(Mike) Draco

The commodification, oversimplification, and objectification of "Japan-ness" is exemplified by Obojima published by 1985 Games.

It is NOT Japanese.
It is NOT Ghibli-esque.
It is NOT authentic in any way.

They use Japanese culture, history, and media as a costume to create an appropriated fantasy.

My arms would go numb SO FAST.

One small thing I miss from Twitter:

If I saw something while scrolling on one account that I wanted to share on another account, I could do that without switching accounts.

This is bonkers.

I have now seen multiple posts of users engaging with the latest ChatGPT version showing it cannot properly process the exact spelling of the word “blueberry”.

And will present multiple steps of arguments that its output is, in fact, correct.

Again, “we’re so cooked” is insufficient.

Corey Brickley Illustration. Justice for Palestine @CoreyBrickley wtf are we doing, as a people, when we automate away "painting a goblin with huge knockers" as an occupation? To think, we reached a point in human history where people could earn their bread painting big green gobbo honkers, and we threw it all away. Why even have a society

twitter.com/CoreyBrickle...

Text from The Magic Encyclopedia V2: "Since 1974, TSR's policies and the talents of its staff and freelance authors have matured significantly. Many of the items listed in both volumes of the Magic Encyclopedia contain references that would not be considered acceptable by the standards we set today. References to items, however, are included for the sake of completeness "Likewise, TSR, Inc. has produced many products under license over the years. While no licensed material is included within these pages, these licensed products do appear in the products list to make it complete."

There was a lot of rending of garments when Wizards of the Coast put up a legacy warning on their classic DTRPG products, saying times had changed since the original products were produced.

But, here's TSR's own legacy warning from the 1993 Magic Encyclopedia V2.

Two witches in a window. Pretty gay.

New art? In this economy?

Screenshot from Pokemon Go showing dynamax omanyte, a blue nautiloid with huge cartoony eyes

Dynamax Omanyte looks kinda like a cartoony elder god.

I laughed when this popped up on my screen.

#Pokemon #PokemonGo

Screenshot from Pokemon Go showing dynamax omanyte, a blue nautiloid with huge cartoony eyes

Dynamax Omanyte looks kinda like a cartoony elder god.

I laughed when this popped up on my screen.

#Pokemon #PokemonGo

Fair points! The definition of community is absolutely important in that respect.

Then in many cases you could say, for example, a church congregation isn’t necessarily a community either.

Otherwise, yeah agree, it’s just people who occasionally associate mostly online.

There definitely seems to be a (maybe loose) community of AP and associated (e.g. Dropout) gamers in the Los Angeles area at the very least.

They lie to affirm the narratives in their head and to fit in with their social/political peers. Always have.

Their response is very "okay but we want to keep making money on this sooo... 🤷".

They don't even say "Harry Potter" anywhere in it.

Okay apparently I need to get caught up on the Dragon Prince at some point, too.

#SDCC

Traditional Korean image of a tiger sitting under a tree. It is wearing a Gat (traditional Korean hat) and smoking a long pipe. It has teeth like an Asian demon and a goofy looking face. In the tree are two black and white magpie birds.

A poster of the large purple demon tiger from K-Pop Demon Hunters walking next to a tree. In the tree is the six-eyed demon magpie wearing a gat (traditional Korean hat). The poster is done in a style similar to the traditional Korean folk art.

Derpy tiger and Sussy the magpie (and the hat!) are inspired by real Korean folk art.

In the art, the tiger represents authority and the magpie is the common people.

Now, the Netflix shop has a poster inspired by the real art that inspired the characters! (Links to follow. 👇🏻)

#KPopDemonHunters

"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡

So anyway, there is a dragon in Golden Gate Park now.

#SanFrancosco #BurningMan #mythology

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Uh… MANY artists do things in different styles?

What the heck is that nonsense??

…the hell!?

Their response is very "okay but we want to keep making money on this sooo... 🤷".

They don't even say "Harry Potter" anywhere in it.

Screenshot of two Blue sky posts. The first by ‪@rustedshackleforth.bsky.social‬ reads: Why is it taunting to anybody? It's going to happen. The second, a reply to the first from ‪@mattvillers.bsky.social‬, reads: Hi, professional game dev here. It is 100% not going to happen.

We need a lot more of this kind of response to the "AI is inevitable!" types.

Girl what the fuck

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Relief of a Moon Empress

We had the pleasure of sitting down for a quick chat with Simon Hintermann, better known online as Aurumek. We talked about his unique style, artistic vision, and a bunch of other things you might find interesting 🙂 buff.ly/rP2uZ4R

The Art of Aki Yehuo → bit.ly/3wmlv33

#artist #portfolio #illustration #art

Alright.

It's Saturday night. 💔 🥤 🎸 👾