Jeff Wilson

@awaywithwords
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Freelance J->E game localizer by day (OCTOPATH TRAVELER II, TRAINGLE STRATEGY, THE KIDS WE WERE, VOICE OF CARDS & others), amateur tinkerer by night. Podcast devourer at all times. 日本語OK!
@reckless1280 Was screaming to myself just now when you directly referenced LA VITESSE on the Vergecast. At least that’s what it should’ve been called in French; in fact it was called SPEE-DU. Et Jeff Daniels est déjà mort. Thank you for taking me right back to nights spent with my parents cracking up at Dress to Kill. [hops aboard hair dryer-engine scooter] Ciaoooo. ✌️

Wow, did not expect to see this result. Obviously Microsoft is appealing and I find the focus on cloud gaming a bit narrow, but the CMA has a point, assuming cloud gaming is to become as big as they suspect.

https://www.polygon.com/23698816/microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal-uk-cma-block

Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard blocked by UK’s CMA

The UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, cited fears for the future of cloud gaming, although it had previously softened its stance on the availability of Call of Duty on PlayStation

Polygon

From last night's walk in Slavonski Brod (husband's home town).

#Croatia #StreetArt

[extremely calm, Bob Ross-ian voice]

Welcome to

genders

Came across this cool queer sf/fantasy display in my local branch of Forbidden Planet in Glasgow, complete with colour coding as to exactly who is represented in each book.

Clearly somebody in the shop really cares - kudos to them!

Rejected Mega Man Boss Names
Very excited to test the limits of Tears of the Kingdom’s Ultra Hand abilities by recreating the 2002 Sandlot/Enix masterpiece Robot Alchemic Drive with a pile of rocks and twigs

My word, this Zelda Tears of the Kingdom trailer...

If the Zelda team and FromSoft want to get locked into a Seabiscuit-style race where they have to look each other in the eye before they leapfrog one another for the next several years, I will happily eat from that trough.

https://youtu.be/uHGShqcAHlQ

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Official Trailer #3

YouTube

Makes a lot of sense, considering all the Windows handhelds flooding the market to compete with the Steam Deck. If they can stand this up and figure out dual-booting on the Deck things will get really interesting.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/13/23681492/microsoft-windows-handheld-mode-gaming-xbox-steam-deck

Microsoft experiments with Windows handheld mode for Steam Deck and more

Microsoft employees are prototyping ways to improve Windows on handheld gaming devices like the Steam Deck. A hackathon project has looked at improving the Windows UI, keyboard, and much more.

The Verge