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Ichiro Ota

@ichiohta.com
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Audio/music enthusiast. Indie game dev. InfinityGBC lead dev & Japanese localization. The creator of Lucrum Sanguinis. Proud parent of 😺×3.

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The DAAD Adventure Writer lets you build illustrated text adventures and deploy them across several 8-bit and 16-bit platforms. github.com/daad-adventu...
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 28/09/2026
I guess I can call it a day now.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 28/09/2026
Editing raw vocal tracks takes forever. Though I don't hate it, it's just time consuming. BTW I'm fully utilizing all those modern vocal editing tools, which is a huge time saver. But it's still.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 27/09/2026
Sunday afternoon beer 🍻
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 27/09/2026
Promising? 😃
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 26/09/2026
Saturday lunch beer 🍻
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ファミ通.com / Famitsu.com @famitsu.com · 25/09/2026
初代『悪魔城ドラキュラ』スマホ版が本日より期間限定で無料配信 www.famitsu.com/article/2026... シリーズタイトルが最大80%オフとなるセールを実施。コンサートやシリーズ楽曲のアナログ盤発売、ポップアップショップの開催も決定。 x.com/famitsu/stat...
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Mongoose Publishing @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Think you have what it takes to become the most famous person in Alpha Complex? Algorithmic Loyalty is a Paranoia mission satirising influencer culture, online video sharing platforms and pranking videos. www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/algorithmic-loyalty #ttrpg #paranoiarpg
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lol
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 24/09/2026
I know I don't need any more retro game handhelds but I still want this one!
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Retroid Pocket Nova - One Month Later
YouTube video by Retro Game Corps
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminder that Donald Trump, Jr.’s venture capital firm is a major investor in Polymarket. He is also an adviser to Kalshi. Meanwhile, Trump’s regulators are suing states attempting to regulate prediction markets and Trump himself has said the platforms will “thrive” under his administration.
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New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation that puts residents at risk
Prediction market platforms have argued states do not have the authority to govern them because they are already regulat
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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seems like Springer Nature's Japanese Game Studies book finally released. The collection gathers writing from academic researchers in Japan on the history of Japanese Game Studies: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Japanese Game Studies
This book introduces the study of games in Japan. It provides a guide for those who want to study Japanese games and do so in Japan.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 22/09/2026
Another writing session at Starbucks (I'm not necessarily fun of their drink but it's more of convenience)
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 21/09/2026
My lunch today.
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Pixlitch @pixlitch.com · 21/09/2026
Thank you for the review! 🙏 #Commodore64 #InteractiveFiction #TextAdventure
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 21/09/2026
Sunday evening stroll.
Lake Sammamish from Idylwood park.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 20/09/2026
Now at Starbucks again to do a little more writing.
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IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Indie Retro News: Dracula — An Amiga and ZX Spectrum Illustrated Adventure by DJSOFT www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/drac... #retrogaming #amiga #zxspectrum #adventure
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Dracula — An Amiga and ZX Spectrum Illustrated Adventure by DJSOFT
Dracula — An Amiga and ZX Spectrum Illustrated Adventure
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BastichB64K @bastichb64k.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'Joan of Arc' is a new #c64 game from the team at Griffon Soft , check out my full review + Developer interview for this game below 👇 youtu.be/pNzwZNPek20 @everythingc64.itch.io @c64reposts.bsky.social @c64discord.bsky.social
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 19/09/2026
Dinner tonight 😋
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 18/09/2026
At Starbucks two day in a row, to do some writing.
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IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Indie Retro News: Cuthbert in Castle Wolfenstein - A First Person Shooter has arrived on the Plus/4! www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/cuth... #retrogaming #gaming #games @c64cade.com
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Alekmaul @alekmaul.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
GBSNES Studio V1.1.5 available! Fix linux build. Check it out here: portabledev.itch.io/gbsnes-studio #RetroGaming #GBSNESStudio #snes #pvsneslib #gb
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GBSNES Studio by Alekmaul
A free and easy to use retro adventure game creator for Game Boy and Super Nintendo, for Mac, Linux and Windows
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 18/09/2026
Going to update the firmware 😎
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don't be fooled into thinking that a "free market" only exists when corporations get to "self-regulate" and do whatever they want. And don't be led to think that the government is "intruding" into the market when it crafts laws to protect the public. The real issue is power — and who has it.
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AnimEigo @animeigo.com · 16/09/2026
It's the final batch of @discotekmedia.bsky.social Deep Dives! Grab a stack of Project A-ko, the Cyber City Oedo 808 steelbook, Arion, Thermae Romae, Lady Georgie, Saint Tail, Dual, & Blue Seed! Plus DNA² on DVD! mediaocd.com/brand/discot...
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Kala Paint @kalapaint.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Kala Paint is out! I'm @olawson.bsky.social , professional artist for 15 years, then game dev, now wrote the painting software I wish I'd been using all this time. GPU-run creamy brushes, no subscription, no gen AI crap, hand-coded with ideas from artists in our Discord, and more added weekly!
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 14/09/2026
I was today years old when I learned how to use workspaces in Cubase, even though I've been using it since 2018 😅
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Jörg Tittel @newjorg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If we can only buy DLC for a PlayStation game we "own", but now Sony claims that we can't In fact own any game we "bought", doesn't that mean that all DLC was sold fraudulently? Will every player be able to demand their money back? This could all soon get very nasty. kotaku.com/fans-put-tog...
