Andrew 太郎 Kiya
@kiyandrew.bsky.social
69th subscriber to the Unwinnable Final Fantasy subscription drive. localization. narrative and authenticity consultant. ハーフ. he/him. proudly bi 🏳️🌈
Credits: Fantasy Life i, Dead Take, No, I'm Not a Human, Boyhood's End (and more...)
Credits: Fantasy Life i, Dead Take, No, I'm Not a Human, Boyhood's End (and more...)
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Andrew 太郎 Kiya
@kiyandrew.bsky.social
· Aug 6
@kiyandrew.bsky.social here is your reward from the social media vulture, it has Unwinnable branding so it's official
to those who thought i would never make it, to all my haters, this is what real success looks like.
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The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
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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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TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
im so excited for demonschool to come out purely so that I can gush about Destin. i love him and his short shorts SO much.
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
im so excited for demonschool to come out purely so that I can gush about Destin. i love him and his short shorts SO much.
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if you are actually concerned with devs getting paid what they're worth you could probably say more useful things than "games should be $100". you could condemn excessive exec pay. you could fight for unionization and better labor protections. you could display, like, any interest in ending poverty
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
if you are actually concerned with devs getting paid what they're worth you could probably say more useful things than "games should be $100". you could condemn excessive exec pay. you could fight for unionization and better labor protections. you could display, like, any interest in ending poverty
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'AAA games should cost $100' I think most AAA games are already marketed at the $120+-ish price bracket, it's just that you can get them with the poor-person discount for the 'low' price of $70 if you don't care about launch DLC, etc
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
'AAA games should cost $100' I think most AAA games are already marketed at the $120+-ish price bracket, it's just that you can get them with the poor-person discount for the 'low' price of $70 if you don't care about launch DLC, etc
thank you @gamingvlognetwork.com for the beautiful photos + thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for inviting me out last week!!! @aliciahaddick.com we should talk more about indies again some time 👀
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
thank you @gamingvlognetwork.com for the beautiful photos + thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for inviting me out last week!!! @aliciahaddick.com we should talk more about indies again some time 👀
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I’ve been working for 15 years as an animator and I can tell you without a doubt, the best fix I ever found for imposter syndrome is living a full life where your days and worth don’t hinge on whether or not you were a good animator today.
October 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I’ve been working for 15 years as an animator and I can tell you without a doubt, the best fix I ever found for imposter syndrome is living a full life where your days and worth don’t hinge on whether or not you were a good animator today.
Post you from a different era.
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Post you from a different era.
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been having the music/games 'industry' parallel on the mind all the way through games week, and that always leads back to me thinking about steve albini being essentially my standard for the kind of person i want to be in a scene/community. heres a little something from a reddit ama he did ages ago
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
been having the music/games 'industry' parallel on the mind all the way through games week, and that always leads back to me thinking about steve albini being essentially my standard for the kind of person i want to be in a scene/community. heres a little something from a reddit ama he did ages ago
as an update to this: I had to send a single joycon over to kyoto, wrapped in bubble wrap and put into a box. repair costs were 2,000 yen total, AND we had to pay the shipping fee (again) for nintendo to send it back.
Cheaper than buying a pair of brand new joycons for 8000 yen, but still...
Cheaper than buying a pair of brand new joycons for 8000 yen, but still...
so uhhh are switch controllers supposed to look like this? im like 90% sure the battery is swollen on the pink joycon…
not sure what to do here. do I send it back to nintendo? official website says I need to pay for battery replacement
not sure what to do here. do I send it back to nintendo? official website says I need to pay for battery replacement
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
as an update to this: I had to send a single joycon over to kyoto, wrapped in bubble wrap and put into a box. repair costs were 2,000 yen total, AND we had to pay the shipping fee (again) for nintendo to send it back.
Cheaper than buying a pair of brand new joycons for 8000 yen, but still...
Cheaper than buying a pair of brand new joycons for 8000 yen, but still...
