Victor Hunter
@victorehunter.bsky.social
he/him Métis
The proscenium arch, old video games, and where they meet
Actor demos, resume, agent contact: https://victorhunter.carrd.co/
Editor/host @bloodgodpod.bsky.social
The proscenium arch, old video games, and where they meet
Actor demos, resume, agent contact: https://victorhunter.carrd.co/
Editor/host @bloodgodpod.bsky.social
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Victor Hunter
@victorehunter.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I'm Victor Hunter.
I sing. I dance.
I act on stage and behind the mic.
I podcast.
I love old video games.
Website w/ demos, resume, studio specs, and agent info are probably in my bio?
I sing. I dance.
I act on stage and behind the mic.
I podcast.
I love old video games.
Website w/ demos, resume, studio specs, and agent info are probably in my bio?
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SAKURA WARS 3
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
SAKURA WARS 3
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*extending my hand from the time portal*
come, my love.
We can solve all of this by making Live a Live
the ~only~ video game
come, my love.
We can solve all of this by making Live a Live
the ~only~ video game
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
*extending my hand from the time portal*
come, my love.
We can solve all of this by making Live a Live
the ~only~ video game
come, my love.
We can solve all of this by making Live a Live
the ~only~ video game
After seeing how quickly Sim scoffed at and dismissed the 50 artists who showed up to ask the city not to abandon them a few months ago, its incredible to see the exponential increase in people who are prepared to show up.
Is Vancouver back?
Is Vancouver back?
This is an incredible marathon of posting on Bluesky from a City of Vancouver Councillor. He’s documenting an unofficial filibuster at City Hall as over 600 people have signed up to speak at the budget hearing. Over 200 have said their piece so far. Follow along.
#democracy #bluesky
#democracy #bluesky
218: owns a home, born in saint Paul’s. Grumbles when he gets tax bill but then realizes it’s what makes our beautiful city. Most concerned with cuts to sustainability department. Son asked once, will we drown when sea level rises. So I’ve dedicated life to climate solutions. Reconsider thus.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
After seeing how quickly Sim scoffed at and dismissed the 50 artists who showed up to ask the city not to abandon them a few months ago, its incredible to see the exponential increase in people who are prepared to show up.
Is Vancouver back?
Is Vancouver back?
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This is an incredible marathon of posting on Bluesky from a City of Vancouver Councillor. He’s documenting an unofficial filibuster at City Hall as over 600 people have signed up to speak at the budget hearing. Over 200 have said their piece so far. Follow along.
#democracy #bluesky
#democracy #bluesky
218: owns a home, born in saint Paul’s. Grumbles when he gets tax bill but then realizes it’s what makes our beautiful city. Most concerned with cuts to sustainability department. Son asked once, will we drown when sea level rises. So I’ve dedicated life to climate solutions. Reconsider thus.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is an incredible marathon of posting on Bluesky from a City of Vancouver Councillor. He’s documenting an unofficial filibuster at City Hall as over 600 people have signed up to speak at the budget hearing. Over 200 have said their piece so far. Follow along.
#democracy #bluesky
#democracy #bluesky
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Every time I tune into a Vancouver city council meeting I leave it with steam coming out of my ears at the arrogance and sense of dismissive impunity the mayor and his party exude
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Every time I tune into a Vancouver city council meeting I leave it with steam coming out of my ears at the arrogance and sense of dismissive impunity the mayor and his party exude
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Shanoa from #castlevaniajudgement
悪魔城ドラキュラジャッジメントよりシャノア
悪魔城ドラキュラジャッジメントよりシャノア
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Shanoa from #castlevaniajudgement
悪魔城ドラキュラジャッジメントよりシャノア
悪魔城ドラキュラジャッジメントよりシャノア
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my dog Annie has a potentially cancerous tumor that needs removal ASAP. I'm unemployed and barely making rent off my benefits, so the nearly $3000 bill is absolutely impossible for me. I really really don't want my dog to die. please share this and help as you can!!! paypal.me/JetGrind
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
my dog Annie has a potentially cancerous tumor that needs removal ASAP. I'm unemployed and barely making rent off my benefits, so the nearly $3000 bill is absolutely impossible for me. I really really don't want my dog to die. please share this and help as you can!!! paypal.me/JetGrind
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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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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Help us stop Ken Sim's budget for billionaires.
Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts.
Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday.
Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts.
Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday.
Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Help us stop Ken Sim's budget for billionaires.
Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts.
Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday.
Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts.
Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday.
Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
oh gosh this all speaks to my heart on a molecular level
Im dying to live in this creative space again, if I ever have
Im dying to live in this creative space again, if I ever have
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
oh gosh this all speaks to my heart on a molecular level
Im dying to live in this creative space again, if I ever have
Im dying to live in this creative space again, if I ever have
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My partner is a clown and this is exactly the core conversation that she and her peers are having all the time - about how to design situations for yourself to thread the needle on this paradox. (In her French clown school, they called this being at your most "beautiful")
bsky.app/profile/sylv...
bsky.app/profile/sylv...
I'm having a revelation.. I think treating evil game design, player-hostile design, quality of death, etc. as goals, while aligned with my values on a surface level, is kind of like when someone intentionally sets out to make a "bad" movie. It will not be as beautiful as the sincere "bad" movies.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My partner is a clown and this is exactly the core conversation that she and her peers are having all the time - about how to design situations for yourself to thread the needle on this paradox. (In her French clown school, they called this being at your most "beautiful")
bsky.app/profile/sylv...
bsky.app/profile/sylv...
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I'm having a revelation.. I think treating evil game design, player-hostile design, quality of death, etc. as goals, while aligned with my values on a surface level, is kind of like when someone intentionally sets out to make a "bad" movie. It will not be as beautiful as the sincere "bad" movies.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I'm having a revelation.. I think treating evil game design, player-hostile design, quality of death, etc. as goals, while aligned with my values on a surface level, is kind of like when someone intentionally sets out to make a "bad" movie. It will not be as beautiful as the sincere "bad" movies.
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"Friction" is nothing without "sincerity" behind it.... So, if you are a game designer who loves friction, keep cultivating and developing your taste in frictions.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"Friction" is nothing without "sincerity" behind it.... So, if you are a game designer who loves friction, keep cultivating and developing your taste in frictions.
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id never post a youtube video again if i got a debunk this serious
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
id never post a youtube video again if i got a debunk this serious
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whenever people around the game industry think this way about games i want them to just for a second try applying that thinking to any other context - like "this film is great because it followed the 180 degree rule in every scene". there's a reason we had this art movement thing called modernism
The conclusion I have to draw from playing videogames intermittently throughout my entire remembered life is that there is no mechanic or manner of handling it that will ensure your game is good. They should make another Seaman
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
whenever people around the game industry think this way about games i want them to just for a second try applying that thinking to any other context - like "this film is great because it followed the 180 degree rule in every scene". there's a reason we had this art movement thing called modernism
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"The arts, culture and community services department is to lose 12 per cent, or $6 million."
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
Leaked memo says Vancouver's 'back to basics' budget will mean slashing 400 jobs
Draft budget contemplates cuts in 12 of 20 areas, and spending freezes in two. Five departments will get spending boosts. Read more.
vancouversun.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"The arts, culture and community services department is to lose 12 per cent, or $6 million."
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
I'm personally stoked about the Phantasy Star TTRPG so it was a treat to interview the creator himself about the process of squaring away the different eras of Phantasy Star and what the future might have in store (spoilers: its probably not adapting Episode III's battle system...)
Rich Lescouflair from @skydawngamestudios.bsky.social joins us to discuss the challenges and joys of adapting a beloved JRPG into a tabletop on this week's ep! No Hunter's License required!
Plus:
- Square Enix lay-offs
- Mysterious FFXI Updates
- N7 Day?
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/phanta...
Plus:
- Square Enix lay-offs
- Mysterious FFXI Updates
- N7 Day?
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/phanta...
Phantasy Star TTRPG Interview w/ Rich Lescouflair | Axe of the Blood God
Get more from Axe of the Blood God on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm personally stoked about the Phantasy Star TTRPG so it was a treat to interview the creator himself about the process of squaring away the different eras of Phantasy Star and what the future might have in store (spoilers: its probably not adapting Episode III's battle system...)
Reposted by Victor Hunter
Rich Lescouflair from @skydawngamestudios.bsky.social joins us to discuss the challenges and joys of adapting a beloved JRPG into a tabletop on this week's ep! No Hunter's License required!
Plus:
- Square Enix lay-offs
- Mysterious FFXI Updates
- N7 Day?
