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About JimiDean.Games()

Hello! My name isn't actually Jimi Dean, it's James, but over the last 10 years I've used JimiDean as the name I use when playing games and I thought it was fitting use it when creating them also. Here is a brief history on me and why reading this blog could be helpful.

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