New Year's J
@chuckspear.blacksky.app
james f. wright | writer. reader. ramen eater. (he/him) | 3x Eisner Award nominee | gdc award-winning game writer | wrote a godzilla comic | amateur knitter | fav carb: rice
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New Year's J
@chuckspear.blacksky.app
· Apr 12
Hey, y'all! I'm James and I'm a California-based writer and narrative designer in games, having worked in AAA and indie, and looking for my next project. I'm a valuable member of a team, big or small, great with character and voice, excellent with wordplay, and making places feel more alive.
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
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January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
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hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
It's time to board the Mothership.
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
Board the Mothership.
YouTube video by Mothership Media LLC
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January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
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nicole is the second person murdered by ICE this year. keith porter was shot by an ICE agent on new year’s eve, ICE is claiming self defense in this case, too. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Man killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge identified by community; vigil Sunday
Activists and social media identify Keith 'Pooter' Porter as the man shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent in Northridge on New Year’s Eve. Black Lives Matter L.A. has scheduled a Sunday vigil to h...
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
nicole is the second person murdered by ICE this year. keith porter was shot by an ICE agent on new year’s eve, ICE is claiming self defense in this case, too. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Customs and Border Patrol (functioning as ICE) shot TWO people in East Portland within the last 2 hours or so:
katu.com/news/local/i...
katu.com/news/local/i...
US Border agents shoot two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI, Portland police and city officials.Portland p
katu.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Customs and Border Patrol (functioning as ICE) shot TWO people in East Portland within the last 2 hours or so:
katu.com/news/local/i...
katu.com/news/local/i...
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Don't forget to keep an eye out for blue grifter accounts, doubly so now. They follow extreme numbers of ppl, have all sorts of garbage and hashtags in bio, and post nothing but political stuff trying to get you to doom scroll but also to spin you into giving them money. They also tend to not source
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Don't forget to keep an eye out for blue grifter accounts, doubly so now. They follow extreme numbers of ppl, have all sorts of garbage and hashtags in bio, and post nothing but political stuff trying to get you to doom scroll but also to spin you into giving them money. They also tend to not source
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(we have been saying stop bringing your phones to protests since 2014)
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
(we have been saying stop bringing your phones to protests since 2014)
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Hey gang, it's 2026 and I'm in need of work so this is your friendly reminder that if you are cooking up a comic of any sort to self-publish, crowdfund, or put out through Image (or the like) then you should consider hiring me to be your editor.
Publishers, hit me up if you wanna talk too!
Publishers, hit me up if you wanna talk too!
January 8, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Hey gang, it's 2026 and I'm in need of work so this is your friendly reminder that if you are cooking up a comic of any sort to self-publish, crowdfund, or put out through Image (or the like) then you should consider hiring me to be your editor.
Publishers, hit me up if you wanna talk too!
Publishers, hit me up if you wanna talk too!
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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And they’ll say they can’t be held accountable because when they pulled the trigger they were afraid for their lives. Their lives which they spent serving an ideology of fear, a machine of fear, a holistic regime of fear. A culture-spanning engine of the ugliest and most dishonest fears there are.
Any one of us could be shot or kidnapped because an ICE agent doesn’t like the look of us. Are you prepared to be murdered in cold blood while “news” sources repeat the claim you were “weaponizing your vehicle” trying to leave your driveway? They want you to accept that. They want to make it normal
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
And they’ll say they can’t be held accountable because when they pulled the trigger they were afraid for their lives. Their lives which they spent serving an ideology of fear, a machine of fear, a holistic regime of fear. A culture-spanning engine of the ugliest and most dishonest fears there are.
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If you don’t know, the government just sent thousands more ice agents to my home state and look what has come of it. All while the president turns our citizens and people who may not look like him into boogeymen, inciting his followers to harass them OR WORSE
DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If you don’t know, the government just sent thousands more ice agents to my home state and look what has come of it. All while the president turns our citizens and people who may not look like him into boogeymen, inciting his followers to harass them OR WORSE
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How much knowledge loss will we experience with the shuttering of every project discord... 🤷🏽♀️
Discord has confidentially filed for an initial public offering to go public.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rep...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rep...
January 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
How much knowledge loss will we experience with the shuttering of every project discord... 🤷🏽♀️
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doing a little horror game jam with some talented folk
if you're an artist that would be interested in teaming up to contribute 2D art (pixel or more illustrated), feel free to hit me up. experimental styles welcome!
examples of some of my previous games below
#art #artist #artists #pixelart
if you're an artist that would be interested in teaming up to contribute 2D art (pixel or more illustrated), feel free to hit me up. experimental styles welcome!
examples of some of my previous games below
#art #artist #artists #pixelart
January 7, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Halt & Catch Fire is way up there for me and I want more friends to see it.
The Americans.
Black Sails.
(I'm on the final season of Better Call Saul, so maybe that one too?)
The Americans.
Black Sails.
