Apropos of nothing, one of my favourite Cassette Beasts monsters I designed is Pombomb, illustrated here for our key art by @smaiart.bsky.social! It ended up as something of a mascot for the game.
This was such brilliant news to wake up to 🙌
It’s not just about the Green Party getting another seat, it’s about showing every other politician that people actually want progressive policies.
Mubi now ramping up promo for Blossoms Shanghai and still no word on when it'll be available legally in the UK. I can only assume we're just going to have to wait for Criterion to release it physically?
Yeah this is really exciting. Clearly the enthusiasm for the Takanaka shows is having an impact
Really feels like they've made all the wrong decisions here
![A shot of Teruyuki Kagawa as Goh Hamazaki in Yakuza Kiwami 3 with his face mosaic blurred out, accompanied by an excerpt from a GAME Watch interview with Ryosuke Horii on 2026-02-05:
Horii: “Rikiya and Hamazaki are both key characters to the story, so it would certainly be safer not to recast them and avoid online criticism (laughs). But we felt there was no use being afraid. We based our decision on what excited us and made us think, ‘This is who we want to perform,’ or ‘What if we cast this person?’ […] Hamazaki is a sleazy, persistent, and militant yakuza, right? Since he isn’t an explosive character like Kanda, when we tried to think of someone who makes you go, ‘This guy’s a creep,’ naturally it was Kagawa-san. The biggest thing was just had to see that. Kagawa-san’s acting is fun to watch. Even when he’s chopping a pig’s feet off with a chef’s knife, it has a slimy feel.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreianho4oe2hx4rmjbrd65x22prtp53ol6fm5ljlqdnjmxkjx2bnpme)
A shot of Teruyuki Kagawa as Goh Hamazaki in Yakuza Kiwami 3 with his face mosaic blurred out, accompanied by an excerpt from a GAME Watch interview with Ryosuke Horii on 2026-02-05: Horii: “Rikiya and Hamazaki are both key characters to the story, so it would certainly be safer not to recast them and avoid online criticism (laughs). But we felt there was no use being afraid. We based our decision on what excited us and made us think, ‘This is who we want to perform,’ or ‘What if we cast this person?’ […] Hamazaki is a sleazy, persistent, and militant yakuza, right? Since he isn’t an explosive character like Kanda, when we tried to think of someone who makes you go, ‘This guy’s a creep,’ naturally it was Kagawa-san. The biggest thing was just had to see that. Kagawa-san’s acting is fun to watch. Even when he’s chopping a pig’s feet off with a chef’s knife, it has a slimy feel.”
RGG Studio not only cast Kagawa despite his actions, they are specifically taking advantage of his image as a creep to sell the role.
Guess that’s that. #REMOVEKAGAWA
A full review notes most of Yakuza 3’s queer content removed, including the iconic side quest where Kiryu helps a trans woman. Really sad, the series oddball gutter humanism for society’s outcasts & oppressed & himbo queerness was what made it special. www.videogameschronicle.com/review/yakuz...
Yeah, whilst I'm not really keen on the whole push for sending IDs off for verification, it does seem like people don't have the full context for what this actually limits in this case.
A close up of the pocket on an orange apron. The character design of To-Fu (a mascot who is a sentient block of tofu) is embroidered on it in white thread
For my birthday my partner bought me a cooking apron and customised it by sewing onto the pocket, To-Fu from Promise Mascot Agency by @kaizengameworks.com
This is a insta-buy. Adored that first game (so much so I basically forced my partner to play it as well)
This is great - and a good reminder that I really need to give Penpot another look
My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
In celebration of Primate releasing this week here's a thread of fictional primates and if I think I could beat them in a fight
"everyone is talking about machine learning but no one is talking about machine yearning" used to be a joke, but now they are playing it straight
THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025
A Video Countdown
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Paddington in Godzilla Minus One (2023)
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765
Pretty strong start to the year! 4 solid first time watches and 2 trips to the cinema already. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
One of the giants of modern European cinema has fallen. RIP Hungarian maestro, Béla Tarr. Damnation, Satantango, Werckmeister Harmonies, The Turin Horse… to have made just one of these extraordinary films would have been a life's work completed.
Béla Tarr, 1955-2026 🤍
A reminder to all design sytem folks - the Design System Report survey closes in less than 10 days! We've already had 88 folks fill it in, but we'd love loads more, so if you could fill it in (and then share it!) I will love you forever
report.zeroheight.com
When I was home over Christmas almost every other advert was for some gambling brand, either a bookies or an online casino. So where's the uproar about that?
I know everyone is pointing it out but I do think it is absolutely reckless editorial practice to cite what an AI says, especially in a headline.
Grok has no authority, nor does it have a meaningful explanation for what happened, and citing it obscures those actually responsible for literal crimes.
Going off UK cinema releases
2020: Parasite
2021: Drive My Car
2022: Crimes of the Future
2023: Tár
2024: La Chimera
2025: The Brutalist
Every other ad on British telly at Christmas is “Do you have a gambling problem? Would you like one?”
Almost Christmas means it wasn’t Christmas
Gamers. It’s time
Loved providing some Simpsons memes for Pipistrello, Yakuza and the fantastic Promise Mascot Agency
I loved this movie and I love this cover!
Our Discorders answered the question, 'what if the games of 2025 were Simpsons stills?' Judge the results for yourself.
Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.
