Amber 🧡

it’s waaaay longer than it needs to be and i’ve noticed several mistakes since publishing it, but i’m still proud of it honestly. i wrote two more articles after (on the mastercard scandal and TWEWY) but they don’t come close to the depth and word count of this one

i think there’s a demo now. i’ve been meaning to try it

i post pretty infrequently and at inconsistent times, so you might’ve just happened to miss them. i still get interactions so i doubt i’m shadowbanned or anything

'Amber’s Favourites' a list of games by h0pearcana | Backloggd Just a curated list of favourites from the games Ive played Unsorted

i see you already followed me, but here’s the list i mentioned! backloggd.com/u/h0pearcana...

i’ve played so many top ten candidates in the past year that deciding which ones make the list has become very difficult ):

my curated favourites list on backloggd is at 25 entries now

if i wanted that i'd just ask my bluesky or twitter followers. they'd feed me misinformation with soul

even WeRateDogs tweets aren’t safe

neo: the world ends with you’s dedication to referencing ancient internet memes is terrifying. world’s first jrpg made by reddit users

to be completely honest for you it has never been for the better. not even once.

anyway shoutout to google ai overview for suggesting gran turismo here, because it mistook being ranked #31 in the best games of all time for having a review score of 31%

Oh.

imagine the power this thing would have in the world ends with you

@nathanl75.bsky.social sorry, i can’t open your dm because the uk requires age verification now and it doesn’t work for me 🙄

a screenshot from capcom's web page titled "Regarding Video Uploads and Co-Streaming for “Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2025”" which says that you can now co-stream SFLJP! and it shows a graphic of the area on the screen that you are allowed to capture footage of, and it shows an a red filter over the entirety of the screen with a tiiiiny little blue filter over just the literal timer itself. underneath that graphic is the text, " *Image of the displayable area", meaning the timer. the timer!! the only part of the footage you can stream is the TIMER looooooooooool it's so goood it's geniusssss

Capcom announced some news today in a post titled "Regarding Video Uploads and Co-Streaming for “Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2025”". That post said Hey, usually you can't restream SFL:JP, ok? But! you CAN do a watch party for it, as long as you only capture part of it

The part you can capture:

picture of an iPhone being held in front of a TV screen. the TV screen shows Steam on the PS3 showing a QR code and the phone in front shows a Steam Guard authentication prompt

finally releasing condenstation - connect Portal 2 on the PS3 to the official Steam service again! unfortunately requires Steam Guard on your account. but it should work now

info, source and releases at github.com/InvoxiPlayGa...

i’m british and have no idea what/when labor day is, but it doesn’t matter because atlus merch never reaches us anyway ):

sorry, i wrote another one (:

this one’s less about rule of rose itself and more about providing a frame of reference for the recent payment processing censorship - it’s also less than a third of the length of my last article for those who were put off by it

The Hidden Fees on Creative Expression: What We Didn’t Learn From ‘Rule of Rose’ An insight into the payment processing scandal seen through the lens of a similar infamous debacle occuring almost two decades prior.

“The Hidden Fees on Creative Expression: What We Didn’t Learn From ‘Rule of Rose’” by Amber L.

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Yoooooooo TC fanart on my strawpage 🤯

“It’s a security hole that endangers democracy itself.” NieR creator speaks out against payment processors pressuring Japanese adult content platforms  - AUTOMATON WEST NieR creator Yoko Taro comments on the series of instances of Japanese adult platforms being pressured by credit card payment processors.

It's heartening to see Big Names speak out about this issue, I think it's something artists and creatives from all genres and levels of notoriety can unite on automaton-media.com/en/news/nier...

twitter probably already handled data differently for eu residents (for gdpr compliance) so it must’ve just been easier to apply the restrictions to all those people for now

i think there’s pretty heavy fines for companies that don’t comply, and most of them probably weren’t ready to roll out uk-specific restrictions so the rest of europe got caught in the crossfire

the british government took my dms :/

‘Pursuing My True Self’: How Psychology-Based RPG ‘Persona 4’ Challenges Its Player’s Psyche A deep dive into the mind games behind the classic murder-mystery story.

“‘Pursuing My True Self’: How Psychology-Based RPG ‘Persona 4’ Challenges Its Player’s Psyche” by Amber L.

ambermemorydoll.substack.com/p/pursuing-m...

*please go easy on me this is /way/ outside of my comfort zone for what i usually write :)

i wish i could’ve been more concise with it, but this was a pretty big undertaking already so i’m just glad it’s in a finished state

‘Pursuing My True Self’: How Psychology-Based RPG ‘Persona 4’ Challenges Its Player’s Psyche A deep dive into the mind games behind the classic murder-mystery story.

“‘Pursuing My True Self’: How Psychology-Based RPG ‘Persona 4’ Challenges Its Player’s Psyche” by Amber L.

ambermemorydoll.substack.com/p/pursuing-m...

did they seriously add group chats here and then take away the dm feature for unverified uk users in the same day

h0pearcana's review of Trauma Team | Backloggd During the first few months of the year, I binged the whole <em>Trauma Center</em> series in release order. They're all underrated gems among Atlus's extensive catalogue in their own right, but <em>Tr...

i did write a review for Trauma Team a few months ago, i didn’t get around to doing one for the other entries backloggd.com/u/h0pearcana...

i’m conflicted on Second Opinion. it’s a good game, but it’s a remake of Under the Knife which was much better on DS although extremely difficult so neither version is easy to recommend

by far the best one is Trauma Team, but it’s become very expensive and difficult to find. other than that, look for New Blood