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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 15h

Hey, whoa, I’m Laurence Boomboom in STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure! What a pleasure to work with @patrickseitz.bsky.social and @nappingfrog.bsky.social on this insanely high energy show. Gallop on over to Netflix to see what wacky antics the Boomboom family’s gotten into! 🐎🐎🐎 #jojo_anime

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Kyle Labriola @kylelabriola.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

AAA game protagonist finding color pencils in their desk drawer: "Art supplies...these will be handy for expressing myself later." "Art supplies, huh? I could use these for conveying emotions or ideas." "I can't draw right now. Maybe if I find a character design or an idea, I can come back here."

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What the fuck do I have to do to stop getting these AI generated commercials of a horse man with a different AI generated voice every cut who’s trying to get me to rent a car??

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"

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Cal C @cdcubed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

they know. they know! no sugarcoating, even! so fucking tell them!!

one question of the survey, with 9 checkbox options:

What concerns, if any, do you have about AI-assisted manga translations? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Lower overall quality
2. Loss of respect for readers
3. Loss of respect for creators
4. Character personalities changing
5. Cultural references being mistranslated
6. Less work for human translators
7. Ethical concerns
8. Legal concerns
Other: (I typed in: environmental concerns, worse than a fresh human translation)

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mike McFarland was a legend, but more importantly he was a good soul. I’ll never forget running into him twice at one of his favorite restaurants. I’m so grateful that we got to make so much art together, and that what we made will outlast us both. Rest well friend. ❤️

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Crunchyroll @crunchyroll.com · 09/09/2026

Same birthday, very different energy 🎉 Happy Birthday, Rin Itoshi and Miyuki Shirogane!

Birthday card for Rin Itoshi from BLUE LOCK: Rin in his red number 1 jersey with a hand on his head against a teal background, four episode stills below, and the text Happy Birthday Rin Itoshi, September 9.

Birthday card for Miyuki Shirogane from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War: Shirogane in his black school uniform clutching a big red heart on a red dotted background, four episode stills below, and the text Happy Birthday Miyuki Shirogane, September 9.

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some plane WiFi I was using the other day had its IP set to Texas so I couldn’t open this app unless I wanted to give it my ID or something. I obviously didn’t do that, but I can see why some of my peers in Texas have felt they had to move back to the hell site. 🫠

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Harris Foster @harris.zone · 08/09/2026

what zelda will look like in 2026

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There should be vtubers that look like American cartoon characters too.

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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Whenever I’m writing a dub script and I think “I’ve used this phrase too much this episode,” every time, without fail, I ctrl+f it and find zero other results.

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 21/08/2026

Award-Winning Translator, Jan Mitsuko Cash, Calls on American Manga Industry to Double Their Rates!

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’ll Ultra-be at Power Morphicon this year! Hope to see some of you fellow toku-heads!

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m astounded every time a peer gets announced for Fire Emblem or Persona and all of the anime game fans have no idea who they are outside of their work in a couple other anime games. Do anime game people not WATCH anime???

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The internet sucks now I can’t even search “persona 3 shadows running away from you sound” and find it anymore

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“…written by human writers” “AI tools are used for some localization” So not written by human writers, got it

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Topher Grace going by Topher is like if I went by Thew

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vic-or-squeak!! ᓚᘏᕐᐷ @gizmouse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

dude turn on the news. any channel

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I can’t believe after all these years of nostalgia for the element themed drink me and my friends would buy at the deli down the street from my house I find out it was just a Snapple product

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General Agemo of Midnight Center @generalagemo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"You think it's funny?" The response

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I love the Carl’s Jr star and its strange compressed “yEAAh” at the start of all their commercials, I laugh every time

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JessEviltelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Shit just be happening

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Nashira @nashirasauce.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Someone told me I haven't drawn enough fanart lately so here's fanart of the protagonist from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Yesterday I met Kaneshiro-sensei and Nomura-sensei, the mangaka for #BlueLock. They were so great. They asked me what my favorite line was to perform, so I told them it was the English equivalent to 「ぐちゃぐちゃにしてやる」, “I’ll mangle you” lol. Such a cool experience!! ⚽️

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The #Kagurabachi premiere at AX was insanely good, unsurprisingly!

