ALT GAMES has a Steam page to Wishlist and play all the beautiful games on display. Do it or I’ll perish 🫵 store.steampowered.com/curator/4601...

Video games deserve better film & TV adaptations: the reason behind Alanah Pearce’s new project that aims to bridge the gap between the games industry and Hollywood. Here’s the lovely chat I had with @alanahpearce.bsky.social via @sifterhq.bsky.social ahead of ALT: GAMES. youtu.be/YiKKZUwXKRo?...

Ahead of her appearance at #ALTGAMES in Sydney, @alanahpearce.bsky.social told SIFTER that Hollywood can learn from video games, the importance of community and all things indie development. @bibbybhoy.bsky.social INTERVIEW www.sifter.com.au/post/alanah-... #Dispatch #interview #CharredPictures

Great stuff here from Chris and Alanah, really insightful and a little shout to CONTINUE also nice 🥹

Video games deserve better film & TV adaptations: the reason behind Alanah Pearce’s new project that aims to bridge the gap between the games industry and Hollywood. Here’s the lovely chat I had with @alanahpearce.bsky.social via @sifterhq.bsky.social ahead of ALT: GAMES. youtu.be/YiKKZUwXKRo?...

Welcome to the first first-person mutator, Godzone 6. Brought to you by the creators of Void Bastards and Wild Bastards (and Card Hunter). Coming in something less than 10,000 years "Be all you probably shouldn't be" Please spread the word of Godzone 6. 💀

Roblox is adding two new account types in an effort to improve child protection, as the platform faces regulatory pressure and perceptions of enabling predatory behaviour. But experts are worried that Roblox's measures just heap more pressure on parents. www.gadgetguy.com.au/roblox-adds-...

@jacksonwryan.com a Crom win and a $100,000 Kickstarter in the bag, hell yeah brother 💪

THIS. IS. IT. The FINAL 24 hours of our Kickstarter. It's been the absolute ride of our professional lives and we can't thank you enough! There is also still A GIANT MOON about to COLLIDE WITH THE MAGAZINE. If we hit $100k, we CAN STOP THE MOON. www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

A feature about games on SBS News? It’s more likely than you think. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Balatro. Clover Pit. Raccoin. Gambling-themed roguelikes have been helping indie devs hit the jackpot in recent years. But what does the blurring line between gaming and gambling say about modern game design? We asked a bunch of experts, including the developer who arguably started the whole trend.

Games are beautiful and so are you. You should come to ALT GAMES and combine to power of your beauty and games and be radiant. A games festival for Sydney by the Powerhouse on April 18-19 at Parramatta. Free games, accessible talks, 100% diva ✨💖

Nom rules. Facing down targeted harassment and coming back without losing any of the joy and spark that makes her reviews so special is one helluva feat. Nom’s CloverPit review is one of my faves, and I encourage you to check it out: www.sifter.com.au/post/clover-...

After 10 years of writing about video games and technology, I won my first industry award: Best Technology Reviewer. Feels pretty good!

Using AI as a placeholder, or using "placeholder" as an excuse? I'd love to chat to devs about what they use as their placeholders for in-development game assets to be replaced. Do you use AI (lol)? Do you use alternative textures, blank spots, neon green? Please tell me – working on an article.

DLSS 5 has sent shockwaves through the games industry, so I asked several artists and developers what concerns them most about the technology. Unsurprisingly, their ire is about far more than ‘AI slop’. www.gadgetguy.com.au/nvidia-dlss-...

Very funny to see my work focusing on the local industry’s reaction appear internationally 😅 (well, mainly @chloeappleby.bsky.social and @brkeogh.bsky.social’s work, but still!)

AMAZING article by Chris the end quote is 🔥

I was really happy to contribute my voice to this piece, it’s a good summation of some of the broader issues we face in this industry with respects to gen ai. Only organising can ultimately protect us. Great write up @bibbybhoy.bsky.social ❤️❤️🌹🌹🛠️

Thank you Chris for letting me spiral about game preservation! A great read on the whole DLSS 5 debacle

DLSS 5 has sent shockwaves through the games industry, so I asked several artists and developers what concerns them most about the technology. Unsurprisingly, their ire is about far more than ‘AI slop’. www.gadgetguy.com.au/nvidia-dlss-...

The Game Boy came out in 1989, The Game Boy Color in 1998 and in 2026 meet the Australian developers Tom Lockwood and Orlando Mee making new games for the decades old console, wrapping nostalgia and their culture into the work. New story from me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Still chuffed about the name GUTSPILL but can’t believe we didn’t think of bing bong 😠 CONTINUE is really exciting me about games writing here. And hey! If you would like to consume some Australian-made video game magazine while you wait… can I 🙃 make a suggestion: picolitre.press/shop/p/pre-o...

