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How Doujin Illustrators Influenced The Aesthetics of Japan’s Underground Music Culture: Kai Redfield explores Japan's underground music scene and how doujin illustrators have played an invaluable role in defining the aesthetics and vibes of the landscape.

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How Doujin Illustrators Influenced The Aesthetics of Japan's Underground Music Culture
Many illustrators who’ve contributed to underground and doujin music scene history eventually find themselves working on monumental projects, like Vtuber designs or video game concept art - but it’s cool to see that there’s a place for everyone to play a role in this part of the subculture, irrespective of where the future takes them.
hera.fyi
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Happy holidays yall! Hope everyone gets a chance to relax, eat good food, or idk be a menace to society if you want. I did some of those things
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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political compass
December 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Make the yuletide gay ❤️

[ #cuteart #traditionalart #sketchbook ]
December 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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on sewer level design in Big Hops by @luckshotgames.com , textures and props by @jlorp.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Merry Christmas from Japan!

日本からメリークリスマス!!
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community

go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I love that Primrose only has to name-drop somebody's boss and she gets an A and 200 opals. now that's some mechanical representation! #demonschool
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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It's the Christmas issue of Famitsu, so that means many Japanese gaming industry folks gave their personal Game of the Year lists. I'll update this thread periodically since there's a lot of them once again.
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I'm told the Japanese art community, specifically, is doing a Twitter exodus right now so if anyone wants to recommend me Japanese artists to follow I'd he super curious
potential EME alert 🚨- apparently the Japanese are signing up to bluesky in droves. If you check the newskies feed 99% of posts are now Japanese

cc: @surfdude29.ispost.ing @laurenshof.online
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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What ever happened to the puppets from the Rudolph TV special?
That was the original question that turned into a century-spanning saga about one of the most influential, but least-known pioneers in East-Asian animation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9K...

taking a break rn but I still love this video
What ACTUALLY Happened to the Rudolph Puppets? - The Bizarre History Behind the Animagic
YouTube video by Swamp Jawn
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
post a random picture or else everything will go bad in 2026.
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
back then probably Snakes and Ladders, these days I have less room in my heart for rng progression, so it's absolutely Go
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the millennium was on the eve of 999 anno Domini, and what you would say your favorite game is now
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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I decided to remaster this one and I made it just in time!
December 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Wizardry The Five Ordeals allows players to use their own custom character portraits and the soul vs soulless disparity has never been stronger than the chars people have shared

ai art could never hope to compete with the raw power of scanning in your pencil & paper samurai HELL yea
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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QUICKVID: how do you find music like game music? i have some thoughts.
how do you find more music like xyz game music? [QUICKVID]
YouTube video by GST Channel
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Here’s a “I didn’t play for a week and now the Christmas event stuff started and every recurring revenue system reset requiring a new pop up” version that is somehow twice as long
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ooof.
at the time: ...StarCraft 2?
(runner-up RDR).
these days: VVVVVV
(runner-up Kirby's Epic Yarn)

(could have been Peace Walker, but I still haven't played it. it just seemed like another pass at Portable Ops to me at the time.)
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the year was at the end of 2010, if you had one, and what you would say your favourite game of 2010 is now, if it differs

Localisations and early access count, remasters and ports don't. Remakes depend

Refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Got 84 assets we need the art team to whip up textures for before we ship; to make things simple I covered the assets in mimics that *look* exactly like textures but will hurt our company if they aren't found and replaced
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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"you're a man"
ad hominem

"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy

"you're amab"
false dichotomy

"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence

"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur

"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
hey also Aoi Honoo is really good
Young Hideaki Anno watching an episode of "Lupin III" by Hayao Miyazaki ;-]
From japanese TV drama "Aoi Honoo" (Blue Blazes).
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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please, please, please watch this. its shorter than most video essays on youtube rn. u can do it. please watch this. dont look away.

youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
Why We're Boycotting Xbox (and Maybe You Should Too)
YouTube video by People Make Games
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.

We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A japanese article on the 40th anniversary of "Be-Bop High School" first live-action film, and the Showa bad boys.
Note: The Showa era celebrates its 100th anniversary this year 👴
natalie.mu/eiga/column/...
December 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM