Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier
@iiotenki.bsky.social
The Daigo Umehara of dating sims and the Tony Hawk of Tokimemo. Also your neighborhood Japanese game translator for over a decade. DM for work inquiries.
日英ゲーム翻訳者。日本語のメッセージも大歓迎！
📖 Blog: https://dateemups.com/
✍️ Portfolio: https://freelansations.com
日英ゲーム翻訳者。日本語のメッセージも大歓迎！
📖 Blog: https://dateemups.com/
✍️ Portfolio: https://freelansations.com
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So, here's the deal: if you've got a mid to long-term J>E translation or editing gig for a ten-year vet with AAA, lead translator credits to his name (portfolio link in my bio), let's talk by email or DMs. If not, a share is appreciated. I don't wanna spin my wheels another year. Thanks, folks. 🙏
Again, I'll say: if you've never played a Mystery Dungeon or you've only played spinoffs like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, there's never been a better, more content and QOL feature-rich Shiren game to start than 6/Serpentcoil. $20 for the base game alone is a steal for all the dungeons it comes with.
Shiren the Wanderer 30th Anniversary sale on Steam buff.ly/oYgd9k2
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Again, I'll say: if you've never played a Mystery Dungeon or you've only played spinoffs like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, there's never been a better, more content and QOL feature-rich Shiren game to start than 6/Serpentcoil. $20 for the base game alone is a steal for all the dungeons it comes with.
This is a Tetris post like three of you will get, but even though I'm slowly coming around to ARS rules for TGM games after stubbornly sticking to TGM1/TGM3 world rules for decades, man is it hard to teach an old dog new tricks WRT muscle memory, even if ARS allows for really neat maneuvers. 😩
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is a Tetris post like three of you will get, but even though I'm slowly coming around to ARS rules for TGM games after stubbornly sticking to TGM1/TGM3 world rules for decades, man is it hard to teach an old dog new tricks WRT muscle memory, even if ARS allows for really neat maneuvers. 😩
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a neat discovery by BEEP: an old computer game they received contained a customer service letter handwritten by Dragon Slayer series creator Yoshio Kiya of "Nihon Falco (sic)"🇯🇵 xcancel.com/BEEP_SHOP/st...
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
a neat discovery by BEEP: an old computer game they received contained a customer service letter handwritten by Dragon Slayer series creator Yoshio Kiya of "Nihon Falco (sic)"🇯🇵 xcancel.com/BEEP_SHOP/st...
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great thread about the dishonesty and fudged data surrounding the "foreigner problem" in Japan
This number has caused confusion, earlier data suggested the foreigners commit crimes less than Japanese. It's precisely because of that earlier number, that Tsutomu Ohtsu of Sanseito posed the police a different question, to get a different answer.
The National Police Agency told a cabinet committee that the crime rate of foreigners in Japan, excluding short term visitors, is 1.72x that of Japanese residents. www.sankei.com/article/2025...
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
great thread about the dishonesty and fudged data surrounding the "foreigner problem" in Japan
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spending every waking moment of my week doing my best to forget that one of the worst dating sims i've ever played is about to come out for a third god damn time because in this timeline, we can't have nice things from the same(-ish) series like a proper hd amagami port no matter how popular it is 😮💨
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
spending every waking moment of my week doing my best to forget that one of the worst dating sims i've ever played is about to come out for a third god damn time because in this timeline, we can't have nice things from the same(-ish) series like a proper hd amagami port no matter how popular it is 😮💨
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I will be honest, I did not realize the unreleased Viewpoint 2064 even had a final version. As a fan of the original game and its various incarnations though, I can't wait to sit down with this over the holiday weekend!
FOUND! Viewpoint 2064 - FINAL VERSION preserved (N64)
YouTube video by Hard4Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I will be honest, I did not realize the unreleased Viewpoint 2064 even had a final version. As a fan of the original game and its various incarnations though, I can't wait to sit down with this over the holiday weekend!
