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I want to not be a downer, so I will say some of the cast kinda won me over. Elle was enjoyable throughout, I thought there were interesting moral dilemmas abound and ZZ continued to have plenty of awesome suits (love the Quin Mantha)

However, I couldn't be more excited to finally get to CCA.

Even past that 3/5s point I last tweeted abt, most of the arcs didn't strike much with me. Ple-Two's is sorta interesting, until near the end it rehashes a lot of the common Cyber-Newtype plots. I also didn't find myself very engaged w/the final battle either.

Even past the point of "it starts taking itself seriously", ZZ still doesn't feel like it manages a consistent tone that I enjoyed. Everyone felt like they had a "joke episode" and a plot episode" self that just changed whenever needed.

In particular Glemy and Mashymere feel really stark here

ZZ Gundam finished!

I... am not a fan lol. I can see why people are enamoured with parts of the show but ultimately a lot of elements did not work for me, even as it became more of a "traditional" Gundam series near the end.

2026 State of the Game Industry The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...

anyway for my fellow devs I recommend filling out the state of the industry survey, it's imperfect but about as good as we get in trying to get a yearly pulse of the industry

gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26

lrt: I was curious to put actual titles behind that statement and while there's definitely been some duds, there's been some incredible stuff in the last couple of years.

Rattling off some notables in the last couple of years: The Concierge, Bravern, SHOSHIMIN, Inu-Oh, Apocalypse Hotel, ODDTAXI...

To my fellow oldtaku:

It’s not that anime is worse overall now. There’s just so much being made at once that it’s harder to find the good stuff. It’s worth trying, though! Some of the best shows I’ve ever seen have been in the last five years!

If these elections had gone the other way — if the Democratic Party had underperformed or even lost one of these contests — then every commentator under the sun would say, rightfully, that Democrats were in disarray; that even the president’s deep unpopularity couldn’t keep them afloat with voters. But Tuesday was a Democratic victory. And the party didn’t just win — it won by commanding majorities on virtually every field of play. In polls, in focus groups and now at the ballot box, the public is telling us something very clearly: Trump is simply too much. If this is an opportunity for Democrats to win back lost ground — and it is — then it is also a warning to a Republican Party that has tied its entire identity to the man from Mar-a-Lago.

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count

AI Pixel Art and how to detect them

AI PIXEL ART AND HOW TO DETECT THEM

I have updated the link for the write-up and added more paragraphs with new findings. Please click the link to read it. Share it with your friends who also dislike AI!

Thanks to everyone who helped.

drive.google.com/file/d/1bxDm...

I keep thinking about Zohran on some podcast being like “these billionaires are spending more money to defeat me than I would tax them” lmfao

US friends, please go vote today in local elections (I voted early by mail already). Fewer people turnout in smaller elections so your engagement really matters.

This Wednesday-Friday is ThinkyCon!

There are lots of talks I'm looking forward to! And I'm giving a short talk about some of Parabox's programming on Wednesday!

thinkygames.com/events/think...

Shout out to all the dolls, and a thank you to @glamour.com.

Support, support, support.
#WomenoftheYear #Glamour #WomensRights #Transrights

STOP THE PRESSES.

The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.

Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.

@hg101.bsky.social

Anime fans 100% should be buying physical media for their favorite shows - or even shows that they kind of like but aren't super popular. Streaming licenses are fairly short, all considered, and there's a chance that a show you love will never come back once it gets yanked

See: Anything by Aniplex

been feeling this all year except instead of “take” it’s “industry news”

My heart is heavy & I might have more to say on that later, but I've got news today that my time at Heart Machine will come to an end after POSSESSOR(S) ships.

I'm honestly too busy... literally shipping the game to start actively looking for work, but I'll be looking for my next gig in December. 🥲

New Yorkers: please vote!!!! Cuomo went all-in on racism in the final 2 weeks because he's got nothing else. And as we've seen, that's a very effective motivator.

Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.

guys please sign up to canvass

www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

On the Precipice of Professional Anime Magazines: Animag In 1987 fans from the Bay Area published what was, for its time, the closest thing to a professional anime magazine in English.

Thanks to the efforts of @geraldawo.bsky.social the full run of Animag magazine can now be seen on the Internet Archive. I wrote a bit about the magazine's history and the time and place it was published: bit.ly/animag2

can't tell if this is an offer or a threat yet

Found my new fit #DeliciousinDungeonNY

and right on queue we move from trying to ratfuck Mamdani out of being elected to trying to sabotage his mayorship before it gets started

#KamenRiderBuild #桐生戦兎

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: This is COMPLETELY FREE. If you like it and want to tip the dev a few dollars, there's a soundtrack you can buy.

the ballroom will never be built and he’ll just pocket whatever money he collects because he is a grifter first and foremost

The image is a picture of Brian from Quest 64 with the text "The urge to say no worries either way when you're actually very worried about both ways and also a secret third Way"

all of his henshin moments are really unique too...i love the suit walking up next to him and the sudden combination of both bodies. i've never stopped obsessing over this guy

GILLS IS FOREVER SUCH A GREAT DESIGN