Mel, the Herohom ( • `ω´ • ) @ Antarctica SOON 🐧
@herohommel.bsky.social
She/Her. Loc editor by day, cosplayer by night, ferret mom 24/7. Tokyo Xanadu eX+ (2024) & 🤫. Marketing for bracerguild.com. Open for work! ✏️
RTs: Xenoblade, Pokémon, Tales Of, Trails, FFXIV. (📸 MadsterPhoto)
Pyra & Mythra Business: #aegisnoodles
RTs: Xenoblade, Pokémon, Tales Of, Trails, FFXIV. (📸 MadsterPhoto)
Pyra & Mythra Business: #aegisnoodles
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I'm Mel! Just a nerd who can't sit on a chair correctly but shrimp gremlins her way through work anyway. 🤓
My day job's in immigration, but I've been wiggling my way into applying my writing/editing skills in games. I was a loc editor for the Switch version of Tokyo Xanadu eX+! Hoping for more! 💫
My day job's in immigration, but I've been wiggling my way into applying my writing/editing skills in games. I was a loc editor for the Switch version of Tokyo Xanadu eX+! Hoping for more! 💫
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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November 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Don't miss this amazing interview with one of FFIX's English translators, talking about the process!
August 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Don't miss this amazing interview with one of FFIX's English translators, talking about the process!
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Not me reading that headline with my eyes glazed over. 😵💫 Lot of in-house loc jobs where you're lucky to break $50k, even at world famous pubs with top talent, all in a rental market where that ain't nearly enough.
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Not me reading that headline with my eyes glazed over. 😵💫 Lot of in-house loc jobs where you're lucky to break $50k, even at world famous pubs with top talent, all in a rental market where that ain't nearly enough.
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
Of course it's $150k if you're GDC and surveying people in your own ecosystem lol
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im da friend pspspspsps
spare fanfest anyone? spare fanfest for the ticketless?
spare fanfest anyone? spare fanfest for the ticketless?
anyone want to spare two ffxiv fanfest tickets so my friends can go pspspsps we will pay
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
im da friend pspspspsps
spare fanfest anyone? spare fanfest for the ticketless?
spare fanfest anyone? spare fanfest for the ticketless?
SEE Y'ALL AT FANFEST
a video game character with the name tiffanylockheart written on the bottom
ALT: a video game character with the name tiffanylockheart written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
SEE Y'ALL AT FANFEST
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Nothing more inspiring than being surrounded by people in the pit all wearing noise-cancelling headphones so we can all take our Zoom calls without hearing the background chatter.
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Nothing more inspiring than being surrounded by people in the pit all wearing noise-cancelling headphones so we can all take our Zoom calls without hearing the background chatter.
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Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
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this is why representation in games matters
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
this is why representation in games matters
Me looking at humans: I hate being short.
Me looking at ferrets: I hate being tall.
Me looking at ferrets: I hate being tall.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Me looking at humans: I hate being short.
Me looking at ferrets: I hate being tall.
Me looking at ferrets: I hate being tall.
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Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Graphic Designer
Fangamer is looking for a full time experienced designer with strong product and layout design skills to join our creative team. This position will be responsible for conceptualizing, speccing and pro...
www.fangamer.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
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Away with them to prison
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Away with them to prison
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I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
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Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Friends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on www.facebook.com/aurorasaurus.org. Reporting #northernlights and #citizenscience from the ground up since 2012!
www.aurorasaurus.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
You can call me Ms. Worldwide
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You can call me Ms. Worldwide
So many banger text notifications this week
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So many banger text notifications this week
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we achieved perfection in console design decades ago, Valve has simply accepted the fact and now is living by it
Random: Steam's Brand New Game Console Sure Looks Awfully Familiar. (Repost)
Random: Steam's Brand New Game Console Sure Looks Awfully Familiar
SteamCube
www.nintendolife.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
we achieved perfection in console design decades ago, Valve has simply accepted the fact and now is living by it
I apply for the Pokémon Company every time relevant roles come up, but it has been so many years now that I literally see the growth of my career across each version of my resume I send (I save them all). Not to toot my own horn, but I'm kinda proud of myself ngl. 😭 I'm working really hard.
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I apply for the Pokémon Company every time relevant roles come up, but it has been so many years now that I literally see the growth of my career across each version of my resume I send (I save them all). Not to toot my own horn, but I'm kinda proud of myself ngl. 😭 I'm working really hard.
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Fabric for sale! I’ve been going through my stash and adding things, and more will likely be added in future! Please help me downsize my fabric stash 🤣 (photos are just some of the ones needing homes!)
All details here! ko-fi.com/silhouette/s...
All details here! ko-fi.com/silhouette/s...
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Fabric for sale! I’ve been going through my stash and adding things, and more will likely be added in future! Please help me downsize my fabric stash 🤣 (photos are just some of the ones needing homes!)
All details here! ko-fi.com/silhouette/s...
All details here! ko-fi.com/silhouette/s...
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New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
“It’s 4chan s**t": The govt's deranged social media presence
"You see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers," Charlie Warzel tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
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“Drawing all that sexy art of video game men might affect your professional art career” well well well
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Drawing all that sexy art of video game men might affect your professional art career” well well well