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Adam Vitale

@drseda.bsky.social

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I'm Seda in most places on the web. I am the Editor-in-Chief RPG Site. RPG gearhead. Scientist by day. He/him. Contact: [email protected]

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Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 1h

The two genders?

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 19h

I usually keep my two lives separate from each other, but someone in the lab today came up to me unprompted and excitedly said he thought my games writing stuff was "super cool". I had no idea this guy was also an RPG-head. He said he loved Expedition 33 and was excited for Dragon Quest 1&2, lol.

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RPG Site @rpgsite.net · 1d

Square Enix has shared new information and screenshots for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, detailing new storyline and dungeon additions made to Dragon Quest I:

https://www.rpgsite.net/news/18658-dragon-quest-i-ii-hd-2d-remake-screenshots-show-new-storyline-scenarios-dungeons

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Tony Garsow @tonygarsow.bsky.social · 2d

ok you have my attention

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 2d

you also probably have ketchup on your face that you cannot feel

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't realize people were asking for this lol.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 2d

I knew this gif was coming

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 2d

RPG Site wrote 228 news posts in September. 227 in August.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

No I keep my inbox quite organized!

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

Seiken*

But yeah even the Mana series Fandom wiki has numerous footnotes about the alternate fan translation names, as they were the English names many went by for years until there was an official translation.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

I'm only with RPG Site (and have been for 13 years) because of a @zackreese.bsky.social tweet (Zack come to bluesky already)

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

Seiten Densetsu 3 and Trials of Mana come to mind. Nothing major but some town/location/characters names I still think of the classic fan translation first. Carlie vs Charlotte, etc.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

Getting to that point in my tenure where I want to reference a prior email correspondence, and it's from a decade ago.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

no!

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

Not quite the same thing but I remember when an English dub had the super smart scientist character pronounce 'spectroscopy' wrong and it completely broke whatever believable immersion there was. Gotta get the facts (mostly) right!

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

If I tried this I think I would crumble into a pretzel.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure about plans for their AAA stuff, but from my side of the fence, it does appear that they (1) are taking a little longer on DQ1&2 HD to make sure it is polished and (2) marketing it a bit more strongly due to DQ3's success.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

Cliff notes seem to be:

* Life is Strange: Double Exposure was "a fairly substantial drag on our earnings as sales have been very poor".

* Final Fantasy XVI "did not reach the level of sales that we had targeted at the outset".

* DQ3HD exceeded expectations, which was already evident in the doc

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure why Square Enix's IR transcripts take ~8 months now (it used to be, like, 2 or 3 months), but they finally provided some copy from **February 2025**. This is talking about results up to December 2024.

www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/libra...

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes seeds of doubt crawl into my thoughts, but then two big opportunities for RPG Site land in my inbox back-to-back, so maybe I'm doing alright.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 3d

This is basically in Metal Saga I think.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 4d

I just tuned in one play before the not-sack-TD, lmao.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 4d

When we published an editorial on Front Mission 3 Remake, we basically just gave readers enough rope to conclude 'this is AI' without directly saying it is AI. I think Luke actually got a little upset we didn't just say it outright lol.

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 5d

Arizona shooting themselves in the foot once or three times..

Adam Vitale @drseda.bsky.social · 5d

To be clear this isn't in direct response to anything said, just at a point these games arent niche anymore!