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A List Of Times Sony Told People They Own Their Digital Games
Sony really likes to use the word "owned" despite claiming nobody would ever think they owned a digital game
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
With AGI overwhelming the news again, I repeat: There is no path to intelligence via LLM. But an LLM botnet choking the internet, or someone using a local model to attack aging infrastructure, are both real risks and too late to prevent. Pay no attention to the bogeymen, the harm is here today.
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Ken Shirriff @righto.com · 12/09/2026
In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point coprocessor chip. Plugging this chip into your IBM PC made math 100 times faster, good for CAD and spreadsheets. I opened up the chip to reverse-engineer exactly how it does complicated calculations. Let's take a look inside...
The integrated circuit is a black ceramic rectangle with 40 metal pins sticking out, in two rows. (This is known as a DIP, a Dual Inline Package.) It has three rows of text: "D8087-1", a cryptic version label, and then the copyright line with a big lower-case I, INTEL m c 1980 1984. The m and c are in circles for the mask-work symbol and the copyright symbol. The chip has a small semicircular notch on the left side, indicating its orientation. The package consists of two thin ceramic layers, bonded together with a gray substance; the metal pins stick out from this gray substance. The ceramic package is important to me because tapping the gray layer with a chisel will cause the two layers to separate, revealing the silicon die inside. In contrast, most chips are in epoxy packages, which are very difficult to open, usually requiring strong acids.
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RPG Site @rpgsite.net · 11/09/2026
Skyrim for Xbox and PC has gotten a new official Creations release from IKEA and Bethesda titled KALLAX Storageborn bringing in new quests, dungeons, items, and more. It will come to PlayStation soon: www.rpgsite.net/news/21359-skyrim-f…
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 11/09/2026
My lunch today 😋
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 11/09/2026
25 years ago today, I was visiting my friends in Guam. The morning I was about to leave the island, we live-watched the CNN news and soon later was told that the airport was shutdown.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 11/09/2026
Regardless of the final outcome, I am aware that I enjoy writing obbligato parts.
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muchonov @muchonov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
それまで人件費として支払われていたコストがAIの労働代替によって海外の寡占的なテック企業にサービスフィーとして吸い上げられ、各国の企業が雇用を通じて社会に提供していた「消費者と需要を生み出す機能」が毀損されてゆくという問題について、もっと真剣に議論されるべきだと思います。 そっちのほうがLLMはAIかどうかなんて神学論争よりずっと重要。
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 11/09/2026
This headphone arrived today, so I tried it out right away, and it's really great that it plugs directly into USB-C. The sound is pretty good for this type too. It pairs nicely with the Anbernic RG Rotate.
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These Earbuds are Made for Retro Gaming
YouTube video by Retro Game Corps
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 11/09/2026
役に立つシンセ。
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/09/2026
This Jacob Coxon thing is weird. He worked at Anthropic for six weeks and OpenAI for nearly three years. He’s doing a whole media tour without any real statements about what it is he’s scared of other than vague references to recursive self improvement, a theoretical ai that teaches itself.
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BastichB64K @bastichb64k.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A look at the new shooter 'Truxton Extreme' published by @clearrivergames.bsky.social on all modern systems , a new version of the Toaplan classic . Full review below . 👇 youtu.be/tRTntBpQqE0
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Electric Avenue #11 (Truxton Extreme)
YouTube video by BastichB 64K
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RouteVN @routevn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We have just released version 1.13.1 of RouteVN Creator! - Changed default color theme to be lower contrast - Added camera controls for animations - Bug fixes & UI improvements routevn.com/en/creator/c...
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RouteVN Creator - 1.13.1
RouteVN is the dedicated platform exclusively for Visual Novels. Creators can create, publish, and distribute their work while readers can discover and read.
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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Andy Masley, who is literally paid via grants from AI investors, can "write" 85 pages of text on Substack and spend 8 months insulting anyone researching infrasound, but "doesn't have time" to participate in a single real time conversation, joint-interview, or field-demonstration he's been offered.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 07/09/2026
At Starbucks now. Going to do some writing.
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Grady Booch @booch.com · 07/09/2026
AGI has, in fact, not arrived. Unless perhaps you mean we have reached peak Authentic Granular Ignorance.
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 06/09/2026
Tuna rice for my lunch 😋
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Ichiro Ota @ichiohta.com · 06/09/2026
Put new cat litter for my cats.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 05/09/2026
In 2021, Bungie announced a massive expansion of its HQ in pricey Bellevue, Washington with everything from new capture facilities to a r... kotaku.com/bungie-is-exploring-subl…
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Bungie Is 'Exploring' Subleasing Parts Of Its Massive 210,984 Sq. Ft. Studio After Laying Off More Than 600 People In Just Three Years - Kotaku
Some see the big expansion as emblematic of the studio's mismanagement
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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My animated segment for the Atom Anarchy Funhouse episode about ecology. I enjoyed drawing inspiration from 90s Capcom games #pixelart #gamedev
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Spillhistorie.no @spillhistorie.no · 06/09/2026
Do it. #sharptember
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