Bryant Francis
@bryantfrancis.me
Writer: Down With The Ship, Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com)
Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com)
📝: www.bryantfrancis.me
🎥: https://boxd.it/hp9UB
Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com)
📝: www.bryantfrancis.me
🎥: https://boxd.it/hp9UB
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Bryant Francis
@bryantfrancis.me
· Oct 17
ZEPHON - Steam News Hub
Updates, events, and news from the developers of ZEPHON.
store.steampowered.com
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...
It's out on November 8, and you can wishlist it now to buy on day one!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/148...
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kate moss demon hunter
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
kate moss demon hunter
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I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to jobs@avclub.com
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
Alt: homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to jobs@avclub.com
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
'Overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.
bleh
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
'Overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
bleh
this cat wants my lap so badly
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
this cat wants my lap so badly
We're back on the 18th!
Game Dev Stories is back next Wednesday, February 18th @ 7pm! @bryantfrancis.me is sitting down (remotely) with @mrt3d.bsky.social to talk about his career!
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
Game Dev Stories with Bryant Francis, featuring Elliott Mitchell, Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup
Bryant Francis sits down with Elliott Mitchell to get their game dev story!
Come join the Boston Game Dev [Discord](https://discord.gg/pTq5qs6a6k), where the event will be
www.meetup.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
We're back on the 18th!
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Game Dev Stories is back next Wednesday, February 18th @ 7pm! @bryantfrancis.me is sitting down (remotely) with @mrt3d.bsky.social to talk about his career!
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
Game Dev Stories with Bryant Francis, featuring Elliott Mitchell, Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup
Bryant Francis sits down with Elliott Mitchell to get their game dev story!
Come join the Boston Game Dev [Discord](https://discord.gg/pTq5qs6a6k), where the event will be
www.meetup.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Game Dev Stories is back next Wednesday, February 18th @ 7pm! @bryantfrancis.me is sitting down (remotely) with @mrt3d.bsky.social to talk about his career!
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
I feel conflicted because we definitely need better protections online for minors *but* instead it's just surveillance nonsense.
Best pitch I've heard for improved online safety would involve loosening laws on hacking/modifying commercial software.
Best pitch I've heard for improved online safety would involve loosening laws on hacking/modifying commercial software.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I feel conflicted because we definitely need better protections online for minors *but* instead it's just surveillance nonsense.
Best pitch I've heard for improved online safety would involve loosening laws on hacking/modifying commercial software.
Best pitch I've heard for improved online safety would involve loosening laws on hacking/modifying commercial software.
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Please make sure you check with your local immigrant watchdog org before using whistles in your area. Using them can get in the way of their work getting info on the person being detained, and they might not recommend it
"I print whistles because reality still matters; whistles get neighbors to come running, make sure enough people are recording, so when the regime pretends there’s only one camera angle of Renee Good’s death, we know the truth."
Read more from @seanhollister.bsky.social: buff.ly/mZoMDUH
Read more from @seanhollister.bsky.social: buff.ly/mZoMDUH
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Please make sure you check with your local immigrant watchdog org before using whistles in your area. Using them can get in the way of their work getting info on the person being detained, and they might not recommend it
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
I am pulling my hair out about how we are being told to rely on technology that will change our lives that it seems nobody can be honest about.
This piece is deeply depressing and also extremely dumb?
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
February 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I am pulling my hair out about how we are being told to rely on technology that will change our lives that it seems nobody can be honest about.
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This piece is deeply depressing and also extremely dumb?
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This piece is deeply depressing and also extremely dumb?
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
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Do I know any composers/audio folk going to GDC who are open to helping a first-time GDC goer in their discipline find all the cool stuff? Asking for a friend!
February 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Do I know any composers/audio folk going to GDC who are open to helping a first-time GDC goer in their discipline find all the cool stuff? Asking for a friend!
Iden having to do all the work while her colleagues have a uh..workplace dispute.
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Iden having to do all the work while her colleagues have a uh..workplace dispute.
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*taps mic* dating apps are just gatchas.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your time.
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
*taps mic* dating apps are just gatchas.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your time.
Hell yes she can absolutely do it!!
Breaking News: Nithya Raman, a rising star among West Coast progressives and a Los Angeles City Council member, said she will run for mayor. Her announcement presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass.
