In December 2023, a top-billing, multi-million dollar internet talent completes her greatest, year-long work. Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent, with many people involved R…| Eiri Sanada
A couple of weeks ago, in July 2025, Ironmouse, the face of the Western hemisphere’s largest Vtuber company, VShojo, severed her contract with the company. It quickly became clear that the re…| Eiri Sanada
Genuine industry advice on how to join a Vtuber talent agency, and a story of how I failed to learn how to join a Vtuber agency.| Eiri Sanada
With the turn of the century, video games became increasingly reliant on internet connections to play together, deliver content, and prevent piracy. But nothing lasts forever.| Eiri Sanada
This version of the authorless Thirty-Six Stratagems is a concise rewrite that fits exactly onto an A4 sheet, and is formatted to fold exactly in half into an A5 size. (So it can be a one-sided A4 or double-sided A5.) Compared to my previous reference sheet of Sun Tzu’s Art of War, this ancient bookletContinue reading "36 Stratagems: A pertinent one-page interpretation of the ‘Secret’ Art of War"| Eiri Sanada
Originally posted on my Patreon, now revised and expanded. In computer graphics, there is a concept called the “uncanny valley“. The general idea is that when your graphics becomes more realistic, it becomes more convincing — except for a dip right before perfection, where it instead feels “off” or “unsettling”. This idea normally applies toContinue reading "A Style Guide for NES-inspired Pixel Art in your Retro Game"| Eiri Sanada
I’ve had a few crazy adventures on the internet. Most of them are stories that I think will never be told – some of it’s under some old name, but some is just stuff I don’t want to share in public. For example, a few years ago I made Square Enix’s legal department go crazyContinue reading "Final Thoughts on LK-99 (One Year Later)"| Eiri Sanada
In 1966, Saigon, during the Vietnam War, this is a true story about how children in South Vietnam were exposed to Star Trek before it officially aired on American television. But since no one spoke English, they called it by another name.| Eiri Sanada
New translation pipelines, generic business emails, faster rapid prototyping… and even a new way to make Vtuber models. It seems like AI has an effect on everything. The development of AI Generation software is moving fast – far too fast for any single person to truly keep track of. At the cutting edge, people areContinue reading "6 Already Practical Uses of AI Generation (in 2023)"| Eiri Sanada
I really like the idea of actually booting up a new game for the first time on the stream itself. These first ten or so minutes of a game can often end up being a bit ugly, as I tend to immediately…| Eiri Sanada
My personal method to cleanly, reversibly, install Fallout: London that also safely auto-updates without further input. Reference Sheet version and video included.| Eiri Sanada
Disclaimer: I’m not a materials scientist. I may update this over time as I collate more information.jump down: original primer (top) – specifics explained – update log – live table – for tre…| Eiri Sanada
These days, it’s fairly easy for someone without computer skills to start a livestream. With something like OBS Studio on your computer, the simplest way to start is to click through the wiza…| Eiri Sanada
