🦷👁️Alex Rochon👁️🦷
@alexrochonva.bsky.social
Neurodiverse voice actor and techie currently voicing Caine in #TheAmazingDigitalCircus! He/Him. LOUD BOI. Opinions are my own. Business 📧 = [email protected]!
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That’s right - I and several of my castmates from Digital Circus will be taking the rocky road to Dublin for MegaCon LIVE this January! Can’t wait to see you there!!
Prime 4 first impressions!
-Atmosphere is very strong, comparable to Prime 1 even!
-It’s a bit linear; less Prime 1, more Prime 3.
-Myles sucks, but at times I got the impression the game knows that.
-I weirdly like the open world hub? I like stumbling on cool points of interest.
-Atmosphere is very strong, comparable to Prime 1 even!
-It’s a bit linear; less Prime 1, more Prime 3.
-Myles sucks, but at times I got the impression the game knows that.
-I weirdly like the open world hub? I like stumbling on cool points of interest.
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Prime 4 first impressions!
-Atmosphere is very strong, comparable to Prime 1 even!
-It’s a bit linear; less Prime 1, more Prime 3.
-Myles sucks, but at times I got the impression the game knows that.
-I weirdly like the open world hub? I like stumbling on cool points of interest.
-Atmosphere is very strong, comparable to Prime 1 even!
-It’s a bit linear; less Prime 1, more Prime 3.
-Myles sucks, but at times I got the impression the game knows that.
-I weirdly like the open world hub? I like stumbling on cool points of interest.
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While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
Amazon's AI anime dubbing fiasco reminds us that voice actors are severely undervalued
Amazon recently rolled out bad AI-generated dubs for several anime on Prime Video, demonstrating yet again that voice actors are undervalued.
www.avclub.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
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I can't listen to the song without thinking of
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I can't listen to the song without thinking of
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An anonymous Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI 🎮
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An anonymous Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI 🎮
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
Sue they ass.
AI's adoption by megacorps is built entirely around force and deception because they know how unpopular it is otherwise.
An individual suing Amazon is one thing: a whole company doing it has sturdier legs to stand on.
AI's adoption by megacorps is built entirely around force and deception because they know how unpopular it is otherwise.
An individual suing Amazon is one thing: a whole company doing it has sturdier legs to stand on.
Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Vinland Saga, Pet Anime
Voice actors speak out against AI dubs, Kadokawa & Sentai Filmworks respond
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sue they ass.
AI's adoption by megacorps is built entirely around force and deception because they know how unpopular it is otherwise.
An individual suing Amazon is one thing: a whole company doing it has sturdier legs to stand on.
AI's adoption by megacorps is built entirely around force and deception because they know how unpopular it is otherwise.
An individual suing Amazon is one thing: a whole company doing it has sturdier legs to stand on.
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I got inspired @alexrochonva.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I got inspired @alexrochonva.bsky.social
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Indie animation and game development is here to stay because it MUST be. Otherwise soon enough there won’t exist a sector of the industry willing to tell or support the stories already starting to be snuffed out.
Not great that a foreign state that regularly executes queer folks is now going to own the major AAA publisher that most consistently supported queer stories and characters.
Saudi Fund [PIF] will own almost all of EA (93.4%) after buyout according to filing
➡️ www.wsj.com/business/dea...
➡️ www.wsj.com/business/dea...
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Indie animation and game development is here to stay because it MUST be. Otherwise soon enough there won’t exist a sector of the industry willing to tell or support the stories already starting to be snuffed out.
Spotted at a restaurant in my home city @raxdflipnote.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Spotted at a restaurant in my home city @raxdflipnote.bsky.social
Reviews for Metroid Prime 4 are coming in, and they're about what I expected.
The demo I played was good - I'm expecting the game itself to play well.
But it looks like it falls a bit too often on tropes that are antithetical to Metroid - or at least the best of Metroid.
The demo I played was good - I'm expecting the game itself to play well.
But it looks like it falls a bit too often on tropes that are antithetical to Metroid - or at least the best of Metroid.
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reviews for Metroid Prime 4 are coming in, and they're about what I expected.
The demo I played was good - I'm expecting the game itself to play well.
But it looks like it falls a bit too often on tropes that are antithetical to Metroid - or at least the best of Metroid.
The demo I played was good - I'm expecting the game itself to play well.
But it looks like it falls a bit too often on tropes that are antithetical to Metroid - or at least the best of Metroid.
For folks curious about the D&D I play outside the Digital Circus one shot, my buddy Brand drew this kickass poster of the game I’ve been DM’ing for five years! He plays the Octo-Chef, Pepper.
Give him a follow for more excellent art - I think his work here speaks for itself!!
Give him a follow for more excellent art - I think his work here speaks for itself!!
From the DM who brought you "Digital Dungeon Danger!" (@alexrochonva.bsky.social), "The Campaign of Essentia" follows a motley group of adventurers unintentionally chosen to save a realm from an evil dragon queen! They're not the heroes Essentia wanted, but they'll become the ones it needs!
