James Mendez Hodes
Cultural consultant (D&D, Magic, Jackbox, Daggerheart, Eat the Reich) and game designer (Streets of Jade, Avatar Legends, Scion). I like religious studies, martial arts, hip hop, and orcs. He/him. jamesmendezhodes.com
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- if software were animals, bank software would be horses which does raise the question of what umamusume would be in this comparison
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm via hearts530
- Reposted by James Mendez Hodesi know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesBREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability. But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down. They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesIt’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
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- most of the reasons why i love Last Samurai Standing on Netflix are spoilers but the one i can talk about is the fight choreography. usually when i watch fast flashy choreo i'm waiting to spoil the fun and complain about realism. but 95% of the fighting is as realistic as it is showy/impressive
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesI FINALLY FOUND IT. Been looking for this stupid video for fucking EVER but GOOGLE SUCKS SO MUCH SHIT NOW
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- shotbread
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesBong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
- obrigado, sem não sou presidente do brasil. “lula” e o meu apelido da capoeira
- @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social @planetx.bsky.social urseminites are real?!
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesThis might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.
- *pounds whiskey, eyes bloodshot* we used to fuck things in this country
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- the only thing that makes me yearn for the priesthood as a life path is the idea that anything and everything i could do would suddenly become really funny
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- Reposted by James Mendez HodesEric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”
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- Reposted by James Mendez HodesJapan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesWe are also working on the lore for Tian Deng, a ttrpg about chinese diaspora in space very much informed by our culture as malaysian chinese, with the brilliant @bananachangames.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social to be published by @evilhat.bsky.social
- Reposted by James Mendez Hodesi see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
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- I was the cultural consultant on this edition of Designers & Dragons: Origins. Reading them illuminated so many details relevant to my job about why games are the way they are. I'm gonna be talking about the Atruaghin Clans, Drums on Fire Mountain, and the Orcs of Thar the rest of my life…
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- explain your username: all capoeiristas formally receive an insulting nickname based on their idiosyncrasies. my wrestling background led to several awkward in-game grappling situations, so mine is "lula" ("squid"). b/c that username's often taken online i further specified it to my favorite squid.
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- Reposted by James Mendez HodesI was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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- Reposted by James Mendez HodesThey just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
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- Featherlight (Meg Merchant) originated as a minor NPC in my long-running teen superhero TTRPG campaign, but grew into a major character in the storyline and in my heart. She's the living incarnation of the celestial Raptor Missile. @rabbitbucket.bsky.social brought her to life!
- Reposted by James Mendez HodesUpdate: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
- at the gym yesterday i saw the crossfit class before me had a “9/11 commemorative workout” involving 9 sets of one thing and 11 sets of another thing and I couldn’t tell whether that meant they respected or disrespected 9/11
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- black thought, asha puthli, dave jolicoeur, and anoushka fucking shankar this is gonna be the best gorillaz album of all time
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- today my mom asked me if i’m worried AI might replace my cultural consulting business. i replied that no, for the time being AI is unfortunately providing me with more work, because it’s wrong about everything and also racist
- me watching the number of ppl entering the #StreetsOfJadeRPG discord
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- i also consulted on daggerheart, specifically on the card art. i regret to inform you that i flagged your thicc ass goblins as likely to give young goblins unrealistic body image expectations. i delivered this feedback to the tune of "hellfire" from the hunchback of notre dame
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- i don’t even go here but i think this same patriarchal campaign to police women’s practical discussions of their bodies & clothes also punishes masc ppl for discussing or even thinking about masculine physicality. we wear clothes that don’t fit or flatter us, don’t recognize our own body diversity …
- Slightly diminish a band: Private Enemy Shrine Roan Wu-Tang Man
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- My Worldcon panel schedule! Getting Into the Game: Writing for Interactive Media Wed 3pm, R420-422 Crossovers: RPG Game Writing and Fantasy Wed 6pm, R347-348 Licensed TTRPGs as Fanfic Fri 7:30, R347-348 Is It Appropriation? Writing the Other Sat 3pm, R343-344 Cultural Inspiration Sun 4:30, R334
- as we approach the inception of the #StreetsOfJade playtest, let me give a special shout out to the woman on the A train a few weeks ago who sat down next to me and started reading Jade City literally as i was writing an email to @fondalee.bsky.social
- If you see this, post a bad woman you love
- Reposted by James Mendez Hodescivilization vi leader two turns before you destroy his lone attacking trebuchet unit with a missile cruiser
- Green Bone Saga fans: If you're at Gen Con, I'm running Streets of Jade tomorrow from 12pm to 4pm at Games on Demand, in Grand Ballroom 3 on the second floor of the Westin Indianapolis. Come any time between 10am and 12pm to get a boarding pass, then bring it back at noon to request Streets of Jade!
- Masks: Clash Comics • "I Am the Antichrist to You" Kishi Bashi • "Monsters You Made" Burna Boy ft. Chris Martin • "La vie est belle" MC Solaar Item Girl (CS Pūja) • "Remember to Breathe" Sturgill Simpson • "Shook" Raja Kumari • "Because the Night" Garbage and Screaming Females cover
