Harper Jay
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Harper Jay
@dreamcastaway.bsky.social
· May 6
I've never actually posted about this on Bluesky but over the last few years I've been novelizing the now-retro JRPG 'Skies of Arcadia," a game very dear to my heart.
The process has been gradual but I think it's a very fun read for folks looking for some adventure.
Read at: tinyurl.com/skiesao3!
The process has been gradual but I think it's a very fun read for folks looking for some adventure.
Read at: tinyurl.com/skiesao3!
SAMUS GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
SAMUS GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 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!
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
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!
the game, it's live events... all documented in-character with tons of screenshots.
What an interesting time for online games!
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Fresh writing for the morning! I want to talk to you all about vampires, player expectations, and looking art in the eyes.
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
The Art Of Playing The Damn Video Game
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 has a lot to offer if you play the game that's in front of you, instead of the one in your head
aftermath.site
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fresh writing for the morning! I want to talk to you all about vampires, player expectations, and looking art in the eyes.
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
As another piece goes up this morning, I also do want to say that while I still am job-hunting I'm also happily back to writing for publications.
I know budgets are tight I'm having a very good time doing this work again so if you think you might want to work together, I'd happily chat!
I know budgets are tight I'm having a very good time doing this work again so if you think you might want to work together, I'd happily chat!
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As another piece goes up this morning, I also do want to say that while I still am job-hunting I'm also happily back to writing for publications.
I know budgets are tight I'm having a very good time doing this work again so if you think you might want to work together, I'd happily chat!
I know budgets are tight I'm having a very good time doing this work again so if you think you might want to work together, I'd happily chat!
Fresh writing for the morning! I want to talk to you all about vampires, player expectations, and looking art in the eyes.
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
The Art Of Playing The Damn Video Game
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 has a lot to offer if you play the game that's in front of you, instead of the one in your head
aftermath.site
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fresh writing for the morning! I want to talk to you all about vampires, player expectations, and looking art in the eyes.
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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.
Such an interesting way to take something ephemeral (a mobile game) and make it concrete.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 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.
Such an interesting way to take something ephemeral (a mobile game) and make it concrete.
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
I watched both Frankenstein and Bram' Stoker's Dracula yesterday and that was fun! I prefer the latter but both had a lot of beauty... and a fun kind of messiness.
For what it's worth, I started a Letterboxd last month for idle films thoughts if you're into that. letterboxd.com/dreamcastaway/
For what it's worth, I started a Letterboxd last month for idle films thoughts if you're into that. letterboxd.com/dreamcastaway/
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Harper Jay uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 7 films watched. Favorites: Amadeus (1984), Millennium Actress (2001), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Tampopo (1985).
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November 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I watched both Frankenstein and Bram' Stoker's Dracula yesterday and that was fun! I prefer the latter but both had a lot of beauty... and a fun kind of messiness.
For what it's worth, I started a Letterboxd last month for idle films thoughts if you're into that. letterboxd.com/dreamcastaway/
For what it's worth, I started a Letterboxd last month for idle films thoughts if you're into that. letterboxd.com/dreamcastaway/
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One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
Dereliction of responsibility by the court. It is so flagrantly illegal. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-wis...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Won't Stop Musk's $1 Million Payments To Voters After AG Sues
A Wisconsin appellate court has denied the state Democratic attorney general’s request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, ju...
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
from: Jeffery Epstein <jeffrey@childtrafficking.com>
to: Donald Trump <MAGA2020@whitehouse.gov>
Subject: BROTHHHHERRRRRR!!!!!
to: Donald Trump <MAGA2020@whitehouse.gov>
Subject: BROTHHHHERRRRRR!!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
from: Jeffery Epstein <jeffrey@childtrafficking.com>
to: Donald Trump <MAGA2020@whitehouse.gov>
Subject: BROTHHHHERRRRRR!!!!!
to: Donald Trump <MAGA2020@whitehouse.gov>
Subject: BROTHHHHERRRRRR!!!!!
