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lete lyre@中秋の名月

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J→E・E→J translator & interpreter, occasional writing+design for indie projects. Hobby blog @ https://betterletethannever.blogspot.com/ Games, anime, & a love for the obscure/obsolete. Current obsession: what I write about next?... FF外リプ歓迎 sfw but 🔞

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 2d

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One cross-Pacific transfer later, my #blog Better Lete Than Never returns from hiatus for a visit to Japan's premier doujin event!
Come on by for a casual chat about my day at this summer's sweltering Comiket 106--the legendary 夏コミ.

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Summer Comiket 106 Report

Wait a minute, I'm not supposed to be here! Comiket 106 , held earlier in August (just a couple weeks ago at the time of writing this intro)...

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 24m

Aaaaahhh yep, PDN not having any live-text editing feels really limiting. I feel like it could totally shine as part of my real-job concepting workflow if only the text features were more robust.

Still an excellent project nonetheless and, wonderfully, free!

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 34m

I'm a longtime paint dot net fan, and I use Pinta on Linux precisely because handles so similarly!

PDN's got everything one needs when the "just a few quick edits" turns into an "eh, okay, maybe I do need some layers"

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1h

Lately I've been decompressing with Poti Poti Studio's Is This Seat Taken? I'm around halfway through so far.

It's an lighthearted little puzzler that's both intuitive and satisfying when everything clicks together.

I like the various scenario gimmicks, with the airport queue being my favorite!

Screenshot from the game Is This Seat Taken? Passengers wait in the airport terminal to line up for their flight. One NPC, Rupert, indicates their flight number is up next, and that they have a VIP queue pass, giving a hint as to where they must go. Rupert rocks some excellent heeled boots.

Bonus scenario with a pharaoh, mummy, and a couple sentient pieces of pottery standing outside a museum exhibit. The mummy says: "And the sand, ugh... I hated it. It got everywhere!" I can't help but slightly hope this is a Star Wars Prequels joke.

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1h

Incredible. It's not Sun, it's clearly そ厶几

In fact, Puyo Puyo Somuoshimazuki is my favorite game in the series.

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 2h

100% this; the game gives you a ton of lives (both at the start and as 1-ups) since it's expected that you'll lose a lot of them as you go through the natural process of learning a level.

I wouldn't be upset if they gave me a few more to start with, though. Maybe 99 lives instead of 9? 😆

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 3h

(this took me 1,000 years in paint dot net please like and subscribe for more quality topical content)

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 4h

Oof yeah, the circus level gimmicks are super cool but they come with a lot of brand-new ways to lose lives.

I remember catapulting up on one of those strength meter games, then panicking at how high it sends you and slamming into the ground without gliding lol

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 8h

I'm glad I'm not the only one that got Shangri-la Drive flashbacks the moment I saw Horizon Walker screencaps

...But does it have the Shangri-la Drive's needlessly complicated take on Armored Core's damage system plus a touch of Carnage Heart's mech programming??? Heh, checkmate, Horizon Walker.

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 8h

And for those who might have missed it: we also have a brand-new article on the blog, fresh off the presses!

I join the ranks of my favorite artists in the semiannual tradition of writing a retrospective on Japan's biggest doujin event: Comiket.

betterletethannever.blogspot.com/2025/10/summ...

Summer Comiket 106 Report

Wait a minute, I'm not supposed to be here! Comiket 106 , held earlier in August (just a couple weeks ago at the time of writing this intro)...

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 8h

Friday night? Saturday morning? It's always a perfect time to read some Better Lete Than Never.

From the archives, it's Bubsy for SNES! The mischievous furball's back in the spotlight thanks to NSO, so why not read about how I... liked the game!

betterletethannever.blogspot.com/2025/05/bubs...

Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (SNES) - What Could Paw-sibly Go Wrong?

The Legend of the Steam Locomotive Kids crowd around a boxy CRT TV while the parents chatter inconsequential details in the dining room. All...

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 8h

When you max out a unit's JP, they convert the game into the original Japanese TL and you have to play the rest of the game that way

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 9h

All credit to @sickcombos.bsky.social, whose alt-text observations never lie 🙏

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Sick Combos @sickcombos.bsky.social · 5d

#crt #photography #squaresoft

an old Priest in a yellow robe gives the Princess a blessing on her way out. he is incredibly bald but in a cute way // Final Fantasy Tactics for Playstation, photography on CRT TV

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 10h

I was expecting a thesis on clothing hangers.
I've been bamboozled!

As someone with two settings: Kancolle and サ終-imminent ded game, I'm always curious what the heck they're doing over there in the Popular Corner.

Handing it to FANZA+EXNOA productions, they got the no-pretense gacha sexo on lock.

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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 10h

fa-father ??

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LegendOP @legendop.bsky.social · 14h

Club Drive for the Atari Jaguar, it's admittedly janky but it was a pretty early open-world driving game and managed to include a rewind function a decade and a half before GRID or Forza

Also box cat

A screenshot of Club Drive, showing the living room in the Jerome's Pad level. There's a very blocky and undetailed cat in front of a toy-sized yellow car, and a TV in the background showing a mirror image of the player's view

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 20h

Is this about Phocid?
Yes, but mainly it's about byobu, kotoba, imiwa, kakugo-

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 20h

Looking to name your open-source software? Why not try:
[random plant/animal species]
JAAJ: Just Another Acronym Joke
[lowercase Japanese word]

Bonus points if the name references the now-unmaintained predecessor project that yours forks

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1d

That's awesome! Wishing you luck.

Having done that move over here myself only recently, I can confirm that every incremental point of language skill you have opens so many doors. It's impossible to understate how important it is.

Also keigo 🙂

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, people are very kind and patient! Putting yourself out there has some pressure to it, but I always encourage people to do it. It's by far the fastest way to learn Japanese in a way that's actually natural-sounding.

Fear is temporary, but the glory of increasing fluency shines eternal.

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1d

To me at least, it's pleasantly surreal to see some game or anime and be able to say "I want to experience that RIGHT now"

Sometimes it feels like a superpower! One that you happened to have trained over thousands of hours over multiple years.

In a way it makes it all the more "super".

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1d

It is funny how it all synergizes together, and one of my favorite side-benefits of the studying.

I sympathize so much with having nobody locally to practice with. I'd set up multiple exchanges and groups while in the States and they were always hard to maintain for long. Props for pushing ahead!

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1d

I despise LinkedInposting so I hope this doesn't come across like that. Any remotely grandiose-sounding things I say are because I genuinely believe them.
I don't wanna pat myself on the back, I just want to yell "we should all love reading and writing in any language we can" from the mountaintops.

lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1d

I'm doing well, and have support from my team. But the reminders that the learning never truly ends, both in my native and foreign tongue, are humbling in a welcome sort of way.
I'm glad the outcome is "keep reading, keep writing" because I'd hate to live a life without those things.

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lete lyre@中秋の名月 @letelyre.bsky.social · 1d

Putting on my Serious Hat for a moment:
My recent TL/interp work has been pretty technical and challenging.
"Have passion for language" isn't just an empty platitude—it's what keeps me going sometimes.
We can't forget the immense value and inherent art in expressing ourselves & understanding others.

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