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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 19/09/2026

Oldman plays Smiley, wearily solving the actual problem while Bond fucks around with planes and guns.

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Thew @amazingthew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

god i love videogames. have you heard about "places"? they are called locations

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/09/2026

Continuing to quietly beat the drum of "Designing without testing is like painting with your eyes shut."

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/09/2026

We did the first playtest of the next game recently, and it's already led to an idea that adds depth while fixing a dozen problems. youtu.be/Sw8kMC2NFek .

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Dev log: how our first playtest has already changed the game

YouTube video by Tom Francis

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/09/2026

Ouch haha. I've fought a few strong builds but nothing that insta-strong.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/09/2026

This already looked good years ago, but the glow-up for this version is insane. I wanna play it on a cinema screen.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/09/2026

Update: Grail is extremely good. Played a few runs with every character now and I cannot get enough. Every run leaves you fizzing with ideas for other builds you could make with the things you passed up.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 07/09/2026

If anyone else had a similarly love hate relationship with The Bazaar - or is curious about "fight other players builds" games - I like Sokpop's new game Grail! store.steampowered.com/app/3597200/... Seems like a much kinder take on it so far.

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In this deckbuilder your deck plays automatically. Upgrade, enchant and stickerize your cards to create clever cascading effects that defeat monsters and other players. Can you reach the Grail?

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 13/08/2026

Absolutely unhinged merch idea, incredible.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/08/2026

Proposal for the complimentary form of friendslop: Friendbisque

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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 05/08/2026

This might look like an unreasonable amount of chilli seeds to put on a parmesan crisp, but personally I appreciate a rate limiter on how fast I would otherwise eat what is ultimately a box of fried cheese.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 03/08/2026

My cats look like they enjoy sleep more than I've ever enjoyed anything.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 02/08/2026

Haha, yeah the one time Jess was keen on an unfamiliar food it was Beth's special medical stuff.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 01/08/2026

Yaaaay! 🧡 Eating wet food is a great sign too, that must be so comforting to see.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 31/07/2026

"We call these boomer shooters." "Right, cos of all the booming." 'Oh, no that's not why." "Then why?" (Deep breath) "So in the aftermath of the second world war..."

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 28/07/2026

If Michaelangelo had my cats, at least one chapel would have had a radically different paint job.

Jess and Beth, asleep. Jess's paw is extended and Beth is clutching it.

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 24/07/2026

Fae and Wizards signed a landmark partnership for the Outlandish Fantasy Tactics bundle 🧚 🤝 🧙 🎭 Titanium Court: A one-of-a-kind surrealist match-three adventure 🚔 Tactical Breach Wizards: Turn-based tactics with Kevlar-wearing wizards Grab both games at 10% off today on Steam! 🔮 bit.ly/OFTBundle

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 23/07/2026

The more actionable takeaway is how to make them do the charging-up-a-pounce butt wiggle, aka the best thing any creature does. The formula is: - they're tracking something - they lose sight of it - they know where it will next emerge

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 23/07/2026

The main thing I've learned from playing with my cats is they would have fucking loved the convoy ambushes in Far Cry 2.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 05/07/2026

It's so maddening. But then my other frustration is people I largely agree with spending all their energy attacking each other instead of the baddies, so I sort of snookered myself into not complaining about it.

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lit_patches @litpatches.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald v1.49: Mini Turrets now have 35% melee resist

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 29/06/2026

The humble bar graph taking a bold step into 3D here, while never losing sight of its passion: clearly showing which numbers are bigger.

A 3D bar graph where the smaller bars are closer to us, making them taller than the larger ones.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 28/06/2026

I had never imagined Merchant Ivory films was just named after two guys called Merchant and Ivory. It was olden times! I think I just assumed they were killing a few endangered animals between takes as a side gig.

Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 24/06/2026

Git still hiring poets to write error messages.

A git error message reading "fatal: you are on a branch yet to be born"

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/06/2026

More videogame bosses should look at your cursor like, what the fuck is that. What are you doing with it.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 31/05/2026

The episodes are in a deranged order on Netflix, so I accidentally watched S8 first, and am now going back to S1 with the vague gut feelings of a midrate fortune teller. Guy who does not feature in S8: I just think I'll go further at [team who does not feature in S8] Me: I fear not, Daniel.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 31/05/2026

Sick this week, so I finally started F1 Drive to Survive. It's good but there are a lot of smug young men in it and so far only one of them has been put in the bin.

An F1 driver in a wheelie bin. (It's an ice bath but it undermines my joke to mention this)

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lit_patches @litpatches.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck v0.1: When you try to walk into a brick wall, your way is now referred to as being blocked by some brick, not a brick.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 22/05/2026

My favourite fact in ages, via @lucyjames.games on the Besties: Widow's Bay (which is great btw) was created by the overdressed Babadook from this historic tweet.

Tweet from Katie Dippold where she's dressed as the Babadook but the party has more of a grown ups drinking wine vibe.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 15/05/2026

And we liked it! Wait, no, I'm just remembering we didn't.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 15/05/2026

Guess I'm going to the beach today! Gotta make a good impression on the new neighbours

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 15/05/2026

I don't know anytype but obsidian doesn't seem great for collab. I pay for sync but everyone on my team would have to too, you can only have 1 sync vault, and a sync vault cannot live in a Dropbox folder. So we just use Dropbox - not ideal.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 13/05/2026

Mana orb: do not drink until overcharge pfx finish Health orb: do not drink (candle)

A glowing blue cocktail with a blue flame at Shameful Tiki Room, next to a candle in round red glass.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 13/05/2026

Ooh, the new style looks lovely!

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 28/04/2026

Wayne Grow would have to have been played by Tom Sizemore.

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 17/04/2026

After a length of development that - if I truly, deeply thought about it, I would instantly go insane as if I'd opened some Lovecraftian skin-bound tome - our narrative city-builder Generation Exile has launched out of Early Access into full 1.0 today! store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...

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Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choi...

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 11/04/2026

I'm not great with him but the stuff that costs stars seems really strong, and there are several ways to play cards for "free", which negates both energy and star cost.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 10/04/2026

*butchering a merman* Wow so crazy that seals have human heads.

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 10/04/2026

Damn, no big deal or anything. Congrats!!

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 07/04/2026

Deadloch season 2 was great again - truly Australia's answer to The Thick Of It in the swearing Olympics. As before, the mystery is juicier and better told than you expect from a comedy. And it has a knack for making fun of eccentricities without feeling unkind.

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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 03/04/2026

The 2 minutes and 5 seconds from the moment @memoriamatters.bsky.social spies an oddly tall horse in @manbearcar.bsky.social's Horsey Game are the hardest I've laughed in weeks. www.youtube.com/live/4Wr8J4S... .

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(LIVE) minmaxing horsey game

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 02/04/2026

Honestly, Bluesky has a point this time

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 02/04/2026

I think this April fools was amiably aimed at anyone who's over-attributed our games to me alone, but God it's so deadpan even I start to worry if I was serious at points.

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