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
For folks curious about the D&D I play outside the Digital Circus one shot, my buddy Brand drew this kickass poster of the game I’ve been DM’ing for five years! He plays the Octo-Chef, Pepper.
Give him a follow for more excellent art - I think his work here speaks for itself!!
Give him a follow for more excellent art - I think his work here speaks for itself!!
My favourite stupid thing about AI is how DESPERATE it comes across.
Every new AI feature tech bros add to programs that make it worse? They make the icons for it all rainbows and glitter to draw your eye like “PLEASE USE ME AND PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION WE’RE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY”
Every new AI feature tech bros add to programs that make it worse? They make the icons for it all rainbows and glitter to draw your eye like “PLEASE USE ME AND PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION WE’RE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY”
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My favourite stupid thing about AI is how DESPERATE it comes across.
Every new AI feature tech bros add to programs that make it worse? They make the icons for it all rainbows and glitter to draw your eye like “PLEASE USE ME AND PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION WE’RE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY”
Every new AI feature tech bros add to programs that make it worse? They make the icons for it all rainbows and glitter to draw your eye like “PLEASE USE ME AND PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION WE’RE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY”
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In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
That I can do.
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
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• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
Rare accidentally saw into the future when they made Banjo-Kazooie’s “Clanker’s Cavern” level look like a gross sewer
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Rare accidentally saw into the future when they made Banjo-Kazooie’s “Clanker’s Cavern” level look like a gross sewer
Exactly. That kind of mentality is how you get translations like the infamous “master of unlocking” line from Resident Evil’s original English release. The sentence structure of the original line would sound hideously awkward if translated verbatim without that context.
People who are mad about "amogus references" in anime dubs and want "accurate translation" are completely ignorant to how often puns are used in Japanese that get lost in "accurate" translations
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Exactly. That kind of mentality is how you get translations like the infamous “master of unlocking” line from Resident Evil’s original English release. The sentence structure of the original line would sound hideously awkward if translated verbatim without that context.
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To wit: 4Kids dubs are literally what helped bring the medium to a broader American market, when the mainstream adult world wasn’t (and STILL ISN’T) willing to treat anime as anything other than toddler fodder.
It’s easy to poke fun now, but the industry blossomed in part BECAUSE of their ambition.
It’s easy to poke fun now, but the industry blossomed in part BECAUSE of their ambition.
Seen discourse re: AI dubbing about how “dubs are this bad anyways, screw those cliques who throw in amogus references”
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
To wit: 4Kids dubs are literally what helped bring the medium to a broader American market, when the mainstream adult world wasn’t (and STILL ISN’T) willing to treat anime as anything other than toddler fodder.
It’s easy to poke fun now, but the industry blossomed in part BECAUSE of their ambition.
It’s easy to poke fun now, but the industry blossomed in part BECAUSE of their ambition.
Seen discourse re: AI dubbing about how “dubs are this bad anyways, screw those cliques who throw in amogus references”
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seen discourse re: AI dubbing about how “dubs are this bad anyways, screw those cliques who throw in amogus references”
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
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A trillion-dollar company going super-cheap on producing a mechanical-sounding dub with no human touch, aura, or spark involved.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A trillion-dollar company going super-cheap on producing a mechanical-sounding dub with no human touch, aura, or spark involved.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
Honest to God I think your average novice voice actor on Twitter or Bluesky could do an infinitely better fandub of this from home.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Honest to God I think your average novice voice actor on Twitter or Bluesky could do an infinitely better fandub of this from home.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
Tech bros will see this shit and think it’s revolutionary and less money to spend on labour.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Tech bros will see this shit and think it’s revolutionary and less money to spend on labour.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
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''It's been a long time since we were cast down from Heaven....So let's give 'em Hell!''
@alexrochonva.bsky.social @sonicmega.bsky.social @justtheclippy.bsky.social @marissalenti.com
Love all the effort you guys put into the streams and the show❤️🔥
#tadc #art #fanart #TheAmazingDigitalCircus
@alexrochonva.bsky.social @sonicmega.bsky.social @justtheclippy.bsky.social @marissalenti.com
Love all the effort you guys put into the streams and the show❤️🔥
#tadc #art #fanart #TheAmazingDigitalCircus
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
''It's been a long time since we were cast down from Heaven....So let's give 'em Hell!''
@alexrochonva.bsky.social @sonicmega.bsky.social @justtheclippy.bsky.social @marissalenti.com
Love all the effort you guys put into the streams and the show❤️🔥
#tadc #art #fanart #TheAmazingDigitalCircus
@alexrochonva.bsky.social @sonicmega.bsky.social @justtheclippy.bsky.social @marissalenti.com
Love all the effort you guys put into the streams and the show❤️🔥
#tadc #art #fanart #TheAmazingDigitalCircus
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
Made some vehicles in Kirby Air Riders! Check ‘em out if you want to really want to bite people or look like an edgy embodiment of despair.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Made some vehicles in Kirby Air Riders! Check ‘em out if you want to really want to bite people or look like an edgy embodiment of despair.