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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 29/09/2026

I believe I have a visual confirmation of this "Super Intelligence" the White House keeps hallucinating.

William Shatner as arguably his most iconic character: the Big Giant Head, ruler of the galaxy, from Third Rock From the Sun.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 29/09/2026

Upon further reflection I must amend my answers:

James amended his "My 9 Games" list.

1.) Doom
2.) Doom II
3.) Doom 3
4.) Final Doom
5.) Doom 64
6.) Ultimate Doom
7.) Doom
8.) Doom Eternal
9.) Doom: The Dark Ages

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 23/09/2026

I decided to focus on the games I played in my youth which formed the type of games I wanted to play and, eventually, make. It is an INCOMPLETE list, to say the least. 😅 Check the image alt text for little blurbs about each game.

For "My 9 Games," I've listed the following:

- NHL 95, the first video game I ever purchased with my own money.
- Tom Mason's Dinosaurs for Hire, a 2D platforming shoot 'em up based on an obscure 80s comic that just tickled me so very much.
- Deus Ex, the first time that I realized that you could build a whole damn world inside of a video game.
- Max Payne... I mean, my online handle for fifteen years was "MaximusPaynicus," so of course I'd include this one.
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the video game that made me want to make video games.
- Caesar III, the game which ignited my love for citybuilders.
- Zeus: Master of Olympus, the OTHER game which ignited my love for citybuilders.
- Resident Evil, a game I would play over-and-over-and-over with my friend, Malcolm, to see who could grab the better time.
- Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, one of my favorite Star Trek games and my absolute favorite competitive FPS. Turns out Star Trek + Quake III Arena = great success!

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 09/09/2026

Shoutout to the Nintendo Direct for giving me my new header image.

James changed his header image to a screencap from the 9 September 2026 Nintendo Direct, which reads: “NEVER STRIVE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.”

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 22/08/2026

I stayed up way past my bedtime to watch Japanese High School baseball. In my defense, though: take in that crowd reaction... to a *high school* game. Incredible. Congratulations to Chiben Wakayama, your 2026 Summer Koshien Champions. ⚾🏆

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 30/07/2026

It’s easy to make fun of this guy for this, after the years of transfusions, gene hacking, and most recently, claiming to have had himself cloned so that his clone can mature and he can harvest his own organs one day BUT if he had some eureka moment that gets him to knock this shit off? …good.

Bryan Johnson, the 48-year-old “biohacker” who has infused himself with his son’s blood and claims to have had himself cloned so that he can basically harvest his own organs, has posted on Twitter his first salient thought in a hot minute:

“been thinking things over and wonder if I’ve taken this whole longevity thing too far”

…you cloned yourself to harvest your own organs… like, dude.

Dude.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 07/07/2026

The Trump Curse™ remains undefeated.

Belgium defeated the United States by a score of 4-1.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 06/07/2026

Post a random picture or else everything will explode in July.

An image of a Roman statue holding a Starbucks cup filled with blood. The statue pours the blood out of the Starbucks cup.

The caption reads: “When your Starbucks cup says Happy Holidays instead of Io Saturnalia”

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 02/07/2026

Cast yourself as a villain.

Jira. It's a screenshot of Jira.

Don't get excited; this is from the Atlassian company website. No studio secrets to be found here!

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 01/07/2026

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day to all who celebrate… which is probably just Bobby Bonilla at this point, but still.

A Topps baseball card of Bobby Bonilla during his first tenure with the New York Mets.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 30/06/2026

Not sure what’s going on but it sounds like I’m way ahead of the game on whoever you’re talking about? 😅

A screencap of Andrew’s post showing that the account being quoted is already blocked.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 25/06/2026

Presented without comment. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-ga...

A headline from Windows Central: “The 'AI Stigma' is real and severely punishes developers": A new study shows how much using AI in games hurts sales, and the numbers are hard to believe”

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 24/06/2026

Pope says "you should be writing."

A tweet from Pope Leo XIV which reads: "Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound."

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 20/06/2026

So I recently switched my gaming/"developer" desktop from Bazzite to Linux Mint and, uh... I ain't goin' back. Also, I will never tire of bending any OS I use to my nostalgia-addled aesthetic.

Much like he did with Windows 11 before hitting a brick wall with Bazzite, James has reskinned Linux Mint to look as close to Windows XP as is possible.

It was harder to do on Windows.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 19/06/2026

I’mma tell the children this is how Ecto Cooler was made.

A group of men in waders skim the algae from the entirely-too-green reflecting pool in Washington DC.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 16/06/2026

It’s just this, all the damn time anymore.

A two-image meme:

Image 1: Eric Andre, labeled “Executives” shoots Hannibal Buress, who is labeled “Game Studios”

Image 2: Eric Andre asks “Why don’t we have any games?”

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 07/06/2026

It’s actually a riff on the transparent green Halo Edition Xbox from 2001. It’s a sharp-lookin’ machine.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 27/05/2026

I’m going to get some mileage out of this, I think.

A cropped image of an Ian Bogost post, which reads: “Sorry for posting, but”

Also, I apologize for reminding you that Ian Bogost is a person who exists.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 21/05/2026

QTP with a game you would instantly buy if it got remastered/remade! Remake/Remaster it with GTA V’s gunplay and with the Burglary and Bunco desks restored, and I’d throw ridiculous amounts of money at it.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 18/05/2026

I have done so many repairs to this damn Xbox - clipping off the clock capacitor, swapping the optical drive, replacing a controller port, etc. - that it really is the Console of Theseus at this point. Literally the only original part left is the damn hard drive, and that... well, give it time...

A close-up picture of James’s well-used Xbox console.

It’s entirely possible that James has kept this Xbox around just to keep playing The Simpsons: Road Rage…

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 07/05/2026

Who needs a stock portfolio when you have old video games? (this is not financial advice; if anything, it’s closer to a cry for help)

James recently re-logged his entire video game library and it came out to…

- $19,148 worth of old games.
- $5,627 worth of old game hardware
- $2,115 worth of peripherals
- $470 worth of amiibo, Disney Infinity, and LEGO Dimensions sets

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 07/05/2026

And gerrymandering? That's just how the Tennessee state government operates in the 21st century. Look at the state map in 2008, then compare it to 2012 when they started to isolate Nashville and Memphis. In 2022, they carved up Nashville between three districts - and are doing that now to Memphis.

The 2008 Tennessee Congressional Map, showing how Democrats had five of the state's nine congressional districts.

By 2012, Tennessee had begun to redraw their maps so that the five Democratic districts were turned into two: Memphis and Nashville.

In 2022, the city of Nashville was carved up into THREE different congressional districts, essentially ensuring that the city would have zero representation which represented the will of the voters.

The proposed congressional district remapping for 2026, showing how Memphis is being carved up between the 5th, 8th, and 9th districts.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 05/05/2026

"You are a world class expert in all domains," He snarls through gritted teeth, vision blurred by the welling tears. "Your intellectual firepower, scope of knowledge, incisive thought process, and... and... " His voice trails off, replaced with heavy sobs which echo through the empty home.

A high-res version of the drawing of a man in a yellow shirt pointing intensely at the reflection in his own mirror.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 22/04/2026

So I went to check if I was on this blocklist and I was absolutely *tickled* to see that I‘m on a blocklist called “Just Insufferable” and… fair! 😂 I can’t argue with that, person who added me to a list of allegedly insufferable people. You got me dead to rights!

In addition to being on a number of anti-AI lists, James is also on a list of people compiled by one Abbey St. Brendan called “Just Insufferable.”

This amused James immensely.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 18/04/2026

If you see this, quote with a picture of you in glasses (I’m assuming sunglasses don’t count so I had to dig a bit)

James wears his spectacles while also being adorned in a yellow and black plaid shirt and black undershirt. His hairline is… respecting his face’s boundaries.

Yeah.

