Zénpai
@zenpai.bsky.social
I like Dragon Ball way too much. JPN-PRT translator (Dragon Ball, Tokyo Ghoul :re, Death Note Short Stories, Look Back). jrdemr on Kanzenshuu. Trivia deity of @wegottapod.bsky.social. 日本語能力試験 N2. ですから、日本語もＯＫです。
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Zénpai
@zenpai.bsky.social
· Nov 27
It's still so hard to believe that, just five years after somehow managing to finish *reading* my all-time favorite series in its original Japanese, out of all the people living here, I was the one chosen to finally give it the Portuguese translation it deserves.
Words cannot describe it.
Words cannot describe it.
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this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
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one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
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The highly anticipated Bloodborne remaster has been quietly cancelled in favor of a sequel to hero shooter Concord.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The highly anticipated Bloodborne remaster has been quietly cancelled in favor of a sequel to hero shooter Concord.
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People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
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The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
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Our podcast launched 20 years ago today... so let's keep it going! @vegettoex.bsky.social reflects on old news, @saberbreaker.wegottapodcast.com joins to look back at the first Sparking! game, and @hujio.bsky.social joins to look back at the podcast itself!
👂🎙️📻👇 www.kanzenshuu.com/2025/11/20/p...
👂🎙️📻👇 www.kanzenshuu.com/2025/11/20/p...
Podcast Episode #0530 - Kanzenshuu
Episode #0530 of Kanzenshuu - The Podcast (for the anniversary date of 2025-11-20): your one, only, and best Dragon Ball podcast around!
www.kanzenshuu.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our podcast launched 20 years ago today... so let's keep it going! @vegettoex.bsky.social reflects on old news, @saberbreaker.wegottapodcast.com joins to look back at the first Sparking! game, and @hujio.bsky.social joins to look back at the podcast itself!
👂🎙️📻👇 www.kanzenshuu.com/2025/11/20/p...
👂🎙️📻👇 www.kanzenshuu.com/2025/11/20/p...
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I'm not crying, you're crying. OK, we're both crying.
🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️
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Congratulations to @kanzenshuu.com on 20 amazing years of Kanzenshuu the Podcast!! Truly the most engrossing source of Dragon Ball information and entertainment around.
Our podcast wouldn't exist without it as inspiration, and as such, we talk about it a LOT.
👇
youtu.be/PEJB7eS-CDc
Our podcast wouldn't exist without it as inspiration, and as such, we talk about it a LOT.
👇
youtu.be/PEJB7eS-CDc
We Can't Stop Talking About Kanzenshuu
YouTube video by We Gotta Podcast - Dragon Ball From A to Z
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm not crying, you're crying. OK, we're both crying.
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Happy This Artificial Human Years to the @kanzenshuu.com podcast!
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy This Artificial Human Years to the @kanzenshuu.com podcast!
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Congratulations to @kanzenshuu.com on 20 amazing years of Kanzenshuu the Podcast!! Truly the most engrossing source of Dragon Ball information and entertainment around.
Our podcast wouldn't exist without it as inspiration, and as such, we talk about it a LOT.
👇
youtu.be/PEJB7eS-CDc
Our podcast wouldn't exist without it as inspiration, and as such, we talk about it a LOT.
👇
youtu.be/PEJB7eS-CDc
We Can't Stop Talking About Kanzenshuu
YouTube video by We Gotta Podcast - Dragon Ball From A to Z
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Congratulations to @kanzenshuu.com on 20 amazing years of Kanzenshuu the Podcast!! Truly the most engrossing source of Dragon Ball information and entertainment around.
Our podcast wouldn't exist without it as inspiration, and as such, we talk about it a LOT.
👇
youtu.be/PEJB7eS-CDc
Our podcast wouldn't exist without it as inspiration, and as such, we talk about it a LOT.
👇
youtu.be/PEJB7eS-CDc
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First off, MASSIVE thanks to @vegettoex.bsky.social and EVERYONE over at @kanzenshuu.com for all the news, documentation, and entertainment for well over 20 years.
Second - being on this anniversary episode was an amazing honor, even if I had to replay Sparking! for the PS2 🙏🏻
Second - being on this anniversary episode was an amazing honor, even if I had to replay Sparking! for the PS2 🙏🏻
Our podcast launched 20 years ago today... so let's keep it going! @vegettoex.bsky.social reflects on old news, @saberbreaker.wegottapodcast.com joins to look back at the first Sparking! game, and @hujio.bsky.social joins to look back at the podcast itself!
👂🎙️📻👇 www.kanzenshuu.com/2025/11/20/p...
👂🎙️📻👇 www.kanzenshuu.com/2025/11/20/p...
Podcast Episode #0530 - Kanzenshuu
Episode #0530 of Kanzenshuu - The Podcast (for the anniversary date of 2025-11-20): your one, only, and best Dragon Ball podcast around!
www.kanzenshuu.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
First off, MASSIVE thanks to @vegettoex.bsky.social and EVERYONE over at @kanzenshuu.com for all the news, documentation, and entertainment for well over 20 years.
Second - being on this anniversary episode was an amazing honor, even if I had to replay Sparking! for the PS2 🙏🏻
Second - being on this anniversary episode was an amazing honor, even if I had to replay Sparking! for the PS2 🙏🏻
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
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Physical games no longer mean you own them and digital games can be archived.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Physical games no longer mean you own them and digital games can be archived.
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Made an incredible discovery for language learning: Chrono Trigger DS lets you access the options menu to change the langauge *mid-dialogue box*. If you're having trouble with a line you can double-check the official localization without even closing the dialogue box. Feels very rare.
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Made an incredible discovery for language learning: Chrono Trigger DS lets you access the options menu to change the langauge *mid-dialogue box*. If you're having trouble with a line you can double-check the official localization without even closing the dialogue box. Feels very rare.
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Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
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the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
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Let's not let them just normalize this - at Denkiworks we don't use generative AI at all.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Let's not let them just normalize this - at Denkiworks we don't use generative AI at all.
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Started my day with a DM asking me to do professional translation work for free because "I promise I'm a good person and I've always advocated for paying creatives."
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Started my day with a DM asking me to do professional translation work for free because "I promise I'm a good person and I've always advocated for paying creatives."
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
Are you sure? Because that's literally the opposite of what you're doing right now by saying you can't pay me.
#AmNotTranslating
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See also: being a Japanese translator.
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."
Being a fantasy writer is typing "they extended an olive branch" and then going "shit, do they even have olives in this world?"
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
See also: being a Japanese translator.
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."
"Not a penny to her name--wait, no. Wrong currency. Not a yen? Sounds bad. Hm."
"They went to bed--uh-oh. They only have futons in this era. They went to futon? Ugh."