Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag

Update going up shortly. We have an aggressive schedule so I apologize for this one being late

Right? It's so damn wild, lol

Yeeeeah. I'm trying to be hopeful, but holy fuck, this is just a trainwreck.

I just ugly-cackled when I looked up who it was

"AI narrated rpgmaker game" is such a sickening combination of words that it nearly makes you forget that's literally Izutsumi from Dungeon Meshi on the cover art.

Every time it pops up in my feed it gets worse and worse

I just... I can't even. I'm just laughing because I know how fucked they are if the images aren't cleared.

If there's anything from a game based on a Toei property, you could do the funniest thing ever.

I can say this for certain: Online, you have leeway, because it's assumed the product is free.

Once you start selling it, you'd better get shit that's been cleared for publication and that you have written permission from a rights holder, or you're publishing at your own peril.

It makes me angry given how much I've done to avoid citing any and all wikis in my book draft. I've dug up long-dead documents, paid like $100 for some old fanzines JUST to get contemporaneous reports of things.

Then this dickhead just up and pulls from fuckin' FANDOM - not even Wikipedia. FANDOM

If they are, then they are going to get into some deep shit one day.

every time i see a bluesky employee make a snarky post/reply about a site issue i toss another piece of popcorn into my mouth

i am 370% popcorn at this point

It was nice knowing them.

Dirty Pair TV BD case, showing how awful it is.

It's crazy theory time with vi, as I think I have a theory as to why Dirty Pair came in such crappy cases. The reason? The set was made in Europe. More details below.

(disclaimer: I have *no idea* what I'm talking about here, take this with a grain of salt, it's likely wrong)

It's a tale. All I can say is "I hope Bitmap did their due diligence"

"The Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming"

... You forgot to add "Again" to the end of that.

Hey @bitmapbooks.com - Please tell me you got the actual image rights for these. Having dealt with Yoshitaka Amano's legal team, I can confirm he is very litigious.

Trump gets his long-sought military parade as protests erupt nationwide Outside of Washington, D.C., thousands of President Trump's opponents gathered as part of "No Kings Day" demonstrations to protest his administration's policies.

But... it did begin with a parade of tanks.

Actually it did begin with a parade of tanks

Nintendo cooked on all levels when making Bananza, and I really hope we get a sequel at some point.

This is my view of that is happening in regards to the bannings going on and the targeted accounts. It appears to be a brigade that is organizing off site to sow discord and get people to leave the site.

Groups are taking advantage of this to drive people and communities apart.

4 panel comic Panel 1: A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop. Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform. Panel 2: Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself Panel 3: Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but… Panel 4: Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

I don't think Jay and her band of God's lost bets understand the degree to which everyone not currently on Bluesky has already decided it's the Faggy App for Trans Commies. They aren't going to come here just because you run us off! We're all that's keeping you from being Spoutible.

Everyone should go buy trans books before I get disappeared for bringing up the Trust and Safety gooning incident.

Alt text: cartoony art of Umamusume Gold Ship running against a yellow background with a claw hammer in each hand. Her tongue lolls in a goofy manner as she says: "Let's play my favorite game! It's called kill Trainer with hammers!!"

Let me check aaaaaand yup professional credulous dipshit Benji Edwards is once again on the case.

AMD is just handing over TEN PERCENT OF THE FUCKING COMPANY TO OPEN AI?

Can someone who can actually understand profits, loses and revenue start reporting on this shit? I mean, OTHER than Ed Zitron.

"Does also have stories" lol - there's so - so much wild stuff when dealing with image rights holders

Can confirm this. I have stories that I can only tell at barcon or in DMs with industry friends, and I don't doubt anyone in my position does at this point.

This is why I've been spending the past two weeks taking photos and searching for stock photos, personally. We need to evoke the VIBE or something without doing something that will get us sued.

"Doesn't matter if you sell one copy or a million, the courts will treat you like Cosmo either way"