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I’ll be real I don’t know much about Phoenix Wright. But! I do know a lot about birds.

The mighty ptarmagin! Practically a feathered rabbit, these magnificent creatures are built for the snow.

Look at those boots! Wonderfully feathered. They spend most of their time as little snow lumps.

In fact, they’re very well known for the above phenomenon.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad she’s a huge hit, it’s super exciting to see so many people love the character design and the gameplay, and know that I contributed directly and significantly to the behind-the-scenes engineering that makes it all work. It’s validating.

But it’s also so fucking melancholy to know I did so much work and put in so much time for such a shitty company, run by shitty people, and the reward I got for it was unemployment. 

I threw a lot into this character. I cried at work. I started getting panic attacks, which I’ve never gotten before. I developed persistent heart palpitations from the daily overwhelming stress and had to go to the hospital (this is true, seriously.) I basically dropped all my friends outside of work. My manager (and his manager!) lied to me constantly to keep me working. They said I was doing a great job but to keep it up. Don’t worry, it’s going to turn out great, and it’ll all be worth it in the end – recognition, a raise, probably a promotion in short order. They promised me the world. When she was finally finished, I didn’t even get to go to the release party, they just walked me out. 

I remember a quote from my last day, it sticks out in my mind: “I know you realize this is really hard for me,” my manager said. Yes, in the end, when he awkwardly informed me I didn’t have my dream job anymore – or any job at all – and then stared back at my shell-shocked face, my thousand-yard stare, the only thing he felt was sorry for himself.

She launched with no major bugs and was considered a technical success. Doesn’t matter. Get the fuck out.

OMG, ANON! THAT STORY IS JUST ADORABLY CUTE!

I SPENT THE WHOLE MORNING DRAWING THIS!

I NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK!

(Thank you for sharing that story! <3)

[Pixel Art] Overwatch x Pokemon Crossovers! PART 4

Just thought about if Overwatch Heroes were Pokemon trainers for fun ^^ Feel free to suggest which 6-set pokemons a hero would have!

Link to Part 1: https://tmblr.co/ZgWxWj2AvVbqU

Link to Part 2: https://tmblr.co/ZgWxWj2A_5wpq

Link to Part 3: https://tmblr.co/ZgWxWj2B4AKYM

Link to Part 5: https://tmblr.co/ZgWxWj2BFKpDO

“Re-imagining four common products from 2010 as if they were designed in 1977: an mp3 player, a laptop, a mobile phone and a handheld video game system. I then created a series of fictitious but stylistically accurate print ads to market them.”

From Alex Varanese.