One reason I'll always advocate that my fellow J>E colleagues tune out anti-loc noise and always just Do Good Work is because sometimes someone in Japan gives you your props. Maybe it's the dev team and they update the source text based on YOUR work, or maybe it's fans, but either way, it's nice. 😌
So per r/Umamusume (www.reddit.com/r/UmaMusume/...) there's a Japanese woman crashing out that the localized named for Halloween Super Creek's skill is Give Mummy a Hug and is mad that JP doesn't have this
From the UmaMusume community on Reddit: JP torena mad with envy about Halloween Creek's unique skill name in global
Explore this post and more from the UmaMusume community
www.reddit.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
One reason I'll always advocate that my fellow J>E colleagues tune out anti-loc noise and always just Do Good Work is because sometimes someone in Japan gives you your props. Maybe it's the dev team and they update the source text based on YOUR work, or maybe it's fans, but either way, it's nice. 😌
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Playing the original Tokimeki Memorial was entirely worth it *solely* for having just enough context to slightly understand what the hell was going on when I stumbled onto Oshiete Your Heart at the Mikado gamecenter
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Playing the original Tokimeki Memorial was entirely worth it *solely* for having just enough context to slightly understand what the hell was going on when I stumbled onto Oshiete Your Heart at the Mikado gamecenter
a less principled gamer would look at the ten versions of tokimemo available to consumers and state their collection is complete once they've amassed them
not me
they* may stop calling me "ten tokimemo tom" afterwards, but i won't rest until i have a full cabinet of the arcade port 😔
*nobody does
not me
they* may stop calling me "ten tokimemo tom" afterwards, but i won't rest until i have a full cabinet of the arcade port 😔
*nobody does
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
a less principled gamer would look at the ten versions of tokimemo available to consumers and state their collection is complete once they've amassed them
not me
they* may stop calling me "ten tokimemo tom" afterwards, but i won't rest until i have a full cabinet of the arcade port 😔
*nobody does
not me
they* may stop calling me "ten tokimemo tom" afterwards, but i won't rest until i have a full cabinet of the arcade port 😔
*nobody does
There are like seven revisions of PCE Tokimemo. Most just have bugfixes, but later ones contain an extremely obscure piece of hidden content I'm not sure is documented anywhere in English. The only hint of it is in a new magazine ad that obliquely refers to something known only as "boot job #37." 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
There are like seven revisions of PCE Tokimemo. Most just have bugfixes, but later ones contain an extremely obscure piece of hidden content I'm not sure is documented anywhere in English. The only hint of it is in a new magazine ad that obliquely refers to something known only as "boot job #37." 🧵
Forget video games, the next few months of releases are looking truly stacked in the world of Japanese gachapon. 👀
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Forget video games, the next few months of releases are looking truly stacked in the world of Japanese gachapon. 👀
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oc commission for my mate @makotofox.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
oc commission for my mate @makotofox.bsky.social
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Weird feelings knowing MS owns 70% of this entire list, albeit largely after the fact. It really does speak volumes about how much the 360's success was localized to the US, as big as it was. It's no wonder it struggled in certain other markets with such a dearth in genre variety. A literal desert.
Happy 20th to the Xbox 360!
The Xbox 360 sold 42.7M consoles in the US lifetime, with Call of Duty: Black Ops II being its best-selling game in the US in both units and dollars.
The 360 Headset led accessory SKUs in US units sold at over 11.4M.
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
The Xbox 360 sold 42.7M consoles in the US lifetime, with Call of Duty: Black Ops II being its best-selling game in the US in both units and dollars.
The 360 Headset led accessory SKUs in US units sold at over 11.4M.
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Weird feelings knowing MS owns 70% of this entire list, albeit largely after the fact. It really does speak volumes about how much the 360's success was localized to the US, as big as it was. It's no wonder it struggled in certain other markets with such a dearth in genre variety. A literal desert.
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#エクストルーパーズ 13周年おめでとうございます！！！
今年はブレンとキラキラちゃん！！
今年はブレンとキラキラちゃん！！
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#エクストルーパーズ 13周年おめでとうございます！！！
今年はブレンとキラキラちゃん！！
今年はブレンとキラキラちゃん！！
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
Not me belatedly playing the unofficial PS1 port of TGM1 on my Mister at 6 in the morning when I already have at least three other ways of playing that game in this very apartment, including a real ass arcade board. Nosiree, I only like me some sicko arcade Tetris a normal amount. 😌
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Not me belatedly playing the unofficial PS1 port of TGM1 on my Mister at 6 in the morning when I already have at least three other ways of playing that game in this very apartment, including a real ass arcade board. Nosiree, I only like me some sicko arcade Tetris a normal amount. 😌
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November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
One reason I stumped for Uma Musume in 2021 was how it gets that success of a raising sim lies not only in mechanical flexibility, but presentation to add narrative layers and make progression relatable. My good friend Lark's written smart words about one way it achieves that rather economically. 👇
NEW POST‼️‼️‼️
Uma Musume's use of predetermined animations assigned to each girl isn't just a really smart use of resources but it builds a language unto itself that communicates details the story might not be able to alone.
#UmaMusume
#ウマ娘
umadacchidensetsu.com/how-uma-musu...
Uma Musume's use of predetermined animations assigned to each girl isn't just a really smart use of resources but it builds a language unto itself that communicates details the story might not be able to alone.
#UmaMusume
#ウマ娘
umadacchidensetsu.com/how-uma-musu...
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One reason I stumped for Uma Musume in 2021 was how it gets that success of a raising sim lies not only in mechanical flexibility, but presentation to add narrative layers and make progression relatable. My good friend Lark's written smart words about one way it achieves that rather economically. 👇
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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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It's worth stressing for those who haven't played RAD that up until this precise point, the game has played it straight about the consequences of your destruction and it's only later on that it's like, "Actually, giant robots should be used to destroy capitalism, not maintain it." It's beautiful.
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It's worth stressing for those who haven't played RAD that up until this precise point, the game has played it straight about the consequences of your destruction and it's only later on that it's like, "Actually, giant robots should be used to destroy capitalism, not maintain it." It's beautiful.
I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.