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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 37m

So they fixed the discover feed and broke images again huh

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 1h

Oh man this is such an unfortunate brand name

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 10h

First trailer for "MUYI", directed by Julien Chheng at La Cachette & Duetto studios (Kairos, Primal, Star Wars Visions...). Coming in French theaters on February 3, 2027.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 12h

Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.

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Sassafras @sasuga.bsky.social · 10h

I thought I wasn’t going to do a romance in this game because I’m not into any of the haunted 20-somethings in the game, but then I met Blorph and I think we can make it work

Blorph, a humanoid slime monster talking about how he got scared by a rat and screamed so loud he almost woke up Cthulhu

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 10h

bad: i have a song stuck in my head worse: it is one of the youtube royalty free songs

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gomypretties @gomypretties.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I implemented dynamic subdivision so that the texture warping isn't too extreme. I didn't want to subdivide it too much though, so you can still see some warping. #gamedev #lowpoly #psx

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 11h

Folks is it a good thing when the head of trust and safety assumes you can automate blocks on the platform you're purportedly running trust and safety for This is forum drama levels of passive aggressive moderator behavior

Aaron Rodericks posted on Bluesky: "Automated block actions on my account, so that I can stay Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.

TBH it was well overdue."

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blob @gwmthing.bsky.social · 23h

playing big walk solo

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Queen's Domain⚔️ - DEMO OUT NOW @queensdomain.bsky.social · 12h

Queen’s Domain is launching OCT 30TH!! ⚔️ Excited to announce our retro-fantasy action RPG with brutal combat and traversal-focused exploration will be available soon for PC and Consoles. Coming to Steam, Switch 2, Xbox Series and PS5!

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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nighthawks has been out for a week! I’m happy people are enjoying it. Here’s a fun behind the scenes look, because sometimes the easiest way to get a good reference is to dress up and pose yourself…

Me dressed and posing as Gideon from Nighthawks.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026

I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...

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Dressmaker on Steam

Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 22h

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
X.com
I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just wanna remind everyone that this is the same team that made the excellent UMURANGI GENERATION

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TieTuesday @tietuesday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

screaming "trans rights free Palestine fuck all recruiters tricking the young gambling is a blight and i think we will look back at it the same way we do cigarettes now" at the start of every stream to give everyone an ad-free experience

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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popagenda @popagenda.co · 29/09/2026

TOEM 2 is out on Steam, PS5, & Switch 1/2 Screen Rant - 9/10 GamesRadar+ - 4.5/5 The Mirror - 5/5 "There are TOEMS everywhere for those with the eyes to see them"- Reb Valentine, Kotaku We are immensely proud to co-publish this sequel to TOEM. We hope this adventure brings a smile to your face! 🙂

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 29/09/2026

given how long the internet has been around and the amount of content generated for it i'm beginning to worry there simply isn't a string of random characters that if typed into a web browser's url field will turn the user into freakazoid

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 29/09/2026

Kicked off spooky season by watching V/H/S Halloween. This might be the worst V/H/S of the Shudder era, and maybe almost V/-H/S Viral bad. It’s not a great sign when the framing device is the best story. Or that at least two of the shorts feature painfully obvious AI art.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

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mors @mors.games · 28/09/2026

made a new game form lines of same colored blobs to make them pop. use physics to your advantage! made for the #fallingblockjam mors-games.itch.io/sploob

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DreadXP @dreadxp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Deep in the forest, the truth of HEARTWORM lies in wait – releasing October 1st on consoles!

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 28/09/2026

everyone makes fun of how big the numbers have gotten in the "now that's what i call music" series but i think we miss how fundamentally absurd it is to collect ~12-15 of the biggest chart toppers of the moment and refer to it as "Finally! Someone has done the work to curate REAL music! 36"

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m going to create a mod for Slow Roads where throughout your endless drive you have to respond to phone calls about both your ambitious construction project and your collapsing domestic life

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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart

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Y/CJ/Y @ycjygames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our road trip RPG, Keep Driving, is out now on Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series!! 💥 Unique turn-based ‘combat’ system 🔧 Immersive resource management 🌍 Early 2000s setting 🚗 Brilliant local indie soundtrack AND we released official PC mod support, out now via Steam Workshop! 🎶

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Cyriak @cyriak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Been messing around with Doom Builder

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Last June, Andy Burnham was on a platform with Del Naja in support of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, praising his ‘clarity and leadership’. Today, he’s having Rob arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a piece of paper" Meet the new boss etc.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 27/09/2026

Dipshit writing for a fascist rag that pushed for this moment at every step of the way cannot fathom how we got here

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 27/09/2026

When did we as a society decide “beer” was a flavor

Miller light branded Pringles in “beer cheese burger” and “beer-braised steak” flavors

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 27/09/2026

It's very funny to me that Disney has no idea what to do with this franchise. Fans of "classic" Star Wars stuff are an ever-dwindling audience base, and every new thing they have tried has been met with massive resistance by those same fans. They paid $4 billion for a lose/lose.

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Verbante @verbante.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨🚨🚨 MURDER TETRIS 🚨🚨🚨 my entry for #fallingblockjam is complete! if you are excited like our detective you can play it here: verbante.itch.io/murder-tetris #pico8 #gamedev

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HARK THE GHOUL - DEMO OUT NOW! @harktheghoul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you hated the Frigid Outskirts or the Consecrated Snowfield... You're going to also hate this new area.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 27/09/2026

Genuinely kind of spicy opinion: I think the trailer for Musk kind of sucks? Dude has blood on his hands in countless ways, is an avowed and extremely public white nationalist, and uses his exorbitant wealth to promote his violent agenda. Why does the trailer open w/ the director’s X beef with him

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Eric Parsons @ericparsons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Working on Mafia III, I spent a TON of time driving around. The feeling never got old

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 26/09/2026

It’s an algorithm that uses complex matrix math to generate probabilistic output one token at a time for a given an input prompt. The idea that it feels pain is comical, and running a story like this is as embarrassing as it is irresponsible.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 26/09/2026

it's always fun to go back and play an older game from a developer and see the seeds of a lot of the design fixations and philosophies that would become more refined and apparent in later works

In Babbdi, an old man named Ivano with glowing red eyes says "Goodbye."

The cityscape of Babbdi, viewed from a distance. it's low-poly greys match the smoggy sky and pops of green planes lay on either side

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Who is paying for this? How is that money filtering down in such a way that CNN / Variety etc keep doing stories on it? That would be a very interesting story!

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Astonishing really how ADHD-denialism so closely matches early trans-denialism (say, a decade ago, before it went mask-off eliminationist), to the point that it includes the exact same personalities, again vomiting their know-nothing opinions all over the place.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 26/09/2026

Can't wait for this one. Backed it on Kickstarter ages ago, and it's shaping up to be a very fun mash-up of elements from Mischief Makers, Tomba and Klonoa.

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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 - ℑ𝔰𝔢𝔨𝔞𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔐𝔢, ℭ𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫! @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So this game called "Dverghold" came across my Steam homepage. Interesting retro vibes, apparently collabing with a dungeon synth artist for the OST. The art was kinda tickling my AI-dar though, so I scrolled down to look for any disclaimers.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 26/09/2026

i don't know why but this image compelled me

The image from the quoted tweet, with red, green, and blue gradients cross-crossed with lines and arcs. I have added "And now" in hot pink neon, and "Feature Presentation" in boring all-caps white impact in the center.

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