(I'm on the final season of Better Call Saul, so maybe that one too?)
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Halt & Catch Fire is way up there for me and I want more friends to see it.
The Americans.
Black Sails.
(I'm on the final season of Better Call Saul, so maybe that one too?)
The Americans.
Black Sails.
(I'm on the final season of Better Call Saul, so maybe that one too?)
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This doctor should not be using fucking ChatGPT AT ALL, EVER. Shame on this doctor and the Mayo Clinic itself.
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
This doctor should not be using fucking ChatGPT AT ALL, EVER. Shame on this doctor and the Mayo Clinic itself.
"Favorite" is pushing it, but I was extremely dismayed to learn who wrote the insults for The Secret of Monkey Island's classic insult swordfighting. Especially as that is one of my most beloved games, and that aspect of the game in particular.
What's your favourite thing that's been made by an absolute cunt?
January 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"Favorite" is pushing it, but I was extremely dismayed to learn who wrote the insults for The Secret of Monkey Island's classic insult swordfighting. Especially as that is one of my most beloved games, and that aspect of the game in particular.
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Every day they prove this 30 year old joke more and more correct.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Every day they prove this 30 year old joke more and more correct.
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The advice below is the best I can give but the truth is it's impossible to foresee every potential problem.
For instance, if I did another GN (I won't), I'd demand a clause that the contract is void if for any reason my editor is changed mid-project.
But that only helps with future projects...
For instance, if I did another GN (I won't), I'd demand a clause that the contract is void if for any reason my editor is changed mid-project.
But that only helps with future projects...
Something I never talk about as an author, a graphic novelist:
I just left my fourth agent. I'm currently, technically unagented.
Something else I never talk about:
Not every agent is the right agent. Sometimes your agent isn't protecting you. Rep or no, YOU always have to be your best advocate.
I just left my fourth agent. I'm currently, technically unagented.
Something else I never talk about:
Not every agent is the right agent. Sometimes your agent isn't protecting you. Rep or no, YOU always have to be your best advocate.
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
The advice below is the best I can give but the truth is it's impossible to foresee every potential problem.
For instance, if I did another GN (I won't), I'd demand a clause that the contract is void if for any reason my editor is changed mid-project.
But that only helps with future projects...
For instance, if I did another GN (I won't), I'd demand a clause that the contract is void if for any reason my editor is changed mid-project.
But that only helps with future projects...
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Lot of people yelling recently "but we don't have the votes!" True! That doesn't mean "immediately quit." (Also not what propter is saying here, to be clear.) It means create a spectacle, make things cause celebres, make the Republican position untenable.
Create bargaining position and force votes.
Create bargaining position and force votes.
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Lot of people yelling recently "but we don't have the votes!" True! That doesn't mean "immediately quit." (Also not what propter is saying here, to be clear.) It means create a spectacle, make things cause celebres, make the Republican position untenable.
Create bargaining position and force votes.
Create bargaining position and force votes.
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Not dunking on propter here, because it's true that legislatively the Senate is locked out without creating a movement behind an issue. But part of being a good politician is creating that movement. Zohran reframed "affordability" until even Trump had to admit shit costs too much. Good leaders lead.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Not dunking on propter here, because it's true that legislatively the Senate is locked out without creating a movement behind an issue. But part of being a good politician is creating that movement. Zohran reframed "affordability" until even Trump had to admit shit costs too much. Good leaders lead.
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IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
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The worst world events filtered through the worst AI imaginable by the worst people on earth overseen by the worst man on earth
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
Grok's AI CSAM Shitshow
We are experiencing world events like the kidnapping of Maduro through the lens of the most depraved AI you can imagine.
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The worst world events filtered through the worst AI imaginable by the worst people on earth overseen by the worst man on earth
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
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Every mob that has ever run a trans woman off of socials has had a "valid reason" why they deserved it. But it's still systemic and endemic.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Every mob that has ever run a trans woman off of socials has had a "valid reason" why they deserved it. But it's still systemic and endemic.
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Most Deranged PR Email of the Year already has a frontrunner and it's only Jan 5.
January 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Most Deranged PR Email of the Year already has a frontrunner and it's only Jan 5.
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Nessa is super talented and thoughtful. Any team would be lucky to have her.
hi everybody! I'm urgently looking for full-time game writing/narrative design work.
I'm a 6-year industry pro working with both AAA and indie studios on titles like Borderlands 4, Endoparasitic, and [REDACTED]. I also edit and consult!
Updated portfolio is live on my new site:
www.nessacannon.com
I'm a 6-year industry pro working with both AAA and indie studios on titles like Borderlands 4, Endoparasitic, and [REDACTED]. I also edit and consult!
Updated portfolio is live on my new site:
www.nessacannon.com
NESSA CANNON
Experienced game writer and narrative designer available for commissions, assignments, and contract work.
www.nessacannon.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Nessa is super talented and thoughtful. Any team would be lucky to have her.