans of anime b) had any interest in marketing outside of the boy's market. (source: Bloomberg News www.bloomberg.com/news/article... )
Crunchyroll started as a site for pirated anime.
*flies to the other side of the country* *stumbles into an online friend for the first time in this small tourist town in the middle of nowhere* *we actually both live in the same city back home but were too lazy to ever meet up* *wtf*
🌿Completed GREEN! 色相環【緑】完成しました！ #colorwheelchallenge - コロコロポックル（Final Fantasy XIV） - 王子（塊魂） - モクロー（ポケットモンスター） - スナフキン（ムーミン） - アンドロメダ瞬（聖闘士星矢） - Elphaba（Wicked）
I'm looking for another authenticity/sensitivity reader, this time for dissociative identity disorder. It's for feedback on a character in a graphic novel I'm translating. Ideally they'd have experience with SR, comics, and historical fiction. Got any recs? #BookSky #Comics #xl8 #DIDSky
2015 <-----> 2025 lol
oh... making a spreadsheet for that is so smart!! I gotta do that!
If you find yourself queerbaited by Swift's music I am 99% sure and certain I can queerbait you with a set of jiggling keys.
glad it's no longer in Vegas during summer for the physical safety of staff and guests but echoing everyone else's wishes that it weren't in the USA at all this time given the political climate and questionable safety for people travelling there.
Just another semi-annual reminder for retro games folks that abbreviating "Japan" to the first three letters is a slur. I still see it a good amount in forum threads while I'm trawling for information and I always wince a little. I know it's generally unintentional, but, stick to "JP" or "JPN." ✌️
If you're a translator pissed off about the impacts of AI, our members in the NWU Translators Organizing Committee are building collective power among literary translators as workers whose creative labor deserves to be materially valued. Check them out! nwu.org/chapters/toc
went up to lake louise today!!
I wrote about Bell's *distasteful* AI photo booth at Fan Expo Canada. Bell & Fan Expo both gave me comment for this, but honestly, it's pretty much the corporate BS you'd expect. Support the beautiful work of small local artists instead of free quick AI slop from one of Canada's biggest companies!
Top Pokémon Per Gen
Some kinda fast red beetle
The Tlingit Indigenous Artist Making Dazzling Labubu Regalia. hyperallergic.com/1036741/the-...
ICYMI, @katyar.bsky.social wrote a fantastic piece on @mobilesyrup.com about the present and future of Indigenous games in Canada. A great spotlight on Indigenous devs, the importance of representation and the challenges they face in getting their games made.
Role Announcement🐺 I'm here to put the speculation to rest. I can now confirm that I voice The Lone Wolf/Howling Blade in #FinalFantasy XIV: Dawntrail! Thank you so much Tiauna Jackson at the Jackson Agency, SIDE LA, and the whole team for having me! #voiceacting
I will give you ONE GIFT to make you better at art You can have either the SKILLS of michelangelo Or the MOTIVATION of a 16 year old really into minecraft youtubers
How hot is it in Tokyo? This chocolatier put up a sign saying they’re closing for August bc they can’t keep their product from melting 🫠
Also people keep asking me if I find AI translation helpful in my work and AI TRANSLATION IS NOWHERE NEAR COMMERCIAL QUALITY and NO I DON'T EDIT AI TRANSLATION BECAUSE IT'S MUCH FASTER FOR ME TO JUST DO THE ACTUAL TRANSLATION THAN EDIT CRAP because PAINTING CRAP WITH GOLD DOESN'T TURN CRAP INTO GOLD
