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James J. Haeck
@jamesjhaeck.bsky.social
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ENnie Award-winning game designer. Freelance Writer & Editor for: Wizards of the Coast, Critical Role, Darrington Press, MCDM, Ghostfire Gaming. (They/them)
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · Nov 23
Let's take a look at my latest from Ghostfire Gaming, Grim Hollow: The Valikan Clans! @shawnmerwin.bsky.social led Raider's Guide to Valikan, a setting guide and player options book and I led Saga of the Seasons, a sprawling dark fantasy adventure!
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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 14h
How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 20h
Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 13h
WHAT NOW - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELITON AT THERE COMPUTER " CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT LOOK UP MORE COOL SHIT WHEN THE INTERNET STILL WORKED" ,,, THE FUNNYEST THING ABOUT A SOCIETY IN DECLINE IS YOU DONT REALLY EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN TO YOU AND WHEN IT DOES IT FEEL'S LIKE A PERSONAL OFFENSE, WE WATCHED COMPUTERS AND NET GET BETTER AND BETTER FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT IT SEEMED OBVIOUS IT WOULD CONTINUE, WHY WOULD THINGS GET BAD ON PURPOSE, HOW CAN YOU MAKE MORE MONEY WITH WORSE PRODUCT'S , WELL THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT , THEY SOLD OUR COMMUNITYS AND RESOURCES UP THE DAMB RIVER TO MAKE A FEW MORE TRILLION'S, AND WHAT CAN THEY EVEN BUY WITH IT, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ABILITY TO ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE IN PEACE - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN BBUT IM STILL KICKEN A$$ AND ADDING CUSS WORD'S TO MY GOGGLE SEARCHES SO THEY DONT SHOW ME AI SHIT !!!! - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 14h
Even after a thousand years, the Ulduar soundtrack is perfect RPG writing music.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2V...
Ulduar Music (The Titans Music) - Wrath Music Soundtrack
YouTube video by Warcraft Music | Congelatore
www.youtube.com
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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 16h
Such a delight to hear the @dungeondudes.bsky.social and @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social heaping (much deserved!) praise on @mikerunderwood.bsky.social on this week's Eldritch Lorecast. And now I'm REALLY psyched for the Daggerheart version of Drakkenheim.
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 2d
I'm not involved in this project at all, I just want it to do gangbusters!!
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 2d
the DREAD actual play is back!!! Back when I was a wee intern at Geek & Sundry, Ivan's DREAD show was the greatest actual play ever made... And now the maestro is back 👀
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Bex 🎃 @musicgamer460.bsky.social · 2d
www.kickstarter.com/projects/goo...

The Tales of Dread Kickstarter is live!!! This is not a drill!
Tales of Dread: The Cave
An immersive horror actual play featuring props, sets, and an all-star cast of players to tell a terrifying new story.
www.kickstarter.com
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 2d
No no that's the light talking! A few more hours of standing with a lantern in a graveyard will solve everything
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 2d
CONGRATS on the big new release, Keith!! :D
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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 2d
"It’s a beast. A monster. A behemoth. But it’s a behemoth of the very best kind. It’s a CR 30 epic boss of a book with a treasure hoard of inspiration. I don’t know what you expected from Keith Ammann, but it was probably this."

Read the @scrollforinit.bsky.social review: scrollforinitiative....
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 4d
It's been claimed! Thanks folks <3
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4d
When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.
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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 4d
A friend just claimed em sorry :((
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 4d
Hehe ty
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 4d
Anyone want some vintage @beadleandgrimms.com merch? I'm downsizing and hoping to give these 5 inspiration tokens from Avernus a good home!
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5d
A better world is possible
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d
According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.
Paris before and after street transformation New urban forest planted in front of Paris City Hall A Paris “School Street” where cars are removed and people space/tree planting are added
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 7d
This space is gorgeous but I also totally misread that easel as a guillotine at first 💀 vive la france
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LaTia de los Muertos 🔜 Gamehole Con! @latiajacquise.com · 8d
Wanna watch me blackout and recite TS Eliot from memory? 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

Thanks @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social for having me on again!
#209. Why the Hellfire Club for EXPERIENCED D&D Players Only! | Eldritch Lorecast | DnD 5e
YouTube video by Ghostfire Podcasts
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 8d
a man in a star wars uniform says it 's an older joke sir but it checks out
ALT: a man in a star wars uniform says it 's an older joke sir but it checks out
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 9d
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10d
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 10d
📣🐦‍⬛ real artists making cool shit! 🎨🌈

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“Hell yeah!” Screams a crow against a rainbow backdrop, their eyes sparkling in trans colors. The crow is clearly the Chaotic Queer Corvid Collector familiar, now showing off their rainbow tipped chest feathers as they raise their wings and smile, “Real artists are still making cool shit!”
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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 10d
Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 10d
From bravewave.net/interviews/t...
Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2? Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has. Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something. Tateishi: … Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack? Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 10d
Walking three miles: a lovely New York idea that will kill you in LA! 😩 😅
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Paul ✍🏻 Dean (Holiday mode) @paullicino.bsky.social · 11d
"AI is the asbestos we are shovelling into the walls of our society. Our descendants will be digging it out for generations."

"AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job."

Oof.

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Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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James J. Haeck @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social · 12d
OKAY I GUESS IM WATCHING 👀
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dustin Couch @dustinkcouch.bsky.social · Aug 3
creepypasta where a guy posts on a message board like "somethings wrong with this vhs star wars tape i got at a garage sale" & the opening crawl is like

Episode IV
A New Hope

There is a man behind you
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