Brian "Dr." White

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Asst Prof of Japanese. SF, discourse, and subjectivity. Nerd for games of all stripes. He/him/あい぀. Do not quote the old skeets at me, witch. I was there when they were written. 🚫AI ζ—₯本SF、言θͺ¬γ€δΈ»δ½“性を研穢している教師。TTRPGγ€γƒœγƒΌγƒ‰γ‚²γƒΌγƒ ε₯½γγ€‚ζŠ•η¨Ώγ―ほぼ英θͺžγ§γ€‚

A small tabby kitten asleep on a teal bedspread. He is on his back, stretched to his full length, and curved around in an improbable and presumably uncomfortable shape. As though he's in the middle of a ballet leap.
The author in sunglasses and a KN95 with a promotional uchiwa fan for Luigi's Mansion 2 and Paper Mario RPG
Vegetarian mapo tofu with a side of steamed broccoli and rice on a rectangular blue plate with white floral patterns. A can of farmhouse ale-style beer is just visible in the corner
A double-bagged package of pixian broad bean sauce
An unjustifiably cute tabby kitten passed out on a pillow with his tiny little paw resting on another pillow
The same cat, now laying impetuously on top of the board. No play is possible now.
A very cute tabby cat sits primly in the exact center of the play area for a game of Slay the Spire: the Board Game. She looks covetously toward the pizza just out of frame.
Cavatappi pasta with mushrooms and sundried tomatoes in a pesto sauce
About 15 people gathered in front of a DDR gold machine. We look cool and fun as hell.
The three main characters of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! They are three high school girls dressed in blue school univorms. Mizusaki looks eager and determined, Kanemori is thoroughly unimpressed, and Asakusa looks like she wants to bolt for the door as she hides behind her camouflage hat.
The author standing along the side of a road in a teal stocking cap and sunglasses holding a sign that says フゑシズム反対 (Fuck Fascism)
A delectable plate of thick slice French toast garnished with raspberries. The staging is cottagecore af
A golden retriever with safety glasses on is posed next to a fake science lab set, and captioned "I have no idea what I'm doing"
A small, scruffy, mostly white dog looks up at me, vocalizing some Big Feelings about my presence
Results screen of the Slay the Spire Connections puzzle #16. I got a perfect result!
Two tarot cards from the TRPG Tokyo NOVA done in a watercolor style. They depict the Kabuki and the Kabuto-wari (the fool and the tower, respectively).
Do 道 The Way
The DDR specials menu
A collection of small stickers, mostly featuring Hornet from Silksong and also plant life, arranged in front of an open greeting card with Hornet, captioned "Shaw!", on a teal and white-striped tablecloth
A digital flyer for "Embracing AI as Essential Learning" promoted by my institution
Shocked Pikachu face. Pikachu has a "no thoughts, head empty" expression.
A mirror selfie in which I have a perfectly groomed beard made of shaving cream
Japanese promotional poster for The Hotspot
A chicken tagine, in which whole chicken legs have been slow stewed in a butter and red onion sauce before being finished in the broiler. The skin on the legs is perfectly crispy, and the legs are nestled down into the sauce. The tagine lid, resting against the base, is white with an attractive blue pattern decorating it.
A bottle of Asahi Wilkinson Tansan (seltzer water)
Promotional poster for the musical theater adaptation of Touken Ranbu
A selfie of me making a duck face at the camera with a broad brimmed white hat on
A fluffy gray cat with yellow eyes sits on my chest staring up at me with a slightly disgruntled look, as though asking why I'm pointing a phone at her instead of petting her.
A small, gray, fluffy cat named Shadow sits on the bottom step of my porch, wondering why I'm not letting her back inside my house
The cover of the September, 1986 issue of Comptiq magazine, the month that started the serialization of the Record of Lodoss War replay. Idol Yoshizawa Akie, member of the group Onyanko Club, smiles sweetly in closeup against a pale blue background, surrounded by article teaser text.
A results screen for a Slay the Spire-themed Connections puzzle. I managed to complete it, but had a few missteps along the way. I eventually solved it in 6 guesses.
The Tokyo monorail approaching Haneda Airport along rails that run next to the bay. Fluffy white clouds are scattered against a bright blue sky. An industrial area sits across the bay.
A throng of people surround a Gion Matsuri float bedecked in lanterns on Shijo-doori in Kyoto.
