Gonna say this in the rare moment where I’m far enough from a release: Dear game journalists and pundits: Almost every important / cool / successful game you’ve ever raved about launched without genre defying concurrent numbers. I get that metrics are cool, but learn tracking

Me when people clap on the 1’s and the 3’s

Developer Feels 'Shut Down And Silenced' After BAFTA Awards Pulled Her Game Over Its Subject Matter https://kotaku.com/bafta-game-awards-quiet-things-trailer-silver-script-2000688583

BAFTA pulling a trailer for an autobiographical game about surviving sexual assault only hours before it was said to be a part of a showcase is an exceptionally bad look.

Announcing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...

He would've hated the color.

Something I should have expected after Artemis 2 is a surge of renewed interest in Kerbal Space Program. My Insta feed is full of fresh players fully stacking it off the launch pad.

does bluesky have downtime because of vibecoding? hmm, unlikely. is it funny that bluesky seems to have more downtime the more smug and defensive their devs get about how great vibecoding is? extremely so

How bout that Street Fighter trailer

Fully rocks that this whole app is still completely broken. Absolute fiasco, tremendous stuff. Every social media app on my phone should nuke themselves like this so I can be free at last

I don't think I like Bluesky enough to beta test their vibe code.

Nothing says “we’ve got this outage handled” like leaving a panicked, unfixed typo in the status alert for hours

This is absolutely fucked. 2SER is the best station in Sydney. My car radio has been locked to 107.3 for two decades. Support community radio.

There’s a lot you could say about this, but I will distill it to: Shout out to the survivors at Harmonix that fought the good fight on this one, through layoffs and watching other Fortnite projects get shut down around them.

lol I forgot Nintendo said it would turn off image and video sharing for Tomodachi Life because they don’t want to get sued for people making Miis say deranged things

Blacklisted by NSW transport for breaking embargo to confirm they still kinda don’t work in the rain

It's funny (not funny) how this ubiquitous symbol screams 'beware, incoming trash!' I have an instant reaction of revulsion whenever it pops up.

Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (1998 / Arcade, PS1)

PR approved “we’ve received X game and you can read our review on Y date” is just marketing, dog

WA game developers are doing great things!! i recently spoke to screenwest about support in the state, and all the wonderful projects we've seen out of it lately.

the irony of having a one-on-one HR layoff meeting in the conference room with my Loki mural on it

You better attend! 🫵 Or else! 🫵🫵

ISS is gonna fly right over Sydney in a few mins if you haven’t had enough Space in the last week (I know I haven’t)

Couldn’t get the Adventure Time DLC for Power Wash 2 working. You’re not gonna believe the dev-approved workaround. Game dev is wild, man.

Impossible for me to engage with anything related to the Artemis 2 mission without weeping with happiness apparently

They spent a decade complaining about safe spaces and then made a robot to give you compliments and tell you your mp3 of farting noises is Brian Eno

Y'all they are back on earth and *immediately* having the most extremely earth-bound tech issues imaginable

how is anyone supposed to get work done dude. that's live. that's earth, right now, right this minute, and in an hour they are gonna splash in the sea. too in awe to think about where we'd be if this is what we funneled our tax dollars to instead of bombs that make gas prices quintuple overnight

After everything that’s gone right on mission, it’s the damn sat phone that doesn’t work lmfao I’ll take it

They got home safe

(Watching the Forza prologue trailer, nodding) yeah I mean that’s a Forza alright

Slowing down time, tricking players with screenshots, and more! Here's how devs let you pause (and unpause) video games.

I could post this every morning and it would still be relevant

Super Mario Galaxy Movie review: Sucks real bad. Good night

Good morning

Was thrilled to chat to @cvamped.bsky.social about ALT: GAMES! Love Multiplier immensely and was an honour to be part of it!

I have just received an email for something called PlayStation Playerbase and it appears to be a lottery for (checks notes) just giving your whole likeness to PlayStation, forever, for free

This has been an insane morning made more insane by the fact that my skull is filled to bursting with flu gunk 0/10 do not recommend

I’m very proud of Assistant Curator Michael, he’s a very good artist and made this to show his love for games. #altgames #alt #sydney #museum

ALT is about community and making everything accessible for the industry especially in Sydney! It’s wonderful to see these satellite community events happening ☺️

WALTER CRONKITE (gravely):

Every Castlevania game is about going into a room and there’s just some asshole.

not only are wire services the core of an enormous amount of reporting, AP plays a very specific and authoritative role in election calling

GenAI isn't a useful placeholder when making video games. It doesn't save time, and it actively stifles the creative process. Here's what local devs think: @untitledlucegame.bsky.social @mickey.ghoulish.com.au @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social @theboyofcheese.bsky.social @tdogextreme.bsky.social + more.

bluesky is and has always been a posting retirement home for elder millennials

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