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NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT: Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between

These are the tales of the other inhabitants of the Lands Between and the many possibilities and the differing worlds that unfolded for them in the distant past, are written here.

I think it becomes more explicit later in the scene, but the word in question is "faerie"—it's a common trope in folklore that the fae will mess you up if you call them that

it's my favorite board game of all time, nothing else even comes close

joke's on you, I'm halfway through the 5th LN because of your diseased posting 😜

dang, that's evil

Cover Debut! – Spy Classroom, Vol. 10 (light novel): The High Plain of Sara

To learn the truth about the Nostalgia Project, Lamplight sets their sights on the Lylat Kingdom, the country where it all began.

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The journey to master her new prosthesis is an arduous one. But if Millicent hopes to one day repay the kind Tarnished, it is a journey she’s prepared to undertake...

Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, Chapter 10.2 is available now: buff.ly/eSZeOVM

ayy, a fellow 🐧🥁 appreciator

imo the biggest thing it tests is how good you are at multiple-choice tests. you only need like 50% to pass, so it crumples against basic SAT-style strats (if two of the options are similar, one of them is the correct one, etc)

source: I passed N1 years before I should have been able to

a very bad no good horrible cat

an open tub of shredded romano cheese. there is less than there was before.

<- the master thief

the crown jewels ->

dunno which I'm gonna read first between this and v14, both of which came out today

probably neither, I need to finish translating SS5 first 😬

the cover of the Spy Classroom spinoff "Murder Unfit for a Spy," featuring a blond man (Vindo) and a short woman with short blue hair

the same short blue-haired woman with the caption "code name 円空"

I was wondering who the blue-haired woman on the cover of the Spy Classroom spinoff was, but I assumed it probably just a new character (maybe a Watson analogue to Vindo's Holmes)

I never considered Sky Monk (the Avian boss who got killed offscreen) as a possibility, lmao

I pictured her as taller

it's wild how one guy can make an off-hand comment about crystals in the middle of a fight scene and now I have to spend half an hour on google learning what the hell piezoelectricity is

translating is such a funny job

the math checks out

"An ability that triggers whenever you tap a creature for mana triggers only if you activate a mana ability of a creature including {T} in its cost."

-From the Leyline of Abundance FAQ

Deathrite isn't a mana ability, so it doesn't work with Badgermole or Leyline.

just baked some scones and they turned out great

it's fucked up how the Make Stuff Fluffy powder actually makes stuff fluffy

saw some people playing beyblade at the card shop. my buddy asks if I play, I say nah, all I know is smth called wizard rod is good
this causes a 12-yr-old to look me in the eye and cry, "it's BROKEN"
ty to @brandonbovia.bsky.social and @airco.bsky.social for helping me give some kid war flashbacks

You Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio - Gamefound You Will Die In This Place is a nihilistic survival-horror dungeon crawl TTRPG about exile, decay, and the inevitability of death.

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Oh, right, this goes live today. I should probably say something.

I recently replaced my extremely, *extremely* expired baking powder and now I'm having to relearn how to enjoy muffins that aren't hard as a rock

The cover shows Sybilla, about to kick someone or something, front and center. Behind her, looking serious, are Thea, Lily, and Erna. They seem to be in a warehouse.

Spy Classroom SS4 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/09/19/s... @yenpress.com

It's Tuesday! You know what that means 👀

We've got some new books for you, hot off the Yen Press! 🔥 Make sure to grab the latest volume of Spy Classroom, The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy, and the final volume of Hollow Regalia!

See what else is coming up this month 📅➡️ buff.ly/VCGNuYX

Aeterna Lucis just got pushed to 2026 with a press release that was basically four paragraphs of "lol we're not dumb enough to release the same month as silksong"

and y'know what, that's completely valid

imagine if this this just the most elaborate Silkpost yet

my setup is pretty similar

source text on the left monitor
current translation file and old translation files (mostly to make sure I translate SFX consistently, but sometimes to reference older lines) on the middle monitor, both at half-width
misc reference windows on the right monitor

A picture of a smiling Annette, standing in front of a window. Outside the window is a sunny beach. Annette is holding a faceless wooden puppet on strings.

Spy Classroom LN 9 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/07/25/s... @yenpress.com

Glad you liked it! I absolutely adored the Pirates chapter. Operations is probably my favorite squad, and getting to see what happened when their Dedicated Tsukkomi stopped tsukkomi-ing was a hoot.

バカンス八日目。バカ三人の愚行は止まらない。
"It was the eighth day of their vacation. The baka trio did not stop doing stupid stuff."

I merged the sentences for flow (something you have to do a lot in LNs), then leaned into the pseudo-repetition in the back half because it played well with the tone of the scene.

the cover of Woodworking by Emily St. James

every time I read a book (that isn't for work), I'm like "wow, that was great, I should do this more often" and then I go back to forgetting how much I like reading for another four months

in related news, Woodworking was delightful. can't wait to see what I read in November!

yeah, "The Los Angeles BB Serial Murder Cases" isn't exactly the first book I think of when I think NisiOisiN. or the second. or the third.

ohhh a creature