iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i’ve been to a few PAXes

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

my hotel in paris is very nice. it even has a “signature toilet”

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Saint Chapelle, Paris, France

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

WHAT IS A MAN?! A MISERABLE LITTLE PILE OF SECRETS!!

A picture of me doing the pose from Symphony of the night

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

don’t worry, i kept my soul (i think)

a sticker of “ONTOS” with a green soul checkmark

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

doing my semi regular text to myself to keep my old google voice account alive as long as possible

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

a Ryan Man 4.0 for the curious 0.1mi swim (8 laps, 200yd, ~200m) 2.6mi bike (4.2km) 1.3mi run (2.1km) total: 4.0 miles

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

it’s my 40th birthday and finally made good on a threat: make my friends do a small triathlon special thanks to everyone who braved The Ryan Man 4.0 out in the stupid hot 110 tucson heat with surprise guest @reidman.bsky.social out there with a Course Finisher!! i’d hand out metals if i had them

picture of fellow online nerd reid young and myself after the race

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

the pokemon poptart situation is crazy

a picture on twitter:

Bark
@barkmeta
I finally did it.

I acquired over 2,000 boxes of Pokemon Pop-Tarts.

Cleared out every Target within 50 miles. Now they’re safe and climate controlled.

Not opening a single one. This is a 15+ year hold.

Cost me $4/box. These could easily be worth thousands each one day.

[picture of hundreds of pokemon poptarts]

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

today was a productive day.

branches: master origin/master
stats: 92 files changed: -1730 +580

run. hide. doesn't matter.
hatchet man comes for all.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

excuse me, i only drink the _finest_ of gamer spirits (yes i took a shot; yes it is as bad as you think)

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

omg space warlord baby trading simulator is like... exactly my thing. just pure dopamine injected in my veins. 2.9 hours in and i'm already outright demolishing the gold ranks

summary chart of end of a run of space warlord baby trader. number go up. number go very up.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

btw it's not faked, i actually got a spam two cents in my paypal account

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

i get so much spam it's obnoxious. this this is by far the best. i wouldn't mind actually getting 2 cents for garbage spam.

someone actually sent me two cents via paypal for their garbage spam. no will not re-type the spam for you in the alt text, i blocked out all the important stuff.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

woke up to find a hornets nest at work today

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

just took a nice morning stroll was quick about it though 😎

Tucson Garmin Marathon: Marathon PR
Chip Time: 3:29:28
Distance: 26.21mi
Pace 7:59/mi
background image: me running on the street

me at the starting line before the race, says “Garmin Marathon Series: Tucson” above me

me checking my watch in the middle of the race - i’m running on the road because it was closed for the runners

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

If you look closely, Fortuna is also featured on the launch trailer. :)

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

PR’d a half marathon today! Next Up: Garmin Tucson Marathon

Caption: “A-Mountain Half-Marathon”

1:44:33 new personal record for half-marathon!

Distance: 13.13mi
Pace: 7:59/mi

Background: A picture of A-Mountain (Sentinel Peak)

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

marathon prep going well 😎

Map of today’s route showing me doing Tumamoc Hill three times plus a bunch extra totaling seventeen miles in three hours five minutes.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

drawn from a memory that i cannot burn out of my head

a very crude ms paint drawing of three dots, surrounded by spikes. to the left, a character with a pointy head wearing a red dress standing on a ledge.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Training doesn’t stop for PAX. 76 days until Garmin Marathon Tucson.

Watch and treadmill showing 3.4mi in 24:40

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

“What could possibly go wrong?” I absolutely had to get this for @fabraz.bsky.social ‘s new game. Perfect shirt, 10/10.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

due to a flight delay, change of plans. i’m now in seattle for pax directly after gamescom in cologne.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

omg… 1000 reviews and overwhelmingly positive thank you, thank you! so glad to see everyone enjoying the re-release of OFF!!

A screenshot of the OFF steam page showing “Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 1022) ALL TIME”

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

No Judges and Japhets allowed.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

our general philosophy was to modernize with the least amount of changes possible in the path to becoming a paid release i love it when people see the small details we did add :)

twitter post by @thejademirror:

oh my god you can crit the fucking check spell

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

This is such an amazing game. Go play!!!

picture of me wearing a Pon hat (a hat similar to Japanese mail carriers)

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I was there opening day! This was the one area they let you take pictures in lol The MOTHER 2 guardians and late game figures were surprisingly large. Also, the sheer number of different materials used (clear resin, tiny jewelry, etc.) just to make pixel art was incredible.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Japan is really fun but coming back to a cramped hotel room is definitely a vibe. If you’re with someone else, you really need to be comfortable with each other.

mirror selfie photo of me scrunched in a tiny hotel room

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

With hut stop, it was 20 hours long. This was the highlight of my trip and will be forever remembered. 🗻

Switchbacks near the start of my journey.

The view of the 5th Station from far away.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

After going around the summit for a couple of hours, it was time to go back down. The journey down goes through a different path, and due to construction/maintenance it was on some very slippery gravel.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

There are, surprisingly, a few buildings at the top including a post office where you can get a special stamped postcard and certificate and a shrine where you can get your goshuin stamp: a certificate that you visited the shrine. (Top right one black text: 2025-7-23, Mt. Fuji Summit)

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Four hours after I left my hut, I got to the top right at sunrise. The experience was amazing, and something that simply can’t be replicated in photos.

The crater, Fuji is a volcano after all.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

At midnight I got up and started the 12 hour journey for real. At my hut is where the trail turned from a gravel path to just straight up climbing rocks so it’s not like you can walk/run it. However, it is super doable since nothing was bigger than knee-height at worse.

Some of the very rocky climbs that I encountered.

Nighttime looking out to a bright city and some of the mountain huts from the journey up.

Me at a halfway point at 3250m elevation.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A couple of hours in I had reached my mountain hut. Doing Fuji in one day requires a car and expense to drive there, and bus/train won’t work because of the limited schedule. There I had been given small cooked meal, a bag lunch, and a place to sleep for a few hours.

My quarters for a few hours, a tiny little cubicle with a sleeping bag.

Dinner at the hut. A simple curry rice, a gelatin cup, and bottle water.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It rained for the first hour but I had a nice raincoat from a Japan military surplus store that kept me dry. The first couple of hours was a bit of an upward journey moving from paved path to switchbacks on gravel.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I left Kyoto at 5am for a 7 hour journey just to even get there. A shinkansen ride to Tokyo, dropping my bags off, a packed train to the town just outside the national park, and a bus to the 5th station base camp, the start point. There I got a cute little Fuji melon bread as a little extra fuel.

A Fuji shaped melon bread with chocolate and sugar flakes.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I always joked with my friends and coworkers every time I went to Japan that I wanted to take the trek up. On my Japan trip this time, all the stars aligned: My altitude training for Show Low triathlon, trip occurring during climbing season, spare time to go up, planning, and perfect weather.

The start point of Fuji is on a straight-up road.

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Ryan Alyea @rofish.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Highest Point in Japan Mt Fuji: 3776m

Picture of me at the monument at the top of Mt. Fuji

Picture of me at the 5th Station (start point base camp)

The entry to the summit. There are two lion gargoyles and a tori gate.

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