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Still very unclear to me which social media philosophy/platform/practice will work best - either for me personally or the world - but will give it a try!
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It will never be the same experience viewing this episode in the future without those same The Project commercials. I love that - what a weird moment in reality tv, in regards to the explicit cat-and-mouse game of viewer vs editor. #SurvivorAU
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I am absolutely shocked by tonight's #SurvivorAU.
The Channel 10 promos for The Project were falsely setting our expectations?!? And here I thought they were spoiling the outcome, omg. A "meta" edit that used the commercials?! Was that intentional???
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Come onnnnn, we get Global The Challenge and Global *Love Island* but we still can't get a USA vs Aus Survivor? When do will we finally get to see Shonee vote out a bunch of USA players? #SurvivorAU
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This is *such* an incredible bookend to the original HvZ, a 13 year story arc. Couldn't script this #SurvivorAU
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"Are there too many advantages/twists on Survivor now" is the wrong question imo. Shannon is on the money here - ultimately it's about whether the show is trying to tell a psychological story or a sociological story (see: blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/t)
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To me this was the most hollow iteration of the ‘votes as currency’ new era. Players sacrificed their votes for individual reasons (paranoia, for a trinket) so we aren’t set up with meaningful group dynamics. I want the wins & losses to feel anchored socially #Survivor44
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Fascinating to follow the discourse around #Survivor44 and the new era. Lots of foundational game studies/design issues on display: blurry distinction between "the game" and "the players", how mechanics shape storytelling, watching vs "playing", etc.
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I enjoy modern #Survivor & I really like this cast, but I feel the cast were overwhelmed by the trinkets & treks narratively in the premiere. It made them make crazy decisions, which is interesting, but it felt like the main character was the game, not the players #Survivor44
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Here's me. "How to sell out your species while pretending to be the adults in the room"
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And of course, the gap between the orange and blue lines is a handy blank space of exploitation, overwork, and people's jobs - just to begin with
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In 2021 unis increased revenue & decreased costs, producing a record surplus. Not bad for a 'crisis'. From finally released 2021 Finance report. education.gov.au/higher-educati
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Pretty stellar wave of top-tier television games coming out of Aus/NZ the last few weeks: not just Australian Survivor, but also Taskmaster Australia and Guy Mont Spelling Bee. I don't even have time in my leisure schedule for USA Survivor currently, sorry S44!
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In Super Mario World, the variable that determines which way Mario is facing has two values that are used - left and right - and 254 unused values. Making Mario face these "extradimensional directions" can distort him, discolor him, or even turn him into eggs.
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One tiny but underrated thing about living in Australia is when inputting your address into a computer, you don't have to scroll down forever in some long terrible State dropdown menu (say, finding the Ns for New Jersey).
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damn peach ducked in that window at the last second, close game 🙏
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Dunno if this shit is the worst thing about living in Australia, but it’s definitely in the top 5.
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For our next episode:
We'll be interviewing of , director of Hi-Fi RUSH, the recent lovely surprise of an action game where the world/combat syncs to the music.
Check it out (and hear in the game as Korsica!) and send us your questions!
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Tomorrow eve Melbourne. Book a FREE ticket! I have handpicked some…
- Bloodborne choreography by
- Travelling Swordsman by
- Kaizo Mario Races by AGDQ
- Parallel IV by Harun Farocki
- GTA Hamlet by
…for our viewing pleasure!
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I had the pleasure of playing Videogamo's GOL-E-GOL at No Quarter 2022, and I absolutely loved it. Keen to ask them more questions about it... maybe even with a special surprise guest co-host!
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some pictures right after No Quarter '22 finished. you can see @OhHeyMeliss cheating on one!
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Really looking forward to this conversation!
Last chance to get your questions in:
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Short notice, but we'll be interviewing @hsaez of @Videogamo early next week about their traveling arcade cabinet NAVE, their party game console DOBOTONE, and more of their beautiful, literally one-of-a-kind work.
If you've been lucky enough to play them, send us some questions!
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I cannot wait for a deep dive interview with Shonee after this season. Pipe that audio stream directly into my brain #SurvivorAU
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The haunting game design philosophical question here is: what if reality tv games aren't actually a "special case" but in fact *all* games are absurdly contextual and "playtesting" is merely a fantasy for all games. (You can probably guess what I think here).
