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Bryant Francis

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Writer: Zephon, Endless Space 2 ([email protected]) Senior Editor: Game Developer ([email protected]) Otherwise: There’s a better world out there. Still looking for it. Portfolio: www.bryantfrancis.me

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · Oct 17

Hi new followers!!! You might know that I'm senior editor at Game Developer, but did you also know I'm writing for Proxy Studios' 4X strategy game Zephon?

It's out on November 8, and you can wishlist it now to buy on day one!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/148...

ZEPHON - Steam News Hub

Updates, events, and news from the developers of ZEPHON.

store.steampowered.com

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 6h

I saw word earlier that there's another twitter exodus cause of some dumb stuff Elon did and it's been rippling across the site today

Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 7h

This starts soon!

Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 14h

Doing another "Game Dev Stories" tonight on the BGD Discord server!

NON-BGD Event: Game Dev Stories with Bryant Francis, featuring Chris Hart, Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Bryant Francis sits down with Chris Hart to get her game dev story! Come join the Boston Game Dev [Discord](https://discord.gg/nbeyumZG), where the event will be live!

www.meetup.com

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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 11h

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games without having to move to scandinavia or eastern europe.

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 10h

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games without having to move

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Tomas Franzese @tomasfranzese.bsky.social · 10h

Also hilarious to say "audiences can smell puff pieces from a mile away," and then be like, "so our pitch is that we can write you puff pieces!"

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 10h

Was looking through my photos for something and forgot I drew this at the GDC team offsite in August

Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 10h

god this is so funny dude doesn't get that if you restrict access these outlets will just write interesting pieces *without getting access*

I love having access it makes my job easier but if you won't answer my emails I'll just write stuff our readers find interesting anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 10h

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 11h

Once did phone banking and the organizers gave the best advice ever which was "do not argue with people, arguing does not change minds. Just read the dang script."

Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 12h

Whatever I *feel* about people being on Twitter, litigating it through posts is a symptom of Poster's Madness and it's better to let that shit out in therapy.

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 14h

Doing another "Game Dev Stories" tonight on the BGD Discord server!

NON-BGD Event: Game Dev Stories with Bryant Francis, featuring Chris Hart, Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Bryant Francis sits down with Chris Hart to get her game dev story! Come join the Boston Game Dev [Discord](https://discord.gg/nbeyumZG), where the event will be live!

www.meetup.com

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 15h

Broken Sword dev says remaster couldn’t have happened without AI upscaling…then it turns out the AI upscaling was “an expensive mistake.”

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 15h

Broken Sword's AI upscaling wasn't 'enormously satisfactory'

Broken Sword co-creator Charles Cecil admits AI upscaling was an 'expensive mistake.'

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Carli Velocci👽 @carlivelocci.com · 1d

Is this the audition to get into the Christmas Adventurers Club

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 1d

Come to think of it I know a couple guys.

bj blazkowicz from Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 1d

I know a guy.

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 1d

buncha "hail santa" motherfuckers

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 1d

Getting a troubling amount of use out of this screen shot.

Peacemaker holding a nazi American flag screenshot from season 2

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 1d

@bencollins.bsky.social 👀👀👀

Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

The US Supreme Court denied conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ request to review and overturn a nearly $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him stemming from his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.

Alex Jones’ $1 Billion Defamation Case Rejected by Supreme Court

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 1d

a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him

ALT: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 1d

wait so does this game actually have like a proper story-story? not just a shell for a catch-em-all/badge-em-all?

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 2d

CONCEPTIONALIZATION [Easy: Success] A pair of beautiful breasts. Behold the birth of a modern Venus.

COMPOSURE [Challenging: Failure] Be cool, Harry! Wear them with confidence! Eyes up! Do not touch!

ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Trivial: Success] Yeah baby! Big naturals! UNGA BUNGA HONK HONK HONK HONK

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 4d

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 2d

Noodled on how Silent Hill f doesn't have its own Pyramid Head...but went on to sell a million-plus copies anyway?

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 2d

Silent Hill f lacks 'iconic' characters…and that's fine?

Monster mash.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 2d

If you need a slide showing "here's why these AI deals don't show demand for AI is that high," this Morgan Stanley Research slide is pretty good at showing how dang circular it all is.

They look like they're just passing the same dollar around lmao

Source: finance.yahoo.com/news/very-tr...

A chart showing the circular deals between AMD, OpenAI, Oracle, Microsoft, Coreweave, NVIDIA, and "Data Center Lease."

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 3d

Ey happy borth