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Maple J Milk @maplemilk.bsky.social · 4m

Spectral Tower 🙏We need a sequel

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Yllande @yllande.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This time it's not so easy (hopefully) Guess who! 👀💦

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cough drop @coughdrop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

1) This isn't about generating games or assets with AI, it's just about using automation tools for some processes like bug testing which isn't inherently bad 2) IGN should be embarrassed for this headline. It doesn't say "AI generation" as in generative AI, it's 世代, "generation" as in "time period"

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bench @gorfbench.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

wikipe-tan in her office

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Maple J Milk @maplemilk.bsky.social · 22h

The fact that she's partnered with a Selfless Maiden, one of the low-mid tier builds, shows how good of a character she is to compensate for the sheer damage output The team comp together is actually really good, Maiden has some underrated cleric potential Hopefully we see more at the next major

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Maple J Milk @maplemilk.bsky.social · 22h

Real ones know that despite how cute she looks in this picture, and despite the recent nerfs, Selfish Overlord is still at LEAST an A tier in the current meta Her frame data is still just insane and her ground mobility and mix potential is unrivaled

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Zappyz⚢ @zappyzlmao.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

word of advice don't try taking that maiden from her #BadEndTheater

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Books on the go in the early 90s: the Sony Data Discman. Just been reading about this while downloading a 0mhz collection version of the books and a software reader. Released in late 1991 and early 1992 for $499.99, it had a backlit LCD and used the EB format stored on 3" CDs in hard-case caddies.

From the Museum of Information site: a photo of the box for the Electronic Book Player DD-8, the Discman, with a photo of the unit itself and a hard caddy CD next to it.

Also from the same site: an overhead viw of the discman with a Pocket Interpreter disc have inserted into a caddy.

From the same site: a photo of the Data Discman showing its little querty rubber keyboard, direction keys and YES NO buttons. Plus the LCD screen with quite a clear blue-line artwork of a street scene, the title page for the Pocket Interpreter software.

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Mushroom | vgen comms open @mushroomrt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"I was responsible for the Elmo Electric Torture segment." is not a sentence I thought I would ever have to say in my life, but here we are. Happy Birthday, Minto!!! Please check out the whole video organized by Roaming Tuna! #Fantography www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGxW...

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Zappyz⚢ @zappyzlmao.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ngl i think her problems started with being named cancer prize #moneyforgirls

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niko ☿ niko @nikonikonek000.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

INNOCENT AGENT! GIRL DETECTIVE!! #moneyforgirls

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niko ☿ niko @nikonikonek000.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i love you cancer prize #moneyforgirls

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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Privaty Business @wanwanattack.qtbrewer.moe · 03/10/2026

Anytime Aria is involved with a fan translation people assume it's like, an act of spite or done as a bit but nah she just sincerely loves games most people dismiss.

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Sad that we never got a fan-translation of Goldenland 2: Cold Heaven because only like 50 people downloaded the fan-translation for Goldenland 2... the guy was like "why bother?" :(

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Dungeon Chill @dungeonchill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Do just a tiny bit of research and choose human efforts every time.

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Dungeon Chill @dungeonchill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There’s so much richness and detail that’s completely lost in these kinds of translations, and even if human editors then go through the MTL scripts, that nuance is already gone. Don’t support trash, low effort attempts by individuals who only care about being the “first” to get a translation out.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For the 10th anniversary of Kowloon's Gate, original designers of the game got together and recreated the Kowloon Walled City in Second Life in 2007. Technically the first official piece of Kowloon's Gate media available to the West, the region Kowloon is still accessible in Second Life to this day.

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🌱🦥 moor | Comms Open @moorsloth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

comm for jakjak !! thank uuu !!

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Maple J Milk @maplemilk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Mother 3 is quite literally my favorite game ever created I cannot stress how important it is for fan translators to exist and for us fans to appreciate and support their work

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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 20/04/2026

happy 20th anniversary mother 3 i could not have made slarpg if i hadn't played the mother 3 fan translation at a formative age

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Game Vecanti @gamevecanti.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

An English fan translation of "Kamaitachi no Yoru" for SFC has been released by "ButThouMust": github.com/ButThouMust/...

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Dungeon Chill @dungeonchill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I really hate all the slop AI and machine translated (MTL) fan translations that are flooding the scene. Years ago, I was ignorant to fan translation sources, but having played many Japanese games for videos at this point, AI or MTL will never understand the nuance of a work of art. Fuck gen AI

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Maple J Milk @maplemilk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Really been thinking about how valuable hand crafted fan translations are recently. The efforts of teams of people hacking, reprogramming, and translating a game is so massive for passion projects That kinda love you can't replace with Ai Hell, that's why Undertale was made That love is valuable

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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I've put this off long enough. Because one post on machine translation and the devaluation of human labor wasn't enough, I wrote even more words about it than before (2900, to be precise), this time from one former fan translator to another. Or at least, some of you out there.

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What's Not Yours Isn't Theirs, Either

On the disturbing rise of LLMs and machine translation post-editing in fan translations.

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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 24/05/2026

Why was PS1 adventure Kowloon's Gate a nightmare to hack? Why could machine translation never come close to giving this game the English localization it deserves? Here's @hilltopworks.bsky.social and @cargodin.bsky.social going deep on a very special game and fan translation.

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tangomushi @tangomushi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I am not touching an AI fan translation with a 10 foot pole

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

"I hope you die" is weak. "I hope that obscure Japanese-only game you wanna play gets a fan translation done entirely by ChatGPT" is way more hurtful. It's real. It could happen to anyone.

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Game Vecanti @gamevecanti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After 10+ years of work, an English fan translation of "Summon Night: Swordcraft Story ~Hajimari no Ishi~" (GBA) has been released by the "Sworcraft Story 3 Translation Team": snsc3translation.github.io/index.html

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games · 02/10/2026

The tower calls out to the sinners of Neverland. It's time to repent. It's time to climb. Spectral Tower - English patch, out now!! Translation - Quade Hacking - Tasos500 Graphics - NicheTopic FMV Translations - SnowyAria (No AI was used for this patch) github.com/Yoshimanix/s...

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🎴 高 | irene koh 🎴 @koh.money · 03/10/2026

oldie but goodie #aerti

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jacobbles @jacobbles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Why does it feel like every company in this stupid industry is in a "slamming your own dick in the car door" competition

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 01/10/2026

just came across this incredible picture of Terry Pratchett

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Jiikae @jiikae.com · 02/10/2026

The 9 albums that shaped me. This was really tough to decide.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"Welcome to the D&D World!" All the beginner's advice you needed to begin your D&D Basic Set adventures in Japan. TSR quested to make inroads there in the mid-80s, bolstered by the serialized play sessions of what would become Lodoss.

The cover of a Basic Beginners Guide for D&D with a cute anime adventuring gal wearing a skirted green tunic and breastplate with a hand gesturing toward a darker fantasy piece of artwork with skeletons and a creepy staircase and looming gargoyles.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show

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The Silent Hill Collector @shcollector.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

OMG HE'S HERE! The "April Fools" James Body Pillow from OKS Gear has finally arrived! I can't believe this is official Silent Hill merchandise 😂 It's probably the weirdest item in my collection! [cont] #silenthill #サイレントヒル

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The Silent Hill Collector @shcollector.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A SILENT HILL f ART BOOK FOR SALE?! IS THIS REAL LIFE?! Yay! It's so nice to see an official Silent Hill Artbook is releasing. It's been loooong overdue. The SHf book is up for pre-order on Amazon JP and I was able to place a pre-order going to US www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/4040...

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