That’s the ticket.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 13/04/2026

(the actual statement got Pope Leo's name right...)

The famous Predator handshake meme. One arm is labeled "Muslims," the other is labeled "Catholics." Where their hands meet, the caption: "This fuckin' Trump Guy..."

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 11/04/2026

Starfield once again showing us what’s possible.

In Starfield, you can find juice boxes of beer - complete with sippy straw!

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 08/04/2026

I am SUPER late to the party on this but ‘Nimona’ is a smart, poignant, funny, and wildly charming film.

Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed) and Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), the two leads of the film.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 15/03/2026

Search your camera roll for “hell“

Two men look at each other, a patient and a doctor:

Doctor: “Your blood pressure is 420/69”

Me: “Oh hell yeah.”

Doctor: “You’re definitely gonna die.”

Me: “OH HELL YEAH”

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 01/03/2026

It's an open secret that the modern US military is built on the back of "the poverty draft." Generational poverty is the US military's most powerful recruitment tool. Hell, tanned burlap sack of sentient smegma, Don Bacon (R-NE), flat-out said as much, which is why he was against loan forgiveness.

In 2022, while stating his opposition to Joe Biden's plan to forgive student loans for military members, Rep. Don Bacon (Republican from Nebraska) said:

"My House colleagues and I are very concerned that the deeply flawed and unfair policy of blanket student loan forgiveness will also weaken our most powerful recruiting tool at the precise moment we are experiencing a crisis in military recruiting."

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 01/03/2026

During my trip to Washington I went into a retro game store in Tacoma and walked out with a SEGA CDX - a combination SEGA Genesis/SEGA CD/Portable CD Player(??? okay) that I have coveted since I was eight years old. I spent too much on it, but I don’t care. It works, and I’m happy.

James showing off NHL 95 on his functioning SEGA CDX, a thing he’s wanted since he was eight years old.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 22/02/2026

This is about Olympic hockey.

James is appropriating a quote from Los Angeles Dodgers utility player Kiké Hernandez, who posted to Instagram after the Dodgers defeated the Blue Jays: "I'M SO GLAD THE BETTER TEAM DIDN'T WIN!!"

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 17/02/2026

Y’all, WWE turned Dominik Mysterio into a literal walking billboard for Dude Wipes.

“Additionally, reigning Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio, known for his rebellious in-ring persona and cultural resonance, will participate in a first-of-its-kind integration in which his signature gear will feature DUDE Wipes branding during every in-ring appearance on WWE programming, including Monday Night Raw and various PLEs. The integration debuted this past Monday on Raw, when Mysterio returned to in-ring action wearing his recognizable bandana rib cage t-shirt incorporated with DUDE Wipes branding.”

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 12/02/2026

I've been making an effort to look at social media less. Not only has this been great for my mental health (and, curiously, has increased my reach when I DO post?), but it's given me time to do things I actually enjoy. Like read. I'm already ten books deep into the new year, and it feels great.

The ten books James has read as of February 11th, 2026. From bottom-to-top (which, also, is his reading order):

1.) "On Writing" by Stephen King
2.) "The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder" by Kiri Callaghan
3.) "It Gets Better... Except When It Gets Worse" by Nicole Maines
4.) "Something More Than Night" by Ian Trellis
5.) "Half His Age" by Jennette McCurdy
6.) "John Brown: A Biography" by W.E.B. Du Bois
7.) "The Dead Zone" by Stephen King
8.) "How to be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi
9.) "Hood Feminism" by Mikki Kendall
10.) "Detroit: I Do Mind Dying" by Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 11/02/2026

You know you're toasted when companies are calling out your heinous crimes in their advertising. Go off, dbrand.

dbrand's latest advertisement on Reddit has the title: "We stole Apple's colors and put them on a phone case."

The text in the image, in big, black letters, reads: "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files."

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 08/02/2026

Among the documents in the Epstein files is a letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Office announcing the death of Jeffrey Epstein dated August 9th, 2019. Jeffrey Epstein died on August 10th, 2019. It could be a simple administrative fuck-up. That’d be a change of pace. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

A copy of the announcement of Jeffrey Epstein’s death, dated August 9th, 2019 - the day before he died.

