iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A great interview with a guy who’s had a huge impact on the king of RPGs. These days, it’s a brave and rare thing for someone in loc to be visible, and some of the replies/quotes to this kinda drive that point home. I can only imagine how much worse it is on the other place.

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I was speaking to a localizer once of a well-loved series - to the point where the publisher knows full-well that localization is a big part of why it is successful in the west - and they remarked "What if [localizer] gets in a car wreck? They're the VOICE of that character. We'd be screwed."

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I started Dragon Quest III HD with the lords of fast food performing their most epic collab ever. I have set them all to auto battle for the entire game for I am but an observer on this Burger Odyssey

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In 2022, I wasn't feeling FFXVI, so I said I would play the entire main line series again, and only *then* would I play it. I also said that by the time I got there, surely FFXIII would be available a console I actually have plugged in. Well I just platinumed FFXII and dear reader, I was wrong

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The Guild games were my first experience with having work become inaccessible and it sucks. If there’s anything that could save them though, it’s people who aren’t gonna stand for something Matsuno made being buried forever

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Everybody posting about FFV as their first import and I’m over here in the “THERE WAS A FIVE?” club when FF7 revealed the tangled Western Final Fantasy travesty

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

So you're telling me that with the humans out of the picture, the Pokemon no longer fight, offer their labor for the benefit of the community, barter for goods, and build primarily clean energy to power their homes? ...Makes you think

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I usually just admire all the "get to know me" "30 days of..." and grid-things like this from afar, because I tell myself I do not need the engagement and it works. But this one was unhinged enough to pull me back in to Posting

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Going to Japan for the first time in 11 years tomorrow! It’s a business trip and I’ve got wall to wall meetings all week, but drop me a line if you wanna say hi and I’ll uh… try to make it happen

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Philip Summers @heyphilsummers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The full map to the original Castlevania. This is a brilliant map. Despite seeing a map in between stages, you don't really think about how it all connects, but the flow lines up almost perfectly making one cohesive castle.

A hand drawn map of the original NES Castlevania game.

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The smattering of games I finished this year. It was neat to escape my JRPG enclosure for a few of these and clear some things I’d meant to do 5-25 years ago. I remain adamant that playing games years late is the way: less discourse, fewer bugs, and whole content updates!

A crappy topsters image of the 18 games I finished in 2025

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Fired up an old iPad and got to read about 8 tweets from 2022. Man

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Google Photos: remember that time you captured the perfect shot of the golden hour? The shot:

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Steph Blakey @manifestephanie.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

KIRYU-CHAN! 🔪✨ #yakuza

Isometric fanart of multiple Majima Everywhere encounters from Yakuza Kiwami. Majima runs into Kiryu in different parts of a Kamurocho street corner in various disguises or hiding spots. Goromi, Hannya-Man, and 24-Hour Cinderella are among Majima's disguises.

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dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 11/11/2025

If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I love them all actually but putting a few moments out there that have stuck with me

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Bless the fine people at Square Enix who decided to put the actual logo of FFT on the package spine instead of that terrible “arial black on white” that they’ve defaulted to for a decade plus. You have some of the most beautiful art, logos, and fonts in the industry!Keep using them!

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Liz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This is an amazing bit of localization history, touching on A Link to the Past, Super Mario 64, Pokemon, and Animal Crossing!

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minami @sakaimii.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

To this day there is a certain subset of people who seem to think that Japanese is a sterile, wooden language (and thus, wooden translations are more “”accurate””) when the real Japanese is infinitely more creative than they could ever imagine

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

10 years ago my boss asked me if I’d ever want to dub Yakuza 0 - I was like, Nahhh. But life comes at you slow, and I’m glad we had 10 years (in the joint) to prepare for the challenge. THANK YOU to the entire team, cast, and crew who made it possible, and enjoy the game!

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Having a real 8 day so far, will be 9 by the end

A graphic asking “Which Frodo are you today” featuring 9 ridiculous Frodo faces as depicted by Elijah Wood in the Lord of the Rings trilogy

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Every store: Thanks for shopping with us! Now if you would kindly leave us a 500 word, 5 star review essay on Yelp, rate your customer service associate, [Jeremy] with another 5 stars, and take this short (15 min.) survey about your experience for a chance to win a FREE taco? WE VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I don't mean to go back to the Game Awards; we all know the troubles. BUT — Metaphor winning Best Narrative is the first Japanese to English localization title to achieve that in the show's 10 years. And yeah, "down year", dearth of "prestige" AAA titles to compete against, I know all that. (1/3)

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Banquo @banquoviaquo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Proud of Metaphor, proud of my team, proud we got to have a part in casting this magic. If you played it, I hope it connected with you.

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✨RenRenBen || Horroriety✨ @renrenben.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Shoutout to the amazing interpreters working during the Game Awards tonight! You all did such an amazing job❤️

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Being localization producer on Geoff Keighley’s RPG of the Year was not on my life’s bingo card …which is a shame because now that it happened I can’t shout bingo.

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Hello, new followers! I’m Scott, and I imagine most of you know me as a localization guy from 16 years worth of various work. That said, I am free from the desire to post! When I do get the urge to post, I ask myself, should I really post? And the answer is usually no! But thanks for following ❤️

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Xythar @xythar.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

idk

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

I have dreamt of saying “Metaphor: ReFantazio is out now, go play it” for three long years and today that dream comes true. Congratulations to the hardworking devs, loc, QA, voice actors, brand, and everyone else who played a part in bringing this day to fruition. I hope you enjoy.

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Breaking a long social media silence to say I’m alive, there are bees on my car, and I hope you’re looking forward to Metaphor: ReFantazio in less than a month. It goes hard.

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

I had my first chili dog today. I don’t know how I made it this far without having one or how people eat something so messy like it’s nothing, but it was pretty good, ngl. Are you proud of me Sonic

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

Tragic cycle of game development - shutter all the studios making small, interesting games! Focus on one massive GTA chaser! Oh no it had higher budgets and expectations than a mars rover and it flopped! Buy indie studios who made money while the mega game was tanking! …repeat

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

When all the 90s homies were into Wolverine, I was a Gambit kid. Got teased a lot for that, actually. He’s been a backburner character ever since really, so seeing his time to shine in 97 and all the love he and his actor are getting after E5 brings me so much joy.

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

What a beautiful day, think I’ll open a window My Woodworking Neighbor: isn’t there someone you forgot to ask

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Hmmmmmm sounds adjacent to the same shit driving localization professionals to abandon or lock down their social media. Working as intended I guess

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

When those, “what famous event happened on your birthday” questions come up, I’ve always proudly said, they released Chrono Trigger that day in 1995. Anything after that pales in comparison. Rest in peace, Toriyama-san.

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Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Deleting my entire Twitter was uh, drastic, but the more distance I gain, the less I question it. I’m maybe not ready to go full recluse and yet I’m not sure this place will have a very different trajectory… But for now, I’m just heartened to shed the crushing weight of 15,000 followers. Sooo hi

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