Lester

@lesterlee

Game Designer/Producer. Canadian Theatre Artist, Stage Manager/Technician. Artist. Writer. Gamer. DM. All nonsense writings are mine alone. Online as: Ravynn. He/Him Desert Bus and Brew Crew Mod. Formerly w/ SQEnix. Also: @ravynn.bsky.social

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Lester@lesterlee· Jul 2

When even Dominos is dunking on you, it's time to rethink some business plans. #games #gamedev

A screencap of an 'official statement'.

In response to trends in the gaming industry, as of 1st April 2027 Domino's UK will cease production of physical pizzas and shift to production of digital pizzas only.

Consumers will be able to download our full range of delicious pizza codes and, using the power of imagination, enjoy them in an entirely virtual sense.

Lester@lesterlee· Jun 20

A Schrodinger's Strait for our time. #politics

A screencap from wikipedia of two articles on June 20th

2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
The Iranian military command announces that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to traffic because of Israel's violations of the Islamabad Memorandum ceasefire in Lebanon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warns ships to stay away from the strait. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)
The United States Central Command says that 55 ships transporting more than 17 million barrels of oil and cargo have crossed the strait and that traffic on the chokepoint increased, rejecting Iran’s claims that the waterway is closed. (BBC News) (Shafaq)

Lester@lesterlee· Jun 14

Truly we live in just the most absurd of times. #politics

A screenshot noting:

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with White House cage fight
The $60-million US event has many detractors
10 hours ago
CBC Investigates
Trump's White House UFC headliner accused of assault, forced sex, stalking
Video
CBC News gets first-hand look at White House UFC match site
Audio
How the UFC became a stage for Trump

Lester@lesterlee· Jun 5

Okay Sand Raiders of Sophia, I like steampunk mech walkers, I want to know more yes. #SummerGameFest

A promotional image of sand raiders of sophie, where two people in Colonial gear confront two coal powered mechs attacking

Lester@lesterlee· May 22

In a different era, this would be catastrophic for a product's brand identity. That something this abyssal made it to production, let alone on a platform servicing a billion people daily...just truly fucking outrageous. Today it's an expected laugh and a shake of the head.

A screencap of a google search for the word Disregard.

The "AI Overview" says Understood! Let me know if there's anything else you need help with later.

Lester@lesterlee· May 15

Lol did you also see this? I wonder how internally things are going at that dev...

Lester@lesterlee· May 5

The duality of the gamer paradox.

An ask Reddit thread, asking what game NEEDS a remake.

The first reply is "not Skyrim"

The second is Skyrim.

Lester@lesterlee· May 3

I'm just going to post this lil graph here. No reason. #politics

A chart sourced from the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts showing data for Farm Bankruptcies from 2017 to 2025. There is a tremendous rising trend for Trump's first term, followed by a cut in half of the numbers each year for Biden's 4 years, then a rise (46% jump) in 2025.

Lester@lesterlee· Apr 19

150$ USD? WHAT THE SHIT? #worldcup

Text that reads: Sky-high ticket prices won't be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring.

Fans trying to get to MetLife Stadium from New York City can expect to shell out $150 US for a round-trip train fare for each match, transportation officials confirmed Friday.

That's nearly 12 times the regular $12.90 fare for the roughly 15-minute,14-kilometre ride from Manhattan's Penn Station to the stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. On-site parking won't be available for most fans, so New Jersey officials anticipate that around 40,000 fans will use mass transit for each match. from a CBC article

Lester@lesterlee· Mar 30

When your new trash AI feature is more disliked than ICE after 48 hours, are you winning? LOL.

A list of the Top 5 Blocked accounts on bsky, noting attie.ai is at 117,482 blocks, higher than IceGov.bsky.social at 112,257

JD Vance still on top though at 180k.

Lester@lesterlee· Mar 10

Come on, I've got lots!

