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@aliciahaddick.comOct 11, 2026, 6:43 AM

Made a circular pizza last night, thank you to my education for teaching me shapes

A pizza that is somewhat circular
@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 12:54 PM

They were 3 hours but this one I did smth different im holding off sharing for now that made it four

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 11:18 AM

Playing this and going for perfect in the full game It’s so funny how you can really tell both the designers and Tsunku have such a deep history in idol music since the beats of the beat map are literally just the moments you would do idol-adjacent chants to this very 2000s idol-sounding banger

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 7:23 AM

I won’t be at TGA, curious to hear more

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 7:11 AM

Soon 👀

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 6:55 AM

The uneasy feeling spread over me

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 6:54 AM

I don’t care if it’s later in the day they should have saved some for me!

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 6:52 AM

I got craft hot sauce tho! Which is something

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 6:51 AM

>Bread festival >They ran out of bread Distraught, left quickly and sadly

Aoyama Bread Festival Sign
@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 6:02 AM

You start trying to be fancy being with your hair and before you know it your hair appointments are 4 hours long

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 3:41 AM

Discussed some Tokyo Game Show indie games for @kotaku.com, and how Japanese indies are taking a different path to that seen elsewhere

@kotaku.comOct 6, 2026, 5:30 PMReposted by @aliciahaddick.com

Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns dominated the charts in Japan over the summer.

Its producer recently reflected on his...
https://kotaku.com/strip-mahjong-game-producer-talks-about-being-hopelessly-devoted-to-those-girls-and-left-penniless-as-teen-after-sequel-tops-japanese-steam-charts-2000731076

@aliciahaddick.comOct 10, 2026, 3:38 AM

Tricky tanuki are cool! 🚲🦝💨

@aliciahaddick.comOct 9, 2026, 1:01 PM

I like it, and that last sequence elevated the whole thing thematically and the j the context of being ‘Resident Evil’ Saw it in Roppongi with @jparkerdalton.bsky.social so I got to see the actual creature* from the film as I was leaving (Not the actual creature, but it fits)

The spider statue in Roppongi
@aliciahaddick.comOct 9, 2026, 1:01 PM

Resident Evil (2026): an interesting take on the series that’s maybe a bit too repetitive and video game-y to fully work as a movie and a bit too ‘funny’ …Made far more interesting in the final five minutes for how it recontextualizes both the movie and the context you watch it

The Japanese poster for Resident Evil
@aliciahaddick.comOct 8, 2026, 4:01 PM

(I finally managed to have a moment of calm and enough free points from all the purchases from moving to get the game for literally free using only points, so I took advantage)

I love cooking results screen from mini game with two cats forming heart with their tail
@aliciahaddick.comOct 8, 2026, 4:01 PM

Me whenever I cook since I moved

@aliciahaddick.comOct 8, 2026, 12:24 PM

(By 'it begins', I mean it begins outside of already being a colossus like Minecraft or Fortnite. Sure, of course they'll do transmedia stuff. But you gotta go deeper down the chain, and this feels like an effort to make sure it's not just Halo and the top franchises getting those efforts)

@aliciahaddick.comOct 8, 2026, 12:24 PM

Japan does it and has done it for years. It's what I've been trying to say is the big thing a lot of the international companies should emulate, and I've been trying to do a lot more writing that highlights that aspect for precisely that reason Between SEGA doing it for Persona and this, it begins

@aliciahaddick.comOct 8, 2026, 12:24 PM

This is the sort of thing I've been saying for YEARS and finally internationally a few companies are starting to catch up Games need to be transmedia. That's movies, yes, but it's merchandising, in-person pop-up events and experiences, collaborations I'm surprised it's Xbox first on the ball there

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