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Mark Allen Jr. @markallenjr.com · 26/06/2026

I don't have words to describe what I feel having reached the end of this journey. It has been the honor of a lifetime to represent the gentle protector, humanity's want to save each other. Isn't that the last shred of humanity we can hold onto in this crazy world? Thank you, Ukyo. #DrStone

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today #DrStone ends after 7 years. Chrome has been with me through so much and I already miss him. The show’s inspiring depiction of perseverance, teamwork and enthusiasm for life will stick with me forever. Thank you all for watching us all these years. Stay BAD! ヤベー！

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Can fun graphic tees stop being so boxy? Signed a lanky guy

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 17/06/2026

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

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Joey A. @puyopuyotennis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I'm laughing so hard I'm not even watching the game I feel like characters sidelined in Dragon Ball just doing this

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𝖏𝖆𝖘 @vores.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

the entire point of life is to be kind and weird btw

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i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

something that got edited out of my tomb raider preview because we were covering this elsewhere, but still a sentiment i wanted to get out of my system. companies are moving the goalpost for what is "acceptable" uses of genAI as they insist that it is "inevitable" as if games couldn't be made before

This is a similar explanation to the one Sega has given for its AI use in Crazy Taxi: World Tour, and that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive gave for why it used placeholder assets that it later replaced with human-made ones. All of this is slowly letting the mask slip on what has been lingering under the surface of discussions around genAI as an unethical plagiarism machine trained on other people’s stolen art and the very real threat to human jobs as suits seek to use the tech to replace human jobs: this bullshit is everywhere now, shoehorned into processes that have never needed them before.

The narrative of AI is already so ingrained in everything we know and love is convenient for companies using it. As more developers come forward that they’re using the tech, even for processes that never actually result in generated material showing up in the final product, the more it feels like studios are moving to goalpost for what is an “acceptable” use of something that is, by design, created by unethical means and utilized to unethical ends by unethical people. Every time a company is “brave” enough to admit they used generative AI as a “tool” to create better experiences, it continues to push a narrative often touted by people who have everything to gain by its perpetuation: This is inevitable. The slop machine that is killing the planet and threatening jobs in every creative field cannot be stopped because its benefits outweigh the costs.

Maybe there will come a day where every video game studio is relying on stolen art, even early on in the development pipeline, rather than the work of it. That doesn’t mean that we have to carry wasted water for tech that has poisoned everything it touches. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis isn’t the first or last game to disappoint me on this front, but if the best use people can come up with for genAI is to create junk they wouldn’t even put in a final game, I have serious doubts about it being the inevita…

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Oops I probably should’ve reposted this huh

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Møtif (Alex) - 🎂24th @m0tif.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This might be the best video ever

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Got recommended the Flea Market Montgomery song on YouTube this morning so today’s gonna be a good day

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Jan Ochoa @janochoa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

CALIFORNIA MAKE SURE YOU FUCKING VOTE TODAY

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Just had coffee and curry at the same time and it turns out Sojiro Persona 5 knew what he was talking about

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This is some real in-the-weeds ADR Script Adaptation stuff, but sometimes the line that’s best for the moment isn’t one that is immediately understood perfectly at a glance. There’s dozens of ways to read everything, so your first instinct won’t always be the writer’s intent.

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Giant Bomb @giantbomb.com · 29/05/2026

Get ready for the lockdown, baby. Giant Bomb @ Nite returns next Friday & Saturday, June 5th & 6th, from 6PM-12AM PT! Join us on giantbomb.com, Twitch, and YouTube as we hang out with our friends, chat about the gaming industry, and get up to all kinds of... Hijinks. 👀

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I may just be an “Adaptive Writer” but I ain’t usin’ that AI shit either, for the record ✌️

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Matt Shipman @mattshipman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Man I really enjoyed my first times with Megaman Star Force 1 and 2, but I’m a couple hours into 3 and it just seems so vastly superior in almost every way. They really figured out what they were going for with this one.

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