Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026seconded, edo open air museum is goated. the curators there do a fantastic job of making all of the buildings feel lived-in and “real”, like placing period-accurate household items around the rooms. they also have the cutest mascot ever: Edomaru 152
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyaalexis @steppinlazer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026it would be helpful to mention japanese labor laws re: layoffs as a factor in these types of stories 3882379
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaPhil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“Tony [Gilroy] finally turned to me, and he said, ‘Hey, you just got to stop pitching plot. Plot is bullshit. Plot is what happens when you get the behavior right. Pitch me a line of dialogue, pitch me atmosphere, pitch me something visual. Stop pitching stuff that happens.’” 1/2 182784454
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaAnime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 21/08/2026Award-Winning Translator, Jan Mitsuko Cash, Calls on American Manga Industry to Double Their Rates! 51077556
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaEmilia @lazerwalker.com · 29/07/2026Chinese oracle bone script and bronze script are so good, what do you mean some guy 3000 years ago was like "we need a word for poop, I'm gonna draw a guy pooping" 15313
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 24/07/2026i hit the big three-oh! here’s to another three decades 🍻 6150
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 10/06/2026LRT the ONLY thing that warrants fixing in Ocarina is the buttcheeks UX (looking at you Iron Boots) but aside from that, any change is going to drastically change the game to the point where the experience will be fundamentally different. 120
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaXythar @xythar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026i won't stand for these "OoT isn't even that good" takes i'm starting to see here. it really is that good, but that's also why a remake is pointless. there's nothing wrong with the original game for a remake to "fix" and you're unlikely to catch lightning in a bottle again to make something better 46217
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaLauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜 277189345173
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 24/05/2026back in tokyo! thanks for the fun times, see yall again in kyoto next year ❤️ 080
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 23/05/2026what i really come to bitsummit for: streetpass 080
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 23/05/2026saturday well-spent documenting cool moss in kuramayama 1100
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyamads 🐼 @smadseli.northsky.social · 26/04/2026My polite and effective way of saying this is this screenshot and a heavy handed but gentle stare at…quite a few of you. 665702368
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyaautumn wright 🍂 @autumn-wright.com · 23/04/2026i think ring fit 2 would fix me 39318
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 31/03/2026people in the comments are rightfully skeptical but it’s real www.ikea.com/jp/ja/campai... 094
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyalegalized gamboling @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 23/03/2026as a culture we have really given "ideas" way too much credit. ideas are a dime a dozen. they happen all the time. the magic is way more in the doing, and the doing's diminished stature is linked to lack of respect for labor and, more recently, skill and expertise. 6659611585
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaHilltop @hilltopworks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Hi everyone. Things have been happening in the fan-translation scene and I've been overdue in talking about them. For the first time ever I've made a long writeup. Please read it and feel free to reach out to me with comments.medium.comThe deadly serious part-time unofficial hobby of videogame fan-translationThe very serious part-time unofficial hobby of videogame fan-translation Hi. A couple of things have happened in the “scene” that prompted me to make this writeup, and I’m probably overdue in … 381690712
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16/03/2026This is proving to be a popular sentiment, so if you want to play a game that was 100% made by human beings, check out Demonschool. (it is an RPG with puzzle-y tactical battles, so make sure you like that kind of thing first) store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...store.steampowered.comDemonschool on SteamDemonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mys... 5500110
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 27/02/2026brother why are you gendering the pikachu. why is it so hetero. literally who is this for. 170
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 19/02/2026shout out to the guy at the pinkpantheress concert in tokyo that was recording the show with a 3ds. truly a genius beyond understanding. 4335
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 09/02/2026i have been under the thrall of Blue Prince for the past month and a half. i am on day 76. i am so close to the end, i can taste it. i have said the phrase “it’s all coming together” about 10 times now. i want to play other games so badly but i cannot stop myself. someone please send help. 290
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 03/02/2026THEY CUT THE TIME-LOOP VILLAGE??? Oh man, that’s so disappointing. I expected hand-holding, maybe some changes in the narrative, but cutting whole stories? What’s the point? 3114
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaLo 🎨🔞 @lodrawsfilth.bsky.social · 25/01/2026There are many reasons to help people. One that I think gets overlooked sometimes is: helping others often helps you. So if you feel like shit, don’t flagellate yourself in the dark. Leave your head a little. Extend some kindness. You can’t do everything, but you can do some things. 152134961
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaNecrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 19/01/2026Small reminder that if you liked Demonschool, please leave a review! Steam helps the most but it's useful on other platforms as well. You don't have to write anything clever! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...store.steampowered.comDemonschool on SteamDemonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mys... 06418
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 16/01/2026am i tripping or did i hear Pinkpantheress use the level-up sound effect from Kingdom Hearts in her latest song with Zara Larsson?? 000
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaBenjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 03/01/2026A lot of Americans don't realize that they export rapists and violent bigots all over the world, stationed in military bases. 3695172
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaInto The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 31/12/2025this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s... 325098
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyaroo, ᚏᚑᚑ @chronodise.bsky.social · 01/01/2026happy new year! had a morning walk in the park followed by an impromptu sushi date 💞 @kiyandrew.bsky.social 181
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyadonni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 26/12/2025You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check 2642611129
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaRuka🐬 @sangobouro.bsky.social · 15/12/2025I never want life to be determined by race. For so long, I wanted the certainty that I could stay here. #diarycomic 14411
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaNecrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 09/12/2025We're doing a series of behind the scenes style devlogs where we discuss how and why we came upon certain systems in Demonschool. This first one is about our battle system. We want to be more transparent about our process, and this is one step toward that! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN3p...youtube.comDemonschool Devlog 1: Quick battles with no leveling and no experience pointsYouTube video by Necrosoft Games 219458
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaLeocalization @leotranslations.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I'm looking for participants for my master's study about transmasc/trans men fans of manga and anime! Please fill out my 10-minute survey: form.jotform.com/253308772919... #transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers 16311469
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 27/11/2025ape escape, with the caveat that they need to keep the absolutely jank dualshock controls 030
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 24/11/2025We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit. 11862521887
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyaroo, ᚏᚑᚑ @chronodise.bsky.social · 23/11/2025lovely day spent on miyajima w/ @kiyandrew.bsky.social and my parents!!! (also if anyone knows good italian in kyoto pls lmk 🥹) 0101
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaNecrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 19/11/2025Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it. store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... 471846774
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaDora B @heyitsdora.com · 13/11/2025The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today. 7326100
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.dateemups.comYou Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the TableOn the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor. 6770454
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaNecrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 05/11/2025TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL 381974503
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle. 246463528006
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 30/10/2025im so excited for demonschool to come out purely so that I can gush about Destin. i love him and his short shorts SO much. 0130
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 Kiyapumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 24/10/2025if you are actually concerned with devs getting paid what they're worth you could probably say more useful things than "games should be $100". you could condemn excessive exec pay. you could fight for unionization and better labor protections. you could display, like, any interest in ending poverty 8965319
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 23/10/2025'AAA games should cost $100' I think most AAA games are already marketed at the $120+-ish price bracket, it's just that you can get them with the poor-person discount for the 'low' price of $70 if you don't care about launch DLC, etc 26511
Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 20/10/2025thank you @gamingvlognetwork.com for the beautiful photos + thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for inviting me out last week!!! @aliciahaddick.com we should talk more about indies again some time 👀 2112
Reposted by Andrew 太郎 KiyaJu Li Khaw @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 15/10/2025I’ve been working for 15 years as an animator and I can tell you without a doubt, the best fix I ever found for imposter syndrome is living a full life where your days and worth don’t hinge on whether or not you were a good animator today. 2854124