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Will Jagielski-Harrison

@essenceofazeroth.com

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Looking For Writing Work; columnist - bylines in the Toledo Blade, Polygon, more. Appalachian. Priest spouse. Host of the WoW podcast Essence of Azeroth. OU alum. 🏳️‍🌈 Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6tY7L5txdRg9vUgY9AKp6Q

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 23d

whew good thing they nerfed Wrecking Ball today

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 34m

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 31m

After spending Too Much Time on the Powerwash Simulator 2 demo, I'm about to say the craziest thing about games I've ever said:

It's not realistic enough.

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 2h

People like to talk about the. Corruption of the 80s and how all those record sales were fake, but I think just as big of a thing eventually will be how streaming numbers are fake math.

Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 3h

This would make more sense to me if Taylor was coming off a generationally great album or something rather than Tortured Poets Department

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 3h

“The Fate Of Ophelia” by Taylor Swift debuts with 128.896 million streams in its first week on the global Spotify chart.

It’s the biggest streaming week ever on the platform.

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The Columbus Dispatch @dispatch.com · 17h

The raid happened at around 12:30 p.m. Oct. 9, according to a statement from the city of Mount Vernon. It is unclear how many people were detained.

Mount Vernon taco shop targeted in federal ICE raid, city officials say

The raid happened at around 12:30 p.m. Oct. 9, according to a statement from the city of Mount Vernon. It is unclear how many people were detained.

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 21h

I stopped playing Clair Obscur literally at the point where it tells you to wrap up side stuff because the next area is the end.

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 22h

We use a small plastic step for our oldest cat.

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 23h

I'll never forget

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Popverse @popversesays.bsky.social · 1d

Announced at NYCC 2025: DC Vertigo to finally let Swamp Thing meet Jesus Christ in new four-part restoration of a cancelled controversial 1989 storyline.

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DC to finally let Swamp Thing meet Jesus Christ in new four-part restoration of a cancelled controversial 1989 storyline

Rick Veitch's lost issues of Swamp Thing will see print in 2026 as Swamp Thing 1989.

www.thepopverse.com

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

Huh. Strange list.

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

How's the selection compared to a Manga+ or the Square Enix mobile app?

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

And I wonder if he'll ever throw a strike again

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

Become a Tigers fan for one game, we have... um... Tommy Kahnle. And Gleyber. We're basically the 2024 Yankees

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

god this is grim

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

In fairness, its never real wagyu anyways, so why say it right

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

What little freelance gigs I've gotten through my career was because of social media, and I met my best friend because of Twitter.

So. That's cool.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

Yes, you kill the cult, but that entire game is wrapped in rural, small town Americana taking care of their own, how cities are bad, and oh it also ends with the world being nuked.

My point, a lot of that game's thesis is "Hey, cult leaders sure are charasmatic and sexy, yeah?".

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

And Paws

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

Important to note. Ubi had no issues with Far Cry 5, a game that glorifies right wing bootstrapping and and empowers cult of personality but absolutely had to kill a game in the crib about something real, tangible, and important like how the post Civil War era affects us even to this day.

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

I really hope as soon as this game ends the Tigers announce that the hitting coach has been fired

Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

Absolute cowards.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

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Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 2d

This thread is going to serve as my unofficial review of Hades 2 since I don't write anywhere.

SCORE: 4/5

Thesis: Hades 2 is a game that carries the burden of needing to be the sequel to one of the games that defined the COVID lockdown era, and collapses under the weight of 'More' at the end.

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Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com · 1d

Welp, baseball season ends today.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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