SONICMAN69
@sonicman69.bsky.social
JPN->ENG translator and editor. I've worked on Detective Conan, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist 3, and Space Fishermen on PS2 :)
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Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself
i dont understand what winning ai means and why i should be scared of not winning ai
September 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
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Head of trust and safety folks
Are they threatening trans users directly? No. Trans folks in the US have been targeted repeatedly. That's awful and you have my sympathy.
Within the context of a single post we wouldn't consider it a direct threat or targeting a protected category. Ie send trans folks to concentration camps.
Within the context of a single post we wouldn't consider it a direct threat or targeting a protected category. Ie send trans folks to concentration camps.
September 17, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Head of trust and safety folks
Reading the new Uematsu biography and they credited him with Born Anew from Final Fantasy XIII? Erm.... He didn't do that one.........
September 17, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Reading the new Uematsu biography and they credited him with Born Anew from Final Fantasy XIII? Erm.... He didn't do that one.........
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I'm glad AI is even tearing the PS5 hacking community apart
September 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I'm glad AI is even tearing the PS5 hacking community apart
To be honest Kingdom Hearts 1 does not get enough credit for how good its story is and how well it all comes together. Nomura and Nojima do not just put things in because they're cool or to make people speculate and then choose their favorite fan theories, they do that but they also write good !!
September 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
To be honest Kingdom Hearts 1 does not get enough credit for how good its story is and how well it all comes together. Nomura and Nojima do not just put things in because they're cool or to make people speculate and then choose their favorite fan theories, they do that but they also write good !!
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Dude
Can social media be addictive?
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
September 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Dude
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from my time in 2021 messing with the SotC beta
September 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
from my time in 2021 messing with the SotC beta
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there’s been some legendarily incorrect iran war takes that age worse with every passing day
September 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
there’s been some legendarily incorrect iran war takes that age worse with every passing day
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baiting an LLM into uploading itself to my PC then pulling out the ethernet cord and shaking the computer around like a child who caught a firefly in a jar
This is the same guy who believes that LLMs could upload themselves to random peoples personal computers to stop themselves being turned off lol
September 16, 2026 at 8:10 AM
baiting an LLM into uploading itself to my PC then pulling out the ethernet cord and shaking the computer around like a child who caught a firefly in a jar
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If your game has a statistics tab tracking what the majority of players do, you are not providing a QOL feature. You have failed to design a game where players can feel autonomous and they can safely fail and grow confident with the systems. Just make a regular linear game at that point, it's fine.
September 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
If your game has a statistics tab tracking what the majority of players do, you are not providing a QOL feature. You have failed to design a game where players can feel autonomous and they can safely fail and grow confident with the systems. Just make a regular linear game at that point, it's fine.
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I need more of you to sit down with Tokimeki Memorial in good faith and realize that when a game with a calendar is 5 hours long each run and not 80, the pressure to have a perfect first run evaporates.
The RPGs you've played are not representative of their original strengths and context in Japan.
The RPGs you've played are not representative of their original strengths and context in Japan.
it absolutely blows how time limits and time pressure are some of the most effective tools for game design and yet gamers absolutely hate them
September 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I need more of you to sit down with Tokimeki Memorial in good faith and realize that when a game with a calendar is 5 hours long each run and not 80, the pressure to have a perfect first run evaporates.
The RPGs you've played are not representative of their original strengths and context in Japan.
The RPGs you've played are not representative of their original strengths and context in Japan.
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Sorry for a somewhat long text, but I need to reiterate my anti-AI stance once again...
September 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Sorry for a somewhat long text, but I need to reiterate my anti-AI stance once again...
So was Epic Fury a success or not
September 15, 2026 at 3:10 AM
So was Epic Fury a success or not
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When translators say they hate doing MTPE because it's faster to just do it from scratch and results in better material, we're not exaggerating. If I was a proofreader and a translator handed me this, I would immediately tell the PM to fire them. No translation is genuinely better than an MT in loc.
September 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
When translators say they hate doing MTPE because it's faster to just do it from scratch and results in better material, we're not exaggerating. If I was a proofreader and a translator handed me this, I would immediately tell the PM to fire them. No translation is genuinely better than an MT in loc.
September 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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"wow, everyone knew this already" is such a cynical, annoying and unfortunately extremely common response to tech news. assuming your privacy is being violated and proving that it is are two very different things, and the latter is the result of hard work and rigorous reporting
September 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"wow, everyone knew this already" is such a cynical, annoying and unfortunately extremely common response to tech news. assuming your privacy is being violated and proving that it is are two very different things, and the latter is the result of hard work and rigorous reporting
Weapon Master mode in SoulCalibur 2 is the same tedious fights 1,000 times and yet I have 100%ed this game five times.
Why
Why
September 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Weapon Master mode in SoulCalibur 2 is the same tedious fights 1,000 times and yet I have 100%ed this game five times.
Why
Why
I have noticed a lot of people saying they unironically did something when the thing they did was ironic. Interesting...
September 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I have noticed a lot of people saying they unironically did something when the thing they did was ironic. Interesting...
Bet it feels good as hell to be Goku
September 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Bet it feels good as hell to be Goku
Confession: I downloaded sooooooooooo many torrents on the neighbor's unsecured WiFi back in the day
September 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Confession: I downloaded sooooooooooo many torrents on the neighbor's unsecured WiFi back in the day
If I die before FFVII Revelation gets cracked on PC I am going to be so pissed I might just stop being a fan
September 13, 2026 at 12:10 AM
If I die before FFVII Revelation gets cracked on PC I am going to be so pissed I might just stop being a fan
They should keep doing physical games
September 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
They should keep doing physical games
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UPDATE:
Level 5 noticed the backlash about AI in their most recent presentations and would like to assure you that they're definitely going to keep using it
Level 5 noticed the backlash about AI in their most recent presentations and would like to assure you that they're definitely going to keep using it
September 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
UPDATE:
Level 5 noticed the backlash about AI in their most recent presentations and would like to assure you that they're definitely going to keep using it
Level 5 noticed the backlash about AI in their most recent presentations and would like to assure you that they're definitely going to keep using it