KiraV
@kirav.bsky.social
Avid gamer, tech nerd, mecha fan, and themed entertainment enthusiast. Miina Amih on Final Fantasy XIV, Cactuar server. @KiraV@mastodon.social
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So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, an effort to populate Disney theme parks with free-roaming, interactive beings. It was touted as the future. How's it going? Watch here: bit.ly/49C6vng
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So you made a robot stand up and talk... now what? In this over 4-hour journey, Kevin follows the promise of Disney's Living Character Initiative, an effort to populate Disney theme parks with free-roaming, interactive beings. It was touted as the future. How's it going? Watch here: bit.ly/49C6vng
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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ICYMI: How to Create a Presskit for Your Indie Game — a must-read for #IndieGame creators and #GameDev beginners.
How to Create a Presskit for Your Indie Game
A complete guide on how to create a presskit for your indie game. Learn what to include, how to host it, and discover free tools like Press Kitty and Notion.
f.mtr.cool
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
ICYMI: How to Create a Presskit for Your Indie Game — a must-read for #IndieGame creators and #GameDev beginners.
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Hey.
If you feel like doing a re-read on Side Quested, may I suggest you do it on Tapas?
tapas.io/series/SideQ...
Seriously. We're still on that "Creators Bonus Program", which means we make some $ with views there!
If you feel like doing a re-read on Side Quested, may I suggest you do it on Tapas?
tapas.io/series/SideQ...
Seriously. We're still on that "Creators Bonus Program", which means we make some $ with views there!
Read Side Quested | Tapas Web Community
Your home for the world’s most exciting and diverse web comics and novels. Discover stories you’ll love from all genres, only on Tapas!
tapas.io
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hey.
If you feel like doing a re-read on Side Quested, may I suggest you do it on Tapas?
tapas.io/series/SideQ...
Seriously. We're still on that "Creators Bonus Program", which means we make some $ with views there!
If you feel like doing a re-read on Side Quested, may I suggest you do it on Tapas?
tapas.io/series/SideQ...
Seriously. We're still on that "Creators Bonus Program", which means we make some $ with views there!
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I can’t overstate how this was the most hype shit in the universe. Phantom Menace’s campaigns intertwined with the early internet, but most people still needed to buy a ticket to a movie they didn’t care about to see the preview trailer for Phantom Menace. Downloading a trailer in ‘98 was a BIG ask.
November 10, 1998: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace:
Amazing teaser poster released #OTD, designed by Ellen Lee.
The title simply states, “Episode I,” but the long shadow of Darth Vader hangs over the film.
#StarWarsArchives19992005
youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
Amazing teaser poster released #OTD, designed by Ellen Lee.
The title simply states, “Episode I,” but the long shadow of Darth Vader hangs over the film.
#StarWarsArchives19992005
youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I can’t overstate how this was the most hype shit in the universe. Phantom Menace’s campaigns intertwined with the early internet, but most people still needed to buy a ticket to a movie they didn’t care about to see the preview trailer for Phantom Menace. Downloading a trailer in ‘98 was a BIG ask.
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Many freelancers in the United States rely on ACA marketplace plans for their health insurance. In an industry that has already been working overtime to turn gamedevs into gig workers, freelance and contract devs are about to get even more squeezed. This is unacceptable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Many freelancers in the United States rely on ACA marketplace plans for their health insurance. In an industry that has already been working overtime to turn gamedevs into gig workers, freelance and contract devs are about to get even more squeezed. This is unacceptable.
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If you're wondering how this will go Square Enix handed off their mobile Octopath game to NetEase who immediately started using ChatGPT to translate everything resulting in text like this. When players complained they started asking fans to fix their translations in exchange for in-game currency
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're wondering how this will go Square Enix handed off their mobile Octopath game to NetEase who immediately started using ChatGPT to translate everything resulting in text like this. When players complained they started asking fans to fix their translations in exchange for in-game currency
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Bumping this up because it's genuinely groundbreaking stuff and I don't know that it's reaching the audience that it should! I think this is one of the greatest video game stories of all time. My guests are rarely heard from and were extremely generous with their memories.
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Bumping this up because it's genuinely groundbreaking stuff and I don't know that it's reaching the audience that it should! I think this is one of the greatest video game stories of all time. My guests are rarely heard from and were extremely generous with their memories.
