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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 8h

The man is on Bluesky! One of my favorite follows before quitting Twitter.
What a great reason to find myself on here more often!

Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 15h

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…

Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 1d

Amped 3 was great fun!
Perfect Dark was…um. Erm. Ugh.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 1d

I remember that! Got it for under $15, which didn’t happen much back then.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 1d

And blocked. They’re now blocked. Cuz anyone who’ll open the door for vampires and Nazis, I want to keep out of my neighborhood.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 1d

As much as I went on to become a champion of hidden gems like King’s Bounty, Amplitude, and Space Griffon; I kinda stuck with the mainstream NES stuff.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 2d

Didn’t realize the link went to the whole issue. Which had dual cover stories, including Spider-Man 2. Which I also wrote.
Was a busy month for me, that one. Then, only 2 yrs later, I’d be living just a few miles from the Activision offices.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 2d

People who’ve never been without it don’t realize how novel “online” was to us when it was first becoming a thing. The wealth of information and communication was attractive to almost everyone.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 2d

More than Cena, with his square jaw and leading-man experience?
Plus, yellow trench > jorts.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 2d

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.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 9d

tony hawk's underground, magazine screenshots, ps2 (2003) archive.org/details/ops-...

face mapping screen where the game maps a character face to a facial photo.

screen that shows your in game character with the option to start a new face map or save the current face you have.
caption:
ugly truth: you may want to send in a picture of your better-looking mate if you’re lacking in the looks department

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 2d

Naw, it’s me.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 2d

The amount of bands I saw first on B&B and went on to love is shocking:
GWAR
Rollins Band
Butthole Surfers
Pizzicato Five

I’m sure there are many more, but like, that’s a big list for me.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 2d

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.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

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

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! I played a ton of each of those!
Forgot how much I liked the fish one, which reminded me of Fish Dude on Game Boy.

Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 3d

Reminds me of how I figured out a while ago that the Phoenix Suns logo is the same upside down.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 3d

And they even let Sony catch up after PS3’s huge launch stumbles - thanks to strong first-party games/exclusives like Uncharted 2, TLOU, R&C, MGS4…

Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 3d

Shout out to @kohler.bsky.social, who wrote that and got me a bunch of work at Wired during my 4 yrs as a freelancer.
I just now remembered the US box art for DOA2 Hardcore, which featured none of the hot women on it who were that series’ calling card - or anything, really.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 3d

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.

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 3d

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...

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

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 6d

One OK Rock put on One Awesome Rock show!

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 7d

Please, guys: Get someone who speaks Japanese to translate these. Machine translation of Japanese to English is abysmal.
My Japanese is good; my wife is literally Japanese and would help easily.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 8d

8 arms to hold you near my heart

(Song from deleted Goonies scene)

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 8d

Ugh. Region locking blu-Ray has to purely be a greed thing. PAL/NTSC are not a thing anymore.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 8d

Guessing it’s another XX chipset Anbernic device, which means 3DS is a no-go.
Still cool and maybe they’ll make a later one with a better chipset - at least using the T820 they include in many of their Android devices.

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Justin Leeper @justinleeper.bsky.social · 8d

Only drag is that UK PS5 only plays UK region. If I want to watch my pre-UK discs, I gotta bust out the PS4.

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