Joseph Cassano
@jplc.ca
He/Him. Canadian. Born 1990. Video game developer; Technical Animator at Ubisoft Toronto. Sometimes I type things. Opinions are mine.
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Joseph Cassano
@jplc.ca
· Nov 5
Otacon: What was she fighting for? What am _I_ fighting for? What are _you_ fighting for!?
Snake: If we make it through this, I'll tell you
Snake, later: So I'm pretty sure I was genetically engineered to be addicted to getting combat high
Snake: If we make it through this, I'll tell you
Snake, later: So I'm pretty sure I was genetically engineered to be addicted to getting combat high
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Canadian citizens and residents, there's a new official parliamentary petition raising the issue of electoral reform and proportional representation. Signing is a direct means of meaningful action toward improving our democracy, and it just takes a moment to do. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6993 - Petitions
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December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Canadian citizens and residents, there's a new official parliamentary petition raising the issue of electoral reform and proportional representation. Signing is a direct means of meaningful action toward improving our democracy, and it just takes a moment to do. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Finally hit the end credits of Xenoblade Chronicles 2; it's been a playthrough roughly 8 years in the making
A flawed game for sure, but despite it all, it was a very special experience for me with a cast of characters that I came to really love. I'm very glad I finally got myself to finish it
A flawed game for sure, but despite it all, it was a very special experience for me with a cast of characters that I came to really love. I'm very glad I finally got myself to finish it
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Finally hit the end credits of Xenoblade Chronicles 2; it's been a playthrough roughly 8 years in the making
A flawed game for sure, but despite it all, it was a very special experience for me with a cast of characters that I came to really love. I'm very glad I finally got myself to finish it
A flawed game for sure, but despite it all, it was a very special experience for me with a cast of characters that I came to really love. I'm very glad I finally got myself to finish it
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Was listening to a writer describe worldbuilding as something that is tempting to do because it can easily just be busywork that makes you *feel* like you're being productive even if you're not, and now I'm thinking about that frame of mind in relation to gamedev
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Was listening to a writer describe worldbuilding as something that is tempting to do because it can easily just be busywork that makes you *feel* like you're being productive even if you're not, and now I'm thinking about that frame of mind in relation to gamedev
FINALLY got all of the main game RNG Rare Blades in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I mean, there are still a few RNG ones that will get added to the gacha pool after beating the game that I will have to contend with later, but that's future me's problem. What a slog; the RNG really is a blemish on the game
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
FINALLY got all of the main game RNG Rare Blades in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I mean, there are still a few RNG ones that will get added to the gacha pool after beating the game that I will have to contend with later, but that's future me's problem. What a slog; the RNG really is a blemish on the game
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I think about this John Cullen comic all the time. Thank you! @nellucnhoj.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I think about this John Cullen comic all the time. Thank you! @nellucnhoj.bsky.social
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
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Game design is the art of creating an enticing itch and rewarding you for scratching it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Game design is the art of creating an enticing itch and rewarding you for scratching it.
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from time to time i still encounter this kinda reductive old deviantart attitude that anime/manga styles are flat/unrealistic and that Ghibli mostly is the only grounded, naturalistic anime style. all styles have, obey and break different rules. none of these are unstructured or lawless
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
from time to time i still encounter this kinda reductive old deviantart attitude that anime/manga styles are flat/unrealistic and that Ghibli mostly is the only grounded, naturalistic anime style. all styles have, obey and break different rules. none of these are unstructured or lawless
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Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.
Teach a fish to man, and you will realise not all nouns can be used as verbs.
Teach a fish to man, and you will realise not all nouns can be used as verbs.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.
Teach a fish to man, and you will realise not all nouns can be used as verbs.
Teach a fish to man, and you will realise not all nouns can be used as verbs.
I haven't yet played Half-Life: Alyx, but I know about The Retcon™, and it honestly bums me out. As a teen, I was pretty invested in where the HL2 story was going, and it feels kinda cheap to be like "You know that pretty consequential thing that happened? No it didn't"
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I haven't yet played Half-Life: Alyx, but I know about The Retcon™, and it honestly bums me out. As a teen, I was pretty invested in where the HL2 story was going, and it feels kinda cheap to be like "You know that pretty consequential thing that happened? No it didn't"
I typically dislike the adage of "this game gets better N hours in", but for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, it's unfortunately true. But that's because they give you a bit too much freedom too early; you have all these systems that don't really make sense until you get things from the back half of the game
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I typically dislike the adage of "this game gets better N hours in", but for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, it's unfortunately true. But that's because they give you a bit too much freedom too early; you have all these systems that don't really make sense until you get things from the back half of the game
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
Apropos of nothing in particular, just wanted to say that, personally, I think voice actors and mocap actors are actors just like any other and their very human performances are very important to video game development 🙂
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular, just wanted to say that, personally, I think voice actors and mocap actors are actors just like any other and their very human performances are very important to video game development 🙂
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listening to my team in a meeting today
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
listening to my team in a meeting today
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Jebus, the absolute worst part of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is its overreliance on RNG. Want all the Blades (i.e., characters)? You gotta play gacha! Except it's a single player game with no monetization. So it's just wasting your time for fun 🙃
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Jebus, the absolute worst part of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is its overreliance on RNG. Want all the Blades (i.e., characters)? You gotta play gacha! Except it's a single player game with no monetization. So it's just wasting your time for fun 🙃
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has been troublesome to get through (I've been trying on and off for like 8 years, jeez), but I really have come to enjoy the main cast and the dynamic they have with each other. I love these goobers
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has been troublesome to get through (I've been trying on and off for like 8 years, jeez), but I really have come to enjoy the main cast and the dynamic they have with each other. I love these goobers
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Hi excuse me I need an instant cure for my failing health so I can make a graphic novel about this guy. Thanks. Glad we have an understanding.
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hi excuse me I need an instant cure for my failing health so I can make a graphic novel about this guy. Thanks. Glad we have an understanding.
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We need more animated remakes of live action things! Not this! Give me anime Dune!
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We need more animated remakes of live action things! Not this! Give me anime Dune!
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Would you believe me if I told you that what anime & manga fans like are drawings
Sony Pictures Steps Up Plans for More Live-Action Anime and Manga Movies
Sony Pictures Steps Up Plans for More Live-Action Anime and Manga Movies
The global anime craze isn’t slowing down anytime soon, and Sony Pictures wants in on the action in a big way. During the Tokyo International Film Festival, Shebnem Askin , head of Sony Pictures International...
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Would you believe me if I told you that what anime & manga fans like are drawings
When I was a teen, I was super into webcomics and, as a result, a deep user of RSS to get my comic feeds. But then Google Reader died, RSS kinda fell out of fashion, and microblogging grew. However, it seems like RSS is maybe making a small comeback? Maybe it's time to try it out again
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
When I was a teen, I was super into webcomics and, as a result, a deep user of RSS to get my comic feeds. But then Google Reader died, RSS kinda fell out of fashion, and microblogging grew. However, it seems like RSS is maybe making a small comeback? Maybe it's time to try it out again