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/phanta...
Plus:
- Square Enix lay-offs
- Mysterious FFXI Updates
- N7 Day?
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/phanta...
Phantasy Star TTRPG Interview w/ Rich Lescouflair | Axe of the Blood God
Get more from Axe of the Blood God on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Rich Lescouflair from @skydawngamestudios.bsky.social joins us to discuss the challenges and joys of adapting a beloved JRPG into a tabletop on this week's ep! No Hunter's License required!
Plus:
- Square Enix lay-offs
- Mysterious FFXI Updates
- N7 Day?
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/phanta...
Plus:
- Square Enix lay-offs
- Mysterious FFXI Updates
- N7 Day?
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/phanta...
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Ken Sim has no mandate to make these brutal cuts.
ABC has no mandate to impose austerity.
The City's own Budget survey showed people overwhelmingly prefer tax rates that maintain public services.
We're fighting to stop these cuts and evict ABC.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#FightForVancouver
ABC has no mandate to impose austerity.
The City's own Budget survey showed people overwhelmingly prefer tax rates that maintain public services.
We're fighting to stop these cuts and evict ABC.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#FightForVancouver
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ken Sim has no mandate to make these brutal cuts.
ABC has no mandate to impose austerity.
The City's own Budget survey showed people overwhelmingly prefer tax rates that maintain public services.
We're fighting to stop these cuts and evict ABC.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#FightForVancouver
ABC has no mandate to impose austerity.
The City's own Budget survey showed people overwhelmingly prefer tax rates that maintain public services.
We're fighting to stop these cuts and evict ABC.
www.copevancouver.ca/join
#FightForVancouver
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I'll say it again: this gen AI plan is ludicrous and if they proceed, it will have immediate, catastrophic effects and hurt SE's reputation. If you work at SE and you're reading this, know I am 100 percent on your side and I will always defend your work from your bosses in public when you can't.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'll say it again: this gen AI plan is ludicrous and if they proceed, it will have immediate, catastrophic effects and hurt SE's reputation. If you work at SE and you're reading this, know I am 100 percent on your side and I will always defend your work from your bosses in public when you can't.
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Because SE's QA people are probably not in a position to defend themselves and their jobs in public, I want to spell out some of what it is they specifically do for us localizers, because nothing I've written here is rhetorical. SE QA acts as a final check on our work after translation and editing.
You don't need me to tell you this is yet more good money being burned after bad. But as someone who's worked with that QA team, I'll say they're unsung heroes who truly play a huge role in maintaining SE's reputation for high quality locs and to attempt to replace them with AI is deeply insulting.
Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. https://bit.ly/4qKdyQR
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Because SE's QA people are probably not in a position to defend themselves and their jobs in public, I want to spell out some of what it is they specifically do for us localizers, because nothing I've written here is rhetorical. SE QA acts as a final check on our work after translation and editing.
REMAINING CALM AND CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
areas could be more palette-swap endgame grinding (which is fine!) or we could be going to Rhazowa or something.
Shame anyone thinks PlayOnline Viewer needs improving but I get it
Anyway we're so back god bless Fuji-P i never should have doubted you
areas could be more palette-swap endgame grinding (which is fine!) or we could be going to Rhazowa or something.
Shame anyone thinks PlayOnline Viewer needs improving but I get it
Anyway we're so back god bless Fuji-P i never should have doubted you
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
REMAINING CALM AND CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
areas could be more palette-swap endgame grinding (which is fine!) or we could be going to Rhazowa or something.
Shame anyone thinks PlayOnline Viewer needs improving but I get it
Anyway we're so back god bless Fuji-P i never should have doubted you
areas could be more palette-swap endgame grinding (which is fine!) or we could be going to Rhazowa or something.
Shame anyone thinks PlayOnline Viewer needs improving but I get it
Anyway we're so back god bless Fuji-P i never should have doubted you
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The writing has been on the wall, but to be quite frank, current SE leadership has shown utter disdain for its entire loc pipeline and if they can find a way to get rid of everyone in the chain, they will. If you care about quality prose in SE games, NOW is the time to let your feelings be known.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The writing has been on the wall, but to be quite frank, current SE leadership has shown utter disdain for its entire loc pipeline and if they can find a way to get rid of everyone in the chain, they will. If you care about quality prose in SE games, NOW is the time to let your feelings be known.