Lester@lesterlee· Mar 7

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Seto was my favourite Sushi restauraunt! ARGHHHH I'm gutted! #richmond #yvrfood #sushi

A closed sign in front of Seto Sushi, with the caption "Longtime Richmond Japanese owned sushi restaurant closes after 29 years"

Lester@lesterlee· Mar 3

What the Ass?! #gamedev #games

Screenshot of email text that reads:

Hi,

Due to updated regional licensing, distribution, and compliance policy requirements for publishers in the Greater China Region (including Hong Kong and Macau), one or more of your Asset Store assets will no longer be available for purchase on the Global Unity Asset store, effective March 31, 2026.

You’ll keep access to these assets in your projects, but you won’t receive ongoing support from the publisher(s). If you run into any issues, refunds are available upon request with details below.
Key Updates:
After March 31, 2026, assets from publishers based in the Greater China Region will be removed for sale from the Global Unity Asset Store.
Our records indicate that at least one asset in your library is from publishers based in the Greater China Region.
Your impacted asset(s) will remain available in "My Assets" and will continue to function as they do today but after March 31, the publisher(s) will no longer be able to update the asset(or) or provide support through the Global Unity Asset Store.
Your license to use these assets remains valid, and you can continue to use the products in your projects and download them via Package Manager in the future.
Only assets from publishers based in the Greater China Region on the global Unity Asset Store are affected.

Lester@lesterlee· Feb 9

Ah, so UCP MLA Conservative Todd Loewen really copping to the fact that he can't stand to watch a latino superstar perform in Spanish eh? *cough Awkward. #abpoli #politics

An image of Bad Bunny's Superbowl halftime show, and on top a tweet from Todd Loewen saying "We watched the Turning Point USA halftime show instead"

Lester@lesterlee· Feb 7

Last possible pull before the banner rotated through and I managed to luck out 20 before Pity and got Laevatain! Endfield gods be praised #endfield

Lester@lesterlee· Jan 30

I'm not watching the Rumble (and I haven't really been watching WWE in a long while) but this caught my attention about them still being really shit to their female talent. Even the smallest, cheapeast dance or theatre troupe pays for costume changes/alterations. The Fed can't? Please. #wrestling

Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer adds that “several of the women in NXT” were told they are in the women’s Royal Rumble match. It can’t be a last minute decision with them because they can’t wear their regular ring gear in Saudi Arabia.

As far as the Saudi-approved women’s ring gear is concerned, one WWE women’s star told Fightful that the wrestlers are responsible for paying for the clothes and having them made to comply with the restrictions.

Lester@lesterlee· Jan 26

"What radicalized you?" "Nothing. I was a normal guy and I watched two monsters on tv celebrate being monsters and said, no more." #politics

One of those latecomers was a 46-year-old documentary filmmaker named Chad Knutson. On the morning after Good was killed, he was at home with his two hound dogs, watching a live feed from the Whipple Building, where ICE is based, a five-minute drive from his house. A protester had laid a rose on a makeshift memorial to Good. As Knutson watched, an ICE agent took the rose, put it in his lapel, and then mockingly gave it to a female ICE agent. They both laughed.

Lester@lesterlee· Jan 26

Would someone explain it to me as though I am 5 why this calls out 'Data Centers' and not say....'hospitals'? Try. Please. #politics

A snippit cutout of a cbc article about the American Winter storm that reads:

The Department of Energy on Saturday issued an emergency order authorizing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to deploy backup generation resources at data centres and other major facilities, aiming to limit blackouts in the state.

Data centers is underlined in red.

Lester@lesterlee· Jan 18

This little Duck Duck Go marketing campaign both affirms my belief that people really hate AI, and does very little to reassure me that DuckDuckGo (like every major tech company) can be trusted to make the right decisions about it. "Just skip past it" bullshit. Maybe don't put it in.

A screencap of DuckDuckGo's Vote on AI poll, which shows 36529 votes cast, and a mere 6% Yes and 94% NO.

There is a message "Thanks for voting - You'd rather skip AI. With DuckDuckGo you can, because it's optional.

Lester@lesterlee· Dec 12

I think it says a tremendous amount about how TIME decided to put 8 people extolling the supposed virtues of AI as their "person" of the year in an image that is a clear usurpation of the original.

