Leif Johnson
@leifjohnson.bsky.social
Games curator for the Apple App Store. Former games and tech journalist—and academic! I don’t know if I’m up for social media again.
http://leifjohnson.net
http://leifjohnson.net
I highly appreciate that every time I've accidentally left a personal item on the commuter shuttles over the last five years—so about six times, ha—I've always gotten it back through lost and found.
May 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I highly appreciate that every time I've accidentally left a personal item on the commuter shuttles over the last five years—so about six times, ha—I've always gotten it back through lost and found.
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This is already how games work if you are over 35
Hideo Kojima has an amazing idea for a "Forgetting Game" where the main character gradually forgets important information and abilities if you take too long a break from playing.
Hideo Kojima Has an Amazing Idea for a 'Forgetting Game' Where the Main Character Gradually Forgets Important Information and Abilities if You Take Too Long a Break From Playing
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May 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is already how games work if you are over 35
Logged into FFXIV to get one last look at my cool beachside house in Shirogane—expecting to cancel my sub because I haven’t played in ages—and there were actually the three people RPing (innocently :p) in there! Awwww! Made my day. Maybe I’ll let it live … I like seeing people enjoy things I made.
May 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Logged into FFXIV to get one last look at my cool beachside house in Shirogane—expecting to cancel my sub because I haven’t played in ages—and there were actually the three people RPing (innocently :p) in there! Awwww! Made my day. Maybe I’ll let it live … I like seeing people enjoy things I made.
Bought Clair Obscur Expedition 33 and went in totally blind. No reviews, no product page descriptions, no tweets, nothing.
One hour later: I think I’m in love.
One hour later: I think I’m in love.
April 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Bought Clair Obscur Expedition 33 and went in totally blind. No reviews, no product page descriptions, no tweets, nothing.
One hour later: I think I’m in love.
One hour later: I think I’m in love.
Spent the evening watching The Big Lebowski with Jeff Bridges in attendance. Talk about a memorable 4/20.
April 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Spent the evening watching The Big Lebowski with Jeff Bridges in attendance. Talk about a memorable 4/20.
My superpower is fogging up the windows of every Uber I get into.
April 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My superpower is fogging up the windows of every Uber I get into.
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Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
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Wow, Blue Prince really opens up once you get the railgun
April 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wow, Blue Prince really opens up once you get the railgun
Knowing it was all done in one take, the final shot of episode 2 of Adolescence is one of the most phenomenal feats of cinematography I’ve ever seen in my life. Wow.
April 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Knowing it was all done in one take, the final shot of episode 2 of Adolescence is one of the most phenomenal feats of cinematography I’ve ever seen in my life. Wow.
I’m at Princeton University and this meme was just recommended in one of my feeds. Think the algo is basing it on location … lol
April 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’m at Princeton University and this meme was just recommended in one of my feeds. Think the algo is basing it on location … lol
At the Hands Off March in New York City
April 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
At the Hands Off March in New York City
So much for nice views on the train into NYC.
April 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
So much for nice views on the train into NYC.
I’m at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study visiting an old friend from academia, and seconds after we walked behind the main building, I went “Is that … is that the ‘Oppenheimer’ pond?! IT IS!!!!” Ha, I recognized it immediately.
April 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I’m at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study visiting an old friend from academia, and seconds after we walked behind the main building, I went “Is that … is that the ‘Oppenheimer’ pond?! IT IS!!!!” Ha, I recognized it immediately.
Was in the neighborhood and figured I’d drop by. Seemed like an appropriate place to visit for the times.
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Was in the neighborhood and figured I’d drop by. Seemed like an appropriate place to visit for the times.
The first video game I ever played (I think)
March 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The first video game I ever played (I think)
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Seeing a lot of genAI art used in the service of fascism lately
March 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Seeing a lot of genAI art used in the service of fascism lately
I think my ultimate goal with weight loss is to get to a point where random dudes in the street no longer call me “big guy.”
March 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I think my ultimate goal with weight loss is to get to a point where random dudes in the street no longer call me “big guy.”
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me & the paragraph the editor wants me to delete
March 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
me & the paragraph the editor wants me to delete
I think it’s OK to ditch the “edge of” talk. We’ve been there for a while.
March 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think it’s OK to ditch the “edge of” talk. We’ve been there for a while.
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Democratic Party messaging, 2025
March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Democratic Party messaging, 2025
As someone who can remember the twilight years of the Cold War—I can’t believe any American my age or older is fine with this.
February 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As someone who can remember the twilight years of the Cold War—I can’t believe any American my age or older is fine with this.
Old Man Mode: Activated!
February 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Old Man Mode: Activated!
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AP could have been cowardly and rolled over for Trump.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment.
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
February 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
AP could have been cowardly and rolled over for Trump.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
Sadly, I have been expecting this since the first term.
The end of public lands? Anyone surprised? www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund
President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund requires that the United States come up with heaps of cash quickly, which may make selling out and selling off public lands i...
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February 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sadly, I have been expecting this since the first term.