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Okay, this is crazy
#tomodachilife

4 days ago 9100 2767 26 9

HE'LL BE YOUR QUEEN BEE JOLLI-B-LOVELY

5 days ago 1550 930 12 4

I'm glad she'll be okay but I'm sure your nerves are fried regardless 🫂 I hope the caffeine wears off and you can get a nap in soon

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i made gaster and seeing him do literally anything makes me crack tf up

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assortment of pokeys

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Find the secret in the woods... 🎀🌛🦋 #LittleGoodyTwoShoes #LGTS

1 year ago 50 32 2 0
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Wii Wednesday! New Wii titles!

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Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006

Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006

Happy 20 years of Neil banging out the tunes 🐀🎶🎉

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This little devil's name is Persik (means Peach), he is a very naughty boy. Enjoy.
#cats #art #catsky

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fighting with myself

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time-lost tree
#balloonsmp #blsmp #digitalpainting

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-I don't remember these tv shows/movies.
#MetalGearSolid #ResidentEvil #Metroid #StarFox

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miserable badly drawn anorith

miserable badly drawn anorith

houghhwhhghh #pokemon

2 weeks ago 60 29 1 0
How to use your imagination

When your party stays at the Inn overnight,
what do they eat?

If you ever catch yourself wondering that then
you know you’ve formed an attachment to
your characters.

With Etrian Odyssey’s characters, you only give them a name and a portrait,
so no matter how you think of the  character it’s technically just your imagination.
But even in that case, without your imagination, the character is nothing.

For example, a landsknecht who uses an axe might eat his meat with his bare
hands and no utensils, but one who wields a sword might prefer a knife and
fork at dinner. You might think differently, but... if you can imagine small
details like that, you might find that you enjoy this kind of RPG even more.

The essense is an RPG is using numbers to make calculated decisions, but if
you invest those “numbers” with your own feelings, you can spice up the game
little. Think about this:

In your party of five, three characters are dead. Two of them are alive, but they
only have a couple of HP left and no TP. They’re certain to die in their next
turn, giving you a game over. Number-wise, those characters are useless, but
how do you imagine they feel about that? What kind of people are those 2
characters who are about to die? Try to imagine things like that in the brief
time before your game ends.

Are they a landsknecht and a ronin, who’ll die facing the enemy and laughing?
Is it a protector, ordering the weak medic to run with his last breath?

The game over screen looks the same every time, but in your imagination, it
could play out very differently.

The game itself isn’t that big of a thing; what you imagine for yourself is much
more fun. We hope that the player uses this game as a tool, to create dramatic
and fun situations in your own minds.

—Kazuya Niinou

How to use your imagination When your party stays at the Inn overnight, what do they eat? If you ever catch yourself wondering that then you know you’ve formed an attachment to your characters. With Etrian Odyssey’s characters, you only give them a name and a portrait, so no matter how you think of the character it’s technically just your imagination. But even in that case, without your imagination, the character is nothing. For example, a landsknecht who uses an axe might eat his meat with his bare hands and no utensils, but one who wields a sword might prefer a knife and fork at dinner. You might think differently, but... if you can imagine small details like that, you might find that you enjoy this kind of RPG even more. The essense is an RPG is using numbers to make calculated decisions, but if you invest those “numbers” with your own feelings, you can spice up the game little. Think about this: In your party of five, three characters are dead. Two of them are alive, but they only have a couple of HP left and no TP. They’re certain to die in their next turn, giving you a game over. Number-wise, those characters are useless, but how do you imagine they feel about that? What kind of people are those 2 characters who are about to die? Try to imagine things like that in the brief time before your game ends. Are they a landsknecht and a ronin, who’ll die facing the enemy and laughing? Is it a protector, ordering the weak medic to run with his last breath? The game over screen looks the same every time, but in your imagination, it could play out very differently. The game itself isn’t that big of a thing; what you imagine for yourself is much more fun. We hope that the player uses this game as a tool, to create dramatic and fun situations in your own minds. —Kazuya Niinou

Been thinking about the use of imagination in video games lately, or how I feel there are few and increasingly fewer games that ask the player to use their imagination to engage with them.

This post Kazuya Niinou wrote to accompany Etrian Odyssey often comes to mind so I decided to remake it.

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PSA:
It is not true that "transgender" is abbreviated as "tora" in Japanese. The abbreviation of transgender (トランスジェンダー) is トランス ("toransu").

Note: I'm a transgender & nonbinary native Japanese citizen. I'm a EN/JP localizer & LGBTQ+ inclusive language advisor in both languages.

More info below↓

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Ildar Ibatullin (@_ibatullin_ildar_) • Instagram 48,885 Followers - 202 Posts - "The Moon is far from being a single color. Its mineral composition reflects a complex geological history etched into the…"

I need people to know that the photos of colourful moon are not from Artemis II. They were made by a Ukrainian photographer, who enhanced the colours of the moon's surface to represent its mineral composition.

I can't stand to see an individual work be misattributed and misrepresented like this.

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Screenshot of a tumblr post:

aflo: "if you're washed chopped and cooked then you might be vegetables"

broken-horn-of-equius: A picture of Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z pensively standing in the rain with his eyes closed.

Screenshot of a tumblr post: aflo: "if you're washed chopped and cooked then you might be vegetables" broken-horn-of-equius: A picture of Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z pensively standing in the rain with his eyes closed.

tumblr is great sometimes

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Insane little thing on antiques roadshow

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Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.

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Every Castlevania game is about going into a room and there’s just some asshole.

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Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a poster design featuring Matt Johnson, director, in the foreground, as he looks on at his three fictional movie roles: Matt Johnson in The Dirties, Matt Johnson in Operation Avalanche, and Matt Johnson in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Each one is backed by their respective movie credit. The cord from NTBTSTM winds through the entire composition, tying them all together.

Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a poster design featuring Matt Johnson, director, in the foreground, as he looks on at his three fictional movie roles: Matt Johnson in The Dirties, Matt Johnson in Operation Avalanche, and Matt Johnson in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Each one is backed by their respective movie credit. The cord from NTBTSTM winds through the entire composition, tying them all together.

Matt Johnson Plays Himself: a piece dedicated to Matt Johnson, director, and his troika of fictional Matt Johnsons from The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche (2016), and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. #ntbts

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drawing people i see in the city (73/?)
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#drawingcitypeople #drawingpeopleiseeinthecity

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oh yeah i didnt post the island i made yesterday. was given the idea to do the regis dfkgjdgfkjjk

2 weeks ago 51 30 0 0
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my finfins #finfin #finfinonteo #art

1 month ago 366 164 4 1
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Ditto as Ophelia.

Day 3 of drawing Ditto until I give in and nab Pokopia...

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See more about #girl

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