Rising Progressive Star Shakes Up Race for Los Angeles Mayor
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Hell yes she can absolutely do it!!
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Do you think this is the first time Bartolome de las Casas has been labeled part of the "woke mob"?
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Do you think this is the first time Bartolome de las Casas has been labeled part of the "woke mob"?
Great piece but I’m still stunned that anyone with experience in film production can label this project a success. It’s dry, boring, repetitive, unengaging, and unsettling.
If it was cheaper to produce than getting a film crew in that’s only because they cut the people who could make it good!!!
If it was cheaper to produce than getting a film crew in that’s only because they cut the people who could make it good!!!
I talked to someone involved with the production of that AI-generated Revolutionary War docuseries for Ars. Learned a lot about the process, including how it still takes "weeks" of prompts and re-prompts to generate minutes of usable video.
arstechnica.com/features/202...
arstechnica.com/features/202...
Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea
Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video.
arstechnica.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Great piece but I’m still stunned that anyone with experience in film production can label this project a success. It’s dry, boring, repetitive, unengaging, and unsettling.
If it was cheaper to produce than getting a film crew in that’s only because they cut the people who could make it good!!!
If it was cheaper to produce than getting a film crew in that’s only because they cut the people who could make it good!!!
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I talked to someone involved with the production of that AI-generated Revolutionary War docuseries for Ars. Learned a lot about the process, including how it still takes "weeks" of prompts and re-prompts to generate minutes of usable video.
arstechnica.com/features/202...
arstechnica.com/features/202...
Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea
Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video.
arstechnica.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I talked to someone involved with the production of that AI-generated Revolutionary War docuseries for Ars. Learned a lot about the process, including how it still takes "weeks" of prompts and re-prompts to generate minutes of usable video.
arstechnica.com/features/202...
arstechnica.com/features/202...
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Hello! I'm looking to speak to anyone who works, or has worked in a diversity position at a major studio or publisher (or whatever it's been called at that company, inclusive growth, DEI, whatever!). Conversations can be 100% anon, of course, via DM here or email lukeATaftermathDOTsite. Thanks!
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Hello! I'm looking to speak to anyone who works, or has worked in a diversity position at a major studio or publisher (or whatever it's been called at that company, inclusive growth, DEI, whatever!). Conversations can be 100% anon, of course, via DM here or email lukeATaftermathDOTsite. Thanks!
NEW: ProbablyMonsters—which we reported on last year for alleged mismanagement and waves of unannounced layoffs—is still seemingly laying off employees.
Some worked on Ire: A Prologue, which CEO Harold Ryan said last year was meant to drive interest in a new franchise.
Some worked on Ire: A Prologue, which CEO Harold Ryan said last year was meant to drive interest in a new franchise.
Report: ProbablyMonsters lays off devs while unveiling Nazi hunting game
Report: ProbablyMonsters lays off devs while unveiling Nazi hunting game
ProbablyMonsters appears to have laid off several developers shortly before unveiling its third game.
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
NEW: ProbablyMonsters—which we reported on last year for alleged mismanagement and waves of unannounced layoffs—is still seemingly laying off employees.
Some worked on Ire: A Prologue, which CEO Harold Ryan said last year was meant to drive interest in a new franchise.
Some worked on Ire: A Prologue, which CEO Harold Ryan said last year was meant to drive interest in a new franchise.
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GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 is almost here, and we have an incredible line up of speakers from different companies On The Agenda. It's time for us to change the game together!
Sessions: https://bit.ly/4qcv5Qr
Passes: https://bit.ly/48w1DxK
Sessions: https://bit.ly/4qcv5Qr
Passes: https://bit.ly/48w1DxK
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 is almost here, and we have an incredible line up of speakers from different companies On The Agenda. It's time for us to change the game together!
Sessions: https://bit.ly/4qcv5Qr
Passes: https://bit.ly/48w1DxK
Sessions: https://bit.ly/4qcv5Qr
Passes: https://bit.ly/48w1DxK
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I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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turns out, I’m gonna be at DICE next week on behalf of @aftermath.site! DM/email if you want to meet up for a demo, interview, or just to talk
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
turns out, I’m gonna be at DICE next week on behalf of @aftermath.site! DM/email if you want to meet up for a demo, interview, or just to talk