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Game translator in Tokyo. he/him

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That's exactly how I feel

15.02.2026 01:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah I remember realising at some point during all the to-ing and fro-ing that I didn't fancy another 40 hours of it

14.02.2026 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fell off the 3DS version of DQVII around Al-Balad because I thought the game was slow & the juice wasn't worth the squeeze. Up to Vogograd in Reimagined now though & if I have a criticism it's that when I try to squeeze they slap my hand away and tell me I'm in juice country now. That aside, I โ™ก it

14.02.2026 23:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Scotland: a country in England

13.02.2026 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 257 ๐Ÿ” 30 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Is that podcast still accessible?

11.02.2026 07:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Victor XM-PX3K0 minidisc player - a Final Fantasy VIII and Coca Cola crossover item

Victor XM-PX3K0 minidisc player - a Final Fantasy VIII and Coca Cola crossover item

This MD player combines two of my favourite things: Final Fantasy VIII and stuff I donโ€™t need

09.02.2026 10:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 525 ๐Ÿ” 105 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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08.02.2026 23:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 7320 ๐Ÿ” 1846 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53 ๐Ÿ“Œ 96
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Earthbound Markers (2024)

04.02.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 116 ๐Ÿ” 30 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow amazing! The similarities really are there. I'm watching through Zeta for the first time atm and I really see what you mean about Fa's dynamic with Kamille. Btw Quattro's reminding me a little of Balthier in how he's suave and competent but seems to be hiding from his past/actual identity

03.02.2026 12:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I also wonder with how dense Tomino stuff can be if efficiency was a factor. Like if he didn't want to waste any time at all with audience surrogates or hints to tell you what to think

02.02.2026 23:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That feels like such a risky choice but really it's just having faith in the audience to draw their own conclusions haha. Did you feel betrayed by Vayne later on?

02.02.2026 22:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How so? Honestly I'm not too familiar with Tomino protagonists

02.02.2026 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A review of Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter (2019) I haven't seen any of the compilation movies yet, but the thing is THE THING IS G-Reco is the Tomino work that made me get Tomino, and even if its pacing is completely off the wall sometimes, the show...

from here haha:
boxd.it/1NFKAF

02.02.2026 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thought these paragraphs on Tomino were fascinating. I wonder about the 'no one else does this' part though. What about Yasumi Matsuno? Reading this I was reminded of FFXII

02.02.2026 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dragon Quest 2 HD-2D expanding on themes of recognizing that the critical weakness of a seemingly unstoppable enemy is that they all hate each other as much as they hate everything else and have no cohesion or loyalty beyond access to power was a warm blanket for a winter playthrough.

31.01.2026 19:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 238 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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asking my wife if she wants to watch wonder man on disney plus

29.01.2026 13:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I saw many brilliant details in 3 hours with Resident Evil 9, but my fave was how unnecessarily pressing reload with a full clip as Grace makes her instead pull the slide with trembling hands to double check the chamber. My obsessive reloading neuroses when entering a scary room became /hers/, too.

26.01.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My Dreamcast asking me to set the date, and showing the Japanese launch date of 27th of November 1998.

My Dreamcast asking me to set the date, and showing the Japanese launch date of 27th of November 1998.

"Dreamcast", a haiku

Each day he rises.
Asks me, "Is it still launch day?"
"Yes," I lie. "Always."

21.01.2026 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 3453 ๐Ÿ” 1149 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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ๅค–็ฅž็”ฐ / Sotokanda

16.01.2026 13:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 99 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A soldier in a tower says "I fell into ANOTHER trap?"

A soldier in a tower says "I fell into ANOTHER trap?"

He then says "I'm such an IDIOT! GOSH!"

The game is Heracles no Eikou: Ugokidashita Kamigami

He then says "I'm such an IDIOT! GOSH!" The game is Heracles no Eikou: Ugokidashita Kamigami

This translation from 2012 has a Napoleon Dynamite reference lol

18.01.2026 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hoonter must hoont

13.01.2026 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1275 ๐Ÿ” 370 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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howling at the tagline "better than you think" for microwave burgers ๐Ÿ˜ญ

07.01.2026 19:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ad 
Square Enix 
GameCube 
2003

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ad Square Enix GameCube 2003

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ad (2003)

#retro #art #gaming #FinalFantasy

12.01.2026 10:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 163 ๐Ÿ” 40 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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12.01.2026 06:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1011 ๐Ÿ” 255 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

The powerful thing about FF7 OG is how even innocuous paths that are only ever traveled once had to be their own dedicated pre-rendered areas. The sewers under Don Cornio's mansion is the spot for me; completely unimportant area that would be tilesets in an older game but had to be fully crafted

10.01.2026 16:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Final Fantasy VII, on the path to Mt Corel, you enter via a rocky path that leads to a beautiful sunset over the mountains. It's one of my favorite places in the game.

09.01.2026 19:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yeah we hammered the multiplayer. That chasm level was amazing. Also the bot customisation was 10/10

08.01.2026 10:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah no I played 2 and Future Perfect loads when they came out haha. Went back and played through 2's campaign again last week though. I don't remember the levels being that pared down, but it was still a great time! Except Robot Factory

07.01.2026 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trivia:
In my logo, only the โ€œiโ€ is lowercase.
It represents a tiny โ€œloveโ€ (pronounced [aษช] in Japanese) just starting to bloom between Elliot and Claris โ€” a small love story.

็งใŒไฝœใฃใŸใ“ใฎใƒญใ‚ดใ€ใ€Œiใ€ใ ใ‘ใŒๅฐๆ–‡ๅญ—ใงใ™ใญ๏ผŸ
ใ“ใ‚Œใฏใ€่Šฝ็”Ÿใˆๅง‹ใ‚ใŸใ€Œๅฐใ•ใช"ๆ„›"ใ€ใ‚’ๆ„ๅ‘ณใ—ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใงใ™ใ€‚

Trivia: In my logo, only the โ€œiโ€ is lowercase. It represents a tiny โ€œloveโ€ (pronounced [aษช] in Japanese) just starting to bloom between Elliot and Claris โ€” a small love story. ็งใŒไฝœใฃใŸใ“ใฎใƒญใ‚ดใ€ใ€Œiใ€ใ ใ‘ใŒๅฐๆ–‡ๅญ—ใงใ™ใญ๏ผŸ ใ“ใ‚Œใฏใ€่Šฝ็”Ÿใˆๅง‹ใ‚ใŸใ€Œๅฐใ•ใช"ๆ„›"ใ€ใ‚’ๆ„ๅ‘ณใ—ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใงใ™ใ€‚

Wake up babe, new NiGHTS lore just dropped.

07.01.2026 14:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1226 ๐Ÿ” 405 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

I just finished this game the other day! On this level I beat Tony but then had to sprint around looking for a whiskey barrel I forgot to drain

07.01.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0