Wild Nihongo Swears

Wild Nihongo Swears

@tsunderek.bsky.social

He/Him. Cat Foster. Public Speaker. Rhythm Games. Kamen Rider. Pinball. Malort. Emissary of Rider Gang. 91% of the Party, 100% of the Problem.

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Wild Nihongo Swears
@tsunderek.bsky.social

In high school our marching band did a Star Wars show my junior year. At football games the announcer (who was also a member of the schools admin) would read a small prepared blurb introducing each song. I was a weird little dork at the time and the band director let me write the blurbs.

Wild Nihongo Swears
@tsunderek.bsky.social

I made that man introduce the cantina theme as “Mad About Me by Figran Dan and the Modal Nodes” It’s such a tiny stupid little detail but it made me happy to cram such a useless little fact into the introduction.

Wild Nihongo Swears
@tsunderek.bsky.social

I got some more Fallout pinball in before work today. It’s bucks the usual Stern trend of being code light at launch. There is a lot of stuff to do, and the theming feels spot on. It’s not “Shoot three light shots to light a mode” it’s “Your HP is low scavenge for food to heal/prepare for a quest.”

Wild Nihongo Swears
@tsunderek.bsky.social

Functionally, it’s still “Shoot three lit shots to light a mode.” but they obfuscation they use makes it feel correct in world. There’s also a great push and pull with the “Raise Hp to light a mode” You can shoot shots that accrue radiation damage, capping your maximum health until you cleanse it.

Wild Nihongo Swears
@tsunderek.bsky.social

This adds a tension “if I get too much radiation I’ll lock myself out of quests until I clear it, and that takes effort.” or you could light the shop and just buy a Rad-X Why would you ever want to accrue radiation? A very easy to earn extra ball, an entire extra life for a little extra effort.

Wild Nihongo Swears
@tsunderek.bsky.social

I tried starting the Witcher 3 again and I think it’s time to accept it just doesn’t work for me. I want so badly to invest and lose myself in what I understand and believe is a truly phenomenal experience. But Geralt feels so fucking miserable to control, he’s just wading through sludge.

Wild Nihongo Swears
@tsunderek.bsky.social

I don’t expect it to play like a character action game, but the combat, one of the games most mechanically interesting systems just feels like a slog, I don’t want to reduce the difficulty and rob myself of the challenge or nuance, but I grown when I see enemies approach.

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Brandon Sheffield
@brandon.insertcredit.com

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

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Ultimate Pullahoko
@pullahoko.bsky.social

This is what every game developer sounds like right now.

Game Informer@gameinformer.com

Sega confirms and responds to generative AI content in the new Crazy Taxi. "Generative AI was used to support our teams during the development of background assets for Crazy Taxi: World Tour," Sega says. gameinformer.com/2026/06/07/s...

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Personasama
@persona.bsky.social

Mostly an excuse to post one of my fav super sentai monsters, TYPEFACE Such an incredible design and execution

Personasama@persona.bsky.social

Yeah, both fashion and character design come from the same thinking of "how do we make a human silhouette more interesting?" Like the venn diagram between avant-garde fashion and tokusatsu monster design overlaps way more than it doesn't lol