Justin Leeper
@justinleeper.bsky.social
The audacity to try has allowed me to wrestle, review, tour, perform, write & create for a living. Mostly game, lift, and hang w/partner & cat in free time. 日本語でも
I go hard on ocean-themed songs:
- Rock Lobster by B-52s
- Underwater Rimes by Digital Underground
- Mermaider by Dethklok
And can’t forget MOD made a whole album, Surfin’ MOD, that was a soundtrack for a fake beach movie.
- Rock Lobster by B-52s
- Underwater Rimes by Digital Underground
- Mermaider by Dethklok
And can’t forget MOD made a whole album, Surfin’ MOD, that was a soundtrack for a fake beach movie.
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I go hard on ocean-themed songs:
- Rock Lobster by B-52s
- Underwater Rimes by Digital Underground
- Mermaider by Dethklok
And can’t forget MOD made a whole album, Surfin’ MOD, that was a soundtrack for a fake beach movie.
- Rock Lobster by B-52s
- Underwater Rimes by Digital Underground
- Mermaider by Dethklok
And can’t forget MOD made a whole album, Surfin’ MOD, that was a soundtrack for a fake beach movie.
Pics of stuff I’ve done. I don’t really do as much cool stuff these days; I have a pretty normal (for me) job.
① A wrestling play in LA
② A longterm Converse ad campaign
③ An Amazon Prime comedy
④ A national car commercial
① A wrestling play in LA
② A longterm Converse ad campaign
③ An Amazon Prime comedy
④ A national car commercial
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Pics of stuff I’ve done. I don’t really do as much cool stuff these days; I have a pretty normal (for me) job.
① A wrestling play in LA
② A longterm Converse ad campaign
③ An Amazon Prime comedy
④ A national car commercial
① A wrestling play in LA
② A longterm Converse ad campaign
③ An Amazon Prime comedy
④ A national car commercial
You ever listen to this “music” stuff?
I can’t vouch for it all, but the stuff I’m listening to is really good. Like pizza for your ear holes but less messy.
I can’t vouch for it all, but the stuff I’m listening to is really good. Like pizza for your ear holes but less messy.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You ever listen to this “music” stuff?
I can’t vouch for it all, but the stuff I’m listening to is really good. Like pizza for your ear holes but less messy.
I can’t vouch for it all, but the stuff I’m listening to is really good. Like pizza for your ear holes but less messy.
People within the country I currently reside foist their problems onto other people without a whiff of consideration.
Meanwhile, people in Japan attempt to be as little an obstacle to others as possible & may even willingly offload your problems onto them to help out. Like a proper island nation.
Meanwhile, people in Japan attempt to be as little an obstacle to others as possible & may even willingly offload your problems onto them to help out. Like a proper island nation.
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
People within the country I currently reside foist their problems onto other people without a whiff of consideration.
Meanwhile, people in Japan attempt to be as little an obstacle to others as possible & may even willingly offload your problems onto them to help out. Like a proper island nation.
Meanwhile, people in Japan attempt to be as little an obstacle to others as possible & may even willingly offload your problems onto them to help out. Like a proper island nation.
Fellow editor Kato went to Japan to get a PS2 for GI, along with the (rough) launch lineup. Still, had fun with SF EX3 & Drum Mania.
Finally got a PS2 of my own for NBA Street.
PS2 goes down as the best video game console of all time, IMO. Such an unprecedented library - both quality & creativity!
Finally got a PS2 of my own for NBA Street.
PS2 goes down as the best video game console of all time, IMO. Such an unprecedented library - both quality & creativity!
PlayStation 2 launched 25 years ago in North America (October 26, 2000)
October 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fellow editor Kato went to Japan to get a PS2 for GI, along with the (rough) launch lineup. Still, had fun with SF EX3 & Drum Mania.
Finally got a PS2 of my own for NBA Street.
PS2 goes down as the best video game console of all time, IMO. Such an unprecedented library - both quality & creativity!
Finally got a PS2 of my own for NBA Street.
PS2 goes down as the best video game console of all time, IMO. Such an unprecedented library - both quality & creativity!
I met @theludensatlas.bsky.social via the lovely Death Stranding community. They’re a talented, creative artist. So when they opened up commissions, I leapt at the chance!
