1
JP text:トラウマ
My conscious brain: "Trauma."
Also my brain, every time without fail:
2
'lol' and 'lmao' are just です for uncomfortable people. twitter.com/SpookyGothLose…
3
Losing my mind at the fact that Japanese Elden Ring players kept seeing 「砦、夜」(Fort, night) player messages all over the game and some started theorizing there was some kind of event/boss at some fort at nighttime, but it was just English players making Fortnite memes.
4
Anywho, it's time for a giveaway!
2 winners will receive:
-Any 2 games I've worked on
-Any 1 Artbook I've worked on
-Any 7 manga/LN volumes I've worked on
Rules are simple, just RT this post and be following my account!
I'll draw both winners on May 20th, 2022. 5pm EST.
5
If you're curious why companies hire expensive firms instead of diverting those resources to compromising or meeting union demands, it's cause it's not about the resources, it's about reinforcing hierarchy. The intent is to break their employees and wait til the audience forgets.
6
To celebrate release, I'm doing a digital key giveaway for Metal Max Xeno: Reborn!
To be in the running, just be following my account and give this post a retweet! Three winners will receive one digital download key each for the platform of their choice!
Ends today, 11pm UTC!
7
JP Client: "Please make an English logo with this title our company has picked."
EN Publisher: "Your title isn't grammatically correct English. Can we fix it?"
JP: "Please do. We'll look over it once you send it."
EN: "Here you go."
JP: "Sorry. Please keep the grammatical error."
8
Thinking about that time there was a Steins;Gate stage play that had a different character ending depending on the day of the week you went to see it. This is the kind of medium-transcending franchise milking I thoroughly support.
11
At a panel on translation theory by @katrinaltrnsl8r. Super informative and well researched.
12
I think the Square Enix manga app censorship is probably the work of a machine learning algorithm that slaps black bars on specific line strokes/curves it detects. It would explain why stuff like creases in bent knees have been blotted out. Sheer laziness on Square Enix's part.
13
I think it's telling that the weirdos harassing Uchikoshi for his inclusion of gender identity themes in the AI games are angling as if he's pandering or trying for more sales. Like it seems they genuinely can't conceive of him just wanting to include those themes in his writing.
14
I've done a bit of market research in online communities and such lately but I wanna hear from the otome community directly on here. What otomege or even josei-muke titles would you be interested in seeing come to the west. Also if you play console, what consoles do you play on?
15
lmao they deleted these now but look who unironically bought into the trolling and thought Uchikoshi was an American girl.
Highly embarrassing. Glad to know whoever runs their socials has a solid knowledge of the VN niche, really living up to their name.
16
The utter fucking gall of Crunchyroll to do this to someone who rose out of the subculture when the site itself originated as a fansub hosting site. Rising out of the fan scene is a natural progression route in this industry, it shouldn't be discouraged or punished. twitter.com/Anime/status/1…
17
Chaos;Head Noah banned on Steam.
Nice to see the curse is still alive and well, even now.
18
Chiyomaru personally copyright struck and removed Minase Rio's Anonymous;Code stream, taking it down early. This resulting in MAGES. having to issue an official apology this morning as Holostars had reached out for permission to stream the title, and Chiyo acted independently.
21
Wait. ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM.
OH MY GOD. THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE DIRECT IN THE UK.
QUEEN. DEAD. TEARS OF THE (UNITED) KINGDOM.
OH MY FUCKING GOD.
22
Woke up from my sleep, checked my phone. Saw clip of Tucker Carlson mistranslating 爆乳 (slang for massive titties) as "exploding milk porn" on live TV. Going back to sleep.
24
Promotions!
Come Oct 1st, I'll be Head of Localisation Operations at PQube, overseeing the Asia brand and moving to evolve our marketing.
Translators of all language pairs, reach out to andrew.hodgson@pqube.co.uk with your portfolio and rates! Let's work on fun games together!
25
I think the most amusing thing about Chaos;Head Noah being banned on steam is that all the people who aren't in the know about how unfair Valve is with weeb stuff are just going to think C;H has SUPER EXTREME content and that it must have been justifiably nixed. twitter.com/SpikeChunsoft_…
Head of Localisation@PQubeGames | J-E Media Translator (???, Isekai Smartphone, Dendrogram, Maglam Lord, VTuber Dad, Rance X, etc.) | Icon: @RedBardIsCool