All my homies this morning are excited about that Steam box but mostly because everyone agrees that A Fuckin' Cube is just the best design for this stuff.
it's not wavy or wacky!
yeah man, put it on your shelf or entertainment unit. no weirder than having some Bose speakers or whatever
it's not wavy or wacky!
yeah man, put it on your shelf or entertainment unit. no weirder than having some Bose speakers or whatever
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
All my homies this morning are excited about that Steam box but mostly because everyone agrees that A Fuckin' Cube is just the best design for this stuff.
it's not wavy or wacky!
yeah man, put it on your shelf or entertainment unit. no weirder than having some Bose speakers or whatever
it's not wavy or wacky!
yeah man, put it on your shelf or entertainment unit. no weirder than having some Bose speakers or whatever
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Much of the hand wringing, imo, is over a critic explicitly saying they are judging the moral fabric of a piece of art because of the tools used to create it and it’s making some folks feel uncomfortable and shamed. The people who feel that way should sit with that feeling.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Much of the hand wringing, imo, is over a critic explicitly saying they are judging the moral fabric of a piece of art because of the tools used to create it and it’s making some folks feel uncomfortable and shamed. The people who feel that way should sit with that feeling.
We're lucky to have *any* review in this age take such a convincing and evenly argued moral stance on anything.
That a CEO disagrees might be "news" but it's hardly shocking. At best, the only time they think of games as art is to ask "can this win us a few awards?"
But they don't really care.
That a CEO disagrees might be "news" but it's hardly shocking. At best, the only time they think of games as art is to ask "can this win us a few awards?"
But they don't really care.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has defended AI following Eurogamer's 2/5 Arc Raiders review, which criticised the game's use use of AI voice generation. "AI dialog generation + human personality and tuning could totally transform gaming," Sweeney said.
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're lucky to have *any* review in this age take such a convincing and evenly argued moral stance on anything.
That a CEO disagrees might be "news" but it's hardly shocking. At best, the only time they think of games as art is to ask "can this win us a few awards?"
But they don't really care.
That a CEO disagrees might be "news" but it's hardly shocking. At best, the only time they think of games as art is to ask "can this win us a few awards?"
But they don't really care.
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If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
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
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
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
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
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Bracketing that they absolutely failed here. And bracketing that such a failure reflects a dearth of discipline, understanding, and acumen...
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Bracketing that they absolutely failed here. And bracketing that such a failure reflects a dearth of discipline, understanding, and acumen...
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
They just don't got the juice, man. Absolutely sauceless leadership.
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!
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
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!
the sheer amount of enemies on screen—far in excess of anything from BotW/Tears—sells how BAD things are
lotta moblins!
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Well, if there's magick about, dragons won't be far behind...
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Well, if there's magick about, dragons won't be far behind...
In happy news, I got FF14 Fanfest tickets?
I've never gone but am foregoing a trip to Frosty Faustings this year and doing this instead. Excited for this! I've never gone to something like this not for work.
(Though this does mean if you need a freelancer...)
I've never gone but am foregoing a trip to Frosty Faustings this year and doing this instead. Excited for this! I've never gone to something like this not for work.
(Though this does mean if you need a freelancer...)
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In happy news, I got FF14 Fanfest tickets?
I've never gone but am foregoing a trip to Frosty Faustings this year and doing this instead. Excited for this! I've never gone to something like this not for work.
(Though this does mean if you need a freelancer...)
I've never gone but am foregoing a trip to Frosty Faustings this year and doing this instead. Excited for this! I've never gone to something like this not for work.
(Though this does mean if you need a freelancer...)
I'm not a sub-tweeting sort but I remember reading a thing by That Writer which I am pretty sure was speaking about my work quite meanly and like...
it just seems a vicious way to live and write. none of this is a content. either with other writers or the art itself
it just seems a vicious way to live and write. none of this is a content. either with other writers or the art itself
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm not a sub-tweeting sort but I remember reading a thing by That Writer which I am pretty sure was speaking about my work quite meanly and like...
it just seems a vicious way to live and write. none of this is a content. either with other writers or the art itself
it just seems a vicious way to live and write. none of this is a content. either with other writers or the art itself
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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gaming magazines used to be so true........
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
gaming magazines used to be so true........