@kaihat.su has been posting here and there about it.

So, I did a thing. It aired on All Things Considered this evening. If anyone is interested. www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

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Great thread, especially for those interested in the ebbs and flows of manga popularity over the years (a subject that is certainly not immune to all manner of internet rumor)

Linda explainer!
-Linda Linda Linda is a 2005 movie about a group of girls covering songs by punk band The Blue Hearts.
-Linda³ is an RPG for the PC Engine CD about attempting to recreate Noah's Ark on the planet of Neo Kenya.
-The two are not directly related!

Hope this clears things up!

I’ve heard the best is the OCR tool developed by the National Diet Library, which can even handle furigana at times: github.com/ndl-lab/ndlk...

Been chewing on this a lot lately too because I am similarly baffled. But I also didn’t like Hollow Knight all that much so that could be part of it 😔

Excited to be volunteering this year!

The only time I did this, I then promptly had to buy a new copy. Never again

Congrats!

Definitely seems analogous to what they've been doing with golf, which seems to have received a decent amount of scholarly attention. I'd probably start there if I wanted to learn more (though I wonder how the esports case differs!)

Save 30% on #NewBook "Interface Frictions" by Neta Alexander, which explores how ubiquitous design features in digital platforms such as playback speed, autoplay, and night mode, reshape, condition, and break our bodies. buff.ly/qGM7NVC

The Mechademia 2026 CFP is now available! Join us at the National University of Singapore, 29-30 May 2026!

Conference theme is "Traversing Trans-Asian Imaginaries: Anime, Manga, and Media Cultures" and ABSTRACTS ARE DUE 15 OCTOBER 2025.

Full info at the link:
www.mechademia.net/conferences/...

明日!!!!

JPP is pleased to announce the launch of the project Kawaii in Japan & Beyond: Theory & Praxis. This project creates approachable, open-access teaching materials exploring the concept of kawaii (cuteness) in and beyond Japanese cultural contexts. 🌏🧋🍭✨ japanpastandpresent.org/en/projects/...

I am also only here because of FLAS funding. Have been hearing the strain it’s putting on folks just a few years behind me in the process, just gut-wrenching to think about nationally.

NY Times special article on the renewed need to think about Hiroshima and the End. Complete with utterly powerful Japanese poetry by Matsuo Atsuyuki and photographs by Kawada Kikuji.

You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Upon receiving her BAFTA award, Yoko Shimomura gave an interview to The Guardian in which she stated that Capcom's sound divisions (one per department: arcade and consumer) in the late 80s were not only composed mainly of women; they were led by women.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

This is great. Computer Entertainer was the only U.S. publication covering console games during the post-Atari-crash lacuna and early NES days. It’s an invaluable resource for gauging actual contemporary perception—disappointment at console releases drying up, excitement over Nintendo/Sega’s arrival

Today is the last day of Matching Donation Week! Donations help out with travel grants and running the conference. It's a very tangible way to support the creators and academics of queer games 🙏

One other thing I did is make the blog pages visible, so this short piece on Tears of the Kingdom and my dislike of how Zelda was handled in it is now accessible: www.lillianmcintyre.com/totk-thoughts/

One person left a comment on this agreeing with me before it was actually linked to anywhere! 😅