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Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
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I just want to put this out into the universe.
If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.
If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.
This is a very impressive PS1 game by @eliasdaler.bsky.social running on SuperStation.
November 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I just want to put this out into the universe.
If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.
If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.
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We're excited to share a brief preview of Anime Herald Magazine! We show off our first preview page, as well as a couple of short updates in a brief article.
#anime #magazines
#anime #magazines
A Brief Preview of Anime Herald Magazine
Good evening, everybody. I'm excited to announce that the design phase for Anime Herald Magazine is nearly complete. With November just a few days away,
hera.fyi
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We're excited to share a brief preview of Anime Herald Magazine! We show off our first preview page, as well as a couple of short updates in a brief article.
#anime #magazines
#anime #magazines
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🕯️Manifesting 🕯️
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🕯️Manifesting 🕯️
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If you're looking for a list of Anime / Manga Independent journalism sites that pay their folks to follow & support, please check out this starter pack.
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you're looking for a list of Anime / Manga Independent journalism sites that pay their folks to follow & support, please check out this starter pack.
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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this is extremely cool also do you remember the Expanded Universe Kyle Katarn action figure where they based the shape on Dark Forces but painted it like Jedi Knight and retroactively added a pixel art beard to the Dark Forces portrait to match
October 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
this is extremely cool also do you remember the Expanded Universe Kyle Katarn action figure where they based the shape on Dark Forces but painted it like Jedi Knight and retroactively added a pixel art beard to the Dark Forces portrait to match
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I recently came across this pack of 1,200+ fonts, loved it, got in contact with the creators and I can now offer a 90% off (!) coupon for all Kenney friends!✨
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I recently came across this pack of 1,200+ fonts, loved it, got in contact with the creators and I can now offer a 90% off (!) coupon for all Kenney friends!✨
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
itch.io/s/160768/fri...
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“Let’s Go Get Some Demons!” – Anime’s Obsession With Demon Hunting: Javier Hanson explores manga and anime's fascination with demon hunting, tracing how foundational works like Gegege no Kitaro and Yu Yu Hakusho continue to influence the genre to this day.
#manga #anime
#manga #anime
“Let’s Go Get Some Demons!” – Anime’s Obsession With Demon Hunting
You don't gotta be a yokai fanatic or a Japanese mythology extraordinaire to enjoy these great shows, and hey, I'm neither of them! Keep those demon hunting shows on rotation.
hera.fyi
October 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This time I'm really doing it, or
A Thread Of Every Playable Character In Fantasy Maiden Wars Becase The Game Releases In 10 Days And How They Fit Into The SRW Molds In Recruitment Order
A Thread Of Every Playable Character In Fantasy Maiden Wars Becase The Game Releases In 10 Days And How They Fit Into The SRW Molds In Recruitment Order
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This time I'm really doing it, or
A Thread Of Every Playable Character In Fantasy Maiden Wars Becase The Game Releases In 10 Days And How They Fit Into The SRW Molds In Recruitment Order
A Thread Of Every Playable Character In Fantasy Maiden Wars Becase The Game Releases In 10 Days And How They Fit Into The SRW Molds In Recruitment Order
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Hi everyone, it's new article day. 🥰
Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Ascendance of a Bookworm staffers Goshi Yoshida and Yui Shibata about the upcoming season. They discussed the anime landscape, the studio selection process, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it
#interview
Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Ascendance of a Bookworm staffers Goshi Yoshida and Yui Shibata about the upcoming season. They discussed the anime landscape, the studio selection process, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it
#interview
Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime's Goshi Yoshida and Yui Shibata Talk With Anime Herald
It has a wide range of readers. For young kids to older adults. A very wide demographic. It’s been translated into over twenty languages. It’s an encouraging and inspiring story of a young girl in love with a book, and creating a book in her world. We would like to inspire those readers.
hera.fyi
October 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hi everyone, it's new article day. 🥰
Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Ascendance of a Bookworm staffers Goshi Yoshida and Yui Shibata about the upcoming season. They discussed the anime landscape, the studio selection process, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it
#interview
Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Ascendance of a Bookworm staffers Goshi Yoshida and Yui Shibata about the upcoming season. They discussed the anime landscape, the studio selection process, and more. It's a great read and we hope you enjoy it
#interview
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We in the Doom community especially love Becky. Please donate if you can, she's going through a lot.
