Jess

Jess

@jesteph.bsky.social

Game dev, model kit hobbyist, avid suda51/visual novel fan. they/them.

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Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

initially when Lucy got announced for Strive i was bummed that it wasn't Vash(Trigun), or Beyond The Grave(Gungrave), but now im hitting a realization that D Edgerunners2 would have been a REALLY good Strive character option

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

there's a bit in the last episode of edgerunners 2 that im pretty sure is a reference to something else but only one of my friends has seen both things so im sitting here waiting for the people i know who would Get It to finish the show to ask for other opinions

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

okay so like edgerunners 2 was so much more my kinda shit that im genuinely kind of stunned?? like it's so much more interestingly directed than s1, i like the cast way more, they feel like they got a more balanced focus, no issues with the vfx stuff, great OST and a fantastic eng voice cast. wow!!

Jess@jesteph.bsky.social

couldn't really condense my cyberpunk edgerunners s1 thoughts to a single post and i didn't really wanna make it a thread so im just gonna post a screenshot of a post draft and paste the words as alt text

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

when edgerunners 2 got announced i was like "yeah, sure, w/e, seems unnecessary" and then they kept announcing shit that made me more and more interested the main 4 designs, hearing it was a different director, the writer mentioning City of God, getting a The Cure song for the OP, that shit hit.

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KZ
@kzxcellent.live

I rotate this dub clip from Cyber City Oedo 808 in my head every couple years.

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

couldn't really condense my cyberpunk edgerunners s1 thoughts to a single post and i didn't really wanna make it a thread so im just gonna post a screenshot of a post draft and paste the words as alt text

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

addendum ig I'd be curious to see a version of this show that released weekly on broadcast television and see how differently it was written/directed/paced. 10 episodes was also an odd episode count to me, I'm not sure if I would have liked it more as a 12 ver or not, interesting to consider though

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translator of the highest-rated game of all time
@yukinogatari.moe

read this!! I realize that I am, perhaps, the most biased voice in this room, but trust me. it's good

Ash@ashhuntly.bsky.social

This article on The House in Fata Morgana is a front for an existential crisis over a defunct history park, which in itself is a front for an article on how incredible The House in Fata Morgana is. Thank you so much to @mothership.blog for letting me write this! It was a really great experience.

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

LRP: Got told this morning about a recent AI slop fan translation of the OG Angelique (the grandmother of otome games) and I just felt like

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

like fuck man, I'd love a translation of Angelique! the whole franchise is deeply impactful to the foundation of otome games and had a huge impact on dating sims (arguably as much as tokimemo tbh) but there's no way in hell im playing a translation that's not lovingly crafted by human hands. cmon.

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Krokodyl
@krokodyl.bsky.social

I looked through the last 100 English fan translations published on RHDN (over 3 weeks), and at least 74 are AI translations. I didn't realize this was the current state of the hobby. Make of that what you will.

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

reading is such a weird personal thing in terms of "how" you prefer to read stuff. i can read a manga on my phone (pref in landscape mode with dual page view), but i prefer to read western comics physically. I'm able to read essays and academia digitally, but fiction feels better in a physical book.

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CheeseGX
@cheesegx.bsky.social

The Dead of the Brain re-release coming out soon lets you swap on the fly between any soundtrack from its various releases and it also includes the PC Engine sound effects as a toggle, this is insane and a very good sign for future PC-98 ports.

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Patrick Klepek
@patrickklepek.bsky.social

Umurangi Generation captured the collective angst of successive generations inheriting a broken world prepared for them like a shit sandwich. Here's my story for Remap about the developer's follow-up, Penguin Colony https://remapradio.com/articles/penguin-colony-wants-the-world-to-open-its-eyes/

remapradio.comPenguin Colony Wants the World to Open Its EyesHow a video game about waddling forward past Lovecraftian horrors is also, somehow, about the collective sins of humanity.

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austin_walker
@austinwalker.bsky.social

I sat down to write a little thread about Penguin Colony. At post 4 I decided I should probably just write something a little longer. www.clockworkworlds.com/digging-at-t...

clockworkworlds.comDigging at the Ice - On Penguin Colony (Plus an Autumn Update)Hey everyone. Hope the last few months of 2026 are treating you well. Two things today: an overall brief update on the stuff I've been working on and some brief thoughts about Penguin Colony, the late...

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Veselekov
@veselekov.bsky.social

The deluxe edition will have Audiobooks narrated by Len coming in the next few weeks. Dagon incl

Sharktic 🦈💚@sharktic.vtubers.social

Penguin Colony is a good fucking game I will be thinking about for a bit & you should play it. Side note, I want Lenval Brown to just read more stories to me.

Jess
@jesteph.bsky.social

gotta run a few minor errands (cleaning/groceries/etc) tomorrow + picking up scrubs for the new job but I'm using up the rest of my remaining PTO whenever i can get it approved, so im getting a 3 day weekend and taking Sunday to chill out and go through Penguin Colony :)

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Chris Plante
@plante.bsky.social

Dozens of games are released every day, but I want to focus on one that hits this week. Penguin Colony It has a very clever pitch: what if you witnessed a Lovecraftian story in Antarctica through the eyes of the local penguins? But there's a LOT more happening here about indigenous art and artists

store.steampowered.comPenguin Colony on SteamCosmic horror, through the eyes of a penguin. Rival human factions have come to your home in the Antarctic, seeking an ancient and inconceivable being. Observe their descent into insanity in this fait...