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Chris Franklin

@errant-signal.com
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Failed Media Critic, Washed Up YouTuber, Formally Trained Self-Loather | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 9m
I do love a good video game looking video game.
A screenshot of How to Kill a Fly where the player's view is corrupted with ERROR messages, cracks, and bits of the screen glitched out like an LCD TV hit by a Wii remote. In the background is a garishly lit building with the words "SLOP House" written on it.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 1h
Look all I'm saying is Steam's recommendation algorithm could still use some refinement.
Steam recommending me the Beatdown City Survivors Demo because I played *checks notes* Beatdown City Survivors
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Brian of Ysbryd @briankwek.bsky.social · 6h
It's a low probability that you, the person reading this, are one of the 23 people on Bsky who played LOVE ETERNAL. If you watch this trailer and haven't played it, don't read the thread; please just go play the game now. You'll hardly find a work so profound for $8 and 3 to 5 hours of your weekend.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 6h
I also feel for those at MinnMax and other longtime peers who have to pick up the pieces in the wake of this dropping. Games crit is a tiny pseudo-community, and Geller was a fairly towering figure in it. There's a lot of shocked, hurt people on my timeline today. I'm right there with them.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 6h
My heart goes out to the victim, whose voice is achingly absent from not only the conversation itself but also when, how, and whether the conversation should have happened publicly in the first place. On top of being terrible news, it broke in a callous, irresponsible, and even harmful way.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 6h
I've avoided saying anything on the Geller news mostly because I'm aghast and don't know what *to* say. Saying nothing helps no one and reinforces a culture of predation, but putting out a statement feels like it can easily be performatively trite or self-serving promotion.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 22h
In no circumstances ever should the state be murdering people. Judicial or extrajudicial. Period.
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Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 22h
This is why. The content was restricted to age 18+ because of this (CENSORED) reference to people having sex. in a video that is like 50% footage of mass shootouts. which is exactly a point made in the video, in the segment that was restricted.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 22h
At the moment I’m trying for a hybrid of video and text. The problem is that video as media is incredibly powerful - ridiculously so when trying to describe or discuss gameplay. But it’s also the most time consuming thing to produce and most expensive to self host, so I tend to toss clips on YT.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 22h
I’m increasingly interested in moving away from video content and things like this are a huge reason why. These platforms cannot be trusted, and self hosting remains prohibitively expensive for video.
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Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 22h
THE VIDEO WAS UNLISTED FOR A FULL WEEK BEFORE IT WENT PUBLIC I'M MAKING NO FUCKING MONEY FROM A VIDEO *AGAIN* FOR FUCK SAKE
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 01/10/2026
I mean he's just a deeply unserious person who is incapable of being held to account because of his position. And as a result innocent people get hurt instead. Lot of that goin' around. Kinda the theme of the past decade, unfortunately.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 01/10/2026
So they fixed the discover feed and broke images again huh
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 01/10/2026
Oh man this is such an unfortunate brand name
A shelf full of “Mid’s” marinara sauces
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 30/09/2026
today i learned there are web browsers specifically for people with linkedin brain
diabrowser.com
Dia | A browser you won't dread opening
Dia is the browser for your best work. Get answers without having to ask, produce beautiful ready-to-share outputs, and stay focused in the best browser for your work day.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
Like it wouldn't bug me if all he talked about on that account was sports teams and video games and posting memes, but he very much makes his job His Whole Ass Personality. It's his fucking banner.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 30/09/2026
Or separate the accounts! Like, by all means, have a private account for whatever, but then have an official Trust and Safety for *all* work related comms. The fact that he makes statements about the implementation details or philosophy of T&S on his private account, then blocks people...
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 30/09/2026
I can't get over how incompetent and amateur hour they are. All of them. The whole organization. At once so terminally online they feel compelled to engage in The Discourse with their official accounts, but also so disconnected from their platform's culture they loathe everything about it.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
playing big walk solo
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Queen's Domain⚔️ - DEMO OUT NOW @queensdomain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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/...
store.steampowered.com
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 · 30/09/2026
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
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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
UMURANGI GENERATIONPLAY IT
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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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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 29/09/2026
It is what people complain that Bungie games are: a game built for people who can afford to live and breathe a game as a part time job.
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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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s @paellagenius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another long process thread about making this animated launch trailer for LOVE ETERNAL.. vimeo.com/user72249609...
vimeo.com
LOVE ETERNAL Launch Trailer
You are eating dinner with your family in the suburbs when the landline phone rings. You leave the room to answer it. When you return, your family is missing and you are trapped in the ruins of a mass...
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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
it's quiet *too* quiet
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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
Yeah! The framing device was some great physical comedy and an awesome deadpan performance from the lead
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 29/09/2026
The KidPrint one is just... it's A Lot? Like there's the fact that it's about a kid killer, then the fact that it's about a kid killer who WINS in the end And *then* there's the racial politics of the whole thing, which I know is the point but like, jeez
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 29/09/2026
Kelly's entry drove me nuts with the AI art (twice!) even though I do kind of love the "haunted house made real" gag (and casting Rick Baker as the guy who complains everything looks fake is of course fantastic). The Baby thing was... yeah, fine.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 29/09/2026
Okay that’s a fair point. I always forget how much I actively loathe that movie. This was just kinda disappointing, especially given the caliber of the series in recent years.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 29/09/2026
I still love that the V/H/S series makes sure to include a non-English short every year, though. The one from Spain here was pretty enjoyable.
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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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