First one: A creepy package Bridges might deliver to me. Very Higgs! 👍
You can support/get art, too:
ko-fi.com/theludensatlas
First one: A creepy package Bridges might deliver to me. Very Higgs! 👍
You can support/get art, too:
ko-fi.com/theludensatlas
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I met @theludensatlas.bsky.social via the lovely Death Stranding community. They’re a talented, creative artist. So when they opened up commissions, I leapt at the chance!
First one: A creepy package Bridges might deliver to me. Very Higgs! 👍
You can support/get art, too:
ko-fi.com/theludensatlas
First one: A creepy package Bridges might deliver to me. Very Higgs! 👍
You can support/get art, too:
ko-fi.com/theludensatlas
Rolled credits on Expedition 33 tonight. Brilliant game that will likely make my top 100.
That said…Act 3 was weird. It was just: Keep exploring the world then go here to end things. I was so OP, I went unmanaged through final area - despite being far from level cap (highest character was lvl 88).
That said…Act 3 was weird. It was just: Keep exploring the world then go here to end things. I was so OP, I went unmanaged through final area - despite being far from level cap (highest character was lvl 88).
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Rolled credits on Expedition 33 tonight. Brilliant game that will likely make my top 100.
That said…Act 3 was weird. It was just: Keep exploring the world then go here to end things. I was so OP, I went unmanaged through final area - despite being far from level cap (highest character was lvl 88).
That said…Act 3 was weird. It was just: Keep exploring the world then go here to end things. I was so OP, I went unmanaged through final area - despite being far from level cap (highest character was lvl 88).
I sometimes take things as compliments that were not meant as compliments.
Talking about protein with a coworker today, I inadvertently flexed.
Coworker: Ewww, what?! That’s like a potato! What the hell? A bicep on a bicep.
Not meant to be a compliment. Taken as a compliment. 💪
Talking about protein with a coworker today, I inadvertently flexed.
Coworker: Ewww, what?! That’s like a potato! What the hell? A bicep on a bicep.
Not meant to be a compliment. Taken as a compliment. 💪
October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I sometimes take things as compliments that were not meant as compliments.
Talking about protein with a coworker today, I inadvertently flexed.
Coworker: Ewww, what?! That’s like a potato! What the hell? A bicep on a bicep.
Not meant to be a compliment. Taken as a compliment. 💪
Talking about protein with a coworker today, I inadvertently flexed.
Coworker: Ewww, what?! That’s like a potato! What the hell? A bicep on a bicep.
Not meant to be a compliment. Taken as a compliment. 💪
Yo, honeydew. I gotta apologize.
I really wasn’t familiar with your game.
But you’re FIRE in a protein smoothie!
I really wasn’t familiar with your game.
But you’re FIRE in a protein smoothie!
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yo, honeydew. I gotta apologize.
I really wasn’t familiar with your game.
But you’re FIRE in a protein smoothie!
I really wasn’t familiar with your game.
But you’re FIRE in a protein smoothie!
Great leaders collaborate. Paranoid leaders hoard ownership of anything they can reach.
Working with Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding, he regularly conferred with & even deferred to us performers on scenes - allowing me to help shape pivotal moments.
If “Big Boss” can do that, any director should!
Working with Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding, he regularly conferred with & even deferred to us performers on scenes - allowing me to help shape pivotal moments.
If “Big Boss” can do that, any director should!
October 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Great leaders collaborate. Paranoid leaders hoard ownership of anything they can reach.
Working with Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding, he regularly conferred with & even deferred to us performers on scenes - allowing me to help shape pivotal moments.
If “Big Boss” can do that, any director should!
Working with Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding, he regularly conferred with & even deferred to us performers on scenes - allowing me to help shape pivotal moments.
If “Big Boss” can do that, any director should!
Blind watched Brad Pitt’s Ad Astra last night.
Hmm…
I wasn’t mad Pitt’s character was stoic by nature, but it definitely nullified drama & impact.
Plus, each harrowing/implausible scenario was leapt into without any consideration of failure or even a need for alternatives.
Glad I got it on sale…
Hmm…
I wasn’t mad Pitt’s character was stoic by nature, but it definitely nullified drama & impact.
Plus, each harrowing/implausible scenario was leapt into without any consideration of failure or even a need for alternatives.
Glad I got it on sale…
October 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Blind watched Brad Pitt’s Ad Astra last night.
Hmm…
I wasn’t mad Pitt’s character was stoic by nature, but it definitely nullified drama & impact.
