Derek L.H.

📌 PINNED POST Hi everyone! I'm Derek L.H., a localization editor, writer, part-time streamer, and full-time nerd that loves video games, anime, and movies! 📝 Portfolio / CV: derek-lh.com ✍️ Blog: derekexmachina.com 🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/derek_ex_machina 🖥️ Socials + Discord: linktr.ee/derekexmachina

Wildwood is a celebration of human imagination and a triumph of the creative spirit. Never have I felt so humbled, inspired, and at points outright baffled by the sheer amount of artistry on display. This is not only LAIKA’s best film, but one of the best animated films of all time. 10/10

Wuhu Island got more lore drops?! Might have to pick this up.

Laika just dropped a masterpiece of animation (and the biggest middle finger to generative AI). Wildwood is the kind of movie that will make anyone fall in love with animation and the power of art. Please go see this.

So I'm thinking that I'll stream on Twitch for the first time in like half a year this weekend. Tentatively planning to stream Smash Ultimate and Fire Emblem Sunday evening around 6 PM CST. I've missed streaming! twitch.tv/derek_ex_machina

I had to go on Twitter to confirm this was real because Ship Awesome Games In A Weekend having a hand with six fingers was so on the nose I was about to pass out

‘Wildwood’ director Travis Knight on AI: “A pencil is a tool. A paintbrush is a tool. A 3D printer is a tool. A digital capture is a tool. AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself.”

New blog post out tomorrow!

This actually looks pretty sick. Real tragedy this got shut down.

i think the games industry should have studios that exist

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

How do you even survive as an indie in the current landscape? This is insane.

Just saw the new Street Fighter movie. It's fun but tonally all over the place. The animated sections are awesome tho. Makes me wish this was just an anime movie, tbh.

Each GBA game brought to Nintendo Classics means we're one step closer to getting an accessible version of Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak.

the kiddos!! #fireemblem

Suddenly feeling very sad and existential today. Don't quite know what I'm doing with my life and feel like I'm very behind on where I should be. Don't really know what to do about this. I feel so alone. :(

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music

Just finished Cai's route in Part 1 of FE: Fortune's Weave. 35 hours in so far and have three more routes to do. Loving every minute so far. Such a fun game!!

AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.

This sucks for many reasons. But I think it's worth emphasizing how selfish and duplicitous it is to go work with a public-facing, community-focused media org like MinnMax without disclosing this part of your past to them. (MinnMax confirmed to me they were not told.) Please support them if you can

Renee Nicole Good was a mother, a daughter, a wife, a neighbor, and a Minnesotan. Nine months ago, an ICE agent shot her, then allegedly refused a physician's offer of medical aid. Her family deserves accountability and justice. It's long past time.

Didn't see anything about this until this afternoon. Absolutely shocking and disappointing in the worst way possible.

Does Kyoto Xanadu still not have a western release date?

Was checking Game Informer's video game release schedule because that's genuinely one of the best tools to keep track of upcoming game releases, but I kept getting 404 errors. Was wondering why until I remembered that their GTA VI cover story is today. Guess that crashed the website, lol.

They literally allow wanted criminals at Universal Studios

New blog post out tomorrow! 👀

Eupha #Metaphor

Was excited for this one. I worked on ArcSys's Qliphah in Providence's Shadow as editor! Rena's reminiscent of Ragna the Bloodedge (fun for this Blazblue girlie). The VN-like story is eerie but straightforward, the battle system unique, and the presentation stylish. It's also only $25! Check it out!

Bro, I'm so mad. Each time I think I'm over my cold this week, it keeps coming back. I've had enough of this!!

fyi

I'm so tired. We all deserve better.