Zénpai
@zenpai.bsky.social
I like Dragon Ball way too much. JPN-PRT translator (Dragon Ball, Tokyo Ghoul :re, Death Note Short Stories, Look Back). jrdemr on Kanzenshuu. Trivia deity of @wegottapod.bsky.social. 日本語能力試験 N2. ですから、日本語もＯＫです。
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Zénpai
@zenpai.bsky.social
· Nov 27
It's still so hard to believe that, just five years after somehow managing to finish *reading* my all-time favorite series in its original Japanese, out of all the people living here, I was the one chosen to finally give it the Portuguese translation it deserves.
Words cannot describe it.
Words cannot describe it.
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
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Physical games no longer mean you own them and digital games can be archived.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Physical games no longer mean you own them and digital games can be archived.
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Made an incredible discovery for language learning: Chrono Trigger DS lets you access the options menu to change the langauge *mid-dialogue box*. If you're having trouble with a line you can double-check the official localization without even closing the dialogue box. Feels very rare.
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Made an incredible discovery for language learning: Chrono Trigger DS lets you access the options menu to change the langauge *mid-dialogue box*. If you're having trouble with a line you can double-check the official localization without even closing the dialogue box. Feels very rare.
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Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
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the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
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Let's not let them just normalize this - at Denkiworks we don't use generative AI at all.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Let's not let them just normalize this - at Denkiworks we don't use generative AI at all.
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Started my day with a DM asking me to do professional translation work for free because "I promise I'm a good person and I've always advocated for paying creatives."
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Started my day with a DM asking me to do professional translation work for free because "I promise I'm a good person and I've always advocated for paying creatives."
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
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See also: being a Japanese translator.
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."
Being a fantasy writer is typing "they extended an olive branch" and then going "shit, do they even have olives in this world?"
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
See also: being a Japanese translator.
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."
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friendly reminder to never use machine translation for your game if you want your players to think you care about them
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
friendly reminder to never use machine translation for your game if you want your players to think you care about them
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square trying to cut its QA and loc teams to the bone for a great AI pivot is absolutely crazy your entire thing is prestiege narrative jrpgs distributed worldwide
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
square trying to cut its QA and loc teams to the bone for a great AI pivot is absolutely crazy your entire thing is prestiege narrative jrpgs distributed worldwide
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As reported by Retro Dodo, PCSX2, famous PS2 emulator, now runs almost every PS2 game. We need proper legal backing now. If companies let the ESA hunt archivists and want to replace games with remakes, let us legally preserve the OGs you don't care about at least.
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As reported by Retro Dodo, PCSX2, famous PS2 emulator, now runs almost every PS2 game. We need proper legal backing now. If companies let the ESA hunt archivists and want to replace games with remakes, let us legally preserve the OGs you don't care about at least.
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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.
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A lot of angry people on here seem to scapegoat everyone EXCEPT the very people who are hurting us.
Who is hurting us, you ask? Most of the people in power. The current hierarchy ain't it.
Who is hurting us, you ask? Most of the people in power. The current hierarchy ain't it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A lot of angry people on here seem to scapegoat everyone EXCEPT the very people who are hurting us.
Who is hurting us, you ask? Most of the people in power. The current hierarchy ain't it.
Who is hurting us, you ask? Most of the people in power. The current hierarchy ain't it.
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the entire tech industry
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
the entire tech industry
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Boy it sure seems like they passed the Big Beautiful Bill to mostly help out a certain group of people. I can't put my finger on it, but...
October 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Boy it sure seems like they passed the Big Beautiful Bill to mostly help out a certain group of people. I can't put my finger on it, but...
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My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”
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A bosozoku gang just roared by my hotel in Osaka! In the year of our lord 2025, bosozoku!! Did they time travel here from 1995???
October 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A bosozoku gang just roared by my hotel in Osaka! In the year of our lord 2025, bosozoku!! Did they time travel here from 1995???
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Every single problem other fields are seeing, we saw first because we were deemed most expendable. Machine TL hallucinated. They said it'd make us more productive, not redundant. And more offers became about training and correcting. Loc has always been the canary and not enough people listened.
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Every single problem other fields are seeing, we saw first because we were deemed most expendable. Machine TL hallucinated. They said it'd make us more productive, not redundant. And more offers became about training and correcting. Loc has always been the canary and not enough people listened.
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Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
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“I’m not worried AI will take my job. I’m worried some executive or management person is going to *think* it can.”
-Random YouTube comment
-Random YouTube comment
October 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“I’m not worried AI will take my job. I’m worried some executive or management person is going to *think* it can.”
-Random YouTube comment
-Random YouTube comment