iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 31/07/2026

🚨 RENOVATIONS COMPLETE! 🚨 After 34 months, today I unveil the final form of the single largest creative project of my life. THE NAMCO MUSEUM MUSEUM: EVERY GAME, EVERY COLLECTION, EVERY PORT! I've meticulously studied & presented EVERY single instance of Namco's historic game collections, for you!

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The Namco Museum Museum | Every Game, Every Collection, Every Port! [REVISED & EXPANDED!]

YouTube video by Mythic Resonance

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 30/07/2026

PSA to Apple Music users on Windows: you want to use Cider! Last night a broken sync lost me ~400 tracks from one of my playlists so I went looking around. I switched to Cider and wow Windows apps can actually look nice for once :0 cider.sh

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Home | Cider Collective

Cider is a community-ran software company focused on creating the best experience for end users. Discover a new cross-platform Apple Music experience.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 28/07/2026

Sometimes, god gives his strongest weapons (Nobuo Uematsu and Britney Spears) to his weakest soldier (me). Sorry but I ate with this

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 28/07/2026

Been learning how to dj for the past few weeks and having so much fun creating my first set. Mixing vgm, deep house, trance, pop, Arabic pop, and j-pop in one sick pot because why not

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 28/07/2026

Sometimes, god gives his strongest weapons (Nobuo Uematsu and Britney Spears) to his weakest soldier (me). Sorry but I ate with this

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Alex Kraus @alexfkraus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Mega Man 3 composer OkanP (aka Harumi Fujita) appears in Osaka's Sankei Newspaper evening edition tonight to celebrate 100 million video plays on her Instagram channel. おめでとう@soundfujita 🍾

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 06/07/2026

Madonna released her best record in twenty years. Evanescence is back in full force. RAYE gave us my album of the year. Muse with a fun & varied album. Lots of explorations with Michael and Janet too. Music has been such a wonderful thing in what’s otherwise a very deplorable and challenging year 💩

Album cover: RAYE - This Music May Contain Hope

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 02/07/2026

Unlike most Muse fans, I vibed with, loved, and enjoyed every album for the past fifteen years despite their wild swings and genre-bending. But it’s nice to see them find their footing and style back with this new album. »

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 01/07/2026

I’ve been playing Destiny 2 with my expert friend, and he’s taking me everywhere from master dungeons to story missions and beyond. I wish I got into the game during its prime, but I’m having fun with him nonetheless. Also: 5080 runs it at 160 frames with maxed settings at 4K 😲 Super gorgeous game.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 30/06/2026

It’s been one week since I stowed away my Fellow grinder and the plethora of filter coffee equipment from our coffee table. Xbloom Studio is simply magical! 🤯 A consistent cup of V60 dialed to perfection with the press of a button.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 27/06/2026

I bought a Samsung 990 PRO NVMe SSD in November 2024 for $270. The same product is $889 on Amazon right now. The newer 9100 PRO model is $800. I mean, of course I kept reading about how bad things were for RAM and storage, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad. Yikes on bikes :|

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 26/06/2026

🚨AFTER 33 MONTHS, I BRING YOU THE SINGLE LARGEST CREATIVE PROJECT OF MY LIFE 🚨: THE NAMCO MUSEUM MUSEUM: EVERY GAME, EVERY COLLECTION, EVERY PORT! EVERY RELEASE, EVERY REGION, NO EXCEPTIONS! I've meticulously studied & presented EVERY single instance of Namco's historic game collections, for you!

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The Namco Museum Museum: Every Game, Every Collection, Every Port!

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 10/05/2026

The new biopic sent me into an obsessive MJ catalogue deep dive. A ridiculous body of work, honestly. Dangerous is my fav, leading me to discover Teddy Riley, new jack swing, Bobby Brown, pre-90s Janet Jackson, Blackstreet, and lotsa others. One hell of a ride. youtu.be/-AxDlI_uE7o?...

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Don't Be Cruel (Single Version)

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 11/03/2026

1. War fucking sucks but I’m okay 2. Late to the party, but Silksong has been sadistically therapeutic as of late (boss spoilers; witness my anxiety locking in)

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 13/01/2026

I’ve had the privilege of seeing Marco develop Uproot Galaxy up close — I got to play the various demos he made & be a cheerleader of sorts to my friend’s grand new project. Industry woes meant the project couldn’t continue but man, what we have here is just so good. Have a look!

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Marco 🎹 Monomirror 🕹️ Demimonde @monomirror.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

landing page with more info: www.monomirror.com/uproot-galaxy 10 min walkthrough video i had made for a platform holder at the time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnfe...

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Uproot Galaxy Pre-Alpha Gameplay Walkthrough (with commentary) [CANCELED GAME]

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Marco 🎹 Monomirror 🕹️ Demimonde @monomirror.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

This was Uproot Galaxy, a metroidvania with Mario Galaxy & Mario 2 influences. It was canceled 2 years ago after our publisher ran out of money. I'm making this previously internal pre-alpha trailer public because everyone involved has long since moved on... www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUpS...

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Uproot Galaxy - Internal Pre-Alpha Pitch Trailer (March 2023) [CANCELED GAME]

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 10/01/2026

Just attended this spectacular concert with Alex. A bit surreal tbh - I’ve always loved Matsuno’s Ogre games, but they’ve always felt unseen or unloved except to a minority of players around me. What a great thing to finally experience something like this to a series I’ve long admired 👌🏼

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 11/12/2025

⛔️Metroid Prime 4 spoilers⛔️ We lost our minds when it was revealed that Samus would have a “sidekick” (he’s not that) in Prime 4. I’m at the end and Mackenzie is the least of the game’s myriad problems. It’s just not a metroidvania game—period. Just a boring linear shooter. What a colossal failure.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 04/12/2025

Metroid Prime 4 is out! Can’t wait to play after work 🪐

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 30/11/2025

Killed it yesterday. 10KM at 6’38”/KM was wiiiiiiiild the whole way through 💀🔥

A selfie with my 10KM medal at the annual Gulf Bank Marathon

The back of the medal shows an engraving of my name and my race time

My average heart rate was 166 BPM with a high of 189

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 23/10/2025

Love the fashion choices in this game. Pokémon Legends ZA is so great, man. Easily the best single-player experience of the series for me. I love the smaller and manageable scale of the city (versus Scarlet’s enormously empty open world), love the fast-paced battles, and vibing sm with the quests.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 15/10/2025

It never gets tiring to see Deoxys obliterate full health bars

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 15/10/2025

Finally… managed to reach Master Ball rank one day before Pokémon Legends ZA is released. Competitive battling is so mentally draining it’s insane.

I enjoy flexing my shiny legendaries in competitive fights lol

It took over 80 battles to reach Master Ball rank as I keep cycling between a win and a loss. You typically require 4 wins in a row to rise up from Ultra Ball to Master Ball rank.

I wanted to get to the Master Ball ranked tier because the game gives me a permanent ribbon on any Pokémon that wins a fight (any fight) on Master Ball tier.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 11/10/2025

Shinies… shinies everywhere. Got a shiny Deoxys from my friend in exchange for shiny Koraidon/Miraidon code. I ended up collecting 27 shiny codes by running all over Shibuya and Shinjuku every day. Best use of my time in Japan. 👌🏼 (gave most to friends, used 7 myself lol)

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Ryan @ryanosaurz.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I was a translator on FFT - The Ivalice Chronicles! Worked on the new/previously unreleased material. ‘Twas a sincere joy.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 30/09/2025

I stopped being open or vulnerable on social media because I have come to slowly despise all of it. But today is one of the best days of my life and there are not enough characters to properly say why BUT i tried. Seriously these five hours today were THIRTEEN friggin years in the making. Fuck yesss

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Keiji Yamagishi is the reason Brave Wave came to be, and sort of the reason I seeked Alex (@cvxfreak) to begin with. Ever since I met Yama-san in 2013, I have wished to be able to speak Japanese with him without interpreters. If you have been around Alex, you know how good his interpreting skills are. But there's something about walking around alone with a person and just... talking about music, making art, about childhood and sports and food and life that is just not possible to casually have when there's a cypher in between.

