Kazuma Hashimoto

gee I wonder

Zohran Mamdani as a mayoral candidate laid out plans of action to protect trans healthcare against Trump attacks.

Mamdani as mayor has issued a couple of criticisms of trans healthcare being shut down, but no movement on any plans of action.

so much cultural and political effort gone towards making a project of pacifism and an end to war seem like a soft, prosaic concern of comfortable people rather than an essential part of the project of justice and human flourishing

Resident Evil Requiem: Dead inside Kimimi published a supporter-only post on Ko-fi!

OK, here we go! This is my take on Resident Evil: Requiem: 2100+ words on excellent battles, polished graphics, hollow, empty storytelling, a, um, game even more terrified of the unknown than its new lead character, and an aching, ruinous need for nostalgia:

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The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it

we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes

Marathon, Reprise I’d been feeling all kinds of uneasy ahead of the currently-ongoing Stress Test for Marathon (2026), in that I had such a potently bad experience last couple...

I wrote about Marathon (2026) again, trying to figure out why it pushed me to tears.

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I think it's so bold of them to make UC canon LOL I honestly love it.

Nothing is surprising about the US starting another war. Nothing is more dangerous to Earth and mankind at large than the United States and its complete and utter failure to curtail the worst excesses of humanity. The US oligarchy and its influence on global politics must end.

the united states government's almost pathological framing of their violence as liberation is so ghoulish. illegal, deadly, evil airstrikes, a senseless war announced in the middle of the night, and still the framing is "liberation". it's sickening

what is there left to say?

kind of want to see a wombat in person. i just know i'd be in awe of how sturdy and large those magnificent creatures are.

Hey, freelancers. Take five minutes and send out that invoice you forgot to send out. Next-month you will appreciate it.

It's time for Nintendo to free the RPG geniuses at Camelot from Mario sports games The designers behind some of the best RPGs ever made have spent almost 30 years primarily making Mario sports games. That's got to stop.

The designers behind some of the best RPGs ever made have spent almost 30 years primarily making Mario sports games. That's got to stop. www.avclub.com/mario-tennis...

So close yet so far.. Gonna be in Achen during that period..

Seeing that launch cinematic was so disappointing re: the features they gave Arator but IDK what I was expecting LOL And that finally did me in.

Resident Evil is a lot more prescient that people think. It's a universe that doesn't take. place in a zombie apocalypse, it's a universe where zombie outbreaks happen like oil spills.

No, it's totally fine. :3 I appreciate the suggestion. I honestly haven't written crit in like a year or so due to work. But most, if not all of it, is breaking down appropriation in games and cultural context in games. 🙂‍↕️

Same! That's basically been my entire career in games for almost a decade haha!

OK I'm gonna have to write about the eurocentricism of the Blood Elves in WoW and how those designs remain antithetical to their original inspirations (MENA/JP culture) and what that means in relation to representation and lifting those cultural notes for "rule of cool."

You and @highberry.bsky.social honestly agree lol

I don’t think enough people think about how much art in Asia is actually their critique of what they see happening in America. Or just a critique of America. See: Hideo Kojima and Bong Joon Ho.

drawing of a browt from pokemon, but it's an ugly falcon chick

welcome to the world, my scrungly son

Conde Nast just sold them.us to the parent company of Out, The Advocate, etc. so there goes like 95% of the trans staffers at the company (after they got rid of 2 of us in November <33)

can’t help but point out the obvious overlap between the recent Discord ID shit and what just happened in Kansas with our Trans Siblings losing their IDs with no notice. this has always been the direction this shit was heading in. we are not reacting appropriately to what is unfolding.

THIS IS WHAT SAM ALTMAN WANTS TO TAKE FROM YOU

we're there any big updates to it?

who's to say if this is good or bad. will play more after work.

world of warcraft midnight making me break out my notebook to jot down thoughts about arator's story and the overarching narrative between tww and current patch content... which means i may actually blog about it lol

only the greens can stop reform, a vote for labour is utterly wasted right now, they are collapsing everywhere

happy 14th anniversary to all who observe