Jon Addaberry

So sorry for your loss

A screenshot of the credits of the newly released Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga. Lists Geofront QA testers.

Hey, I was slightly involved in a thing. Ys vs. remains the anomaly that keeps on giving. Never thought we'd see the day where this game gets the royal treatment, but I'm all for it. Congrats to all involved, and I hope this is a success for refint/ so they can give more games this much love.

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – Unsophisticated Fight Once-in-a-lifetime dream remake (dreamake!) Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter should have been my perfect video game. It wasn't. Here I hope to process that disappointment and let it go. I've gone on record ad nauseam that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky was the video game that inspired me to tread my career path. Or maybe it's more accurate to call it the final push over a threshold I'd been approaching all my life.

Today on Astral City Mini, my hopes for a dream remake of Trails in the Sky are scattered to the winds. How and why did its new localization falter? I’ll tell you.

My just rolled out of bed idea was "Donkey Rong". Not quite as subtle as the JP, but I do like the effect of doing a single similar letter change to phonetically get "Donkey Wrong".

A yellow cartoon bunny with a white tail and a cute face waves as it reads a book with a brown cover that says 'Falcom'. Below and before it is the 'Falcom Wiki' logo in Falcom's trademark colours. On the background is a blurred scenery.

On behalf of the entire team, I'm excited to announce the launch of the Falcom Wiki! 🎉

A fan-driven, ad-free resource dedicated to documenting the worlds, characters, and history of Nihon Falcom.

Come take a look, and help us grow the archive:
falcom.wiki

A tweet from Robin Light-Williams (@BlondRobin) stating the following: Hello to anyone reading this. I am Robin Light-Williams, formerly lead translator for Carpe Fulgur. I am very sorry to announce that my friend and business partner Andrew Dice, @SpaceDrakeCF, has passed away. Pursuant to that, Carpe Fulgur will be ceasing operations.

Absolutely devastated by this news. SpaceDrake was no doubt a huge influence in drumming up interest for Japanese indie games localized into English and pushing for them on digital distribution storefronts like steam. Huge loss. Might be time for another playthrough of Recettear in his honour.

Found out I had appendicitis yesterday and went straight into surgery. Got a few holes in me, but I'm already discharged from the hospital and on the road to recovery

Here's one for all the game devs out there www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Forever burdened by editor-vision. Oh how I yearn for those simpler times when I didn't notice clunky text

YouTube video by Kingdoms of the Dump KINGDOMS OF THE DUMP - COMING NOVEMBER 2025

Had my eyes on this for a while, excited to try it in November
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBE...

A side view of a white and brown dog laying down on a cushion. The dog is laying face down, giving a side eye to the camera.

This little side-eying guy broke out of my apartment last night by getting the screen off a window, knocking out a pane, and squeezing through. Thankfully, my neighbors caught him but sheeeesh.

That's a Scott

Satisfactory game art depicting an astronaut-like figure looking out on an alien world.

A wide-angle photo of my in-game factory.

9. Satisfactory (2024)
Huh? Where'd those 200 hours go? lol Anyway, this was my first automation-style game (if we're not counting Zachtronics games), and if my playtime is any indication, it really got its hooks into me. Looking forward to an eventual second run where I can apply all my learnings.

The Human Cost of AI A couple of years ago, a good friend* achieved their lifelong dream: After a decade of grueling agency work, they had finally secured an in-house localization job on a game they loved. This was a high...

Here are my two cents on GenAI in #gameloc. Because we can't let the BS peddlers destroy our industry from within, and silence is complicity. locdandloaded.net/2025/05/13/h...

The Sakura Wars 2 translation is out!!

This project first began almost 4 years ago and now it is finally available for everyone to experience. Sakura Wars is a very special series to me and I'm really excited to see what people think of the game and our work. Hope you enjoy it!

The cover art for the 2025 video game Blue Prince.

8. Blue Prince (2025)
A very interesting game that I want to love, but just like quite a bit instead. I felt surprisingly numb when I hit the credits, though. I'll continue with some more to address a couple loose threads, but whether or not that will shift my overall opinion remains to be seen.

Key art for the 1997 Capcom beat-em-up "Battle Circuit."

7. Battle Circuit (1997)
My eeeeeyes

A movie poster for the 1984 Eddie Murphy film "Beverly Hills Cop."

6. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Ding ding.

5. Dandadan Anime S1 (2024)
Probably goes without saying at this point, but thoroughly entertaining show. Will probably keep watching when it comes back.

4. A Game About Digging a Hole (2025)
Gave this a go on a whim. I had fun, but it never quite took the next step I was hoping it would. Hard to complain too much for a $5 game, though. Something like this with more long-term goals and progression would make for a great podcast game.

YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation library.gamehistory.org — Now in early access

The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.

Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

Movie poster for Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

3. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
The action scenes are completely over the top, but little else about it worked for me. A considerable step down from the first movie, in my opinion.

Movie poster for Carry-On, releasing December 13, 2024 on Netflix.

2. Carry-On (2024)
My mom put this on while I was still home for the holidays because it was ostensibly a christmas movie. It was a fine enough as a turn-your-brain-off thriller, but this is one of those things I'll have forgotten by the end of the year.

Cover art for the video game Magicka 2: Learn to Spell Again.

1. Magicka 2 (2015)
I was at a friend's, we needed a couch co-op game to play, and he happened to have this on PS+. I hear the first game (haven't played) is the stronger entry, but I still had plenty fun with this one. Finding new ways to accidentally gib each other remained entertaining to the end

Dokuro Skull from the anime The World God Only Knows standing at a geometric purple podium surrounded by holographic screens.

Media Thread 2025?

Maybe if I do this, I'll actually remember what I did this year

A picture of a golden, rotund apple pie on a counter top.

mm pie

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC!

Wishlist on your favorite platform using the links down in the replies 👇

Official localization for Ys vs. Trails in the Sky!! With an EN dub, rollback netcode, and based on the
Geofront fan translation!

😀😀😀

7. Sonic Adventure 2
You had to be there.