been having the music/games 'industry' parallel on the mind all the way through games week, and that always leads back to me thinking about steve albini being essentially my standard for the kind of person i want to be in a scene/community. heres a little something from a reddit ama he did ages ago

Sorry to MTG post but I just put into words why I left the hobby. Universes beyond isn’t just “not MTGs soul” it’s literally THE OPPOSITE of what MTG was good at. The primary reaction they want from IP in Magic is “Oh I know what that’s a reference to.” It’s a world we *already know* 1/2

New “most embarrassing moment of my life” just dropped Met the CEO of Hipster Whale. She said “I’m the CEO of hipster whale” while I was taking a sip of my gin and tonic. I said “Oh my god!” With such surprise that I spat an ice cube onto the ground Somehow she kept talking to me and it was nice

THATS ME!! I’m doing a lightning talk at technically games! Can’t wait! See you there folks!

Random pet peeve is the saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” … Have they heard of dice?

MIGW events I'll be at (Say hi!) Opening Night Interactive Narrative Social Freeplay Parallels Technically Games Lightning Talks Megadev And anything else I get randomly invited to! Jade belongs at ur secret party.

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

It's time to get your brain back. Mark your calendars for September 17th! ⚔️Try Blanksword's free Demo on Steam⚔ ⚔️Preorder the game on Kickstarter⚔️ 👇Official trailer below, links in comments👇

Maybe the thing I hate about “Nostalgia” in media is that it’s rampant commoditisation is actually selling a replacement to history.

Crazy that this is followed immediately by Chapter 24 which can only be described as inferiority complex whaling based lib posting. This book owns dude.

Chapter 23 ‘The Lee Shore’ of Moby Dick might just be one of the best chapters of writing I’ve ever read.

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

Thinking about how often I was taught to mourn how the convicts who were sent to Australia were often kids and/or committed a crime as simple as stealing a loaf of bread Meanwhile crimes like that are STILL punished extremely harshly if ur First Nations, black etc, but that never came up as much 🤔

I’m only 7 hours into Silksong, but even if the rest of the game is dogwater it’s still one of the most beautifully crafted games I’ve ever played.

Oh man I thought difficulty discourse was only for dark souls games. I’m tapping out folks no thank you not today.

Actually wait this will convince Americans to visit Australia. Uhhh I SAW 1000 SPIDERS TODAY AHHH

I’m not convinced Australia had scarier wildlife than America idk why yall are so damn pressed about it

Just came across this on Mastodon and thought I'd share it for anyone wondering if adding image alt text is "worth it." ChanceyFleet: "As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos... all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience."

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

My boomer take in gaming is that I think you're a psycho if you use the analogue stick to navigate menus or control a character in a 2d platformer. That is the D-pad's job. If you MAKE a 2D platformer that can ONLY be controlled with the analogue stick? Hooo boy. Death sentence

Unfortunately this is correct.

I only played Silksong for two hours last night, but so far? Perfect video frictions. This game is why I wrote my final Uni essay on Ludic Prose. The “texture” of this game on a moment to moment basis is JUST like when a book has stunning prose that flows naturally.

Cheers team cherry

This looks awesome and also WOOO Rami Ismail mentioned lets goo I love that guy. But also omg when will the world realise that Australia is not just "The Wild West but with gnarly animals" and mad max It's America's west that's famous for all the rails and stuff. We're famous for our ROAD trains!

I’m not even an academic at all and I’m regularly reading papers that are older than 10-15 years old. I don’t trust any of these QR code bibliographies to be around in 10-15 years!! This is so stupid. F to the next generation of academics if this keeps going.

Happy Labor Day! Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work... Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

@hotcyder.bsky.social and @derek-lieu.com are the same person in different areas. Both hyper prolific in their field where they make the thing you see before the main thing. (Hotcyder also makes their own videos which rock too and should be more recognised. Idk if Derek does other stuff. Maybe)

❤️ Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Italians are the ones finally doing it

Cops were bastards at the protests today. Long live Australia’s migrants! Long shall our borders stay open! Long live Gaza! Long live Palestine! I don’t respect the colours of a flag that stands for genocide and colonialism. I respect the people of this country, in all their colours.

Since when did we have an owl called a Boobook here in Aus? Hello precious little Boobook you are small and funny.

I think revolver ocelot would use he/they pronouns. (Activity: give fun pronouns to YOUR favourite MGS characters)

When I was in the 10th grade (read: Baby Child Dumb) I wrote an essay on this topic framed around animal rights activism Guess what happened after? I GREW UP! I can think of a more “unsettling” and pressing question for big tech. How do you sleep at night after making missile targeting systems? 😡🤬

I’m gonna crash the fuck out did they really just announce Silksong for the SAME DAY as Demonschool??? @necrosoftgames.com is gonna need everyone to be yelling alongside Silksong for them. Demonschool is gonna be RED HOT. PLAY IT. Or at least buy it too and then get back to it.

I don’t think any of y’all realise how incredible Demonschool is going to be. I’m already in love with the main party. This game will kill me DEAD.

I’m already far too excited for Melbourne international games week man. I need my best inbox-watching-moots to poke me AS SOON as events get scheduled. My MIGW was so good last year. I love Naarm’s games community we’re the best. Angles felt like such a nice warm up.

There are muscles you don’t even realise you have that start to ache the day after enough crying. Laughing also strains them.

My workplace has a lot of millennials and I now understand the millennial practice of communicating in gifs. It’s like a war of associative referencing. And BOY do I love a test of my associative brain. Your Simpsons gif triggers my Futurama gif triggers someone else’s Lord of the Rings gif 💹💹⚗️🤩

This headline doesn’t read like a warning, it reads like a threat. A promise.

The person who invented the video game joystick has disappeared, they down right up and left.

JAKE FREDRICK HENRY BERRY!!!!!

Penny Wong’s insistence that we only provide “Non-lethal” F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is horrendous. I hope she “non-lethally” jumps off a bridge. And if that results in acct suspension then she should be made to resign.

R-r-r-repost time! My zine is OUT and you should read it!! 4 articles about video games! From thematic analysis, to feminism, to worldbuilding and raw design analysis, there’s a bit of something for everyone in it. Check it out!

Heartware Magazine issue #9 is out!! Available online at heartwarecollective.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/h... And physically at Sticky Institute! In this issue: World Building, Feminism, The Past, Dark Souls, and Melbourne! Enjoy!

Express trains going past your station without stopping are so scary and loud. Like damn girl do you really hate me that much?

“What’s something everyone in your field knows but that shocks outsiders?” Post Quality Assurance isn’t much like play testing at all.

My American girlfriend who only recently moved to Aus, seeing a pic of Matt Mercer in Sydney: “oh my god… I’m in the same country as Matt Mercer” “You always were?.” “Oh my god you’re right.”

This is really smart process, games should do this

Something that makes me irrationally super mad is people claiming that “Kind Regards” is a “passive aggressive” email sign off. Like NOOOOOOO. That’s supposed to be the ULTIMATE TRUE NEUTRAL PROFESSIONAL ONE. AGHHHHH!! Why am I so upset by this!! Please don’t justify it in the comments I’ll cry

People in America will post the best tacos you’ve ever seen in your life, and if you’re Australian you just have to tank that jealousy