we’ve had visitors staying for the last 4 days and lil miss overbite has been totally overstimulated and zooming the entire time as soon as they left, she crashed on my lap. audio on for sleeping purrs 😭

honestly, growing evidence every day that the villain origin story of angry white christian nationalists is that they really, really hate that other queer people are living authentically when their own parents didn’t accept them today especially so lmao

Re: Epstein’s emails

i gave my lil sister free rein over organising my linen cupboards and pantry, and my card to go buy any storage solutions she’s THRILLED. Like christmas came early. I should have done this years ago, nothing makes students more excited than using real money at kmart and bunnings 😭

hey dw dante said there was different levels of hell too, if you’re trying to gauge where you’re going

not to harp on about old drama, but this is dubious ethical behaviour is a pattern. keighley also had evidence from JS’s victims who spoke out when she was nom’d for future class. nothing happened, until public outrage forced their hands. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

"We are cursed with a system of economic feudalism that has overawed, browbeaten or controlled by insidious methods... the forces of democracy... it has concentrated the wealth of this Nation into the hands of a few families." - Rep John Rankin in 1935 pudding.cool/2025/11/demo...

i’m so, so relieved that this is even possible 😭😭😭 (more votes than all the others combined!!! people just wanna be able to afford to put food on the table and as long as someone competently and consistently explains how they’ll do it, they’ll vote for them.)

producers when the game director comes in with a million new changes after finishing the latest hit title last night

the amount of (enjoyably) unhinged posts on reddit describing manic nz travel itineraries has increased a lot since chatgpt i’m seeing honeymoon posts out here that have 2 weeks straight of basically driving 8 hours a day in beautiful aotearoa 😅 during nov-jan summer holiday rush, no less

Well this is very nice. Thank you @alexfalcone.bsky.social

devs / games industry folk who do market research when you're looking up competitor/inspiration/reference titles, what info are you trying to find -- and why?

as someone who sees a bunch of pitch decks (and pays attention to next fest) i’m genuinely terrified by the amount of gen AI in games already. I thought we’d have more time. anyway, regulate regulate regulate 👩‍⚖️

so many people on here act so aggro for no reason (always assuming the worst intention first, etc) can we not?? we don’t have to repeat the bad bits of twitter

Just bought my copy -- so stoked to see this baby in the world!!! big congrats to @davidgaider.bsky.social @liamesler.bsky.social @elieyoung.bsky.social @merryh.bsky.social @theboyofcheese.bsky.social for getting this sick looking game over the line, I'm so excited to play tonight!

“racist ai bias extremely dangerous, says creator of MechaHitler” are any of these people fuckin serious 😂

sxsw sydney was delightful and truly filled the cup. i’ll post about my panel and talk soon but more importantly, some friendo highlights: ex wives of divorced dads (these sheilas went down the road for a pack of durries and never returned) @ellalowgren.bsky.social ♥️

cool and normal technofeudalism

ok, as someone who largely can’t deal with superheroes this season of peacemaker absolutely slaps and i want that third season immediately

Microsoft has laid off more than 15k people this year

i’d simply die for my tiny scraggly girl

try to use google or pinterest and you’ll see that AI is the final boss of enshittification. Kurzegesagt dropped a great explainer vid the other day: youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?...

- this is basically the experience Tales of the Shire is trying to give - fuming that we don’t have this in aotearoa (if we do and i’m unaware pls educate me) - can someone who isn’t me organise one here please, matamata is a delightful summer camp spot 👀

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genuinely thrilled flares are back, i missed them (and their sister, Boots With Da Fur)

i love the new trend of the fade to black in short form content cuts, feels old school meme and i 😘🤌 but it does also have the side effect of making me feel like i’m passing out

pretty entertaining that the local body can’t handle some criticism from the industry they service also pretty entertaining that they were texting each other about it and didn’t think to hide their screens

fresh berries are so cheap in sydney i'm having the best time with it

Are YOU attending SXSW Sydney? Are YOU thinking about doing a Kickstarter for your game? Then come along to my talk this afternoon! I'll be going into all my learnings, hints and tips for setting up and running a Kickstarter, and how to (mostly) not lose your mind in the process. #SXSW #SXSWSydney

now that my responsibilities are over i’m actually checking out the sxsw schedule and im a bit overwhelmed??? much to do?? if anyone has must do recs pls advise!

aite #sxsw syd Tomorrow 10am (😭) i’m gonna be talkin mad smack about agile. jira will not be forgotten either, everyone’s getting it. see you there?? after that i’ll be talking madder smack about GG and the rise and normalisation of conspiracy theorists. pray for me, it’s gonna be a big day 🙏

my mum is somewhat hip with the kids — but like 10 years late, which makes it even funnier she’s still quoting _adam_!! at me like the vine was just posted yesterday

too many of these “acktually we should let ai do our creative work” articles coming out rn… they’re gearing up for an announcement. 📣 variety.com/2025/film/gl...

One year later -- it's time to share the rather vulnerable and heartfelt #GCAP talk I did last year that covered the weight, lessons, and elations of producing Tales of the Shire 🌿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5D8...

lovely AGDAs ♥️ @ellalowgren.bsky.social @darcysandall.bsky.social

mmmm we can’t afford to pay to come to one of the most expensive cities in the world just to be yoinked at the border sorry

THATS OUR DAD!!!! im in tears, so well deserved. i’ve cried more this AGDA awards event than any other

i was at gcap!! for a min!! I’ll be there tomorrow, delighted to be in melb xx

this was ages back but i forgot to share this time i was read to shreds by a tiktok filter

precious baby study buddy. pls don’t disturb her.

jane goodall and nigel latta dying in the past 24 hours has made me reconsider that maybe the rapture IS actually happening and they just got the dates wrong rest in peace to these angels of humanity and science 🕊️

global sumud flotilla is nearly there !!!!!! 🤞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!

was on the fence about highlighting this, but screw it llms are not trustworthy to do DD or financial planning/forecasting. these guys aren’t built for that, as evidenced by them frequently messing up simple fractions. and yes: some pubs are using chatgpt or copilot to quickly analyse pitches.

Reposting bc it’s just so damn cool: - Minecraft is available in many places that books/articles are banned - Solution: make a minecraft library and put the texts in there, instead 🪦 Also includes: memorials for journalists and scholars who lost their lives to publish these texts 🫡

www.uncensoredlibrary.com/en games are important and very cool sometimes

can someone who has done the MIGW > SXSW Syd shenanigans tell me what day I should fly between? Sunday? Monday? Earlier!? I love Melbs and want to spend as long there as possible seeing friends and fam, but I also don't want to miss good SXSW bits as it's my first time!

today years old discovering that “Ryder Cup” isn’t just the tennis rounds my family plays at christmas ours is better