Blog post: on shooting digital AND film cameras.

Some important context I think people are missing is that Saudi Arabia *already* owns 10% of Electronic Arts. It's the company's third-largest institutional shareholder.

Honestly, the thing I’m most excited for in GTA VI is another sprawling virtual wilderness to lose myself in like Red Dead 2.

Like last year, only more so, this year around All The Australian Games Events time, I am fucking busy. I'm in the final stretches of one game's development, and at critical deadline points of two more.

Blog Post: Bathtub Soap Bubble OS.

Blog post: "Everyone's a Critic but Me"

For a grand total of 4 nanoseconds I thought Alanah had gone mad. Good video. (The title is parody, if that wasn't clear.)

I started a new blog. I wanted something I could update easily using markdown, with static pages and nothing else. So here's Good Name For A Blog, and a post about what I've been doing the past fortnight:

Did an episode of the MicroProse podcast with @grumpygamer.com talking Death by Scrolling (and other things). It should be on other podcast services too.

There is a good energy around my apartment complex the day or two after there’s been a serious week-long rainstorm. People pottering around outside, smiling, finding excuses to door outdoor things. I think I exchanged more smiles with neighbours during these days than any other.

Oh boy. Just checked the news.

I did a guest blog post for @grumpygamer.com about the prefab-based level design of Death by Scrolling. Comments are now open on his blog again, so don‘t forget to fill them with vivid descriptions of chess movies.

Did Australia, as a country, learn NOTHING from the Emu Wars?

The greatest, but most dangerous stage a game can be in is when you open it up to test for a bug and lose yourself playing it for a while. Now to hope it’s not just me who feels that way about Dungeons of Freeport… #GameDev #IndieDev #RogueLike #AnsiArt #AnotherHashtag

Merry Monday! I start the day debugging a word wrap function. RIP my soul.

Wrote a few thoughts about how the world that inspired me to start doing what I'm doing is basically dead www.decodingeverything.com/p/the-death-...

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...

Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible. If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.

In the immortal words of Nadja: "Be strong sweet little one. Some day they will all be dead and you will do a shit on all of their graves"

Seriously, you're about to screw yourself over with #Substack. Transfer to @buttondown.com @ghost.org @beehiiv.com or even freakin' @wordpress.org while it's still an option. If you're unconcerned about white nationalists, at least have some sympathy for your business model.

why are first person shooters so damn fun? i wanted to get at the core of it

I’m convinced that 80% of all paper used is in advertising materials from real estate companies. And that the other 20% is dominantly letters from local councils about trivial changes to nearby parks and roadways.

My dream job in space: chief corkscrew woman.

"The Last Arcade" in China. A beautiful photo story.

Appropriate Sunday morning fare.

You know what’s great? Sitting down to watch a movie that you know isn’t some massive classic or blockbuster. Just a run of the mill mid budget thing. No expectations attached.

Andor teaches us that rebellion doesn’t have to be big feats of heroism. Sometimes it can just be doing your job really poorly.

When travelling into Sydney‘s CBD at night it’s critical you put on noise canceling headphones and play the soundtrack from The Matrix.

Burn a CD Copy a floppy Make a mix tape Turn the vinyl over Dial a phone number (literally) Flip that knife switch Set the jumpers on an expansion card

to tell you the truth I'm kinda over waking up every day and finding out more things have happened

YouTube is secretly using AI to edit people's videos • Skin is being smoothed or sharpened • Features like ears are being altered • YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity • There's currently no way to opt out (via BBC)

What you're describing is people who are incompetent at that early phase of ideation *thinking* that they are doing something by spraying slop all over their jerkoff Confluence pages. It's so incredibly disrespectful to concept artists to perpetuate this nonsense.

The "using AI to generate concept art early in the process to quickly iterate ideas" thing is so absurd to me because like. You don't know what concept art is. You don't know what concept art *does*.

Still sick. Had to cancel my plans tonight. Booo! On the bright side, I think I'm well enough that I should be okay by tomorrow? At least to do a few basic things. Right now I'm excited to do basically ANYTHING outside my apartment. Go buy groceries or a coffee? A PRIVILEGE.

I was trying to figure out why a bunch of GTA youtubers I'm vaguely conscious of were suddenly discovering GTA IV and playing it through 'for the first time', then realised it's because many of them were single-digits old when it came out. Jesus christ that made me feel old.

This a True Fact. *nods sagely*

I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.

Best film I've seen in a very long time. Absolutely fucking legendary.

I promised I would come back to it and I did! Reaper from Death by Scrolling! New game from @terribletoybox.com 💜 Wishlist here store.steampowered.com/app/3773590/...

Being sick and bleary means busting out the ancient tradition of binge-watching some tv show or other. I finished Dept. Q's first season. It does what the best procedural/mystery shows do - have characters that stand out enough to want a second season, even if the story conclusion was a bit 'eh'.

Stuck at home sick, so time to scan some negatives. I got a wee little Leica CL cheap because it had a dent in the top plate. I really like the tiny form factor, needle-metering and the 40mm lens (my favourite focal length). #FilmPhotography

OOof. There hasn't been a game like Vampire: Bloodlines for 21 years now, and unfortunately it sounds like there isn't about to be one, either. 😕

As you just saw at #Gamescom, Ron Gilbert's next game has been officially announced! #indiegames #gaming @microprose.bsky.social @grumpygamer.com www.grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrol...

Table setup for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare. Nora is about to discover Sanctuary Hills has some less than friendly neighbours #fallout #wastelandwarfare #miniatures #wargaming

As those of you watching the GamesCom opening night would have seen already - DEATH BY SCROLLING has been announced! From @microprose.bsky.social, @terribletoybox.com and @grumpygamer.com (and me).

We still at it! Pledge and learn at the same time! @133artpublishing.bsky.social 😀 Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/133... #Kickstarter #comicbooks

Tuesday Afternoon dev update: writing a combo box UI widget for my engine, as I need one, and never have before. It's mildly irksome. I haven't had to write a UI widget this complex in a while.

Even though I make video games for a living and have friend that do all sorts of impressive things like being law-talkin'-guys, somehow I am the most impressed with my friends who are university teachers. Somehow in my head I've never shaken that that is somehow the MOST "adult" profession.

Yesterday I got an Eaglemoss model of probably my favourite new Trek ship design of the century so far, not counting possible Drexler's NX-01 re-design: The USS Franklin from Star Trek: Beyond. I love everything about this design.