iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The weirdest thing about this game isn't the clown. It's that it is a full 3D remake of an early Japanese text adventure game. And by "text adventure" I mean parser-based, before the command-menu style that became the norm later. Even weirder is that it's a *faithful* remake of the original game.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Occasionally (very occasionally) I get a DR Let's Play nostalgia post from someone I don't know on my timeline via a repost and it's always fun to answer and blow their minds.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I've just finished another read through Robert Rankin's Nostradamus Ate My Hamster, the book I believe I've reread the most times in my life (which means about 4). While some of its '90s aspects are somewhat less agreeable today, its sheer audacity still impresses me.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The downside to being healthier than average all my life (never had a surgery, never hospitalized, only get sick with a fever once every few years) is that now that I actually have to deal with some stuff my anxiousness level on every doctor visit is far higher than is should be.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Yesterday I underwent full anesthesia for the first time in my life. It's quite a sensation - one second you're awake, and the next you're awake again after painful things have been done to your body, and you can't even remember fading out. Which would be much more fun if recovery didn't suck.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It's been a while since a strong enough earthquake to trigger the phone alarm...

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The game I'm actually most excited about shown today was the first real look at Prove Your're Human in Day of the Devs. DotD was in general by far more interesting than the big show and you've missed out if you skipped it.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The Tupac discussion is weird because there was already a dead actor in the game (approved by their estate and voiced by someone else), previously announced. Where were all the opinions when the first trailer was released?

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Woke up, Steam Controllers are still available on the Japanese retailer site and it's my birthday this week so I impulse bought one. Oh well.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Yesterday's fun: Got to the airport at 10am for a 1pm flight back to Japan Cleared security, got a message saying the flight is delayed 6 hours (later changed to closer to 7) Evening: boarding also had problems, but we're finally on the plane (1/3)

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

5 hour delay on my trip back to Japan, announced immediately after I cleared security, a full 3 hours before scheduled departure. So I get to spend 7 hours at the airport (assuming no further delays) and then 14 hours in the air. At least I got approved a lounge pass as a business expense.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

One of the coffee shops I regularly go to added a full-length version of the Sesame Street theme to their bg music rotation, and I am puzzled. (FWIW, SS isn’t *completely* unknown in Japan, but it’s very much not a household franchise)

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I couldn’t resist Missile at the Capcom store.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Looking at an "Easy Cooking" Japanese mook. The spaghetti section has recipes for: - Salmon flakes and corn spaghetti - Nori and cheese spaghetti - Tuna and cucumber spaghetti - Kimchi natto spaghetti

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I lost my AirPods at airport security. Took them out of my pocket and missed them in the bin when I retrieved my stuff. Noticed an hour later, 20 minutes before boarding. …I have them back. Sometimes Japanese customer service is amazing, even at airports where you wouldn’t expect it.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Going on a 13 hour international flight in a couple of hours. Not looking forward to it.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I know it's a 20 minute vertical video, but if you have even the vaguest interest in the subject matter, please watch this.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The amount of rain forecasted for this afternoon seems a little extreme.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

WTF Facebook. I don’t even actively use you and you never send me any notifications, but this was important enough?

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Finally hearing the constant cicada chorus. They were super late this year. I was starting to worry.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

“World’s most famous frog, Kermit. (Surely you’ve seen him before)”

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Donkey Kong doesn't wait a second before letting you destroy the entirety of the opening area instead of going forward a few steps to the highlighted tutorial goal. Now that's good game design.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I'm not a Mario Kart player so I don't really have anything worthwhile to do with my new Switch 2 and won't for like a month or two. But the New Gadget on Release Day rush is something that very much gets me, and it's not like I get too many other highs in my life.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

RIP Peter David. Back in the '90s when I read a lot of DC and Marvel, David (along with the likes of Kurt Busiek and Mark Waid) was one of those writers I *noticed* and actively sought. He also wrote Star Trek and Babylon 5 books which were actually *good*.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I started Expedition 33 and Hundred Line on the same day, and Hundred Line won hard in capturing my attention and limited game time. I wasn't too impressed with most of Tookyo's output, but this is *such* an impressive return to form and the scope is mind boggling. Go play this.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Won the opportunity to purchase the expensive International Switch 2. I'm pretty sure going for that one instead of the cheap Japan-only one helped a lot.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Before I took this picture, a 5 year old girl was staring at it for like 30 seconds, absolutely enthralled.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

14 years ago today I said goodbye to my parents on their way to the airport at Kyoto station, then went to the Bic Camera next door (no longer there, I believe), climbed up to the gaming floor and bought a copy of Danganronpa for the PSP, which was just released that day.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

You know you’re old when a new 300 yen store (the fancier version of a 100 yen store) opening at your local train station is a very exciting event.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Oh ffs it’s not even Halloween yet.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Taking advantage of the flood of tourists is at its absolute peak.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 07/04/2024

English teaching book that uses Jojo dialog, supervised by Megadeth’s Marty Friedman.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Spotted at the mall yesterday. Only later did it occur to me that I should’ve bought the Tetris ones and see if I can play real life Tetris with them.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

I have a feeling the reason there are multiple Sora demo movies set in a Japanese city but none (as far as I can tell) in American cities is that the street signs are nonsense. This is immediately obvious because there's so much of it in city videos, but it looks just fine for western eyes.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

This ad outside my train station recruiting people to become taxi drivers is a lot to take in.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

My Xmas-eve-in-Japan chicken quota fulfilled.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

My company, usually stringent with frivolous expenses, apparently approved a $2000 budget for the Japan team "holiday party". I'm not sure they realized we're only 7 people and the "party" is usually a special course dinner at a restaurant. This is probably going to be the best food I've ever had.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

They’ve recorded an English announcement about this weekend’s Yamanote line planned disruptions and the woman they got pronounces it with “note” as in “notebook”. How does that even happen? It must’ve been recorded in Japan and had Japanese people involved!

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

I guess I have to tell them my personal life philosophy before getting a discount?

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

I have absolutely no desire to post on Twitter ever again, but I'm not sure anyone is reading potential posts on this stream. Is this going into a void?

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

This says a lot both about Japan’s devotion to print and the general tech literacy of the population.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Also this business class experience also means I get to sample airport business lounges and as expected the one here in my home country is very half assed.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Going back halfway across the world to Japan but hey business class so maybe I can sleep and not feel like I’m dead by the time it’s done?

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

I splurged and got business class for a long >10 hours international flight that's coming up in two weeks, and I'm actually kind of excited for it instead of the usual feeling of dread.

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orenronen @orenronen.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

Should I buy the yellow watermelon? The label calls it a “cream watermelon”, so I dunno.

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