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This is one of the most thrilling things about games for reality tv imo. Impossible to fully "playtest" the system, which is so dependent on specific humans at a specific moment in time, under conditions too expensive to repeat in the same way. Games resisting "data analysis".
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There's such a foundational and unknowable game design question that is so sharpened by this season:
How much is "due" to casting / game mechanics? If any season is a weighted probability cloud of possible outcomes, how likely or not were these outcomes. Can't ever know.
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Last night's #SurvivorAU was mind-blowingly messy, omg. I don't think we've ever seen anything quite like it another English language season. Small edit issues notwithstanding, this season is shaping up to be one of the all-time greats, it just keeps giving. Love it.
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I would guess this is fairly standard (and totally ridiculous) practice for most Australian universities.
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Put the 'fun' in funding tomorrow with ! 👾💸
Speakers , , , & will explore the intersection of creative and commercial practice in digital games in a free panel on 27 Feb.
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I had so much fun talking to the fine folks at about week 4 of and how I'm a huge villain 🙉 Give it a listen at the link below!
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New Ep!
We're back talking week 4 of #SurvivorAU: Heroes vs Villains! This week Scott speaks with the wonderful @OhHeyMeliss talking mutiny, all-time quotes & sad confessionals in the rain!
Listen on all major platforms or at slayingthedragonpod.com!
anchor.fm/slaying-the-dr
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Our 2023 school year starts tomorrow! Mostly back to in-person teaching. This will be my 8th year (!!) teaching our intro / non-digital game making class.
Some day, some day, I promise I will post my syllabus w/ commentary. Gotta stop spending all my free time on Slice & Dice...
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Sobering reminder about how fraught it is to build your career/livelihood off these platforms. I myself feel pretty burnt by Twitter falling apart, but IG does not seem like a good alternative.
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ok what do I do about this? My acct was deactivated after several weeks of not even posting, with no reason given. I know @instagram doesn’t do tech support via Twitter but like, this account is directly tied to my living so … hoping there is something to be done here.
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"using AI, small game dev teams will create AAA quality games"
The Discourse has so little ability to critically unpack what the notion of "AAA quality" even signifies, as if it were just a function of assets. Context plays such a central role in what gets economically valued.
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Erik Hall just released a new recording of Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato and it's super lovely! One of my favorite records in a while. cc all fans of Steve Reich, Terry Riley.
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The Rose Mallee (Eucalyptus rhodantha) is a spectacular spreading mallee with stems thickly covered in rounded, silver foliage & huge, pendulous red flowers.
Is this #threatenedspecies your #EucalyptoftheYear?
Vote: surveymonkey.com/r/C8YT83X
📸: Beth Baker. IG: offpenphotography
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Yes! I’m ready to Sign The Pact
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Every game designer should sign a pact that they will include at least one (1) jungle, acid and/or DnB track in their game for the next two years until video games are cool again.
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Ep. 110: Making Friends w/ Madison Karrh
We're joined by the dev behind Birth, a curious puzzle game about building a companion to quell your loneliness. We discuss the voyeurism of city spaces, embracing the aesthetics of death, and making games that respect your time on earth.
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Short notice, but we'll be interviewing of early next week about their traveling arcade cabinet NAVE, their party game console DOBOTONE, and more of their beautiful, literally one-of-a-kind work.
If you've been lucky enough to play them, send us some questions!
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Reading the “Sects & Violets” rules for Blood on the Clocktower and I don’t think I’ve ever been this astonished by tabletop game mechanics. I can’t even imagine playing or running a game with such an outrageous possibility space, but I’m delighted by the brainfeel of it all.
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Did anyone (aside from, apparently, the RBA) really believe inflation was being led by wages?
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i think in this media climate the responsible thing to do would be to kill the op-ed for good
they do nothing for the craft, the topic, the author, or the masthead.
almost any example i can think of for what might take its place is better than goddamn opinion pieces
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btw the b-sides followup to this Romance album of "Celine Dion vaporwave" is *so* good, in particular this lush tune might be my favorite of 2022, it's got a kind of Stars of the Lid energy that I am such a sucker for
youmustrememberthis.bandcamp.com/track/your-dre
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Look, I am not a Celine Dion listener, but I am super into this beautiful new Romance album that melts and mutates her music. Let this very apt Boomkat write-up tempt you
boomkat.com/products/once-
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