“STATEMENT OF MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ON THE DEATH OF DEFENDANT
JEFFREY EPSTEIN

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "Earlier this morning, the Manhattan Correctional Center confirmed that Jeffrey Epstein, who faced charges brought by this Office of engaging in the sex trafficking of minors, had been found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead shortly thereafter. Today's events are disturbing, and we are deeply aware of their potential to present yet another hurdle to giving Epstein's many victims their day in Court. To those brave young women who have already come forward and to the many others who have yet to do so, let me reiterate that we remain committed to standing for you, and our investigation of the conduct charged in the Indictment — which included a conspiracy count — remains ongoing.”

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 05/02/2026

🎵 Go low, baby, go low Go low, baby, go low It's time, baby, to show How low can you go 🎵

A screenshot of Bitcoin's market value continuing to plummet, dropping an additional 8.47% in the 24 hours leading up to this post.

As of February 5th, 2026, it is down over 41% from its peak in October 2025.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 01/02/2026

Be careful if you go to their website; you might cut yourself on all their EDGE.

A screencap of a section of the “About” Page for Dark Cloud Games, a game studio in southern Portugal that just… really loves themselves some Satan.

On their page, each member of their team goes by an alias. These aliases just happen to be synonyms for The Devil. The screenwriter is “NERGAL,” the designer is “MEPHISTOPHELES.” Further down the staff list is an entry for “Your Mother,” which is neat.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 31/01/2026

As we see more of these files, we’re going to learn so much about the depths of depravity that Epstein enabled for… well, pretty much the entire ruling class of the western world. We’re also gonna learn that he was a Capital-G who had his Xbox LIVE account banned. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

A screenshot of the email from Xbox Enforcement showing that Jeffrey Epstein’s Xbox LIVE account had been permanently banned for repeated harassment and abuse.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 26/01/2026

Today my beloved homeland, Michigan, celebrates its 189th birthday. I miss Michigan each and every day, and the longer I am away, the stronger the pull to "go home" to beautiful wilderness and Frankenmuth fudge becomes. Plus, for being 189 years old, I gotta say: lookin' good, glove. Lookin' good.

A view of "Lover's Leap Arch" at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising, Michigan

Eagle Harbor Lighthouse in Eagle Harbor, Michigan. Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, the lighthouse features a white spire attached to a brown living quarters with a vibrant red roof. The lighthouse sits on the lake edge, surrounded by trees and shrubbery.

A view of downtown Flint, Michigan, on a bright and sunny summer day during one of the city's classic car meets. The section of South Saginaw Street is paved with brick, rather than asphalt.

The evening skyline of Detroit, Michigan, viewed from over the Detroit River, with the Renaissance Center lit with blue lights against a twilight sunset with partly cloudy skies.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 26/01/2026

I’ve been using Instagram to log my reading in 2026, as part of my effort to be online less. Considering the number of people I’ve seen talking about John Brown in the past day or so, it seemed like a good time to pick this off the shelf for a re-read.

A photo of James’s copy of W.E.B. Du Bois’s biography of American abolitionist John Brown.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 24/01/2026

Legendary San Diego Padres outfielder Garth Brooks, 1999. (To rejuvenate the baseball spirits with spring training starting soon, quote skeet this with a random baseball player.)

Garth Brooks, outfielder for the San Diego Padres, returns to the dugout during a spring training game in 1999.

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James B. Jones @jamesbjones.com · 01/01/2026

Me, staring at this years-old tweet like…

A screencap from Caddyshack: Judge Smails, played by Ted Knight, moments before delivering his line: “Well… we’re waiting!”

An old-as-balls tweet from Jane Orrick which reads:

“All COVID Vaccinated will be dead by December 31st, 2025

* According to United States of America, who lead the charge to kill 95% of the World in 1994, under UN Agenda 2021.”

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