Serrels got bricked up for Choice

Any ANZ game devs (especially artists) want to comment on DLSS 5 for a story? Please DM me or send an email to [email protected]!

I'm still in what I'm calling a "soft launch" phase but since my bsky network is entirely just other industry folks I'll let you all in on something I've been working on: covergeek.com very basic right now but I know which way(s) I want to grow it! pls tell me what you think of how it looks!!

I think I’ve set a new personal record: I’m up for four (count ‘em, four) individual awards at this year’s Australian IT Journalism Awards! I’m a finalist for: - Best Telecommunications Journalist - Best Technology Reviewer - Best Game Reviewer - Best Technical Journalist

We have pitches open with space for a story (or two) in our first issue. We're keen to highlight voices who have only a few bylines, but we also want your absolute best ideas. Read some great pitches already, thanks for sending them in! Our pitches form is here: forms.gle/JBRL6qQawMQM...

During the late 1970s a Newcastle based company built a set uniquely Australian Pinball machines, Dennis Lillee 🏏 FJ Holden 🚘 and Shark 🦈 and the world’s first Star Wars pinball machine ever. These machines have been collected by the NFSA, new story by me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Getting published in print is still one of the coolest things I’ve done. Been chasing that high ever since! The cool thing is, you can make that a reality for someone else by throwing some coins at Continue. It’s a great project that will give Australian games journalism a big boost.

Excited to be back contributing to the thing that started my career in the first place: Australian PRINT MAGAZINES!

I could not be more stoked to announce CONTINUE, a defiant, new games magazine that aims to celebrate and interrogate the culture, creativity and community of videogames. The Kickstarter is now live below. www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

If there are two people I trust the most to steer such a bold attempt to reinvigorate Australian games reporting and critique, it’s the fellas responsible for some of the biggest and best yarns on Kotaku Australia. I’ve put my money where my mouth is, and I encourage you to do the same.

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on. A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture. We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?" www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

Check out the line up for ALT GAMES April 18-19 in Sydney!! We have Shuhei Yoshida, Alanah Pearce and Billy Basso as our keynote speakers!!! Come 👍 powerhouse.com.au/program/alt-...

Are you a game developer based in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand with an exciting announcement to share with the world in early June? Frosty Games Fest 2026 applications are OPEN NOW! 🍦

a single paragraph guide to taking pleasure in both the games you play and the material you put into the world. via @meredithgran.com meredithgran.com/perfect-tide...

Here is her review, by the way. It's adorable.

In May '25, a beloved Australian games website was sold off. It went dark then, a month later, rose from the dead but stuffed full of gambling links and AI authors. It wasn't the first time, or the last time, this exact thing had happened. And it's still happening. My months-long investigation 👇

Ready to continue my decades-long obsession with video game pomeranians

These Pikachu look like they’re about to tell their exhausted adult kids about how they’re going to open up their marriage to keep the spark alive

hell yeah, this looks incredible dark mode vooks is perfection

👹 REVIEW ⛩️ NIOH 3 is an extravagant love letter to its super fans, showing that the last ten years of crafting souls-like action games have led Team Ninja to create their masterpiece in the genre #VideoGameReview #Nioh3 #TeamNinja www.sifter.com.au/post/nioh-3-...

Mario Tennis Fever reminds me of what I liked about Kirby Air Riders; tangible differences in character and equipment selection adds a lot of fun strategy. But Adventure mode frustrated me with its pseudo-RPG structure that completely lacked any player agency.

🎾 MARIO TENNIS FEVER aces everything except its Adventure mode, but Fever Rackets and a great cast overcome a thin single-player campaign. REVIEW by @bibbybhoy.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/mario-t...

Key Fairy is officially released! Buy it, lest ye be slain! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

I interviewed Edmund McMillen!! As well as getting some epic Mewgenics info, we chat about how BOI is selling the best it ever has, board game inspirations and if The Camdrome Project will ever return 👀👀

Grateful to @harrisonpolites.bsky.social for letting me talk about the state of @free-play.bsky.social and funding. open.substack.com/pub/infinite...

We’re launching a zine about games and play called GUTSPILL! A place to shamelessly gush about play experiences that embed themselves in our hearts and brains and GUTS! No industry talk, no metrics ~ just SPILL! #1 features words by me and the Jameseses: @jickle.net + @omgmorejames.bsky.social