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Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
Games influencer press relationship query
I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...
forms.gle
October 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...
so uhhh are switch controllers supposed to look like this? im like 90% sure the battery is swollen on the pink joycon…
not sure what to do here. do I send it back to nintendo? official website says I need to pay for battery replacement
not sure what to do here. do I send it back to nintendo? official website says I need to pay for battery replacement
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
so uhhh are switch controllers supposed to look like this? im like 90% sure the battery is swollen on the pink joycon…
not sure what to do here. do I send it back to nintendo? official website says I need to pay for battery replacement
not sure what to do here. do I send it back to nintendo? official website says I need to pay for battery replacement
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and that’s a wrap on TGS2025 for me!
out of the previous four I’ve been to, the event itself was pretty mid. the main draw of TGS, the big company booths, were weirdly… plain? empty?
glad I could meet some old friends, but yeah. kinda disappointed.
out of the previous four I’ve been to, the event itself was pretty mid. the main draw of TGS, the big company booths, were weirdly… plain? empty?
glad I could meet some old friends, but yeah. kinda disappointed.
September 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
and that’s a wrap on TGS2025 for me!
out of the previous four I’ve been to, the event itself was pretty mid. the main draw of TGS, the big company booths, were weirdly… plain? empty?
glad I could meet some old friends, but yeah. kinda disappointed.
out of the previous four I’ve been to, the event itself was pretty mid. the main draw of TGS, the big company booths, were weirdly… plain? empty?
glad I could meet some old friends, but yeah. kinda disappointed.
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Congratulations @slimerancher.com!
Happy official release day for Slime Rancher 2!
I made fan art for the occasion 💜💙💚
Happy official release day for Slime Rancher 2!
I made fan art for the occasion 💜💙💚
September 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Congratulations @slimerancher.com!
Happy official release day for Slime Rancher 2!
I made fan art for the occasion 💜💙💚
Happy official release day for Slime Rancher 2!
I made fan art for the occasion 💜💙💚
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We're almost 90% of the way to the 100 new subscribers we need to put a Final Fantasy and politics issue on the docket. Join the fight here: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
September 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We're almost 90% of the way to the 100 new subscribers we need to put a Final Fantasy and politics issue on the docket. Join the fight here: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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History, housing, harmonies: Tokyo-based artist Melos Han-Tani draws inspiration from the everyday for his games, music and writing.
Melos Han-Tani: ‘Figuring out what you value is valuable for any artist’
A designer, programmer and composer, Han-Tani draws inspiration from a wide range of sources and channels his creativity through games, music and writing.
ebx.sh
September 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
History, housing, harmonies: Tokyo-based artist Melos Han-Tani draws inspiration from the everyday for his games, music and writing.
OH MY GOD DQ7 AAAAAAAAA
September 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
OH MY GOD DQ7 AAAAAAAAA
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It's legit my opinion that people with loc backgrounds should be hired to do original games writing way more often than we are. Part of the job is often punching up stale material. Barks especially, we handle so many, a lot of us have likely written more in our careers than the original writers.
September 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It's legit my opinion that people with loc backgrounds should be hired to do original games writing way more often than we are. Part of the job is often punching up stale material. Barks especially, we handle so many, a lot of us have likely written more in our careers than the original writers.
Japan Game Jam where you need to make a game about or set in Japan but you’re not allowed to feature:
- Torii gates
- Sushi or ramen
- Yokai
- Torii gates
- Sushi or ramen
- Yokai
Australia Game Jam where you need to make a game about or set in Australia but you’re not allowed to feature:
-Crocodile Dundee figures
-Mad Max wastelands
-Poisonous creatures
-Crocodile Dundee figures
-Mad Max wastelands
-Poisonous creatures
September 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Japan Game Jam where you need to make a game about or set in Japan but you’re not allowed to feature:
- Torii gates
- Sushi or ramen
- Yokai
- Torii gates
- Sushi or ramen
- Yokai
A fellow hole-enjoyer! I myself saw the Ryugado Cave in Kochi last week, where there was a 2000-year old vase that some guy forgot (idiot) and is now covered in limestone deposits. They call it “God’s Vase” (神の壺)
Also spotted: bats (inside) and crabs (outside).
Also spotted: bats (inside) and crabs (outside).
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A fellow hole-enjoyer! I myself saw the Ryugado Cave in Kochi last week, where there was a 2000-year old vase that some guy forgot (idiot) and is now covered in limestone deposits. They call it “God’s Vase” (神の壺)
Also spotted: bats (inside) and crabs (outside).
Also spotted: bats (inside) and crabs (outside).