I started my Japanese journey in 2020, but specifically I started my weekly conversation lessons in 2023. While I'm quite far from being good, I stuck with it to this day. It was 3 lessons a week, then I had to change to one lesson because of time constraints. Anyway: I kept doing it even when I was feeling stuck, when I was depressed, when I was not making progress, I kept doing it all the time.

I met Yama-san last year but I couldn't speak much.
Our meeting had a lot of pauses and silence, a lot of Google Translate communication, and just a lot of no-communicating. This time around, I feel like a completely different person. I still can't believe that I spent 5 hours with him where I couldn't stop talking. I talked SO MUCH about everything. This is the day I had dreamt about back in 2013. What a privilege it is to be overwhelmed by a life I once
prayed for 😭😭😭

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 30/09/2025

My only addition to this: • Tateishi-san now understands how many people love his music; • He went to MAGFest & Kuwait, and connected with a lot of game musicians and fans; • He released a brand new track with us last year—and YES he still got it; • He’s happy now God bless vgm and vgm artists 🫡🤘🏼

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 30/09/2025

Woke up in the morning, took a Shinkansen to Kyoto, met up with Rockman creator @akblueprints.bsky.social & then immediately went back to Shinagawa lol. Had to make a pit stop at the altar though 🛐

Akira Kitamura signing copies of Cocoron and Rockman 2

A selfie with Akira Kitamura and Alex Aniel

Kyoto’s Pokémon Center is relatively empty compared with Shibuya’s so I finished my shopping there. Deoxys and Miraidon are the pillars of my Regulation J team so I had to get them 🥵

Not much just a big ass bag of dreams & merch

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 29/09/2025

Reason #96839397 why I'm grateful for @robokick.tokyo: he is uniquely talented at hunting down legendary artists who went under-rewarded, under-compensated etc., and putting together projects that connect those artists with the people who love them and their work through @bravewave.net. 🙏

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 28/09/2025

Full-on Pokémoning in Tokyo this time around

Got 7 of each shiny Ruins legendary in addition to two shiny Miraidon and two shiny Koraidon

Filling up the bag with all the missing JP Pokémon games from my collection

Ended up snagging 20 codes of Shiny Koraidon and Miraidon for my friends. 30k steps later: mission accomplished (one per person per shop, so I had to go all around Tokyo)

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 23/09/2025

影山さんのお別れ会🥺❤️‍🩹

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 17/09/2025

Deoxys + psychic surge is a delete button. I’m cooking with this new team 🥵🔥

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 17/09/2025

I’m slowly playing Pokémon Ultra Moon (reached the third island), but I went back to Scarlet & Violet for some shiny hunting and online battles. I replayed Violet on my Switch Lite to catch some missing legendaries, and I have to say that these games feel like enhanced ports on Switch 2.

Shiny Greninja doesn’t seem to like selfies

Shiny Flutter Mane. She’s grumpy as she’s always been accused of flipping the entire online battles meta on its head. The accusations are sadly correct but I still love her

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Patrick Kulikowski @pkrockin.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Rest in Peace, Masashi Kageyama. I was touched by the Diggin' in the Carts doc featuring him & his work on the Gimmick! OST. Meeting him on my 1st trip to Japan in 2018 was special; he welcomed me with his kindness & saxophone skills. 🎷 Glad he met with fans at MAGFest this year. He will be missed.

Masashi Kageyama with Manami Matsumae, Alex, and Patrick.

Masashi Kageyama playing a saxophone on a yakatabune in March 2018.

