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@jaymarksman

• Janne Markkula / マルックラ・ヤンネ • Game Designer / ゲームプランナー • A Finn working in Tokyo / 東京勤務のフィンランド人 • https://linktr.ee/jaymarksman • https://store.steampowered.com/app/3137530/

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11.02.2026 01:15 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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I'm sure if I compared this to the original I would have a slightly different opinion (I usually prefer the original graphics, especially the lighting, when it comes to remakes and remasters), but I can't deny this game is quite gorgeous.

15.02.2026 14:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have now remedied this grave mistake.

15.02.2026 10:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I just beat the hardest/most annoying boss so far, got a new ability, went to a new location and died.
Guess if I visited a save room at all during any of this.

14.02.2026 15:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Playing Metroid Prime (Remastered) again. This time planning on finishing it.
Love the environments, and the level design in general.

14.02.2026 06:52 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You *could* go with シェイン (she-i-n), which is probably closer to the actual pronunciation, but シェーン might be more typical for Shane 🤔

14.02.2026 03:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I've never read the original. Time to remedy that.

原作は未読なので、これから読みます。

02.02.2026 11:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Went to the Look Back exhibition.
ルックバックの展覧会行ってきました。

01.02.2026 11:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

There was so much to look at that I couldn’t really take it all in, but the hard work and dedication that go into making an animated movie really shined through.

見るものが多すぎて、すべてを消化しきれなかったけど、アニメ映画を作るための努力と情熱がしっかり伝わってきました。

01.02.2026 11:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Went to the Look Back exhibition.
ルックバックの展覧会行ってきました。

01.02.2026 11:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

YouTuber: "...which you should definitely check out, I will link it down in the description--"

Narrator Voice: They did not link it down in the description.

31.01.2026 04:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

YouTuber: "...which you should definitely check out, I will link it down in the description--"

Narrator Voice: They did not link it down in the description.

31.01.2026 04:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

気になります!👀

21.01.2026 12:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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we will be exhibiting our game currently in development, I Saw a Flying Saucer, at Shibuya PARCO :)

🗓️2.6 FRI - 3.2 MON
📍PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO(Shibuya PARCO 4F)

games.parco.jp/page/pgc/

21.01.2026 11:32 👍 86 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0

I'm sure there are both animated posters and animated coasters these days.

20.01.2026 13:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Would love this as a poster. Or a coaster 😄

20.01.2026 11:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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🫨🫨🫨 slipped and drew stuff again..

19.01.2026 16:11 👍 35 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

It's always the games I have close to zero interest in that end up being the most popular 🤔

13.01.2026 03:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lies of P: Overture (2025)

10.01.2026 15:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So many language-oriented YouTubers say that the "point" of language learning is to communicate/talk with people. I kind of hate this sentiment, because different people have different goals.

I think my life has become so much richer just by being able to *understand* English and Japanese.

08.01.2026 11:32 👍 45 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 2

👀

08.01.2026 17:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A little different, but I always find it interesting when I instinctively press the wrong button to do an action in a new game.
It's like "wait, what game does (at least almost) the same thing with this button?" though I rarely figure out which game ingrained that particular association in my brain.

08.01.2026 11:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#Sauna2000

08.01.2026 06:38 👍 35 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

🏡🧖‍♂️

08.01.2026 11:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Being able to communicate *can* be the goal (and if I wasn't able to communicate in Japanese, I wouldn't have my current job), but being able to consume media in the original language is an equally valid (and fun) one.

There is a lot of value to learning a language, even if you never speak it.

08.01.2026 11:32 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

So many language-oriented YouTubers say that the "point" of language learning is to communicate/talk with people. I kind of hate this sentiment, because different people have different goals.

I think my life has become so much richer just by being able to *understand* English and Japanese.

08.01.2026 11:32 👍 45 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 2

I don't really do New Year's resolutions, but I do have something I definitely want to do this this year: to draw a ~10 page short story comic.

I already have most of the script, and rough drafts for pages 1 and 2 done, so off to a good start ✏️

06.01.2026 03:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Back in Tokyo 🗼

Currently realizing that 1,5 days is clearly not enough to recover from the jet lag (on top of not being able to sleep on a plane for 13+ hours).

Gotta plan my next trip (whenever that may be) with this in mind.

04.01.2026 09:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Finished SANDA season 1.
Interesting worldbuilding, and a unique take on Santa Claus for sure. Tonally a bit all over the place, but that's part of what makes it unique, I think.
Also, the show can get quite serious when it wants/needs to, which I did appreciate. Might jump on to the manga.

20.12.2025 12:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Oh right, #TheGameAwards happened. Bunch of cool announcements and stuff I bet, I wonder what the game industry discussions are about right now, I bet it will be f...

17.12.2025 13:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0