I am helping out on friends' JPN language stream! Come watch!
@kaburagikris.bsky.social is Japanese by jumping off the deep end into Namco X Capcom w/ @maboroshistrix.bsky.social
www.twitch.tv/kaburagikris
It's a date night
Hi everyone. CyricZ here. After giving myself time to reflect on my options, Iโve decided that I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3 / Dark Ties. I will not be purchasing the game, nor playing it in any capacity. I write guides because I love writing, and I write for the games that I write for because they inspire me. The joy I find in them drives me to give my best work. If I were to write a guide entirely out of obligation or expectation, I do not believe my best work would find its way to the page. With the hiring of known sexual harasser Teruyuki Kagawa to the face and voice cast of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I do not find myself inspired by the game. The Like a Dragon series has a long-standing history of opposing sexual misconduct in all its forms and I feel this casting goes against that message.
Key members of RGG Studio have refused to speak on the hiring of Kagawa after his misconduct was made more widely known. While they are by no means required to speak about this, by their silence they have sent a message that they do not view Kagawaโs misconduct as a dealbreaker for inclusion in the series cast, nor do they deem it worth addressing. This stands in contrast to steps taken in the past to replace other cast members that did not align with their values. I wonโt go into further detail on the issue itself as the information is widely available via the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement. The rest of this will be about me, my guides, and my relationship with RGG Studio and the Like a Dragon series.
I remain a fan of the Like a Dragon series. Itโs not something I can just excise from myself. I intend to continue playing past Like a Dragon games on stream as they are some of my favorite video games. That may be subject to change in the future, but the plans are to continue playing the games on stream in my intended order, with the exception of Yakuza Kiwami 3 or Dark Ties. The only minor thing that will change with regards to my streams is that I intend to take special note during stream of the many, many instances during the series that remind us of the societal ill of sexual misconduct. As to future games put out by RGG Studio, I reserve the right to not make a decision on those at this time. That will be a โwait and seeโ situation, dependent on future actions or inactions by RGG Studio. Further, if things change with regards to the release of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I reserve the right to reassess all the preceding. RGG Studio still has the opportunity to do right in this situation, and I hold onto hope that they will see the best way forward.
Finally, I promise to all my readers that my GameFAQs guides for the Like a Dragon series and other RGG Studio games will be going nowhere no matter what happens. Not only are they some of my best work, but if I preserve the guides with myself as the author, I remain in creative control of them. This prevents others from taking the text and redistributing it without my consent, which is something I fear would happen if I were to remove them from GameFAQs entirely. For those of you who read my guides, thank you so much for your support, and Iโm sorry I will not be helping with this upcoming game. For anyone who wants to write a guide on GameFAQs for Yakuza Kiwami 3, be my guest, not that you need my permission anyway. For those of you joining me in solidarity against Kagawa and this release, I thank you all for sticking with it. Your commitment has inspired this. Be good to each other, Scott โCyricZโ Zdankiewicz
Announcement:
I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.
Full statement below:
A sketch of Maya Fey from the Ace Attorney games. She's looking at us with a grin and her right hand is raised with the index finger pointing up. Her position is intended to reflect how she looks in the game. A word balloon at her side reads "Almost Christmas means it wasn't Christmas".
It's almost christmas ๐
To finish off the celebration week, we'll be having a chat with @commissarbear.bsky.social @kaburagikris.bsky.social and @maboroshistrix.bsky.social about SRW :0
www.twitch.tv/halfenlighte...
Isometric fanart of multiple Majima Everywhere encounters from Yakuza Kiwami. Majima runs into Kiryu in different parts of a Kamurocho street corner in various disguises or hiding spots. Goromi, Hannya-Man, and 24-Hour Cinderella are among Majima's disguises.
KIRYU-CHAN! ๐ชโจ
#yakuza
Going live with the story demo for #Unfated with the director @whoopz.bsky.social , and also featuring @joykirbs.bsky.social and @maboroshistrix.bsky.social ! This is the public demo available on the kickstarter c: Come join us! #vsky #vtuber www.twitch.tv/chulaephemeris
definitely B. but more confused and thinking about it for several days afterwards
Pretty pink.... testing new brushes.
#honeycinn #art
Stargate was such a fun show during my teens. I would watch Stargate Atlantis every week and whenever SG-1 made cameos, I was so excited. Good times.
I could use one of those!
Fingers crossed for you.
Going live with #TheMurderofSonictheHedgehog ! This should be the finale of the game wahoo!! We'll likely spend some time to theorize hehehe. Featuring @kaburagikris.bsky.social @maboroshistrix.bsky.social and @systemerrin.bsky.social
It's official. The SAG strike is finally over. It took an entire year but now VAs have the AI protections they sought. This is a huge victory. Do not let anyone who isn't in the industry tell you otherwise.
Going live with #TheMurderofSonictheHedgehog with @systemerrin.bsky.social , @kaburagikris.bsky.social , and @maboroshistrix.bsky.social ! Most of us are going in blind hehehe #vsky #vtuber www.twitch.tv/chulaephemeris
An isometric drawing of Dirkโs house from Tales of Symphonia. Lloyd, Colette, Kratos, Genis and Raine Sage are sat around the table in the center playing D&D with figurine of the Tetheโalla characters on the table. Noishe is sitting under the table near Kratos while Dirk brings over a pot of stew. He is wearing pink oven gloves
A drawing of Tears of the Kingdom Zelda sitting at Sonia and Rauruโs table with lots of flowering plants behind her enjoying many many cups of different coloured tea. The logo in the top left reads โTeas of the Kingdomโ
screenshot redraw of the female protagonist from persona 3 from the dancing in moonlight opening animation. holding her hands out with a pink celebratory background behind her
Obligatory itโs my birthday so please perceive my art post !
Being a digital artist is exhausting ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Late night commission for @Plaid_Ranger
#OC #Sketch
Info on its energy gobbling should be in every news story about AI. It is newsworthy. It is inseparable from the tech itself.
เซฎ๊ฐ หถโข เผ โขหถ๊ฑแ โก
I've been working on a little YCH for Easter!!!!! Check out my vgen if you want to order one! You can pick your expression if you'd like. I'll be working on a male version, too!
vgen.co/XochiGris
Like, repost, and drop your reference for a chance to get one for free!
Glaceon relaxing on the shelf of canned drinks
Welcome
Stream starting soon! Going live with #DetectiveBeebo part 2 with @maboroshistrix.bsky.social @kaburagikris.bsky.social @systemerrin.bsky.social Check that out here! www.twitch.tv/chulaephemeris
Having some plans for starting to stream again on my own channel! Will share more soon (probably).
Today I went for a jog and experienced some internal struggles. Then, out of the blue, something nice happened.
Guys, it's SO easy to make another persons day! โฅ It's the simple gestures.
danganronpa 2. NOW. @maboroshistrix.bsky.social
www.twitch.tv/xochigris
I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT BLUESKY HAS INCREASED THE VIDEO LENGTH LIMIT!!! CHEERS! I have a few clips I can upload now. Appearance from @maboroshistrix.bsky.social in this one! #vtuber #envtuber #DetectiveBeebo
Ghost Trick๐ถ๏ธ
(a little redraw)
Juri Han and Kazama Jin
For SNK: King from King of Fighters!
Danganronpa 2 is getting set up! I'm going liove with @maboroshistrix.bsky.social soon, and hopefully we will figure out the mystery of the very first victim!
www.twitch.tv/xochigris #vtuber
