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Frank Lantz

@flantz.bsky.social
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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kamohh @kamohh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really hope the working title was Scrabblenauts
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
you win
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CONIMG SOON
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I asked, will report back.
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
flashofsteel.com/index.php/20...
flashofsteel.com
Quote? Misquote? Cite?
The best thing about the internet is that hyperlinking lets you direct readers to your sources. The worst thing about the internet is that nobody bothers pointing out their print sources. This came…
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Welcome aboard!
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Video game!
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 25/08/2026
Frank Lantz gave me the best unified theory of games I've ever heard. catacombian.com/blog/games-aestheti…
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All Speedrun Records @speedrun-new.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥 🎮 Game: Universal Paperclips 🏆 Category: Any% Patch 2 ⏱ Time: 1h 33m 51s 000ms 👤 Player: Christopho 🔗 Link: www.speedrun.com/upc/runs/ydxglqjz
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
franklantz.substack.com/p/go-lives?r...
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Go Lives
The greatest Go player of all time just did something amazing. What can this tell us about life in the era of superhuman AI?
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
youtu.be/5PzY34ItM64?...
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Hüsker Dü - You're a soldier
YouTube video by martin venator
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
youtu.be/b3BJpO59F4g?...
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The Steve Harvey Stare
YouTube video by MeatCanyon
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
No I don’t think so
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Never heard of it
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
youtu.be/wfzSE4Hoxbc?...
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David Deutsch on Physics Without Probability
YouTube video by Simon Benjamin
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I once tried to list all of the benefits of not knowing things, which isn’t identical to being wrong, but seems related
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
the goat
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
P = PP
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The bridge players we watch on youtube (Rob Barrington & Gavin Wolpert) often say “ruff” instead of “trump” which initially confused us but now I like it.
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This is incredible.
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
franklantz.substack.com/p/i-love-the...
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I Love the World Cup
Hot Takes from the Cutting Edge of Sport
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
me playing the Order of the Sinking Star demo
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Happy Goblin America Day to those who celebrate store.steampowered.com/app/1944040/...
store.steampowered.com
Save 15% on goblinAmerica on Steam
A squirmy, bouncy shooter filled with lovely sights and horrible places. Careen across the planet, blast yourself to new heights, and discover the dark tunnels and deep places of a world beneath our o...
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you love fun video games and financial prudence, I've got a great daily deal for you! store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/franklan...
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The 500 Year Video Game
A Thought Experiment
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Well said. spectrecollie.com/2026/03/09/t...
spectrecollie.com
The Only Way To Win
A more opinionated take on the question of why there haven’t been any standout AI games
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Asher Vollmer @ashervo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Beast Breaker is sooo close to 50 reviews 👀💦
Screenshot of Beast Breaker on Steam, currently at 49 Reviews, labeled "Positive"
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
If you have a 5-year old in your life, here's a quick tip: they absolutely love the joke "Which one is Papa Troll?" and can't hear it enough!
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The Secret Lives of Games @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
All Systems Brough - Corrypt We're joined by @halfrobot.com and @flantz.bsky.social to discuss the 5th game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's beguiling oeuvre. secretlives.games/all-systems-...
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The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Corrypt
We're joined by Naomi Clark (NYU Game Center, Consentacle, A Game Design Vocabulary) and Frank Lantz (Q-UP, Universal Paperclips, also NYU Game Center) to discuss Corrypt, a totally normal block-movin...
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
total ripoff, according to my rough calculations, this one cost about $3 a quart
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
One of the fascinating things about this historical moment is watching timeworn philosophical puzzles like free will turn into engineering problems.
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Glip instructions try to make it clear that solving the puzzle is voluntary, but tbh I think the model treats it like a standard request. If you just give a model a raw link to a Glip with no instructions some models will start solving it, others will say “what do you want me to do with this?”
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Most agents can’t do anything except react to a prompt. But you could, for example, write a cron job that prompts the agent every few minutes, and that prompt could be “do whatever you want”, and I assume there are some agents out there with that setup.
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MC Frontalot @mc.frontalot.com · 01/05/2026
New for your May Day: I wrote a song about when IT happens. frontalot.bandcamp.com/track/common... And there's a playable RPG music video for it. frontalot.com/loot
an album cover for the digital single. 
The text MC FRONTALOT is at top, COMMON LOOT at bottom.
Center is a large pixel-art inventory grid loaded with vendor trash.
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Noah 🎶 @getdizzy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
3 times live on the hour at @datafruits.bsky.social, this week its ALL SEEFEEL for the FULL HOUR, one of my fav classic warp records acts. they've got a new album out today so lets listen to some of it, we'll also hear some classics, rarities, remixes + more, join us here datafruits.fm/chat
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Finji @finjico.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The wait is almost over, hackers! 👾 868-BACK is releasing May 28th! Play the free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
franklantz.substack.com/p/glips
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GLIPS
Brain candy for AI.
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Welcome to Q-UP.
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
definitely top 3
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
games with explicit goals make the thing you are trying to kill visible
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It’s harder than you think
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Careful, you’ll start a riot!
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Cosmo D @cosmoddd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
store.steampowered.com/app/2778210/... Coming April 13
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Moves Of The Diamond Hand on Steam
Immerse yourself in a first-person urban RPG, powered by dice and intrigue. Along the way, you might even shape the fate of a city. Become a Master of Disguise, a Master Sandwich Maker or ... somethin...
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I got to play some Zero Parades at GDC. I don’t know where this game sits in the landscape of the Za/Um implosion, which faction it represents and whether I’m supposed to like it or not. But I can report that I liked it. A lot. It’s more of the same in the best way and I’m very excited to play it.
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218vt @218vt.powerupwithpri.de · 15/03/2026
Shen's Descent meme. Shen looks down into a dark hole in the ground with foreboding stairs downward. An old wise man nearby says "You know, if you go in there, there's no coming back." Shen replies dutifully, "I... I have to do it. I have to know what happened to my friends. Shen descends the stairs and a sign next to them shows the logo for the video game Q-UP. The old man says, "The fool..."
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Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
In a move that sent shockwaves through the entire Q-UP ecosystem, top pro Quacksilver was picked up by Bobasort Datacenters in the middle of a high-profile showcase match. What a flip! youtu.be/MK1jgYe9MkM?...
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Q-UP by Quacksilver in 42:26 - Frost Fatales 2026
YouTube video by Games Done Quick
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