Martin Towers
@martintowers.bsky.social
Working in video game localization, always looking to geek out on movies, TV, JRPGs, K/J-dramas, languages, travel.
Recently loved The Newsreader, IWTV, Pachinko, Love in the Big City.
Barcelona ↔️ San Sebastián
Español/English/Euskera/Français/日本語
Recently loved The Newsreader, IWTV, Pachinko, Love in the Big City.
Barcelona ↔️ San Sebastián
Español/English/Euskera/Français/日本語
All these Ghost of Yotei clips of people cutting down dozens of enemies with dual katanas… and meanwhile I’m fighting for my life against eldritch horrors with a rusty steel pipe in Silent Hill f
October 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
All these Ghost of Yotei clips of people cutting down dozens of enemies with dual katanas… and meanwhile I’m fighting for my life against eldritch horrors with a rusty steel pipe in Silent Hill f
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There is no such thing as an unsatisfying Timothy Olyphant interview
September 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There is no such thing as an unsatisfying Timothy Olyphant interview
日本でフランス料理のレストランがあったら『飯僕』と名づける
September 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
日本でフランス料理のレストランがあったら『飯僕』と名づける
Because who has a sharper instinct for movies than the video game company that brought us Warcraft (2016)
Steven Spielberg wanted to direct the Call of Duty movie but Activision refused to cede creative control. A great example of how we don't get the best filmmakers in IP blockbusters anymore (from Matt Belloni's Puck newsletter)
September 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Because who has a sharper instinct for movies than the video game company that brought us Warcraft (2016)
Whenever there is a dissolve in Alien Earth
September 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Whenever there is a dissolve in Alien Earth
¿Dan premio por esto?
August 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
¿Dan premio por esto?
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Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
I hope the bubble bursts, but Generative AI has already devastated the translation and localization industry. Most major video game companies have all but stopped using translators altogether and once a company stops spending money on something you can’t make them start again
August 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I hope the bubble bursts, but Generative AI has already devastated the translation and localization industry. Most major video game companies have all but stopped using translators altogether and once a company stops spending money on something you can’t make them start again
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![[gets olympic tickets to 100m butterfly] Oh my god this will be great. [sees the huge stadium] Oh wow that must be where they keep it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j6ir7xp6jla5nhf744qklhdp/bafkreicds2mvgqfqeu36dg7ke4lrcbymkmxqfo2gqt3qsi7u6zrih4ecvq@jpeg)
My current J-Drama is Fune wo Amu (舟を編む), about a team of lexicographers who have to make a dictionary. Perfect for geeking out for linguists and Japanese learners, plus I think this is the first mainstream Japanese show I've seen with a gay supporting character
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My current J-Drama is Fune wo Amu (舟を編む), about a team of lexicographers who have to make a dictionary. Perfect for geeking out for linguists and Japanese learners, plus I think this is the first mainstream Japanese show I've seen with a gay supporting character
If you're fresh off seeing Masaki Suda's nuanced performance in Cloud, you'll get a kick out of seeing him hamming it up in Glass Heart
August 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you're fresh off seeing Masaki Suda's nuanced performance in Cloud, you'll get a kick out of seeing him hamming it up in Glass Heart
ICYMI, the new season of Platonic is out and Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen make a wonderful comedic duo!
August 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
ICYMI, the new season of Platonic is out and Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen make a wonderful comedic duo!
I got a drop of tomato sauce on my Cate Blanchett shirt -the whitest shirt ever woven- and if it doesn’t go away I swear I’m going back to London for another one
July 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I got a drop of tomato sauce on my Cate Blanchett shirt -the whitest shirt ever woven- and if it doesn’t go away I swear I’m going back to London for another one
I went to the vaccination clinic because I’m traveling in the fall and turns out I’m already up to date on all my shots, what a rush
July 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I went to the vaccination clinic because I’m traveling in the fall and turns out I’m already up to date on all my shots, what a rush
A recommendation: Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, about the Congolese independence. Incredible that a documentary made entirely of archival footage could become so passionate through music and editing
July 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A recommendation: Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, about the Congolese independence. Incredible that a documentary made entirely of archival footage could become so passionate through music and editing
Merritt Wever came into The Gilded Age to stir pots, kick hornet’s nests, wake sleeping dogs, rattle cages, and just generally be a menace and I am here for it
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Merritt Wever came into The Gilded Age to stir pots, kick hornet’s nests, wake sleeping dogs, rattle cages, and just generally be a menace and I am here for it
Spoilers for Superman, but while I like the “concept” of the twist about his parents, it feels thematically muddled. Its two main messages are about helping people and valuing his real parents who raised him, but neither of those things is something this character needs to learn
July 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Spoilers for Superman, but while I like the “concept” of the twist about his parents, it feels thematically muddled. Its two main messages are about helping people and valuing his real parents who raised him, but neither of those things is something this character needs to learn
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#TheSummerHikaruDied is incredible. One episode in, it’s already my favourite anime of the year so far. Queerness and horror are perfect bedfellows yet I’ve never seen them combine like they do here. It’s eerie and unsettling and beautiful too. Don’t overlook this one please
July 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#TheSummerHikaruDied is incredible. One episode in, it’s already my favourite anime of the year so far. Queerness and horror are perfect bedfellows yet I’ve never seen them combine like they do here. It’s eerie and unsettling and beautiful too. Don’t overlook this one please
I’m not on board with this new abridged style Lonely Planet guides are using now. Dropping hotels I get because there’s TripAdvisor but I really miss the restaurant and shop listings
July 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I’m not on board with this new abridged style Lonely Planet guides are using now. Dropping hotels I get because there’s TripAdvisor but I really miss the restaurant and shop listings
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86 fucking years old.
June 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
86 fucking years old.
One of the things I appreciate about Kojima is that starting with MGS2 every game of his places more and more emphasis on pacifist gameplay, until in Death Stranding you straight up cannot kill enemies
June 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
One of the things I appreciate about Kojima is that starting with MGS2 every game of his places more and more emphasis on pacifist gameplay, until in Death Stranding you straight up cannot kill enemies
What exercise do I need to do to stop tote bags from sliding right off my shoulder?
June 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What exercise do I need to do to stop tote bags from sliding right off my shoulder?
I have 9 meetings then work drinks today it would be kinder to shoot me
June 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have 9 meetings then work drinks today it would be kinder to shoot me
This was torture to make but I think I’m sticking to this, in no particular order:
June 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This was torture to make but I think I’m sticking to this, in no particular order: