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[Shenmue Dojo 🐦‍🔥 @Shenmue_Dojo]

🏠 Yokosuka
⛩️ Wan Chai
🌇 Kowloon
🌄 Guilin
🪨 The Quarry
🛖 Bailu Village
🏮 Niaowu
🏯 The Old Castle

Ryo's come so far since 1999, but his journey can't end there @SEGA_OFFICIAL @YSNET_Inc!

#LetGetShenmue4

[animate London POP UP Store @animate_LDN]

＼📅Begins on 6/6!!／
✨Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary animate Fair✨

During the event, customers will receive a Postcard (10 types in total) with every £10 spent on event related goods!

Promotion Period: 6/6 - 28/6/2026
Location: animate London POP UP Store

#ソニック #sonicthehedgehog

[ININ Games @ININ_Games]

Shenmue III Enhanced Special Edition – Pre-Order Now! 🐉 Grab this beautifully crafted special edition for all Shenmue fans!

It includes:
■Physical Game: Discover the ultimate Final Full Edition, with all DLC content included, available in physical format for Nintendo Switch 2 (full game on cartridge), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or PC (Steam Key)

■ Special Edition Box: high-quality collectible box, perfect for displaya
Artbook: beautifully produced artbook showcasing concept art, characters, environments, and behind-the-scenes material

■ Blu-ray Documentary: in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shenmue III, featuring development insights, interviews, and exclusive footage

Available for pre-order now on https://t.co/KdYSCqBJV9

[ININ Games @ININ_Games]

We have some exciting new details about Shenmue III Enhanced that we’d like to share with you soon 👀To make sure you have time to see everything before deciding on the Collector’s Edition, we’ve extended the pre-order period until MAY 18, 2026! Secure your Collector's Edition on https://t.co/A91aqk1jfU 🐉

[DreamOn @1999DreamOn]

Hey @SEGA @SEGA_OFFICIAL
The demand is REAL!

The most influential videogame of all time still drives this passion

2 years later, we’re louder than ever!
Give us Shenmue4

@YSNET_Inc @SEGA @RGGStudio @ININ_Games @505_Games @EpicPublishing @CedricBiscay @nvidia

#LetsGetShenmue4

[Michael @prettyconfusd]

Back in 2005 we released the first part of a #Shenmue story in Sonic the Comic online. As with shenmue itself, it never got completed. Maybe one day!

Read the comic here: https://t.co/1nEIeh5pmV

#LetsGetShenmue4

@YSNET_Inc @ININ_Games @Shenmue_Dojo

[Michael @prettyconfusd]

Immediate purchase of the Xbox version (and might end up with the Steam version too eventually) - so excited for this, thank you @ININ_Games!! Now, #LetsGetShenmue4! 😅

[ININ Games @ININ_Games]

🐉 "From a distant land in the East... From across the sea, he shall appear." 🐦‍🔥
Today, we give you an early, first glimpse into Shenmue III Enhanced, the faithfully-improved remaster of the third chapter in Ryo Hazuki's journey.
For this occasion, series creator and legendary game designer Yu Suzuki has a few words for the fans. 💬

Can't wait to get back on the journey?
Shenmue III Enhanced will be available on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, Sony PlayStation 5, as well as Xbox Series and is available for physical pre-order on our website right now: https://t.co/6lyhaWcuHF
Be quick about the very special Collector's Edition, though. It's only available until May 4th! 📅

Want to keep in touch with all things Shenmue III Enhanced? 📢
Wishlist Shenmue III Enhanced on Steam to not miss any announcements:
👉 https://t.co/7WVVyuM3X8

[ININ Games @ININ_Games]

🐉 "From a distant land in the East... From across the sea, he shall appear." 🐦‍🔥
Today, we give you an early, first glimpse into Shenmue III Enhanced, the faithfully-improved remaster of the third chapter in Ryo Hazuki's journey.
For this occasion, series creator and legendary game designer Yu Suzuki has a few words for the fans. 💬

Can't wait to get back on the journey?
Shenmue III Enhanced will be available on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, Sony PlayStation 5, as well as Xbox Series and is available for physical pre-order on our website right now: https://t.co/6lyhaWcuHF
Be quick about the very special Collector's Edition, though. It's only available until May 4th! 📅

Want to keep in touch with all things Shenmue III Enhanced? 📢
Wishlist Shenmue III Enhanced on Steam to not miss any announcements:
👉 https://t.co/7WVVyuM3X8

[Michael @prettyconfusd]

@sonic_hedgehog @IGN Love a Fleetway Sonic the Comic reference!

[ファミ通.com @famitsu]

【今日は何の日？】
1999年12月29日『シェンムー 一章 横須賀』が発売。今年で26周年
https://t.co/6HOBZf4y7m

制作費70億円を投じたオープンワールドゲームの元祖とも呼ばれる、時代を先取りし過ぎた伝説の作品。街の作り込みがすさまじく、つい寄り道してしまう要素が満載。

#shenmue #シェンムー

[DreamOn @1999DreamOn]

26 years ago today, Shenmue was released in Japan 🇯🇵
A groundbreaking journey began, that changed gaming forever…

#Shenmue

[Michael @prettyconfusd]

@WTShenmue Cool! Definitely 2 or 3, I prefer the image contrast with the text and the less filtered look. Here's to another year in Shenmue! #LetsGetShenmue4 🙌

[Shenmue Dojo 🐦‍🔥 @Shenmue_Dojo]

Shenmue 4 – Fan Interest & Purchase Intent Survey

Today we launch a fan-led research survey to better understand interest in a potential Shenmue 4.

