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Passionate for subway tile and doggos
From Wonder Island to Kiyosu City
A bigger, better train for Conductor Whiskers
Yesterday, mobile game developer Hit-Point quietly announced Neko Atsume 2, coming this summer to Android and iOS.
Search is good again
Other Than Game of the Year
"Simply the air we breathe"
Steam, Valve Software's massive online PC gaming store and platform, turns 20 years old today. PC gaming site Rock Paper Shotgun has posted a thoughtful article about this milestone.
Mamma Mia!
Thanks, Anita
Thirsty at Trader Joe's
YUJI NAKA CRIMES UPDATE
Last year, Yuji Naka, the co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, was arrested for insider trading which occurred during his stint at Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest publisher Square Enix. After his resignation from Square Enix, he had sued the company for removing him as director on the ill-fated Balan Wonderworld. Today, Naka received a suspended prison sentence and was fined and penalized a total of 173 million yen (approx. 1.2 million USD).
100+ Years of Yuri
Okazu is the internet's longest-running blog devoted to the study and review of yuri, a genre of manga and anime featuring romances between women and girls. Run by noted yuri expert and historian Erica Friedman, Okazu features loads of reviews ranging from recent series to untranslated classics. There are also essays galore. And if you're new to yuri, you can also find recommendations on where to start.
The Cutest List to Argue Over
Cinnamoroll is currently in the lead in the 38th annual Sanrio Character Ranking, and was the reigning champion for the past three years. Will Cinnamoroll hold onto this position, or will current second place-holder Pompompurin take the crown? Perhaps there will be a dark horse victory from Gudetama or Aggretsuko? Voting is open until May 26, 5PM (Japan Standard Time).
Gotta Have Some Faith in the Sound
The Magical "Add Multiplayer" Button
Gomps, short for "Generic Online MultiPlayer System", is an in-development tool that will add rudimentary multiplayer functionality to any of the thousands of games made in Unity. Here's a short video of the tool working in Firewatch, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Ynglet.
Fresh and Full of Life
last dance on the grey
Skeal is a short (about 3-5 minutes) browser game made in Unity. Sound required for the full effect.
We knew this was coming 😭
From the creator of Best of Nextdoor comes Best of Dying Twitter, a chronicle of the bird site's current Elon Era.
While Best of Dying Twitter retweets some informative threads (Threadreader links here and here), most of the account is devoted to the lulz.
The Empty Chair
A single chip called life
Snowdown Please, I'm Plowing
Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989
This delightful blog summarizes and reviews (mostly) YA lit spanning (roughly) five decades, from the well-known to the obscure. Judy Blume is here, and so is Beverly Cleary’s Leave it to Beaver tie-in, V.C. Andrews’ “second-most infamous book”, Barthe DeClements, Paul Zindel, and Stephen King. Celebrate the holidays with the Wakefield Twins of Sweet Valley High, learn how to babysit from the Baby-Sitters Club, and browse vintage issues of Seventeen. The entire sagas of Ginny Gordon and Polly French are covered here, as is a fair chunk of Silhouette's First Love series and some Nancy Drew, sort of. What about that book that you read when you were younger which you just can’t remember the title of? Maybe Molly or her readers can help!
"...no state is more mocked, maligned and misunderstood."
The greatest thing about every single town in New Jersey, a five-part series by NJ.com food and features writer Pete Genovese. Links to each individual installment below the fold.
Take Care of Yourself
A train station in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture posted public service messages about the country's current Covid-19-related state of emergency using a typographical style reminiscent of legendary anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Japanese social media users have noticed and have been having some fun with it.
You probably think this song is about... who?
"You're So Vain" (lyrics) was a big hit for Carly Simon, reaching Billboard's number one spot in 1973. However, who the song is about has been an enduring mystery.
"a VERY interesting DM conversation"
A story about a cancelled game, a veteran team, and an eccentric creative director (SLTwitter / Threadreader) (via)
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about
Here's Another Pokemon is a weekend column on Kotaku by Zack Zwiezen which explores interesting, unusual, and startling Pokedex entries (with a fair amount of assistance from Bulbapedia). Each entry discusses a different Pokemon at length, with random facts, personal observations, and highlighted fan art and comments.
Ollie Johnston, R.I.P.
The last of Disney's Nine Old Men, Ollie Johnston, has passed away at the age of 95. His work at Disney on several classic features and his books with Frank Thomas (The Illusion of Life in particular), have long been inspiring to animators like myself. He was one of the great ones, and will be missed.
Taking satire way too literally
The changing-clothes figure skating of new feeling
Pinky:st is VANCE PROJECT and BABYsue's series of cute girl figurines with interchangeable parts. This series has quite a large following, both in Japan (where they originate from) and overseas. In addition to the regular line-- and various limited editions-- there's Pinky:cos (cosplay Pinkies) and P:Chara (characters from video games and anime). Of course, if the look you want (or your favorite character) is unavailable, many hobbyists mod and repaint their Pinkies.
And then there's the cool photoblogs...
Polygamy in the Heart of Texas
Who is Warren Jeffs? A look inside the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, who have built what is believed to be the first polygamist temple in Texas. Led by a doomsaying prophet, the members of the FLDS are taught that wives are expected to be completely submissive, and outside cultural influences are forbidden (links via this post on LiveJournal's exmormon community).
Oh Bwunhilda, you're so wovewy...
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