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On the Witcher 3 and Arabic localization StandardsThoughtsOn Localization Talent DrainThoughtsA Look Back at 2026ThoughtsYou Shouldn't Work With Studio Tubanar—My Experience on Class Zero SevenTeaOn Performative 'Faux' Criticism.ThoughtsBetting on Humans.ThoughtsWhy Unlocalized Games Keep Leaking in MENAThoughtsEnd of a Chapter.ThoughtsHow Nintendo Handles English Marketing LocalizationAnalysisStop Using Arial in Arabic LocalizationsThoughtsOn Toxic Positivity in Localization CritiqueThoughtsDo credits matter to you?ThoughtsDon't Study TranslationsThoughtsDo NOT ask me for a free translation test ever again.ThoughtsShocking: Arabic is Hard(er) When You Do Everything Wrong.ThoughtsThe Next StageThoughtsWhat's The PasswordPostpartumTunic's TrunicPostpartumThe Natural Limits of Emulating VoiceThoughtsYunyun Syndrome—The plight of the "competently horrible" localizationCritiqueUndertale—The Game Too Precious To LocalizeThoughtsSteel Ball Run—When a Story About a Race Runs From RaceCritiqueOver and Under CommunicationThoughtsLeon S. Kennedy, Misgendering VictimCritiqueKonami Arabia, and What a Checkbox Market Looks LikeThoughtsThe Myth of the AI DetectorThoughtsWhy I don't do Solo Credits.ThoughtsWhere did "Malevolent Kitchen" Come From Anyway?CritiqueCult of the Lamb—And the Problem With Arabic LocalizationCritiqueAI's Obsession With Terrorist OrganizationsThoughtsSinners—Arabic Subtitles, Censorship, and Authorial IntentCritiqueLQA is not for Newbies.ThoughtsOn Translation StylesThoughtsAltagram's Plagiarism—Meet Game Localization's Reverse Robin HoodTea