Chris Franklin
@errant-signal.com
Maker of Organic, Artisanal Video Essays About Interactive Media | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster
If you can stomach some of your money going to Peripeteia the rest of the games in this bundle are absolute bangers
System Shock remake (Steam) w/ 6 more games is $20 on Digiphile Return of the Immersive Sim Bundle buff.ly/67Z63Ci #ad
also available in $13 tier
also available in $13 tier
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If you can stomach some of your money going to Peripeteia the rest of the games in this bundle are absolute bangers
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messing around with scanlines
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
messing around with scanlines
Okay but unironically Trump stopping to explain his joke in the middle of his post like he’s Bojack Horseman because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t work at all as a burn might be one of the funniest things he’s ever done
An aggressively funny anti-joke
An aggressively funny anti-joke
Trump lashing out in fear at GOP lawmakers will not end well for him.
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Okay but unironically Trump stopping to explain his joke in the middle of his post like he’s Bojack Horseman because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t work at all as a burn might be one of the funniest things he’s ever done
An aggressively funny anti-joke
An aggressively funny anti-joke
And we still don’t know where Cranky Kong was on November 22nd 1963
The initial release of Donkey Kong Country is now closer in time to the assassination of John F. Kennedy than today.
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And we still don’t know where Cranky Kong was on November 22nd 1963
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Reposting my most correct take ever.
You want a fuckin TAKE?????
Okay…
I am rewatching Wayne’s World and I will SAY IT
Garth has egg vibes
-rocker/metalhead but nerdy and awkward
-low key technological genius
-asks waynes “did you ever find it attractive when bugs bunny dressed up and played girl bunny?”
Okay…
I am rewatching Wayne’s World and I will SAY IT
Garth has egg vibes
-rocker/metalhead but nerdy and awkward
-low key technological genius
-asks waynes “did you ever find it attractive when bugs bunny dressed up and played girl bunny?”
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Reposting my most correct take ever.
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If you want a game where you can play as a frog wizard, try Absolum.
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If you want a game where you can play as a frog wizard, try Absolum.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
www.eonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
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Years ago I was suspended on Twitter for inviting Marco Rubio to swallow ten D batteries, which I don’t see how it could be a threat; he and I were not even in the same room and I have at most six D batteries on hand
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Years ago I was suspended on Twitter for inviting Marco Rubio to swallow ten D batteries, which I don’t see how it could be a threat; he and I were not even in the same room and I have at most six D batteries on hand
It’s wild that the Switch 2 still can’t use hotel WiFi that has a login
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s wild that the Switch 2 still can’t use hotel WiFi that has a login
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People should use whatever skill or stat for any check they can justify, to be honest.
"But what happens when everyone's rolling Bluff to attack by feinting or Stealth to hide their smirk from the crowd or Arcana to magically light a fire"
It fucking kicks ass? Do you hear this shit?
"But what happens when everyone's rolling Bluff to attack by feinting or Stealth to hide their smirk from the crowd or Arcana to magically light a fire"
It fucking kicks ass? Do you hear this shit?
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
People should use whatever skill or stat for any check they can justify, to be honest.
"But what happens when everyone's rolling Bluff to attack by feinting or Stealth to hide their smirk from the crowd or Arcana to magically light a fire"
It fucking kicks ass? Do you hear this shit?
"But what happens when everyone's rolling Bluff to attack by feinting or Stealth to hide their smirk from the crowd or Arcana to magically light a fire"
It fucking kicks ass? Do you hear this shit?
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If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.
I mean I’m already avoiding CoD because of the BDS boycott but even if it ended this second I can’t imagine supporting a company that does this
Call of Duty isn't even hiding the fact that loads of its calling cards and other unlockables are AI generated this year.
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I mean I’m already avoiding CoD because of the BDS boycott but even if it ended this second I can’t imagine supporting a company that does this
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Cynthia Erivo Disappointed To Discover All Her ‘Wicked: For Good’ Scenes Cut https://theonion.com/cynthia-erivo-disappointed-to-discover-all-her-wicked-for-good-scenes-cut/
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cynthia Erivo Disappointed To Discover All Her ‘Wicked: For Good’ Scenes Cut https://theonion.com/cynthia-erivo-disappointed-to-discover-all-her-wicked-for-good-scenes-cut/
Look it isn’t weird and is in fact totally normal to repeat “I’m a bad person I’m a bad person I’m a bad person” under your breath to yourself all day
Source: am totally normal
Source: am totally normal
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look it isn’t weird and is in fact totally normal to repeat “I’m a bad person I’m a bad person I’m a bad person” under your breath to yourself all day
Source: am totally normal
Source: am totally normal
I need to find healthy outlets for a lot of things that currently have very unhealthy outlets
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I need to find healthy outlets for a lot of things that currently have very unhealthy outlets
It’s gonna be really funny when Miles isn’t just plucky comic relief but is also load bearing to the plot of the game and can’t be marginalized or ignored as a result
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s gonna be really funny when Miles isn’t just plucky comic relief but is also load bearing to the plot of the game and can’t be marginalized or ignored as a result
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one function of capitalism is to funnel these types into positions of power, because if competent & kind people get into power they start taking from the rich and giving to the poor. capitalist leaders must be either evil or ignorant or both, only by mistake does anyone else get near power
What if we could have leaders who aren't either evil monsters or spineless weenies
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one function of capitalism is to funnel these types into positions of power, because if competent & kind people get into power they start taking from the rich and giving to the poor. capitalist leaders must be either evil or ignorant or both, only by mistake does anyone else get near power
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
How do you miss the point of Metroid so profoundly
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
How do you miss the point of Metroid so profoundly
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
I hate how every time I find something that moves me or that I find beauty in there’s an entire internet’s worth of people to tell me that liking things is something only losers do, actually
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I hate how every time I find something that moves me or that I find beauty in there’s an entire internet’s worth of people to tell me that liking things is something only losers do, actually