Lagiacrust🍞

Good news: I have lots of work and now make more than I ever have before
Bad news: The money is in yen (and I'm not in Japan anymore)...

The Killing Stone, a deckbuilding card battler by Question Games, is out now. Localization with the help of LocQuest.

Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century occult horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of demons - and outwitting the Devil himself. LocQuest localized The Killing Stone into 4 languages: German, Spanish (LatAm), French, and Chinese (Simplified).

Two quotes. One from Michael Kelly, COO: “Translating our 17th century occult horror which is very particular about using period references and context would be impossible without professional human translators, who not only took time to research and understand the intention, but also took care to keep the musicality of the prose. The team at LocQuest were up to the task of preserving the little details that matter to great storytelling.” Another from J. Thomas, Lead Writer & VO Director: ““I'm lighting a candle for the hyper-committed, thoughtful translators at LocQuest.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

Good vs Evil 😇😈
Ethical vs Unethical ⚖️💰
Quality vs Slop ✅🤖

Ask ye these three questions whilst battling through Question Games’ self-published @thekillingstone.com

Localization was a feat unto itself: masses of words and four tongues traversing four phases. 🛡️

Play, if you dare ⚙️

The only thing I'm worried about is some gimmicky AI button that gets in the way...

Screenshot of a new smartphone release by Nothing that shows the back designs of a white and light pink phone

Nothing Phone 4a in this light pink color? 😭🔥I'm pretty much sold...
Finally something that's not pepto bismol pink or purple pink.
Ditching my old Pixel 7 Pro (by giving it to my mom who needs another phone).

I was looking forward to a nice thunderstorm tomorrow, but it looks like it's not coming...

統一教会とトランプに支持されている首相って、かなりやばいのでは。

TIL the singer of Kublai Khan TX is friends with a nazi.🫠

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My sister happened to save pretty much all our files and photos over the last two decades on an old hard drive. My jaw has been on the floor seeing stuff I thought was lost forever 😭

My favorite thing about browsing okstupid is the number of profiles listing their IQ as 120-139 or 140-159 🫠

Close up photo of a tabby exotic shorthair cat lying on a bed looking into the camera

First pic post in 2026 😺

Found time to update Immich and import new photos. Jumping back into self hosting stuff after months of not touching anything was a bit confusing. Now I'm just waiting for my HDD to get here so I can finally remove stuff from Google😭

I'm alive! But my blog is so neglected. Been quite busy...

Unsurprisingly too tired to do anything during this long layover...

Seems like Mingi shaved down his iconic front tooth... 😔

Picture of a bunch of Ateez / Mighteez plush keyrings

Picture of three pancake, egg, and bacon plates

Picture of many Ateez / Mighteez photo cards

Picture of the Ateez / Mighteez pop-up store in Shinsaibashi, Osaka (HMV)

Mighteezゲット✨
We went to buy some Mighteez/Ateez merch at the HMV store in Shinsaibashi. Followed that up with pancakes and opened up some boxes💎
楽しかった🥹

I overspent at the Ateez / Mighteez pop up store orz...

Don't mind me... Just crying to Ludwig, the Accursed/Holy Blade on a Tuesday morning.🫠

The people at the curry place that I love (and visit far too often) are willing to give me recipe details! 😭

I was scared to ask lol but they were chill about. I only have about 2 more visits left, and the guy said to bring a pen and paper.
YES, CHEF! 👩‍🍳📝

Whenever I come across an XG dance video or something and go to the comments they're only ever about Hinata.
Nice comments, but I'm so confused lol

Walked into a Lawson that's blasting the heat already 🥴

realizing with growing horror that I've become a messy eater. I was a one-napkin guy all through my twenties but as I approach forty I'm up to three on average. sometimes I try to trick myself by grabbing a paper towel but even that might not be enough to wipe the crumbs and sauces from my aged body

I'll be back on here and back to blogging in a couple weeks! You know when you have something big going on and get mentally frozen? it me

Like "I have a phone call to make at 3pm, meaning I'm not doing anything until that's over"

The way I type in chats is honestly embarrassing, but I can't stop 🥲

The last thing that game needed was a FF collab 😣
But I could just be totally out of touch and actually everyone is super hyped lol

hot take: i think beggars should be allowed to choose

Modern Rennaissance!
Thankfully, it was good lol

My eyesight isn't bad enough to *need* glasses, but it's nice seeing crystal clear...
In preparation for perpetual sunshine and zero shopping options, I think it's time for my first pair of transition lenses 😎

We're launching some Leaflet home improvements, PART ONE!

Big things here:

- unified layout/nav
- more view options for docs
- integrated 'discover'

Read on for what's new!

Ateez got vending machine drinks selling for 800 yen a pop. My friend just biked over to one and they were all sold out lol

At this point, it's up to the government of Japan to team up with Ateez to do a revitalization campaign in small towns.

"Visit Gunma and get an exclusive Aniteez plush"