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Fox Harper
@foxharper.bsky.social
Games scholar, college professor, freelance writer, deeply tired all the time

Was laevantine/arcanistfox on Twitter
And then, when they can't win -- and they can't -- they will run away to try and get you to chase to their team.

"Queued as heals, joins dungeon as Shadow"-ass WoW Priest types.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I really gotta play the remake. I keep waiting for it not to be $50 and part of my brain should accept that will never happen
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I physically grimaced, like literally for real, in real life
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The ones I've done in Path of Fire have been soloable. I haven't gone to End of Dragons/Cantha yet, and Janthir/SotO don't have hero points.
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I am doing post-HoT expansions and it is so, so much worse in the future.
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Or is it more just an inability to recognize that no moral value is absolute and if two come in conflict, it's fine to pass on one to uphold the other, and "don't listen to chucklefucks who will only inspire a 5-state killing spree" is more valuable to me than "hear more opinions to learn"?
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is what gets me, like... is the line here "opposite"? Because I do believe "seek out different opinions so you can grow as a person and understand others' moral/thought processes" is a Good Thing, but not to the extent that the kind of dumbfuck who whines about "echo chambers" does. Hmm.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Me, every time the game does this to me:
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I was gonna say. Trying to map the serial killer one onto your current spouse made me open my mouth and fax machine noises coming out.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
you’re not wrong but I think the problem is twofold on socials, with this:
— telling the difference in text form, at a distance, is functionally impossible if the person’s a stranger
— lotsa gamers got that “defend the medium” insecurity from non-gamers going “lol u like that shit?” their whole life
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'M SORRY MMO DESIGNERS BUT LONG, CONVOLUTED, AND FRANKLY BUSYWORK-FILLED UNLOCK PROCESSES FOR BASIC GAMEPLAY SHIT LIKE WEAPON PROFICIENCIES ARE FUCKING DULL AS HELL AND YOU KNOW IT
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
GW2 players: "lol u r so lazy"

Me: [right click, select 'block' on like 6 names] time to go do literally anything else
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM