Chromarin
@chromarin.bsky.social
Xenoblade X slander = instablock
Cooking, gaming, watching, drawing (art archive > chromarin.tumblr.com)
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Cooking, gaming, watching, drawing (art archive > chromarin.tumblr.com)
WILL NOT follow you back (probably)
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Chromarin
@chromarin.bsky.social
· May 29
If you decide to follow me, you are contractually obliged to like at least one of my food posts.
I pretty much forgot that it's Thanksgiving (I'm not in US) and ended up telling spouse (who lived in US for many years) to get some turkey burgers. I had a busy day!
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I pretty much forgot that it's Thanksgiving (I'm not in US) and ended up telling spouse (who lived in US for many years) to get some turkey burgers. I had a busy day!
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PLEASE ADOPT AI PLEASE WE INVESTED EVERYTHING IN IT
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
PLEASE ADOPT AI PLEASE WE INVESTED EVERYTHING IN IT
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doom train is supposed to look scary I guess but he just looks really worried
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
doom train is supposed to look scary I guess but he just looks really worried
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The idea with this shit is always 'ok superfans will bitch but there's not a lot of those' but the way the internet has built itself up is that usually those superfans bitching will be the -only coverage it gets- and of course that poleaxes it. Same shit has been happening since DmC
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The idea with this shit is always 'ok superfans will bitch but there's not a lot of those' but the way the internet has built itself up is that usually those superfans bitching will be the -only coverage it gets- and of course that poleaxes it. Same shit has been happening since DmC
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Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
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Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
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No idea what could possibly justify a 70-80 EUR (or higher) game purchase… and I work in the damn industry!
Half of this price could’ve gone to charity, but instead it feeds the bonuses for layoff-inducing union-busting C-suites.
Half of this price could’ve gone to charity, but instead it feeds the bonuses for layoff-inducing union-busting C-suites.
game pricing discourse is like a lens of truth that tells you whether or not someone has bills
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
No idea what could possibly justify a 70-80 EUR (or higher) game purchase… and I work in the damn industry!
Half of this price could’ve gone to charity, but instead it feeds the bonuses for layoff-inducing union-busting C-suites.
Half of this price could’ve gone to charity, but instead it feeds the bonuses for layoff-inducing union-busting C-suites.
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Could it be… he ate a whole turkey today?
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Could it be… he ate a whole turkey today?
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The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans.
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher, Among Last Known Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
Mother Fletcher's legacy will live on as the epitome of honor, courage, strength, and resilience in the face of violent terrorism, white supremacy, and cowardice
www.qasimrashid.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans.
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
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I don't know how this billboard means this but I like to believe it's adversarial, like a "We must outdo the Soviets" kind of deal
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I don't know how this billboard means this but I like to believe it's adversarial, like a "We must outdo the Soviets" kind of deal
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Just because CR and Funi fucked up everybody's perception of the market doesn't mean you have to yield to their framework
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Just because CR and Funi fucked up everybody's perception of the market doesn't mean you have to yield to their framework
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my boring unpopular answer is that there are literally thousands of actively running manga at any given time and if you're looking for well realized female characters you should go somewhere other than McShonenJump.
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
my boring unpopular answer is that there are literally thousands of actively running manga at any given time and if you're looking for well realized female characters you should go somewhere other than McShonenJump.
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There was a reference to the word "pwned" in the new Knives Out movie and it made me sad kids today don't say "you got pwned" anymore, they just say shit like "unc is washed" or "sixty seven" then steal your wallet.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
There was a reference to the word "pwned" in the new Knives Out movie and it made me sad kids today don't say "you got pwned" anymore, they just say shit like "unc is washed" or "sixty seven" then steal your wallet.
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i was talkin' about the whole npc dialogue thing earlier n came across this gem
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
i was talkin' about the whole npc dialogue thing earlier n came across this gem
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November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
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i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
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if NPC dialogue in a game is unimportant or boring, one of two things is happening:
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
if NPC dialogue in a game is unimportant or boring, one of two things is happening:
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
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打ち合わせが脱線はじめたから今更アオリチャレンジしてた
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
打ち合わせが脱線はじめたから今更アオリチャレンジしてた
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lol they kinda said out loud why they're trying so hard to get AI considered human
BREAKING: RealPage is suing New York, challenging a new state law that bans landlords from using algorithms to set rents.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
lol they kinda said out loud why they're trying so hard to get AI considered human
I love you, Xenoblade X.
Maybe your story is not as profound as Takahashi's many other works, but you are the jumpiest and traversiest game ever.
And I will rabidly defend your honor.
Especially now with fixed UI.
Maybe your story is not as profound as Takahashi's many other works, but you are the jumpiest and traversiest game ever.
And I will rabidly defend your honor.
Especially now with fixed UI.
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I love you, Xenoblade X.
Maybe your story is not as profound as Takahashi's many other works, but you are the jumpiest and traversiest game ever.
And I will rabidly defend your honor.
Especially now with fixed UI.
Maybe your story is not as profound as Takahashi's many other works, but you are the jumpiest and traversiest game ever.
And I will rabidly defend your honor.
Especially now with fixed UI.
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Anyone who says something like "Evangelion is unlike other mecha" or "Evangelion is anti-anime/anti-mecha/anti-otaku" is almost always someone who just straight up hates mecha as a genre if not anime itself and completely missed the point of Eva.
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anyone who says something like "Evangelion is unlike other mecha" or "Evangelion is anti-anime/anti-mecha/anti-otaku" is almost always someone who just straight up hates mecha as a genre if not anime itself and completely missed the point of Eva.