The Cover image of Time Magazine's Person of the Year for Dec 29th, 2025, the Architects of AI, that showcases off 8 of the worst CEOs and tech oligarchs in the world suspended on a girder high above the New York skyline of many years ago. It is a poor reconstruction.

Lester@lesterlee· Nov 30

Today's featured Wikipedia article is "The Mechanical Turk" You know...that seems really on the nose but I'm here for it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechani...

A screenshot from Wikipedia highlighting today's featured article:

The Mechanical Turk, also known as the "Automaton Chess Player" or "the Turk", was a chess-playing machine, first displayed in 1770, which appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess autonomously, but whose pieces were in reality moved via levers and magnets by a chess master hidden in the machine's lower cavity. The machine was toured and exhibited for 84 years as an automaton, and continued giving occasional exhibitions until 1854, when it was destroyed in a fire. In 1857, an article published by the owner's son revealed that it was an elaborate hoax, a fact suspected by some but never fully explained while the machine still existed. Constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen to impress Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, the Turk won most games, including those against statesmen such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin. The device demonstrated the knight's tour, a puzzle that requires a knight to visit every square of a chessboard once. (Full article...)

Lester@lesterlee· Nov 11

I'm jamming out some Star Rail tonight, working my way through the story. Come with for good writing, music, and feelings www.twitch.tv/ravynn

Promotional art of Aglaea from Star Rail.

Lester@lesterlee· Nov 6

The profoundly useless impact of AI. This is a visual graph of my blog's view traffic over 12 years. 1 is my highest 'daily' hit, 2500 related to a very detailed political post. 2 is where AI scrapers started indexing my blog. 3 is the day after ChatGPT5 was released. Fuck AI.

A line graph illustrating traffic in 5k increments to a blog over 12 years. It is notably small with around 50-100 viewers most of its lifetime, until just after 2023, where traffic suddenly starts spiking to the 10k a day range. There are 3 number increments, 1 (in 2016), 2 (in 2023) and 3 (mid 2025).

Lester@lesterlee· Nov 4

Let's jam some ZZZ. I have the day off! #zenless www.twitch.tv/ravynn

Promotional image of Yuzuha in her normal outfit from ZZZ

Lester@lesterlee· Oct 26

Finally a day off. Now to jam some #zzz, hit the new sidestory up, do weeklies and dailies and otherwise just CHILL. Let's jam. #zenless

Lester@lesterlee· Oct 24

It's my day off today so I'm going to jam the rest of the #zenless story and catch up! Let's hang. #zzz www.twitch.tv/ravynn

In game cutscene image of Lucia from Zenless, levitating her book above her hand.

Lester@lesterlee· Oct 17

Going live with some #zzz for my day off today. I've had both my vaxx shots this morning, so it's going to be super chill while we explore the new story! Come hang. #zenless #zenlessZoneZero www.twitch.tv/ravynn

Lester@lesterlee· Oct 12

Lester@lesterlee· Oct 1

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles.

The image from Yasumi Matsuno, Original script, scenario writer, and editor of Final Fantasy Tactics:

"Nearly 30 years ago, the collapse of Japan’s bubble economy engulfed the nation’s financial institutions in mountains of bad debt, triggering a wave of corporate bankruptcies, a sudden and extreme rise in unemployment rates, and stagnation of Japanese society as a whole. It was an era when many were robbed of hope, when dreams were measured by their price tag.

“Against this historical backdrop, I crafted a story. It was the story of Ramza, a young man who fought tirelessly against the entrenched social class system. It was the story of Delita, who sought to take advantage of this confusion and despair to advance his own social position. It was a story of a peculiar destiny, in which friendship and betrayal intertwine.

“And now, in 2025 – a time when inequality and division are still deeply rooted in our society – I offer this story once again.

“The will to resist is in your hands.”

Yasumi Matsuno -- Original Script, Scenario Writer and Editor

Lester@lesterlee· Sep 30

Going to play some #ZZZ dailies today and then we're going to launch into FF Tactics for release day! Come hang out with me on my day off, let's throw some games down! #zenlessZoneZero #FFTactics www.twitch.tv/ravynn