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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Although from what I've heard peripherally, physical media is just getting more popular in the west anyway (but I get the feeling that's more "ooh retro" than actually caring for what physical media offers)

Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Is physical media dying in Japan now? Does it now need special incentives for people to support it? That's not something I'd heard happening in Japan, which might be why I thought of this as "west-targeted" choice (if it's about incentives).

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

I actually agree that there's some great parts to physical media that just... comes with it being physical media! Even if I'm not much of a physical buyer because of cost and maintenance problems, the format itself has to stick around.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

I have no idea if that's the case here, or if it's an incentive, ala the earlier days of digital media when they might have new bonus tracks attached, possibly so people would repurchase albums they already owned. (I'm thinking of the very first release in SOUND! SHOCK SERIES, Super Hang-On).

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Oh and absolutely, songs sometimes having to be excluded from digital releases because of rights dilemmas. I've seen plenty of albums that had to cut out their opening themes from the digital release.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

I would never think there was intent to make the digital worse. But that's an unintended effect it can have on someone who has the means to access one thing and not another. The same difference between two things can be seen either way depending on what side of it you're on.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

I'm from South Africa actually, not US/EU, but I see your point. I don't like that I came at this too much from a foreign perspective.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Found werothegreat today and already watched 4 of their videos, absolutely brilliant with such a solid style and pacing of Disney movie reflection.

youtu.be/xgSIOqCkzxY?...

Beauty and the Beast - How bad was A.I.D.S.?

YouTube video by werothegreat

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RadioSEGA 📡🎶🎧 @radiosega.net · 5d

CORRECTION: BOTH bonus songs to each Disc of the #FightingVipers "- 30th Anniv. Album -" will not be part of the digital editions as they'll only be included on physical. 😶

RadioSEGA 📡🎶🎧 @radiosega.net · 5d

SEGA announced earlier this morning its next OST release: "Fighting Vipers - 30th Anniv. Album -"!
▶️ Releases 27th November
▶️ 2-disc set
▶️ Respective bonus track each Disc, by Koichi "Mickey" Namiki (digital version excludes Disc 2 bonus)
▶️ Supervised by game director Hiroshi Kataoka

Fighting Vipers - 30th Anniv. Album -

2025.11.27 Release

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

The good thing about this would be, now they have to make a bonus every time to make it appealing, so there's always something new to be heard. But mandatory bonuses can turn out shit sometimes, way more than when it's just done for the fun of it.

Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

And now it's not special because its physical and comes with all the innate physical perks, it's special because they arbitrarily made bits exclusive.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Bonus inclusions can also just be a bad incentive for physical media anyway because then only the stuff with bonuses are going to really sell. People will skip anything that doesn't have a bonus, 'cause otherwise they might not have the money to buy something that does have an exclusive.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Add on to that that a lot of people just pirate VGM albums released overseas anyways, this will most likely just cut streams and purchases of the digital version.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Hi stranger, can I ramble here?

I think I agree. To me, exclusivity acts as more of an annoyance than a genuine incentive. It often doesn't make the physical version seem better, it just makes the digital version feel worse.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

It's grey so it must be real.

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RadioSEGA 📡🎶🎧 @radiosega.net · 5d

SEGA announced earlier this morning its next OST release: "Fighting Vipers - 30th Anniv. Album -"!
▶️ Releases 27th November
▶️ 2-disc set
▶️ Respective bonus track each Disc, by Koichi "Mickey" Namiki (digital version excludes Disc 2 bonus)
▶️ Supervised by game director Hiroshi Kataoka

Fighting Vipers - 30th Anniv. Album -

2025.11.27 Release

wave-master.com

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

They left them in a Burning house, never to be seen outside of town.

Please WAVE MASTER send Mizuno's remix worldwide.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Here you go. Remember to click the J-PlatPat link to see the full patent and not just the summary. (Can't link it directly because the link expires).

I know the stick figures don't look so SPIKEOUT-y, but it's definitely credited to Camera programmer Hisashi Endo.
jglobal.jst.go.jp/en/detail?JG...

コンピュータゲーム装置 | Patent Information | J-GLOBAL

Patent "コンピュータゲーム装置" Detailed information of the J-GLOBAL is an information service managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JST"). It provides free access to se...

jglobal.jst.go.jp

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maya 🌊 @fusoxide.bsky.social · 5d

learning that jun ishikawa has been an ambient musician called mushio funazawa for 35 years is mindblowing honestly. so different from most of his kirby work, yet you can hear similarities

youtu.be/PWu3DvbqDZY?...

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Sucks though that note "the special bonus tracks (Mickey's ones) will not be available in the digital release". So you have to buy the CD to hear those.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Oh I've absolutely found them! It just took me too long to understand them and I never got around to explaining them. I'll find you a link in a bit.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 5d

Me when filling in forms for an ID change.

Me holding a pen. I have makeup on that I like.

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Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 22d

I promise I'll actually talk about stuff again and not just show films I've watched. This was neat though, watching a film I constantly saw the trailer for as a child.

letterboxd.com/enjahamman/f...

A review of Déjà Vu (2006)

This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

letterboxd.com

Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 24d

Oh yeah and it's Scare Month up north. Do we scare you?

Enja Hamman @hammanenja.bsky.social · 24d

Happy Pride Month! (South Africa Edition)

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