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
gofund.me
October 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We in the Doom community especially love Becky. Please donate if you can, she's going through a lot.
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Check out this amazing remastered (at 4k!) version of "The Making of Myst" mini-doc! Originally included on the Myst CD-ROM in 1993, this version has been carefully recreated by Ted Sase using footage preserved by the VGHF!
https://youtu.be/xBtLZDPnYlM
https://youtu.be/xBtLZDPnYlM
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Check out this amazing remastered (at 4k!) version of "The Making of Myst" mini-doc! Originally included on the Myst CD-ROM in 1993, this version has been carefully recreated by Ted Sase using footage preserved by the VGHF!
https://youtu.be/xBtLZDPnYlM
https://youtu.be/xBtLZDPnYlM
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New blog post: I review all of the recent Etsy announcements, including the policy violations page, the forum revamp (& temporary closure) and the new keyword tool - supposedly we are getting actual Etsy search volume!
Please repost so all sellers are up to date!
#EtsySellerNews #Etsy
Please repost so all sellers are up to date!
#EtsySellerNews #Etsy
Etsy Fall 2025 Changes: Policy Violations Page, Removed Listing Appeals, New Tools Coming — CindyLouWho2
Etsy is following up on some big promises, as well as some things no Seller ever asked for or really needs Etsy has spent the first part of September 2025 announcing a slew of new tools, features and...
www.cindylouwho2.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
New blog post: I review all of the recent Etsy announcements, including the policy violations page, the forum revamp (& temporary closure) and the new keyword tool - supposedly we are getting actual Etsy search volume!
Please repost so all sellers are up to date!
#EtsySellerNews #Etsy
Please repost so all sellers are up to date!
#EtsySellerNews #Etsy
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#OTD 25 years ago, #TOONAMI debuted the first episode of its first TOTAL IMMERSION EVENT (T.I.E. for short) THE INTRUDER with TOM 1 (voiced by @sonnystrait.bsky.social) and SARA (voiced by Sally Timms) on Cartoon Network!! youtu.be/1tXMRtPTOAU?... #TheIntruder25 📺🤖
Toonami - The Intruder Episode 1 (4K)
YouTube video by SlimD716
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
#OTD 25 years ago, #TOONAMI debuted the first episode of its first TOTAL IMMERSION EVENT (T.I.E. for short) THE INTRUDER with TOM 1 (voiced by @sonnystrait.bsky.social) and SARA (voiced by Sally Timms) on Cartoon Network!! youtu.be/1tXMRtPTOAU?... #TheIntruder25 📺🤖
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A visual history of the awesomeness of the matte painting.
For 120 years of filmmaking, sets and extras have been faked in post instead of being filmed practically, for logistics, schedule and budget purposes.
Matte painters are still on the credits of modern films. Talent remains, tools change.
For 120 years of filmmaking, sets and extras have been faked in post instead of being filmed practically, for logistics, schedule and budget purposes.
Matte painters are still on the credits of modern films. Talent remains, tools change.
September 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A visual history of the awesomeness of the matte painting.
For 120 years of filmmaking, sets and extras have been faked in post instead of being filmed practically, for logistics, schedule and budget purposes.
Matte painters are still on the credits of modern films. Talent remains, tools change.
For 120 years of filmmaking, sets and extras have been faked in post instead of being filmed practically, for logistics, schedule and budget purposes.
Matte painters are still on the credits of modern films. Talent remains, tools change.
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Samus from Metroid Prime 4 Beyond~
September 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Samus from Metroid Prime 4 Beyond~
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Bandai Namco has an online survey up regarding Super Robot Wars, and while some of it is understandably about SRW Y there are also general franchise questions... including suggesting various titles you'd like to see included in future SRW games!
This is the moment we've all been waiting for!!!
This is the moment we've all been waiting for!!!
https://survey.bandainamcoent.co.jp/jfe/form/SV_5yFtiXVo7QLWsE6
t.co
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Bandai Namco has an online survey up regarding Super Robot Wars, and while some of it is understandably about SRW Y there are also general franchise questions... including suggesting various titles you'd like to see included in future SRW games!
This is the moment we've all been waiting for!!!
This is the moment we've all been waiting for!!!