rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026isn't it almost always correct, which is why most games explicitly don't let you do it? like if a skill has some sort of conditional, there's no upside to buying it until the condition is met 100
Reposted by rookSean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Spy Classroom LN 11 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2026/09/10/s... @yenpress.com 033
Reposted by rookSean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Spy Classroom SS5 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2026/07/14/s... @yenpress.com 021
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 09/06/2026Cover Debut! 📗 Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, Vol. 1 What if Roderika were to befriend the rest of the Roundtable Hold? Come read a chronicle of their adventures! 🔗 Pre-order here: buff.ly/wYDVU8u 0197
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 11/05/2026yeah, they really don't make complaints like they used to 150
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 04/05/2026if it makes you feel better, saros's first boss is in strong contention for being the hardest one in the game imo 010
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 21/04/2026it gets even better when you remember that 魔剣士 are "dark knights," so the word comes pre-overloaded 120
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 02/04/2026dunno if campaign board games (a la Gloomhaven) are your jam, but if so, Aeon Trespass: Odyssey has a bunch of absolutely brilliant design work in it 010
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Shadow spends multiple pages explaining to a little elf girl that there's more to battle royale strategy than just third-partying your way to victory 000
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 01/04/2026they say to write what you know, so Aizawa-sensei wrote a book about Apex Legends lmao 100
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 20/03/2026NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT: Spy Classroom 4th Period: Blazing Fire (manga) The master spy Klaus, who boasts a 100 percent mission success rate despite being difficult to work with, has formed the new spy team Lamplight with eight women as his new teammates! 074
Reposted by rookSean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Spy Classroom LN 10 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2026/03/13/s... @yenpress.com 033
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 13/02/2026NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT: Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between These are the tales of the other inhabitants of the Lands Between and the many possibilities and the differing worlds that unfolded for them in the distant past, are written here. 0124
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I think it becomes more explicit later in the scene, but the word in question is "faerie"—it's a common trope in folklore that the fae will mess you up if you call them that 110
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 31/01/2026it's my favorite board game of all time, nothing else even comes close 110
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 06/01/2026joke's on you, I'm halfway through the 5th LN because of your diseased posting 😜 000
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 12/12/2025Cover Debut! – Spy Classroom, Vol. 10 (light novel): The High Plain of Sara To learn the truth about the Nostalgia Project, Lamplight sets their sights on the Lylat Kingdom, the country where it all began. Pre-order Here: buff.ly/KF34Gvg 071
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 11/12/2025The journey to master her new prosthesis is an arduous one. But if Millicent hopes to one day repay the kind Tarnished, it is a journey she’s prepared to undertake... Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, Chapter 10.2 is available now: buff.ly/eSZeOVM 051
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 02/12/2025imo the biggest thing it tests is how good you are at multiple-choice tests. you only need like 50% to pass, so it crumples against basic SAT-style strats (if two of the options are similar, one of them is the correct one, etc) source: I passed N1 years before I should have been able to 110
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 20/11/2025dunno which I'm gonna read first between this and v14, both of which came out today probably neither, I need to finish translating SS5 first 😬 010
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I was wondering who the blue-haired woman on the cover of the Spy Classroom spinoff was, but I assumed it probably just a new character (maybe a Watson analogue to Vindo's Holmes) I never considered Sky Monk (the Avian boss who got killed offscreen) as a possibility, lmao I pictured her as taller 130
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 11/11/2025it's wild how one guy can make an off-hand comment about crystals in the middle of a fight scene and now I have to spend half an hour on google learning what the hell piezoelectricity is translating is such a funny job 030
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 30/10/2025"An ability that triggers whenever you tap a creature for mana triggers only if you activate a mana ability of a creature including {T} in its cost." -From the Leyline of Abundance FAQ Deathrite isn't a mana ability, so it doesn't work with Badgermole or Leyline. 000
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 25/10/2025just baked some scones and they turned out great it's fucked up how the Make Stuff Fluffy powder actually makes stuff fluffy 010