This survey is not affiliated with YSNET, Yu Suzuki, SEGA or any publisher.

All responses are anonymous.

Link - https://t.co/L95y7Ls2jW

[Star Wars Holocron @sw_holocron]

It’s still astonishing that Genevieve O’Reilly, Denise Gough, Elizabeth Dulau, Adria Arjona, and Faye Marsay have not been recognized by any awards shows for their performances in ANDOR Season 2. Most shows can’t even dream of having a performance with the quality of these performances, and yet Andor has 5 of them. Tony Gilroy and company’s meticulously engineered storytelling and dialogue are phenomenal, but they wouldn’t work nearly as well without these five performances giving newfound dimensionality and heart to Star Wars characters. To Genevieve, Denise, Adria, Elizabeth, & Faye, the Star Wars fandom loves you 💞

[WanderingThroughShenmue #Shenmue3Enhanced @WTShenmue]

You see that @Sega? Did you hear @YSNET_Inc? The Muppets got you in #TheGameAwards

You know what to do! Come on! #LetsGetShenmue4

#Muppets
#Shenmue

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Andor Quotes @andorbot]

The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.

[Variety @Variety]

The Best TV Shows of 2025: #Andor

“Andor” was all about the ordinary people who make political movements work and won’t be remembered by history.

The Disney+ series made these fictional people so complete in such a short period of time, and within a framework as historically constricting as a blockbuster franchise, that it deserves to be remembered as the show of the year, if not the decade so far.

https://t.co/jz6yrKVzlO

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Because a handful of billionaires are exploiting every aspect of our survival for profit — and if you complain about or try to change it; the politicians they pay off, the media they own, and the bots on the social media platforms they control, call you “radical.”

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

The Netflix-Warner deal is a horror movie. And not like OG Scream or Sinners. This is like the Human Centipede part 23. On a long haul flight. In the middle seat.

1. The price of getting Netflix with no ads was $7.99 a decade ago. Now it is $17.99 (inflation would make it $10.92). This is not the behavior of a company that is scrambling to compete for your business. Because it's *the* juggernaut in streaming -- it has over 300 million subscribers, more than two times the subscribers as HBO Max and Disney+, which both have around 125M.

2. What is keeping the price of Netflix from getting even higher? You guessed it, HBO Max and Disney+. I don't know if they're stealing existing folks from Netflix, but when people have 17 bucks to spend on a subscription, their two clearest choices are Netflix.. and HBO Max. In other words, their clearest competitor is a Warner property... And don't take it from me, take it from the former CEO of Warner Media, Jason Kilar (below): “If I was tasked with doing so, I could not think of a more effective way to reduce competition in Hollywood than selling WBD to Netflix." So get ready for subscription prices to go up.

3. This also going to hurt your local movie theater, if you still have one. That's because Netflix does this thing where it will lock down an amazing movie, screen it in a few theaters to qualify for the Oscars and other awards, but release it simultaneously (or a few weeks after) on streaming. They did this with Roma. And no, even if you're *Scorsese* (the Irishman) or *Guillermo del Toro* (Frankenstein) even you will only get three to four weeks on the big screen before your knees are kicked out from under you. Who does this help? Netflix. Who does this hurt? The local movie theater where you had your first date, where you watched Jurassic Park (sorry, I'm old), where you take the kids over Christmas. And guess who specializes in making movies for the big screen? Yep, Warner Brothers: Dune, Barbie, the Minecraft Movie (iykyk), Superman. As @matthewstoller explained, "a theater needs a certain number of new releases to be profitable, and are very close to that line right now."

4. And it's not just going to screw over your local movie theater. This thing is going to hurt all of the independent writers, directors, and producers that make the most interesting stuff. Hollywood works at its best when there is a whole ecosystem of independent folks making new shows and movies and pitching them to the big guys for distribution. The film festival circuit? That's *why you go on that circuit* -- to get your cool new, out-there movie in front of execs who can buy it and distribute it. I was in Los Angeles a month ago, and that whole system is just long gone. Why? A huge part of the reason is Netflix. They cut sweetheart deals with huge names (Adam Sandler), and consistently spend their money on that and their own in-house folks. 'No one is buying' at the festivals; 'now they make you do all this stuff for free before you can even pitch them on something'. This is the kind of thing people are saying.

5. What's to be done here? Normally, the Department of Justice would intervene and block the merger. But I'm not staying up for that. I think this is the time for California Attorney General Rob Bonta to step in and move first. He's strong, the folks who work in these industries are *his* constituents -- and if you think this would be a nice thing for a bunch of wealthy people, go see how much the production crews and makeup artists and background actors earn in Hollywood. This is the time for him to define his legacy as someone who stands up for consumers.