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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · 1d

Now this was a fun one: got to work again with @catsonmars.bsky.social, milkyPRISM, and Command Creative on a little series for Duolingo, with @parkersimmons.bsky.social and Titmouse Canada at the helm. A+++, would wabing again

Parker Simmons @parkersimmons.bsky.social · 1d

Got to direct this with an amazing team at Titmouse Canada. Everyone gave their all to create a sincere pastiche of the anime they grew up with. Even the composers couldn't resist a little End of Eva reference in the teaser music here:

COMING SOON: Duolingo’s first anime series!

YouTube video by Duolingo

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Tommy Pedrini @catsonmars.bsky.social · 1d

I had SO much fun with this — co-composing the trailer, ending theme, and series score with @midee.bsky.social, milkyPRiSM & our team at Command Creative. Parker and the team at Titmouse killing it as usual.

Please check it out and enjoy!

Parker Simmons @parkersimmons.bsky.social · 1d

Got to direct this with an amazing team at Titmouse Canada. Everyone gave their all to create a sincere pastiche of the anime they grew up with. Even the composers couldn't resist a little End of Eva reference in the teaser music here:

COMING SOON: Duolingo’s first anime series!

YouTube video by Duolingo

youtu.be

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · 1d

and here's a more standard spooky orchestral organ track www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13s...

Diabolical Duel - Big Bads: Music to Beat Bosses to

YouTube video by Hit Point Press

www.youtube.com

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · 1d

I've done a few vampiric things in my time www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm4-...
This is a portion of a multi-layered track for Vampire: The Masquerade virtual tabletop RPG

Automated Dice Rolling in Vampire The Masquerade

YouTube video by Alchemy RPG

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · 2d

I am so sorry Dale. Yuki was the sweetest pup and I could tell she loved you both. Rest in piece, girl. ❤️

Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Aug 15

You cannot, and should not expect everyone to be able to vote against their morals to be ‘strategic’ even to keep Trump out, and this last election proved that.

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hell yeah, congrats on the release! I’ll be playing it soon.

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Tommy Pedrini @catsonmars.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Early Access version is now out!!

This team has poured so much love and care into this game and there is only more good stuff to come in the months ahead. So proud to be a part of this lovingly-crafted project! 💖

(Also, check out @narekpapoyan.com and @midee.bsky.social on this trailer!!)

Gold Gold Adventure Gold - OUT NOW on Steam @cancancanaman.bsky.social · Jul 31

👑 GOLD GOLD ADVENTURE GOLD is OUT NOW! ⚔️

⚔️Recruit adventurers to quest and explore in the name of gold!

🏙️Build a city around a monster-filled dungeon to evolve your economy!

🐉Raise pets into God-Beasts to overcome trails!

GO FOR GOLD & PLAY NOW! ✅ t.co/FbGbmdCf3C

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jul 26

Time to post my CC# and address on the internet, doing otherwise would be self-censorship:

Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jul 19

As much as I'd like to see a total comparison of costs between the two, it's moot because as mentioned by others, the internet actually *worked*. Different technology, indeed!

Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jul 19

I don’t recall the internet requiring so much power they had to reopen Three Mile Island for it.

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jul 19

The internet had a very real benefit from the start: you could communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world, instantly. Plus it had no absurd backend cost like LLM, just “use the phonelines and make more faster computers” which was already going on. There are no such benefits with LLM for most.

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jul 13

Good luck on your move!

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jul 1

Oh this is good, thank you.

I mean it's awful, but a good compilation.

Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is just a garbage fluff survey. It doesn't even ask us what we think about "AI", or the fact that it's being shoehorned in everywhere despite little benefit to anyone.

When are you going to start asking actual critical questions about this multi-billion dollar scam?

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jun 29

GTFO with your "national backlash" NYT, how about "systematic targeting from fascists we help enable"

A Gallup poll showing steady overwhelming support for gay marriage

Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jun 28

“We didn’t fail the voters, they failed us!”

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jun 13

It wasn’t just by circumstance either, Israel literally bankrolled and assisted Hamas to counteract the PLA

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jun 10

I'm glad you do, but saying things only got bad when Trump brought in the troops is simply not true. LAPD and ICE have been out there brutalizing people for weeks now, and now Newsom wants to send more cops in?

Illegal deployment aside, "the troops" are mostly just a distraction (for now)

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jun 10

It's incredible watching the liberal train of thought here; like the problem isn't ICE's gestapo tactics or the LAPD happily helping them, the problem in their minds is the immigrants causing such a big fuss to begin with.

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jun 9

Don't split. bsky.app/profile/scgr...

subvariety sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · Jun 8

the hong kong protestors used the phrase "do not split" to mean that the radical protest and peaceful protest arms of the movement should refuse to criticize each other.

Yet if the movement is leaderless and anarchic, it isn't chaotic. It has guiding principles that allow participants to self- regulate even as the movement constantly reinvents itself. Among those principles is ("do not split"). Protesters use the expression to say that no one in the movement should condemn or obstruct the actions of fellow protesters they disagree with. People who oppose a given action should sit it out, but not try to prevent it.

The use of force, in particular, is a divisive issue. Some insist on the necessity of keeping the protests peaceful, so that they will seem morally legitimate and may gain sympathy from the broader public. Others — especially younger protesters or protesters who consider that the lengthy sit-ins of the Umbrella Movement failed — believe that some measure of force has become necessary; otherwise, the government will simply ignore them.

The “do not split” idea acts as a bridge between these two factions by promoting mutual respect for diverging views within the protest movement.

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Jun 7

Y'all killed it, thank you so much for bringing me on and letting me jam with Sakimoto tunes!

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · May 18

I would've sadly suppressed my morals again to vote for this motherfucker like I did for Kamala, but that doesn't mean this genocide enabler/encourager deserves shit else from me.

The hell with your "decency".

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Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Apr 15

Tolerance is the Gen-X way,
Systematic racism? Some other day

Jason Zaffary @midee.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congrats to @hitpointpress.bsky.social on their Humblewood: Beyond The Canopy TTRPG kickstarter campaign! I had the pleasure of writing the soundtrack alongside @catsonmars.bsky.social, and it was a ton of fun.

Check it!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hit...

Humblewood: Beyond the Canopy

Animal adventures await with new playable races, lands, monsters, and a globe trotting adventure! What kind of hero will you become?

www.kickstarter.com

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