SO many scammy "akiya influencers" talking about cheap Japanese houses but conveniently forgetting to mention the dead surroundings or the $250k required for refurbishment to make them livable. I know we live in bad times but don't fall for these "too good to be true" scams!

Oh, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 might actually be a phone formfactor I'd be interested in. (checks price in Yen) HAHAAHHAHAAA absolutely not.

Just watched a 3DCG YTer gush over "Japanese poly modelling". My brother in Christ, this is how we ALL did it before sculpting was a thing. Like...what?

(Me trying to get out of the Adobe scum snare). I wonder if I can just disable auto-renew... Hm, can't find that anywhere. I'll check the help center. Hey, the help center doesn't work or load or is basically nothing. Adobe's depth of depravity never ceases to amaze me.

Happy Bin Day to all those who celebrate!

this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right

This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 5d ago

Saber Interactive has denied renewed claims that it replaced a former Lead Writer so it could “use ChatGPT” in the development of the recently announced title, Rideshare “Stimulator.” In a statement to PC Gamer, Saber also acknowledged previously undisclosed genAI use elsewhere in the title.

Sheepherds looks cute! I think the game would be fun because Flock It!, which i made in...2009? used the exact same mechanic. 😅

I honestly can't think of a single "service" that isn't employing dark patterns and sneaky wording to screw you out of as much money as they can for as long as possible. It's depressing.

I have an app that turns the Win11 start menu back into the Win10 one, where I keep all my shortcuts. However, it usually takes me a good few seconds of browsing those because every gd app icon looks the same these days. A beige boring melted goo of abhorrent purple corporate branding sludge.

French & Saunders had a skit where they were Shakespeare's Sister. Saunders would sing angelically, then French would come in sounding like a foghorn. That's what it feels like every time Common shows up in Silo.

I often find myself rushing through a game (the boring story part) just so that I can play the game (the fun collecting part and slowly ticking off my to do list towards completion). Lock abilities behind story progression? Ugh fine, I'll rush through that first then if I must...

My games are still falling through the gaps in regards to popularity/visibility but the few people that do play them tend to spend 100s of hours in them! 😅

In this era of super heroes and spectacle movies, a "small" story like The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford that touches on life, loss, the past and the changing future feels so real. A great little movie. Highly recommended! F i love movies, man.

Hey, Japan content creators, it's perfectly fine to just say your thing without first claiming your authority by stating how many years you've been living in Japan! "I've lived in Japan for 4 years. Here are 10 cool hidden neighbourhoods to visit that no one talks about! Number one: Shibuya..."

Some cool words in my year: - string cheese - non-player character - memory card - computerphobe - telecommute As an aside, also the first recorded use of transgender? As a 0 year old at the time I'm taking a lot of credit for these!

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2w ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

"Let PlayStation have a Wii U generation" goes so hard.

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Aw no! 😢

iain@gameartacademic.bsky.social · 3w ago

Awwww www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ann Droid is one of those sitcoms where the premise and marketing material make it look pretty dire, one-joke trash, but it is in fact, a very gentle and humane comedy that is worth watching. If you were turned off as i was give it a try anyway! You may be pleasantly surprised!

I recon my greatest failure as a #gamedev was never having a game so close to release to be able to incorporate and ride that 2~3 week wave of the viral meme du jour.

Pro-tip: If you're going to cold-email someone you wish to collaborate with/do business with/get hired by it's probably a good idea not to be fing insufferable. Leave that for the Linkedin DMs.

If that important phonecall I got had come just 3 minutes sooner my voice would still have been fully affected by the lungful of helium I had extracted from my kid's birthday balloon just to delight her. That could have been... awkward... 😅

Japan immigrant Reddit posts only are 1 of 3 archetypes. "I applied without minimum requirements and still was denied my visa" or "A man's bag accidentally brushed past me on a busy train, how do i report this to the cops?" or "My boss isn't paying me and demanding my used panties, is this legal?"

phone: "Google Mymaps wants permission to access this account." me: deny "Google Mymaps wants permission to access this account." DENY "Google Mymaps wants permission to access this account." IGNORE!!! "I'm literally going to do this forever. Google Mymaps wants permission to access this account."

The weather report just casually showing the heat index across every ward in Tokyo is at the highest, "Extreme Danger" level. 🫠👍 And it's not even the hottest day for this projected week...

Thanks to Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social I recognised the design of the ceiling fan at the Passela (Roppongi) today, and that it was purely cosmetic (but also because it was right next to an aircon unit blasting 0° air in my face).

When you're stuck behind a foreigner failing to communicate a special coffee order, or holding up a bus a good 5 minutes because they weren't prepared for the payment system you can kind of see how Japanese people cling to that "they don't follow the rules" line. They're pretty annoying.

i know the situation is bad but i listened to a podcast where an environmentalists said "today is the least extreme weather there'll ever be" and that framing just really hit me right in the worry. 😓

If they were really such a great director I'm sure they would have been able to tell their story in 90 minutes instead of 180.

A better view of the Dick Bruna priority seat illustrations on the Tokyo metro. #tokyo #dickbruna #lottie #design #art