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 20/10/2025saw some people playing beyblade at the card shop. my buddy asks if I play, I say nah, all I know is smth called wizard rod is good this causes a 12-yr-old to look me in the eye and cry, "it's BROKEN" ty to @brandonbovia.bsky.social and @airco.bsky.social for helping me give some kid war flashbacks 330
Reposted by rookElizabeth Little @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social · 14/10/2025gamefound.com/en/projects/... Oh, right, this goes live today. I should probably say something.gamefound.comYou Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio - GamefoundYou Will Die In This Place is a nihilistic survival-horror dungeon crawl TTRPG about exile, decay, and the inevitability of death. 9254114
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I recently replaced my extremely, *extremely* expired baking powder and now I'm having to relearn how to enjoy muffins that aren't hard as a rock 020
Reposted by rookSean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Spy Classroom SS4 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/09/19/s... @yenpress.com 031
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 16/09/2025It's Tuesday! You know what that means 👀 We've got some new books for you, hot off the Yen Press! 🔥 Make sure to grab the latest volume of Spy Classroom, The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy, and the final volume of Hollow Regalia! See what else is coming up this month 📅➡️ buff.ly/VCGNuYX 0112
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Aeterna Lucis just got pushed to 2026 with a press release that was basically four paragraphs of "lol we're not dumb enough to release the same month as silksong" and y'know what, that's completely valid 000
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 21/08/2025imagine if this this just the most elaborate Silkpost yet 000
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 16/08/2025my setup is pretty similar source text on the left monitor current translation file and old translation files (mostly to make sure I translate SFX consistently, but sometimes to reference older lines) on the middle monitor, both at half-width misc reference windows on the right monitor 010
Reposted by rookSean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Spy Classroom LN 9 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/07/25/s... @yenpress.com 032
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Glad you liked it! I absolutely adored the Pirates chapter. Operations is probably my favorite squad, and getting to see what happened when their Dedicated Tsukkomi stopped tsukkomi-ing was a hoot. 010
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 25/07/2025バカンス八日目。バカ三人の愚行は止まらない。 "It was the eighth day of their vacation. The baka trio did not stop doing stupid stuff." I merged the sentences for flow (something you have to do a lot in LNs), then leaned into the pseudo-repetition in the back half because it played well with the tone of the scene. 220
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 16/07/2025every time I read a book (that isn't for work), I'm like "wow, that was great, I should do this more often" and then I go back to forgetting how much I like reading for another four months in related news, Woodworking was delightful. can't wait to see what I read in November! 020
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 04/07/2025yeah, "The Los Angeles BB Serial Murder Cases" isn't exactly the first book I think of when I think NisiOisiN. or the second. or the third. 010
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 20/06/2025Alexander’s body is now stronger than ever, but how will his jarring new power stand up to the next fierce foe? Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, Chapter 8.2 is available now: buff.ly/5UFCCII 031
Reposted by rookYen Press @yenpress.com · 14/06/2025Cover Debut! - Spy Classroom 3rd Period: Forgetter, Vol. 1 (manga) The only path to survival is deceit. The “War of Light” is over, giving rise to the modern-day information war waged by spies, or the “War of Shadows.” Evil is always lurking just around the corner. Pre-order Here: buff.ly/mty9Lj5 061
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 10/06/2025anyhow I'm going to france now and I'm super excited to be able to unmute like half a dozen of y'all 030
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 10/06/2025the storylocked routes are the true endings insofar as they conclude the story the best, but the game works pretty hard to frame 001 as the "important" one (it's the only route with a unique ED or an ending cutscene, and it has the only (rot13) havdhr pbzong rapbhagre in the back half) 010
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 10/06/2025speaking of which, the decision not to story-lock the "true" ending was frankly bizarre. like there was still *stuff* going on in the other routes but sure enough, I spent 70 hours waiting for a bigger payoff that never really came bsky.app/profile/hiro... 110
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 10/06/2025which is a shame, because the first 30 hours + the first 5-10 endings were fantastic! but honestly if I was recommending someone the game I would tell them to play the first half and then either use a guide to beeline ending 001 or to just stop playing once they hit it organically 110
rook @hiroshithrasher.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I ran out of Free Time stuff I remotely cared about about halfway through the game, and then I hit 5 straight hours of routes that were 90% Wake Up→Free Time→Free Time→Sleep, and because of all the animations, each day took multiple minutes to resolve. that's basically the Hundred Line experience. 110