TOM FRANCIS
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Hello! I'm Tom. I'm a game designer, writer, and programmer on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. Here's some more info on all the games I've worked on, here are the videos I make on YouTube, and here are two short stories I wrote for the Machine of Death collections.

   
 

Postcards From A Weekend Of Premeditated Murder

A slightly tense week inspired me to go back to Hitman: Blood Money last weekend. It is cathartic.

Hitman - now it's obviousWell, yes, now it’s obvious where the killer was standing.

Hitman - red blipThis is the climax of a spectacularly machiavellian plot to replace an actor’s prop pistol with a real one to trick him into performing your hit for you at the crescendo of a wartime opera.

Hitman - yes, there's a bomb in thatI’ll save you the trouble – yes, there’s a bomb in that.

Hitman - compactI don’t know why, but as I trash-compacted this sanitation worker, it really bothered me that I was depriving society of the valuable service he provides.

Hitman - don't have a wall like thisIf you’re in witness protection, don’t let them put you in a house with a wall like this.

Hitman - in case someone throws a knife into your headIn case someone hides there and throws a kitchen knife into your head like this.

Hitman - dead birdIn retrospect, yes, it was always going to be difficult to get away with killing that bird in front of this cop.

Hitman - crowd sceneI still don’t know how they did this goddamn crowd scene. How- polygons- what?

Hitman - ruffled feathersThis is as tragicomic as it is hilarisad.

Hitman - loadingI am especially unclear on where I keep my pistols in this outfit.

Hitman - spadeStill feels good.

Hitman - conspicuousWhat? Too slutty?

Hitman - knife surpriseYes, I have done this more than once.

Hitman - honest cakeWhat’s the matter asshole, never seen a poisoncake before?

Hitman - strangleNO POISON FOR YOU.