A black faux-lacquer tray with tekka-don, tempura, and matcha soba with two kinds of pickles
The rulebooks for Ryuutama and Sword World Complete Edition side by side on a white background
Exterior of the main keep (tenshu) at Hikone castle. It is grand and imposing, even for a relatively small keep, resting on a stone foundation probably 10 feet tall. Mascot character Hikonyan is visible in the foreground as a cardboard standee.
Endgame photo of Cat and the Tower (γ‚­γƒ£γƒƒγƒˆγ¨ε‘”). A wooden token of a small black cat with a red scarf stands atop a 10-floor tower that looks quite unstable. Among the other floors of the tower are wooden tokens of other cats in various colors.
Me, sweaty as all hell in a yellow athletic shirt, next to a plushie of Hikonyan, mascot of Hikone.
A delicious-looking pot of sundubu jjigae (spicy soup with tofu, green onions, mushrooms, and clams).
A wide vista looking out over brightly colored houses that extend up the side of a mountain in terraces. This is Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan.
A cafe plate with a mug of coffee, grapefruit water thing garnished with rosemary and grapefruit slices, and a tiny cheesecake slice
A slightly blurry (because I was trying to take it discreetly) photo of a white Jindo dog seated very politely and attentively at a 4-top table in a warmly lit bar. Its ears are forward, as if questioning why the hors d'oeuvre plate isn't being passed to its end of the table.
An exceedingly relaxed black and white cat chilling on some shady steps at Fushimi Inari Taisha
A tteokbeokki hot pot with tater tots and green onion and all the fixings in a soft lit casual pub
The Gangnam Style statue in Gangnam, Seoul. It is a pair of giant, gold hands loosely crossed at the wrists as in Psy's famous music video. The words "Gangnam Style" are engraved along the left forearm, just in case you weren't sure what this was for.
A golden retriever in safety glasses at a chemistry set says "I have no idea what I'm doing"
The γ‚γ§γŸγ„ι›»θ»Š, a small light rail train painted red and sporting a window curtain with a big round eye to make it look like a γ‚Ώγ‚€ (which I think is sea bream?) fish
A pair of ducks, one male and one female, hang around at my feet while I sit annotating some research materials by the river. Naked desire for sugary snacks is written plainly on their faces.
I'm posing with the image character for a "board game friend matchmaking service" called Bodogego. Their name is Sutapi, and the best way I can describe them is that they're a cyan rabbit-looking creature.
A display of two large (maybe 1.5 ft tall), highly detailed sculptures of Godzilla and Cthulhu
I'm posing in front of a big banner for Game Market 2025 Spring. One of their characters, a cute bear-like creature in lederhosen, has a d6 on its head, and is saying γ‚³γƒ­ against a lime green, gridded background.
An error screen on the Paseli website that reads (in Japanese) "Overseas logins not supported"
On a wooden table are arranged newly purchased copies of the Game Market Spring 2025 convention catalog and copies of the games Nimmt and Cat and the Tower. They were not cheap πŸ˜…
Just an absolutely banging tonkatsu curry from the cafe at the National Diet Library of Japan. Perfectly crispy tonkatsu slices sit on fluffy rice, bathed in Japanese style curry roux and accompanied by a shredded cabbage salad and potato salad dollop. You feel hungrier just looking at it, and a little irate knowing that it only costs 750 yen.
A scene from the Setagaya Bungakukan's exhibit of the works of Shirow Masamune. Within a Japanese-style room (washitsu) 6 tatami mats in size are about 6 large standee cutouts of Masamune's signature multi-legged sci-fi tanks ("flea-shaped" according to the author). They are taken from his manga, and thus black and white line drawings. Dialog bubbles surrounding them have a couple of the sentient tanks urging the others to a robot revolution.
Kermit the frog flailing excitedly in front of a red stage curtain
Photo of the stage setup for a taping of the NPR show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! The stage is lit in blue and currently empty, with two host podiums and three guest podiums arranged in a line facing the audience and a drop screen on which is projected the show logo. In the foreground, balcony seating and a blurry program with the show's name take up the left third of the image
A police SUV parked right in front of a bus stop sign, famously not a place one is allowed to park.
A copy of the book "Homesick Blues: Politics, Protest, and Musical Storytelling in Modern Japan" by Scott Aalgaard next to a pale cocktail in a coupe glass on a wooden bar counter
The game board hex map of Mars. Probably 85% of it is covered in a variety of hex tiles with blue and green plastic cubes on each to denote ownership.