in case anyone is gonna be near shibuya next week...!

your english is pretty good! a little confidence goes a long way. but i understand being nervous – i end up embarrassed to say even simple phrases like "sumi masen" too loudly in case my pronunciation is goofy 😅

ugh i'm so sorry you're still dealing with it, an unexpectedly long stay in a waiting room or hospital ranks is uniquely miserable.. i hope it wraps up soon and your mom recovers ok 😰

20 years ago i bought two MOTHER 3 DX boxes – one for myself, one for The Future

a few weeks ago, i took that mint DX with me to Japan and got it signed by Shigesato Itoi

today, it goes up for auction to benefit @wck.org

tiltify.com/@ladyte/auct...

100% a @magiccakewoman.bsky.social sketch ✍️

This is a brand new, mint-condition, still-in-box copy of the Mother 3 Deluxe box, signed by Shigesato Itoi. Special thanks to Reid Young, co-founder of Starmen.net and CEO of Fangamer, for furnishing this wonderful prize. The Mother 3 Deluxe Box contains: still-in-box copy of Mother 3 for the Game Boy Advance a limited edition Game Boy Micro with special Mother 3 branding a Franklin badge a black cloth carrying case

This is a handmade figure of Salsa from Mother 3. This figure is sculpted with Cosclay, Cernit polymer clay, and Sculpey Ultralight. It sits on a wooden base. This figure will be signed and dated. The figure's dimensions are approximately 4”x 4”x 2-3”. Figure sculpted by Camille Young, artist, designer, and contributor to the Fangamer Mother 3 Handbook. Pictures are in-progress images supplied by the artist.

This is a handmade figure of the Ultimate Chimera from Mother 3. This figure is sculpted with Cosclay, Cernit polymer clay, and Sculpey Ultralight. It sits on a wooden base. This figure will be signed and dated. The figure's dimensions are approximately 4”x 4”x 2-3”. You can press the button on the Ultimate Chimera... but it doesn’t do anything. Figure sculpted by Camille Young, artist, designer, and contributor to the Fangamer Mother 3 Handbook. Pictures are in-progress images supplied by the artist.

This is a handmade figure of the Mecha-Drago from Mother 3. This figure is sculpted with Cosclay, Cernit polymer clay, and Sculpey Ultralight. It sits on a wooden base. This figure will be signed and dated. The figure's dimensions are approximately 4”x 4”x 2-3”. Figure sculpted by Camille Young, artist, designer, and contributor to the Fangamer Mother 3 Handbook. Pictures are in-progress images supplied by the artist.

Raise money for the @wck.org with our charity auction, featuring items generously donated by @reidman.bsky.social and @meeellla.bsky.social. We have Reid's original MOTHER 3 Deluxe box signed by Itoi(!!) and hand-sculpted figures of Salsa, the Mecha-Drago, and Ultimate Chimera!

tilt.fyi/qe49s8Epau

aaaand its already up to $3200, so this seems likely to raise the amount i hoped was possible 🥲👍

oh yeah, this got a solid lol outta me – every time a batch of greliz slips came in i was excited to thumb through them, haha

good to know! i'm really curious which other fans have managed to get his signature, and if any of those sigs are in english... we've got two at the fangamer office, both in japanese iirc

A painted polymer clay sculpture of Mecha Drago from Mother 3 on a sculpted rocky base.

A painted polymer clay sculpture of Salsa from Mother 3 with a happy box on a sculpted wooden base.

A painted polymer clay sculpture of Ultimate chimera from Mother 3 on a shiny sculpted base.

Figurines for the MOTHER 3 20th anniversary Funfest! Auction to benefit @wck.org tiltify.com/@ladyte/auct...

earthbound cartridge signed "for James / Shigesato Itoi" from the earthbound baaaaash! event in 2013

we're not sure how many times Shigesato Itoi has signed his name in english, but the only other one we know of is our "for James" auction from 13 years ago:

20 years ago i bought two MOTHER 3 DX boxes – one for myself, one for The Future

a few weeks ago, i took that mint DX with me to Japan and got it signed by Shigesato Itoi

today, it goes up for auction to benefit @wck.org

tiltify.com/@ladyte/auct...

For the first time in our 9-year history:

WE ARE HIRING!

We're seeking a full-time fundraising manager to establish and grow our non-profit's development department - in other words, to raise money and help us grow! Remote-hybrid in the SF Bay Area with benefits!

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

thats it!! boy i'm kicking myself i didn't get another, as soon as the girls opened theirs they got such a cute recording of their brother 😭

whoa its lito, long time no see! i came across a piece of your fanart last year and wondered what you might be up to 😎

i doubt it, but paging @starmen.net for thoughts on that! even our 'new' forum infrastructure hasn't really been updated in ~15 years iirc so i don't think we can expect too much of it 😅

i've got a MAGA family member who generally agrees with me about the massive downsides of AI and data centers, that elon is a weird little freak, palantir is evil, etc. i think boomers will remain willing to accept 'help' from tech guys but will never trust them. which isn't much, but i'll take it

boney the dog faced boy

this is new pork manifest! what is the charge? eating a meal? a succulent Big City meal??

lol GEEZ – the over-cute chipmunks contrasted with the intensely grotesque humans, what a bizarre creation

naming my band “reid and the humans”, not answering any questions already addressed by the band’s name

I may be biased, but I heard there are gonna be some pretty wild things in that charity auction 😍

earthbound friends. remember funfests. MOTHER 3 anniversary funfest coming up and i'll be hosting the final GPP!! got a few neat surprises too, in case you feel like bidding on some charity auctions... starmen.net/mother-3-20t...

life is beautiful 😭

without lionizing Leo XIV too much, i think people are brought up short by encountering someone in a position of authority who seems to have commitments to stable concepts of right and wrong that supersede class loyalty to other powerful people (which is largely the same as what Dan is saying)

The LunkedIn feed is filled with either AI posts or posts of people pretending to be OK with being laid off.

lmao i have NO memory of what the original screengrab is from, but i love both the chyron and the fact that someone went to the trouble to throw in a subtle fulton in the bg

@reidman.bsky.social Digging through ancient folders in search of old projects, found this instead...

UFO 50’s Japanese title screen

Japanese translation credits from UFO 50 (1/2)

Japanese translation credits from UFO 50 (2/2)

The PLAY FOREVER screen from UFO 50 in Japanese

UFO 50 hits Japan today! This was a pretty huge undertaking given there were several dozen games to localize but the team did an amazing job and the Japanese version looks awesome. Big 💙 to @mossmouth.bsky.social and @perryjon.bsky.social and everyone who worked to make the JP release a reality!

A photo of the Omega Flowey lenticular poster sitting next to the original sculpture it was based on—a hyper-detailed piece by Camille Young.

Our Omega Flowey lenticular poster was based on dozens of photos of this one-of-a-kind sculpture by Camille Young.

www.fangamer.com/collections/...

I've said this many many times over the years that I've known them, but @fangamer.com truly does go a step above other anything-merch, but specifically games. I really wish @bungie.net would just hand them the reigns for making @marathonthegame.bungie.net merch, it would be so good