iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 20/09/2026

WHAT'S up youtube it's ya boy Lipsmacker today we are finally putting the W6 and the 9M HEAD-TO-HEAD and the winner will surprise you!!! whichever one YOU choose be sure to use the Amazon affiliate link in the description

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 17/09/2026

No! But I did find some lovely Italian

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 20/08/2026

trying my hand at a clickbait thumbnail

YT video thumbnail: a bearded FFXI nerd sits in front of an FFXI screenshot. Chrono Trigger text box and font read "New Game +" with red eye-catching impact font reading "DON'T substitute one seemingly benign but potentially disruptive addiction for an obviously debilitating one until you've watched THIS!"

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 09/08/2026

Now available for patrons at patreon.com/pitohui! New Game+ Episode 5: Replacing one addiction with another (i.e. DO NOT)

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 05/08/2026

when you meet up with your friend Don System

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 03/08/2026

Japan is proud of its four distinct seasons

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 26/07/2026

LIVE on the free feed! Draw Game episode 14 wades into the lukewarm waters of the Azure Striker Gunvolt anime! drawgamepod.com

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 28/06/2026

I just found out my bar-senpai's manga is featured in Shonen Jump+?! I worked at his game bar before opening my own; he went silent during the pandemic and I guess this is what he was working on.

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 24/06/2026

"how do foreigners use fans" "they scream into them, I think" "print it, ship it"

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 17/06/2026

I love how PlayOnline shares my enthusiasm when it sees me about to log in

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 17/06/2026

This month from NoMoWoCo! No More Whoppers 271: A run-in with bike cops! Pride talk! Dragon Quest! Draw Game 13: We break down Yumeria, an anime for creeps! Sassafras 24: Brain medicine quells the anxiety! Draw Game Type-S 3: Space jigglin' with Cosmic Fantasy! TUCK IN linktr.ee/nomorewhoppers

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 09/06/2026

transformers fans are freaks

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 27/05/2026

I wanna be like the log lady but I walk around town with a sega master system

a nerd lovingly holding a sega master system

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 22/05/2026

My alt-naming game stepped up significantly between #FFXI and #FFXIV, but I wish we got surnames in the former because I desperately want to call one "REMA McEntire"

FFXI character names: Pitohui, Alexion, Havalina, Bortman, Drkatz, Bomzaldroppen

FFXIV character names: V'loria Leguizamo, Small Rudd, Havalina Shrikethrush, Lon Gunderwear, Tommy Bahamut, Iron Pam, Ric'semper Moranis

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 18/05/2026

a flyer for an impending Baskin Robbins (or as my grandfather called it, Bastards & Robbers)

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 15/05/2026

brb returning home to vana'diel

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 13/05/2026

the sheer desperation and brazen dickweed energy of "disable for 30 days" on flaccid AI nothingness

LINE menu: AI icon visibility

The options are either "Show" or "Hide temporarily" (for 30 days)

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 03/05/2026

(also finally framed the place mat from the FFIX popup cafe)

A framed place mat: "Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary," depicting Zidane, Vivi, and Garnet, with an airship in the background.

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 03/05/2026

I have acquired a slime shelf to hold a lighter portion of the menagerie

Slimes (and a lone Hammerhood) on a shelf!

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 01/05/2026

don't fall for it mike!!!

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 25/04/2026

anyone in Japan need a CIB Earthbound for a breezy $2500

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 21/04/2026

Do you need a matcha-soaked ding-dong to guest on your podcast? I can discuss almost anything!! ・Video games from 1985-2006 ・Life in Japan ・FFXIV ・Death in Japan ・Barbara Feldon ・the rest ★YOU CANNOT REGRET THIS★

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 20/04/2026

stopped off at the Donki for some slaughtermelon

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 12/04/2026

there is still good news out there

Headline: "Universe expected to decay in 10^78 years, much sooner than previously thought"

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 10/04/2026

Komeda's doing pocket monsters again so I'm trying out this starter chicken burger

Laminated mat promoting Komeda's "Bulbasaur・Charizard・Squirtle Good Friends Chicken Tatsuta Burger w/lemon tartar sauce"

A bonus keychain featuring Ditto, a pokéball, and a horrible monster I don't know

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 08/04/2026

Absolutely blindsided by Hira Hira Hihiru; what I mistook for just a Taisho-era zombie story turned out to be a heartrending allegory for dementia, now more relevant than ever in a country ill-equipped to deal with its own aging population.

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 06/04/2026

Saw a couple of kids goofing around at the fancy 和風 Komeda both wearing this shirt and got a good laugh

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 02/04/2026

Finally cleared M12S - not just the last pull of the night, but with only 77 seconds left on the clock.

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 31/03/2026

walking home from a kaiten feast

The stupidly named "NAGOYA THE TOWER" as glimpsed behind highway overpasses

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 30/03/2026

very important VN discussion happening on the discord

Discord screenshot:
Ike "Lord" British 13:22
In Australia they call them clicky-talkies
pitohui 13:26
oh like Danganbonza
and Yaoi Yowie
Colin Haygurashi ~When They Cry~

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 30/03/2026

archaeologists unearth disturbing heretofore unknown torture device

crane game featuring two SD girl-chans suspended between rods

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 27/03/2026

today we walked by PASTA屋ケンしろう (or as I like to call it, 北斗の麺)

A storefront photograph of PASTA屋ケンしほう in Motoyama I pulled from google maps because I forgot to take one this afternoon

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 24/03/2026

Nagoya has a history of being a complete afterthought in the eyes of anything touring the nation but it's still funny to see them who-caresedly recycle the tourist menus that say OSAKA on them

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 23/03/2026

visited the FFIX cafe with @clinicalinxanity.bsky.social and of course had to order the Alexander

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 23/03/2026

Also, it's important to mention that Horii didn't say this: Jack Buser from Google said this. Horii did, however, say he's interested in further using AI to generate NPC battle quotes.

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 22/03/2026

oh goodness I missed this teaser earlier but new Superego in 2026 is going to make my year (hearing Gourley put a liquid 'u' in "exclusively" already made my day)

Podcast: "Superego: 20 Year Celebration!"

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 22/03/2026

eight words I hadn't expected seeing in this particular order today: "Back to the Future 40th Anniversary Energy Drink"

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 21/03/2026

Read through Vio Shimokura's "A History of Choices" this afternoon to learn more about VN dev and while most of isn't terribly relevant to my project, it's still a neat insight into the genre. (also Totono is just straight-up proto-DDLC huh)

Book cover: Vio Shimokura's "A History of Choices"

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Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · 18/03/2026

Learn French: "How's that erection holding up?"

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