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Marshall Art @marshallart.band · 08/09/2025

Rest well, Kageyama-san. It's not often that you can call one of your favorite classic video game composers a friend, but Masashi Kageyama was a special case.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 08/09/2025

I’m very sad. I can’t overstate what an incredibly kind and generous soul he was. Whenever I visited Tokyo, he would take me out on photography walks and always inspire me to become a better artist. The world feels dimmer today. Thank you for everything, Kage-san. I will never forget you.

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Brave Wave @bravewave.net · 08/09/2025

影山雅司永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

Masashi Kageyama in Asakusa, Tokyo. January 2020

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 02/09/2025

Wolfy’s latest 5-hour video on how he built his team and won the Pokémon championship in London is amazing. Aside from his mastery of Pokémon’s competitive battling, which never ceases to thrill and delight me, the writing and editing of the whole video are just sublime. youtu.be/MFmI5O8974Q?...

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How I Won the Largest Pokemon Tournament Ever (Again)

YouTube video by WolfeyVGC

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 02/09/2025

Now that I’m done with Pokémon X and Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, I’m finally moving to the last 3DS game on my list: Pokémon Ultra Moon. I only played 13 hours of Sun back in 2016. I intend to do everything here… get the shiny charm by completing the Pokédex, shiny hunt every legendary (💀), etc.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 02/09/2025

I finished Pokémon X for the first time, then caught Mewtwo and Zygarde. I thought it was a really good Pokémon game! I wish we had a follow-up to it (aka the long-rumored and canceled Pokémon Z), but I look forward to see what the new Pokémon ZA will do for the Kalos region.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 25/08/2025

Pokémon X is wild. I only have one gym badge and they already gave me access to a great steel/ghost type, rock/dragon type (Bagon too!), fire/flying type, plus my water starter and a Kanto starter. Based game. Actually finding it difficult to assemble a team because there’s so many great choices.

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 23/08/2025

I spent last night with my friend playing Pokémon. I transferred my Pokémon (some of them I’ve carried since Emerald in 2005) from Soul Silver to Black, then to Transporter > Bank > Omega Ruby. Eventually, I’ll take them to the Switch games. So many event Pokémon, rare mythicals, and shinies. 🥵

A photo showing three Nintendo 3DS consoles, three Switch consoles (to play Scarlet together), and one Nintendo DSi. We went crazy.

A photo of Pokémon Omega Ruby, showing a box of my old Pokémon that I transferred from Emerald and Soul Silver all the way to Omega Ruby. Shaymin, Mee, Arceus, Jirachi, shiny Shuckle, Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, shiny Pichu, Rigigigas, Raikou, Articuno, Rayquaza, shiny Dugtrio, and shiny Drowzee.

A photo showing my Nintendo DSi with a copy of Pokémon Soul Silver. The photo shows my second Mew, which I intend to transfer later. So many left to transfer still!

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 21/08/2025

I finished both Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. Caught every legendary (twice) and EV trained a bunch of boys for the Battle Maison. I’m glad that I downloaded Pokémon Bank back then, as the 3DS app will allow me to transfer all my Pokémon to the Switch games. X is next… before Silksong is out 💀

A legion of legendaries that I caught in Pokémon Omega Ruby.

A photo of a Nintendo 3DS with a Pokémon X cart inserted.

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Mo (@robokick.tokyo) posting about Pokémon got me thinking back to when I got my OG Gold/Silver carts signed by composer Go Ichinose. I’m not much of a “sign my stuff” kinda person but this idea I had was too good to pass up

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Mohammed Taher @robokick.tokyo · 11/08/2025

Dusted off my 3DS to play Pokémon Omega Ruby. I loved Ruby *so* much on GBA, but the last time I played it was way back in high school. I’m loving this remake! 2019’s Sword* was a step in the right direction, but I simply miss 2D Pokémon. :’) * (not enough characters to rant about Scarlet)

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