Pleasing the shareholders with another A, happy now @ryanpenning.com ?!

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

Blitzkrank (2xko) is flat broken and I don’t mean in like a “oh wow he’s soo good way” in that his whole kit is busted Spending more time with him it’s just so crazy that his grapple arm doesn’t have an inch of damage. Neutral game is just so broken. They’ve reduced a great character imo

Sydney harbour - after an insane bout of illness following the world of Constellations coming to life. Hopefully can talk about it soon. Go get yourself an ice cream!

Saw @derrickgee.bsky.social last night with Reggie Watts I was so keen to talk shit on Ed Sheeran and didn’t get picked 😭 Regardless I had a lovely time, I love REALLY listening to music and people like Derrick have great taste for things I’ve yet to hear

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Part 3 of our montage of moments from Waypoint Constellations 2025 ✨ Curated and organised by @waypoint-events.com & @serenade.games ❤️ 🧵 3 / 3

Part 2 of our montage of moments from Waypoint Constellations 2025 ✨ Curated and organised by @waypoint-events.com & @serenade.games ❤️ 🧵 2 / 3

A montage of moments from Waypoint Constellations 2025 ✨ Curated and organised by @waypoint-events.com & @serenade.games ❤️ Enormous thank you to the speakers and developers who were a part of the event ❤️ Full montage available elsewhere, we've split this up into 3 concise parts for bsky 🧵 1 / 3

Extra Photos of the talks and crowd from Waypoint Constellations 2025 ✨ An evening shrouded in TV static, beneath it all a love letter to Sydney’s most groundbreaking and culturally impactful games and creators. Curated and organised by @waypoint-events.com & @serenade.games ❤️ 🧵 1 / 3

Extra Photos of the talks and crowd from Waypoint Constellations 2025 ✨ An evening shrouded in TV static, beneath it all a love letter to Sydney’s most groundbreaking and culturally impactful games and creators. Curated and organised by @waypoint-events.com & @serenade.games ❤️ 🧵 2 / 3

Extra Photos of the talks and crowd from Waypoint Constellations 2025 ✨ An evening shrouded in TV static, beneath it all a love letter to Sydney’s most groundbreaking and culturally impactful games and creators. Curated and organised by @waypoint-events.com & @serenade.games ❤️ 🧵 3 / 3

Photos from Waypoint Constellations 2025 ✨ Featuring the crowd & world building. An evening shrouded in TV static, beneath it all a love letter to Sydney’s most groundbreaking and culturally impactful games and creators. Curated and organised by @waypoint-events.com & @serenade.games ❤️ 🧵 1 / 4

It's so interesting how aus game dev (specifically aus game dev) has completely died on twitter. but arguably so much of the global industry still relies on it outside of development specifically i.e. publishers, players, streamers etc

A special event for Sydney, thank you for attending - not easy to pull off.

battling the bsky servers atm, they don't like when I upload vibes to the data center

if you don't know who or what death grips are: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_G... thirdworlds.net become familiar with the eras

ATTENTION I AM AWARE DEATH GRIPS ARE WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM THANK YOU TO THE 20 PEOPLE WHO MESSAGED ME THIS MORNING TO TELL ME THIS EXCITING NEWS DEATH GRIPS IS ONLINE

sorry the photos and videos are taking so long a) there are a lot b) I haven't been happy with the video I'm editing and don't wanna share until I'm cool with it

Happy dead static drive day Support Australian made games!

Come December I’ll do a quick thread for the music fiends on what the top tier albums to listen to this year

no one can withstand my teemo x blitz comp see everyone in plat soon

Delivering on an election promise by handing over my 2008-2025 election night tie to the Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House, Canberra. When I paid $20 for it in 2008, never thought it would end up in a museum.

This rain in sydney HOOO BOY ⛈️

Frankenstein was really good But it felt so wrong sitting in a theatre and getting a Netflix opening splash 🤢 (Try to guess what vinyl I picked up)

GYM BANANA COKE ZERO What else could you need in life?

This is truly outrageous

Sign now, we should not be allowing this to happen no matter what in any state

When this game finally comes out I can banish the dreaded dead static drive coaster I got back at PAX Australia in the 1980’s

BALL X PIT

Thanks for the lovely write up about Constellations @sifterhq.bsky.social and @firkraags.bsky.social ❤️

Incredibly cool to see an article after all the work we did, thanks heaps to @firkraags.bsky.social and @sifterhq.bsky.social for sharing their experiences attending. Photos / video coming soon we're honk shoeing for a bit cause we're all tired.

At the AGDAs this year I helped coordinate a big NSW group photo Been attending for over a decade and it just felt nice to get everyone we could get in one big photo

Hey wake up everyone PAX Aus is tomorrow! Make sure your build is ready Hope you have some volunteers and good shoes!

Me trying to ignore the signs the restaurant put up when I walked in

The chainsaw man movie ruled Saw it in beautiful imax ! Recommend highly!

lotta cool games at pax aus!! here's a few of my fave demos from the show floor

How good is art? www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGE-...

How I’ve been feeling since last week

It’s a hangover of the era where they could broker valuable platform deals. That’s done, and many (not all) are now panicking and trying to reposition in a ‘film’ model of focusing on distribution (ignoring that that the industry is built on massively complex funding structures which games.. don’t)

I will say this: a lot of new folks are clinging to a nostalgia for ‘getting a publisher’ as a marker of validation, of being a ‘real game’. And I’m here to tell you that’s bollocks. They need you more than you need them. If they can provide a service, awesome, but you hold the means of production.

Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%

Fighting for my life rn 🤒 Hope everyone enjoyed the awards night!

Trust me once I’m better and not a snotty bed burrito the Government filter is going on #AusGameDev feed

Sorry all I’m heading home today the 2 weeks of events + event planning is killing be Take are of yourselves ❤️

@dannyodwyer.bsky.social and @edmondtran.bsky.social and Luke Lancaster for the Screen NSW games breakfast! Love that Danny is repping @featherweightgames.bsky.social chained beasts!

Chat I just had a bath and let me tell you 😭🥰

Learned who Brennan Lee Mulligan was tonight Thanks SXSW he’s actually kinda funny!

Tonight was indescribable hahaha A movie 12 months in the making