'Being told a video game was made with only “0.3%” LLM use is like being handed a glass of water that “only has” a single drop of urine in it.' Rio is one of my favourite game writers and this piece on the Alters is some of her best work – do yourself a favour and read it if you haven't already!!

My new life goal is to eat things with chopsticks that weren't intended to be eaten as such. I get to enjoy a delicious meal, to revel in the satisfaction of overcoming great odds, AND a forearm workout to boot

I first heard about Call of the Golden Valley at High Score where I was completely blown away by @benhmusic.bsky.social's score (literal goosebumps...) Having played it later in the week, I was impressed by it's Australian cast and intrigued to unravel the mystery further. Excited to play more!

Congratulations to @sbug.games for launching the incredible Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off this week!! To celebrate, we'll be interviewing the team on @4zzzradio.bsky.social's Zed Games tonight at 6PM AEST! You can listen-in live on 102.1 FM or via the website: 4zzz.org.au

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First up was #HighScore2025! Coming from sound in film, it was enriching to meet so many talented sound designers and composers working with adaptive audio. A personal highlight was Sarah Wolfe's talk about crafting a hyperpop soundtrack for the excellent, upcoming @girlypop.net!

Now that I'm finally starting to recover from the behemoth that was Melbourne International Games Week, I'm super keen to share some of what I got up to from High Score through to PAX! I'll be drip feeding it on my feed over the next few days, so keep an eye out :)

BORN TO GAME / MELBOURNE IS A FUCK / ゲーム Play Em All 2025 / I am indie dev / 410,757,864,530 MIGW ATTENDEES

(shared AI video of the Teletubbies eating a hiker that wandered into their territory) Okay so it turns out that video was fake, but it resonated because this kind of stuff happens every day

I cannot stress how awesome this game by @toestee.itch.io is! Even as a (polished) prototype, Bug Brains is so cute and compelling that every day I wasn't playing it was a day I spent thinking about it... Please check it out – this need a physical release ASAP

Especially hot off of playing Consume Me, this seems like required reading!!

*uses a real physical map once* Wow this is just like Silksong fr, so immersive!!

Whoever invented early morning flights should be tucked into a really comfortable bed and forced to enjoy the simple pleasure of a restful sleep. Maybe then they would let us sleep in too 😮‍💨😴

i will never get fighting games. Fighting game enthusiasts will post something like "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THIS IS BULLSHIT" with a picture or video that look like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zA...

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

If you die in the kitchen, you die in real life 😱

Live music rocks

I love it when I am just going to have a little nap and OH GOD I JUST HIBERNATED FOR 16 HOURS

That’s what she said? I’m going to need you to back up your claim with evidence

Anytime someone says “THEY made a movie about this” or “that’s what THEY want you to think” It’s actually just one really prolific non-binary person. Keep up the good work

The trick to writing characterful dialogue is to add unexpected question marks?

my heart is frail, or maybe just not designed to lurch between lols and war crimes and taylor swift and a chatbot encouraging a child’s suicide

made guac , forgot the cilantro. someone revoke my Mexican heritage pls

if you haven't listened to these two pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease eyeriss.bandcamp.com/album/abdica... eyeriss.bandcamp.com/track/vermin #newmusic

Did my first live music mix tonight!! Feeling like the disparate strands of sound knowledge I’ve accumulated over the past few months starting to click together,,, literally the best feeling

how do you get an acquaintance, but closer? asking for a friend

I *cannot* believe they showed off Silksong as unceremoniously as they did, lmao. It's like they knew no one was looking forward to an xbox handheld so they jumped on the silksong hype train

I was listening to a @noclipvideo.bsky.social Crewcast yesterday where they talked about how game industry news are over-sensationalized, only to hear Geoff Keighley say Expedition 33 was made with "under 30 developers" at SGF lol

I'm not into tag team fighters but even I was excited by a Marvel vs. ArcSys game!! I can't wait to see how insane the Evo matches for this are gonna be

That is so sweet 🥹

Pro writing tip: Try and manifest good endings for your characters, because I’m living through their ending right now and… Yeah, I’d rather go back to the unknowing 😅

Pathetic fallacy’s a bitch

We just posted a new article! - QNews - ABS gives update on new LGBTQ+ Census questions trans.au/qnews-abs-gi...

Gay Cowboys > Straight Cowboys

if the hollywood sign burns live on television it'll be like 9/11 for climate change

I love my dead gay son (˃̣̣̥ᯅ˂̣̣̥)

Before I even posted on Bluesky, I had somehow already accumulated 200 followers. Who is following empty accounts? Is this a bot thing or an algorithm thing? Someone who knows how Bluesky’s algorithm pls explain

Ok but picture this - a very serious courtroom drama, but the jury is entirely comprised of ducks

It's funny writing stories based on your life experience and not knowing how it ends because... well, you haven't lived through it yet. Like, I know where my character needs to end up, but it's very difficult to believe their emotional growth when you're not sure you're capable of it yourself

A friend in High School said I had "Bi Wife Energy" and it stuck with me as a very touching compliment for a closeted trans girl. It wasn't until my egg cracked and I become said girlfriend that I realised I severely misunderstood the phrase