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Harper Jay
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fmr. community at Double Fine Productions | ex journalist (kotaku) | blue rogue | they/she
alright. let's see what's up here
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
good day to remember the Arcane Kids Manifesto
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
they can do anything
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Updating the Skies of Arcadia collection with these cute magnets. Chance for a little rare collectors plate and I got a bronze one!

Gonna publish a new chapter to the novelization fic once I’m done with my last assignment of the year. 🌤️🌤️
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New Defunctland making my jaw hit the ground as I learn that Disney made a Metal Gear?
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Finally back to Path of Radiance. more freelance stuff coming but glad to sneak in some time for this. a smart game!

love how it tries to have mechanics really approximate the fiction. the first map with Ike and the Laguz Alliance is best summed up as: "ten thousand jaguars attack 20 spearman."
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I shared this on social years ago but a rewatch of The Matrix Ressurections has me circling back to an old Matrix Online roleplayer's Livejournal once again..

the game, it's live events... all documented in-character with tons of screenshots.

What an interesting time for online games!
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Done with the gym so it’s time to start the OCTOPATH 0 demo! I’m really interested to see how this works as a adaptation/reimagining of Champions of the Continent.

Such an interesting way to take something ephemeral (a mobile game) and make it concrete.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
from: Jeffery Epstein <[email protected]>
to: Donald Trump <[email protected]>

Subject: BROTHHHHERRRRRR!!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Checking my Kingdom Hearts discs on the CRT. Looks great!

Will probably start exploring and writing about these days after I finish Radiant Dawn in the next few weeks.

KH1 might be my personal favorite? We'll see! I think it's the one that is the most "RPG-y" at least
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A minor Age of Imprisonment thought but one thing really good about this genre (and the beefier tech) is that when stuff starts going south and Ganondorf starts 'dorfing...

the sheer amount of enemies on screen—far in excess of anything from BotW/Tears—sells how BAD things are

lotta moblins!
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
me: i am fundamentally opposed to the monarchy and the zonai as ruling powers. history is a record of their atrocities

my sage: that’s fair

me: but i love it when the chosen princess reclaims her divine lightblade and leads her army in glorious battle

my sage: who doesn’t
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I actually enjoy musou games! Finishing Three Hopes recently as part of the Fire Emblem syllabus was great!

But they don’t always run well (likewise something like BotW) so seeing this game run cleanly on a handheld is like… my lizard brain is like ooooooh
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My main Age of Imprisonment thought right now has been “woah one of these that runs at a consistent frame rate”
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Picked up a new game today! I think this is the only Kingdom Hearts game I’ve not played before? Should be fun!

Maybe after the Fire Emblem syllabus, I’ll do a KH series playthrough?
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
whaa... augh.... Liiiight?!
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Been quietly playing VtMBloodlines 2 and it's one of the most interesting experience I've had in a while.

A curious game! Not really working as an RPG (the systems just aren't there) but I just hit a 6 hour stretch where it embraced the Dishonored DNA that *really* worked for me.
October 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Went to see the Chainsaw Man Reze arc movie today and it's a good time. Dunno how it works as "a film" (structurally this feels thin) but still had a lot of fun. Audience was uproarious!

if you can see this in IMAX, i'd go for that. the sheer BOOOM factor really adds to the experience for this one
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I think a lot about how Kingdom Hearts 3's DLC just does the MGS4 microwave hallway scene except with Mickey Mouse.
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Late night with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

as one of those oldheads with a (complicated?) connection to the original, I have to know...
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Happily surprised to see that I'm in the credits for Keeper!

This is an industry ~pretty notorious~ when it comes to credits and project attributions and I'm touched that Double Fine strives to include everyone involved along the road.

Nice to see m'self next to these cool folks one more time.
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We are watching a friend in the Discord play Road to Empress and brother they just keep giving us the Osmanthus Tea That Kills You.
October 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Speaking of which! If you’re enjoying FFT I cannot recommend Tactics Ogre enough.

It is such a BIGGER and BOLDER game both in terms of the tactics but also the directions the plot takes. Multiple narrative paths through a really amazing story.
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
S'been long enough from release I think to say that the extra character writing in Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is really great.

If you're not, try bringing folks like Agrias or Mustadio into story fights. There's quite a lot of new writing for this version!
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Taking time to play some more 2xKO today. I loved the alphas but never got to play as much as i wanted! It's very fun.

Very happy for the folks I know who had a hand in this one; it's easy to leap in and immediately cause a lot of havoc.

shout outs to Violet League of Legends and her dog
October 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM