Chris Franklin
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Maker of Organic, Artisanal Video Essays About Interactive Media | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster
Also if it sweetens the pot any you play as a canonically gay samus-alike, so
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Also if it sweetens the pot any you play as a canonically gay samus-alike, so
Trying to explain how Ambrosia Sky is Powerwash Simulator meets Donkey Kong Bananza but about being wistful for a home you can't go back to and leaving the midwest and grief for lost people & endeavors alike and also there's a grapple hook
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Trying to explain how Ambrosia Sky is Powerwash Simulator meets Donkey Kong Bananza but about being wistful for a home you can't go back to and leaving the midwest and grief for lost people & endeavors alike and also there's a grapple hook
Oh shit I'm sorry I didn't realize I was talking to a dipshit with a blog on the Nazi blogging site
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Oh shit I'm sorry I didn't realize I was talking to a dipshit with a blog on the Nazi blogging site
I mean erudite establishment dipshits pretending nationalism isn't *technically* racism is stuff a literal children's author was pointing out 84 goddamned years ago. The observation that only an intellectually dishonest asshole would suggest otherwise predates World War 2.
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I mean erudite establishment dipshits pretending nationalism isn't *technically* racism is stuff a literal children's author was pointing out 84 goddamned years ago. The observation that only an intellectually dishonest asshole would suggest otherwise predates World War 2.
Ozymandias calmly and indifferently explaining to Night Owl his entire years-long master plan instead of being in a control room pumping his fist and going “yes, fuck yes, we did it!” and obsessively watching the news to see if his strategy worked is the most unbelievable thing in Watchmen
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Ozymandias calmly and indifferently explaining to Night Owl his entire years-long master plan instead of being in a control room pumping his fist and going “yes, fuck yes, we did it!” and obsessively watching the news to see if his strategy worked is the most unbelievable thing in Watchmen
It's fascinating to watch as online liberals continue to struggle with the idea that ideology is, you know, a thing, and are aghast that the "blue no matter who" mantra is meaningless to both leftists fighting for a better world and establishment liberals who actively resist that vision.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's fascinating to watch as online liberals continue to struggle with the idea that ideology is, you know, a thing, and are aghast that the "blue no matter who" mantra is meaningless to both leftists fighting for a better world and establishment liberals who actively resist that vision.
It's fascinating how terrible Apple Music is as a service.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's fascinating how terrible Apple Music is as a service.
I love the idea that there are a bunch of Fallout 76 players unknowingly playing with John Carpenter
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I love the idea that there are a bunch of Fallout 76 players unknowingly playing with John Carpenter
CNN are you trying to tell me this isn't the "super easy, barely an inconvenience" guy from YouTube
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
CNN are you trying to tell me this isn't the "super easy, barely an inconvenience" guy from YouTube
thinkin' about doing a rebrand
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
thinkin' about doing a rebrand
As long as I'm complaining about superficial nonsense from software companies, this has some real "likes are now florps; timeline goes sideways" energy:
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
As long as I'm complaining about superficial nonsense from software companies, this has some real "likes are now florps; timeline goes sideways" energy:
They embossed the logo
October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
They embossed the logo
Saw this post flicker by out of the corner of my eye and my brain somehow briefly assumed someone had made a horror video game about FUD Dan Olson, the Dan who polices your fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Saw this post flicker by out of the corner of my eye and my brain somehow briefly assumed someone had made a horror video game about FUD Dan Olson, the Dan who polices your fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
falling down a research rabbit hole because like
Blood clearly references Air Force One here, but Blood came out in May of '97 (the shareware that has this level came out in March, but I'll assume it was added in the intervening months) but Air Force One didn't come out till July of that year
Blood clearly references Air Force One here, but Blood came out in May of '97 (the shareware that has this level came out in March, but I'll assume it was added in the intervening months) but Air Force One didn't come out till July of that year
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
falling down a research rabbit hole because like
Blood clearly references Air Force One here, but Blood came out in May of '97 (the shareware that has this level came out in March, but I'll assume it was added in the intervening months) but Air Force One didn't come out till July of that year
Blood clearly references Air Force One here, but Blood came out in May of '97 (the shareware that has this level came out in March, but I'll assume it was added in the intervening months) but Air Force One didn't come out till July of that year
F.E.A.R.: Industrial Signage Terror
One gets the sense that level designers were being cheeky where they could in these dour samey corridors.
One gets the sense that level designers were being cheeky where they could in these dour samey corridors.
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
F.E.A.R.: Industrial Signage Terror
One gets the sense that level designers were being cheeky where they could in these dour samey corridors.
One gets the sense that level designers were being cheeky where they could in these dour samey corridors.
If you're not real into actual scares but still looking for a spooky Halloween game to play, might I recommend Carimara? It's completable in less than an hour and it's a lovely folk horror and captures some great Autumnal vibes without a single jump scare. A brief interactive fable. I loved it.
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you're not real into actual scares but still looking for a spooky Halloween game to play, might I recommend Carimara? It's completable in less than an hour and it's a lovely folk horror and captures some great Autumnal vibes without a single jump scare. A brief interactive fable. I loved it.
I appreciate when a video game is filled with weird cool little guys, whether it's an anxious first time cook or a horned green lion smoking a hookah next to a topless lady
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I appreciate when a video game is filled with weird cool little guys, whether it's an anxious first time cook or a horned green lion smoking a hookah next to a topless lady
Hyperbeat somehow feels incredibly of the moment given the influence from contemporary music games, but it also feels like a music game inspired by Rez and Jeff Minter.
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hyperbeat somehow feels incredibly of the moment given the influence from contemporary music games, but it also feels like a music game inspired by Rez and Jeff Minter.
The actual jeopardy tiktok account posted this.
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The actual jeopardy tiktok account posted this.
Did you read the spoiler of the premise though!? It’s so much worse than lore
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Did you read the spoiler of the premise though!? It’s so much worse than lore
why did no one tell me what the battlefield 6 soundtrack's last three tracks were
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
why did no one tell me what the battlefield 6 soundtrack's last three tracks were
this dude is gonna slay some monsters in the dark
October 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
this dude is gonna slay some monsters in the dark
every time I check the battlefield dailies
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
every time I check the battlefield dailies
I went to confirm Carrey is too old to play George Jetson (he ostensibly is) but also... Is this what makes something a well-established fact within the canon, Google AI? *Is it?*
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I went to confirm Carrey is too old to play George Jetson (he ostensibly is) but also... Is this what makes something a well-established fact within the canon, Google AI? *Is it?*