Plus, each harrowing/implausible scenario was leapt into without any consideration of failure or even a need for alternatives.
Glad I got it on sale…
Hmm…
I wasn’t mad Pitt’s character was stoic by nature, but it definitely nullified drama & impact.
Plus, each harrowing/implausible scenario was leapt into without any consideration of failure or even a need for alternatives.
Glad I got it on sale…
Funny when I pop up in random posts. This is when Neversoft used their early face-scan tech to put me in Tony Hawk’s Underground as a skater for the Game Informer cover story I wrote.
tony hawk's underground, magazine screenshots, ps2 (2003) archive.org/details/ops-...
October 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Funny when I pop up in random posts. This is when Neversoft used their early face-scan tech to put me in Tony Hawk’s Underground as a skater for the Game Informer cover story I wrote.
I was blown away by KISS as a kid. Had their posters, would pantomime guitar with a bat to their albums.
Ace was the true “ace” of the band & their sound. Love how well his solo album sold despite being shoved aside by “leading” members.
Didn’t follow him much post-KISS, but his legacy is legendary.
Ace was the true “ace” of the band & their sound. Love how well his solo album sold despite being shoved aside by “leading” members.
Didn’t follow him much post-KISS, but his legacy is legendary.
BREAKING: Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member, has died at 74.
Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74
Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss who captivated audiences with his elaborate makeup and smoke-filled guitar, has died.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I was blown away by KISS as a kid. Had their posters, would pantomime guitar with a bat to their albums.
Ace was the true “ace” of the band & their sound. Love how well his solo album sold despite being shoved aside by “leading” members.
Didn’t follow him much post-KISS, but his legacy is legendary.
Ace was the true “ace” of the band & their sound. Love how well his solo album sold despite being shoved aside by “leading” members.
Didn’t follow him much post-KISS, but his legacy is legendary.
Reminds me of how I figured out a while ago that the Phoenix Suns logo is the same upside down.
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reminds me of how I figured out a while ago that the Phoenix Suns logo is the same upside down.
Itagaki-san was a one-of-a-kind creative, especially in Japan.
Taken way too soon.
I got to cover Itagaki-san & his games as a journalist, and I was at THQ whilst they were funding Devil’s Third (I got to see a prototype).
Many of his former team also worked on Wanted: Dead, which I did mocap on.
Taken way too soon.
I got to cover Itagaki-san & his games as a journalist, and I was at THQ whilst they were funding Devil’s Third (I got to see a prototype).
Many of his former team also worked on Wanted: Dead, which I did mocap on.
Dead or Alive creator, Team Ninja founder and Ninja Gaiden director Tomonobu Itakagi has passed away at the age of 58.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dead-or...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dead-or...
Dead or Alive creator, Team Ninja founder and Ninja Gaiden director Tomonobu Itakagi has passed away | VGC
The outspoken game designer was 58…
www.videogameschronicle.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Itagaki-san was a one-of-a-kind creative, especially in Japan.
Taken way too soon.
I got to cover Itagaki-san & his games as a journalist, and I was at THQ whilst they were funding Devil’s Third (I got to see a prototype).
Many of his former team also worked on Wanted: Dead, which I did mocap on.
Taken way too soon.
I got to cover Itagaki-san & his games as a journalist, and I was at THQ whilst they were funding Devil’s Third (I got to see a prototype).
Many of his former team also worked on Wanted: Dead, which I did mocap on.
One OK Rock put on One Awesome Rock show!
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One OK Rock put on One Awesome Rock show!
I can’t really control help how old I am… how many hairs are on my head or wrinkles on my face.
I’m grateful I can sit here and lift heavy things then put them down, and my body responds.
If only I were so dedicated in other aspects or my life. But sometimes, just lifting weights is enough.
I’m grateful I can sit here and lift heavy things then put them down, and my body responds.
If only I were so dedicated in other aspects or my life. But sometimes, just lifting weights is enough.
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I can’t really control help how old I am… how many hairs are on my head or wrinkles on my face.
I’m grateful I can sit here and lift heavy things then put them down, and my body responds.
If only I were so dedicated in other aspects or my life. But sometimes, just lifting weights is enough.
I’m grateful I can sit here and lift heavy things then put them down, and my body responds.
If only I were so dedicated in other aspects or my life. But sometimes, just lifting weights is enough.
