imo SRW Z2 getting an official localization and not Z is funnier knowing that some of the characters from Z’s universe get warped into Z2 where they recognize their friends but since they’re technically different people they have zero context on these new weirdos who know them
Let's do this again, but in video format, with all the game's releases more clearly marked.
Here's the spiral staircase scene from Ys III: Wanderers from Ys across the different versions of the game. For some reason, this scene isn't in the Famicom and PS2 releases.
#Falcom#Ys
in roughly 15 years I’m going to switch my professional focus to giving therapy to kids whose parents raised them with AI and I’m going to make enough money to buy San Francisco
The majority of comments on X express raw fury at Habita and its president: "He only apologized once he could no longer hide it." Others argued that scrubbing Habita from the group's site was a sign of a "black" company and that Habita is actively evading responsibility.
Confirmed: 22yo Ōtake Kurumi, an employee at variety store Habita, was ordered back into Aeon Mall Kumamoto by a manager after the earthquake to secure the cash. Minutes later it exploded, killing her. A Habita exec said: "Looking back now, it wasn't worth a life" (ya think??)
ok but the rationale for SRW Z2.1 getting remastered is pretty funny too
"yeah it topped charts and polls and the psp is an unplayable brick now we kinda have to do this one"
A book of tribute illustrations to Mutsumi Inomata (who passed away in 2024) is coming at Comiket festival (Japan).
You can get a sense of just how beloved she was by looking at the list of famous animators and mangakas who contributed to this dojin.
Cover art by Mai Yoneyama.
your critique of ai cannot be entrenched in aesthetics because there will be a time when you see an ai image or hear an ai song and think "that looks/sounds good". your critique of ai must always be entrenched in the poisonous effect it has on people's brains and the planet.