Coming full circle:
-Quit Disney Plus
-Bought several Simpsons box sets (still have lots in US)
-Ordered peak South Park seasons
-Bought the whole Futurama series on Apple TV for $20
Remember how promising streaming was at first? What a downfall…
-Quit Disney Plus
-Bought several Simpsons box sets (still have lots in US)
-Ordered peak South Park seasons
-Bought the whole Futurama series on Apple TV for $20
Remember how promising streaming was at first? What a downfall…
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Coming full circle:
-Quit Disney Plus
-Bought several Simpsons box sets (still have lots in US)
-Ordered peak South Park seasons
-Bought the whole Futurama series on Apple TV for $20
Remember how promising streaming was at first? What a downfall…
-Quit Disney Plus
-Bought several Simpsons box sets (still have lots in US)
-Ordered peak South Park seasons
-Bought the whole Futurama series on Apple TV for $20
Remember how promising streaming was at first? What a downfall…
Was interesting talking to a coworker today who is younger than my professional career.
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Was interesting talking to a coworker today who is younger than my professional career.
Whoo and weee.
Haven’t been this frustrated, upset, and generally pissed since starting this job a year ago.
At least I’m taking it out on these weights!
💪😡
Haven’t been this frustrated, upset, and generally pissed since starting this job a year ago.
At least I’m taking it out on these weights!
💪😡
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Whoo and weee.
Haven’t been this frustrated, upset, and generally pissed since starting this job a year ago.
At least I’m taking it out on these weights!
💪😡
Haven’t been this frustrated, upset, and generally pissed since starting this job a year ago.
At least I’m taking it out on these weights!
💪😡
I don’t even post gym pics on here. And I took a gym pic yesterday. Sheesh.
October 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I don’t even post gym pics on here. And I took a gym pic yesterday. Sheesh.
We should breathe air.
We should drink water.
We should write & think for ourselves.
These seem like such basic “rules.”
Then you think about how many billions are being spent to motivate us to betray them.
Selling out humanity.
We should drink water.
We should write & think for ourselves.
These seem like such basic “rules.”
Then you think about how many billions are being spent to motivate us to betray them.
Selling out humanity.
October 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We should breathe air.
We should drink water.
We should write & think for ourselves.
These seem like such basic “rules.”
Then you think about how many billions are being spent to motivate us to betray them.
Selling out humanity.
We should drink water.
We should write & think for ourselves.
These seem like such basic “rules.”
Then you think about how many billions are being spent to motivate us to betray them.
Selling out humanity.
NBA Street, Def Jam, Burnout. EA was a top publisher in the PS2 era. They were the height of sports games in the 16-bit days, too.
Admittedly, it’s been hot and cold the last few generations.
But now EA just topped Activision as the hardest game publisher to support in the future.
Admittedly, it’s been hot and cold the last few generations.
But now EA just topped Activision as the hardest game publisher to support in the future.
As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
September 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NBA Street, Def Jam, Burnout. EA was a top publisher in the PS2 era. They were the height of sports games in the 16-bit days, too.
Admittedly, it’s been hot and cold the last few generations.
But now EA just topped Activision as the hardest game publisher to support in the future.
Admittedly, it’s been hot and cold the last few generations.
But now EA just topped Activision as the hardest game publisher to support in the future.
People who FaceTime or take extended phone calls while at the gym are selfish, stupid jerks.
There are no exceptions.
There are no exceptions.
September 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
People who FaceTime or take extended phone calls while at the gym are selfish, stupid jerks.
There are no exceptions.
There are no exceptions.
Jack White’s Fear of the Dawn is the best modern album I own.
It’s a rare title that finds a place on both my gym and chill-out playlists, and that I easily recommend to anyone.
It’s a rare title that finds a place on both my gym and chill-out playlists, and that I easily recommend to anyone.
Okay: give me your best music recs 🎶
I’ve got a great book, good show, good audiobook, great podcasts all on lock. But what’s an album you listened to recently that changed your brain chemistry?
I’ve got a great book, good show, good audiobook, great podcasts all on lock. But what’s an album you listened to recently that changed your brain chemistry?
September 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Jack White’s Fear of the Dawn is the best modern album I own.
It’s a rare title that finds a place on both my gym and chill-out playlists, and that I easily recommend to anyone.
It’s a rare title that finds a place on both my gym and chill-out playlists, and that I easily recommend to anyone.