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Alex Walker

@alexwalker.bsky.social
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Comms guy who spent 20 years writing about gaming/tech/esports (fmr. Kotaku Australia editor, ABC Tech + Games columnist, games.on.net, Gizmodo AU, Lifehacker AU, elsewhere).

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Delighted to chat with @alexwalker.bsky.social about the aftermath of the biggest merger in video game history. If you're not subscribed to Multiplier, you can read the latest issue over on the blog now!: www.multiplier.au/did-anyone-r...
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Did anyone really win from the biggest merger in video game history?
Microsoft may have beaten regulators, but it doesn't seem to have helped in the long run.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
paint finally getting ahead of the curve
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
i love that there's a roguelike deckbuilder that's based on AFL store.steampowered.com/app/1543960/...
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
the paw patrol/hot wheels monster trucks developers are making a ... formula 1 homage? can see at least abu dhabi, spa, monaco included www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsLn...
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
who misses covfefe already
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
While we strongly discourage visitors, economic policies, and human interaction at any level, we would be thrilled for you to take a break from world events and learn about various penguin species wwf.org.au/blogs/protec...
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Protecting a Penguin Paradise: Heard Island and McDonald Islands - WWF-Australia | Protecting a Penguin Paradise: Heard Island and McDonald Islands | WWF Australia
In the heart of the Southern Ocean lies a haven for wildlife: Heard Island and McDonald Islands (known as HIMI) - home to some of the most iconic and ecologically significant penguin species on the pl...
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The Oldhammer Fiction Podcast @oldhammerpodcast.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I've been wondering how tariffs will affect the table top games industry- answer- not good.
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Cult of the Lamb @cultofthelamb.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Kiwi humour still top tier. From the NZ Herald.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
small PC hack that shouldn't be necessary but sadly is if you're trying to uninstall razer synapse, the uninstaller will routinely bug out every time you try to delete it but if you unplug/disconnect the PC from the internet, the installer will proceed and actually start deleting files
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
thank god mtg arena is good these days (h/t to the legends at @goodgamesmorley on tk)
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Having both Split Fiction and Two Point Museum both drop and be outstandingly good in their respective niches is a real treat. they're both so much fun, please play at least one of them
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
apparently the xbox game bar now has a meme-making function
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
epic (via EGS) are running player surveys upon exit of an application; don't mind this but the scattershot approach sometimes doesn't totally land
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
monster hunter bringing ginger cat energy
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Nice Friday W, and from EA of all places: they've uploaded the source code for a stack of old C&C games, including Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn, Generals: Zero Hour, Renegade, AND the Remastered Collection github.com/electronicar...
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
literally might be the first time I've seen any positive press about Bleeding Edge venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft...
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Microsoft’s Muse AI can design video game worlds after watching you play
Microsoft new Muse AI system learns to generate interactive 3D game worlds by watching gameplay footage, marking a major advance in artificial intelligence's ability to understand spatial environments...
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
least likely choice, but if the Space Marines 2 devs were working on a Hasbro IP it'd be pretty rad if it was GI-Joe would work with the SM2 style of combat and level design, would be a great shot in the arm for the franchise, lots of cool directions (it's prob d&d though, and that's cool)
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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Humble Bundle changed its terms of service back in December. Unused game codes now expire after 3 years and in cases where the retailer is out of stock and alternate keys are "not available", Humble says that it is "not obligated to provide them." Seems bad: www.reviews.org/au/games/hum...
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Humble Bundle is getting worse (and everybody knows it)
Ever wonder what happened to all those games you picked up over the years through Humble Bundle? You might not like the answer.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
things I don't want in Windows updates: mini-ads for other Microsoft services to juice their user numbers
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Leah J. Williams @legenette.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
i loved avowed!!!
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Avowed review – The Living Lands call your name
Avowed is a sweeping fantasy RPG that succeeds on the strength of its characters and its dense storytelling. Check out the GamesHub review.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
fyi: umurangi generation, one of the cooler games out of ANZ in the last 5 years, is available for $2.15 right now store.steampowered.com/app/1223500/... (if you loved pokemon snap back in the day, this is absolutely your jam)
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
this feels like an octodad gag
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 12/02/2025
Thanks for all of the kind words about MinnMax's revealing interview with Ready at Dawn's co-founder. youtu.be/g7t6Wo2IcU8 This is what the backend looks like for an interview that spawned news stories on every major gaming site. Independent games media only exists by support on Patreon.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
these YT chat summaries (on the State of Play video) really aren't it
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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
new game announcement: Tryhard is our upcoming sports RPG about managing an underdog rugby club in New Zealand! "wishlist now on steam" etc: store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/... website: tryhardgame.com idle in our discord: discord.gg/qRUZQQX5Tz
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Tryhard on Steam
Turn-based sports RPG about managing an underdog rugby club in New Zealand. Outsmart opponents and upgrade your squad, but also feed your dog and go on dates, in this epic saga of love, betrayal, and ...
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
jfc
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
i've never understood how one device can be updated so many times with literally zero noticeable impact to its performance or utility
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AstroKerrie @astrokerrie.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Someone is breaking into all the Melbourne LGSs and stealing their stock. 7-9 or so stores in the last 8 weeks. Please keep an eye out for suss sales in the next few weeks online to try catch these despicable knobs targeting small businesses.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Rogue Company, the original Smite and Paladins all shuttered development. as a small note of positivity, Smite and Paladins both had an incredible run. Smite surviving in a world where games like Heroes of Newerth died - no small achievement. And Paladins did great for how much it took from OW1
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Citizen Sleeper was fantastic with a killer soundtrack. Wouldn't be surprised if this is the first big "indie game sells X million+" of 2025. also, it has a cute void cat this time
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Another NFT game done with 55 employees now seeking work. Kind of a foregone conclusion almost with how 2024 panned out, really I can imagine some of the major publishers will be keen to talk to Robert Bowling about future ideas though - wonder if we see a new team spun up in the next 3-6 months
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Carli Boo-locci 👻 @carlivelocci.com · 30/01/2025
This 👇 but also some other ways: ➡️ Use the Bye Bye Google AI chrome extension ➡️ Use UDM14 ➡️ Add the &udm=14 to your searches by making a search engine shortcut in your browser settings. As of now, all of these work but who knows for how long
edit site search popup in Google. There's a field for name, a shortcut, and a URL where you can put in {google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Windows is running surveys asking people for feedback on "is your PC running slowly" how much time have you got
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
great story on the insanity that is the dopamine-burning Simulation Clicker www.afr.com/technology/t...
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This is the worst page on the internet
Stimulation Clicker is a remarkable rendering of how digital life has gone off the rails.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
One of Nvidia's best addons - Nvidia Broadcast - just got a 2.0.0 update this morning: 👉 improved background noise removal 👉 better foreground/background separation 👉 Virtual Key Light for AI-powered face relighting 👉 new Studio Voice (RTX 4080, 5080+ rec.) 👉 side-by-side preview
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
industry sure as hell isn't going to get more sustainable if this is the way going forward; people will just stick to free games/game pass/playing older stuff they already own switch 2 launch pricing of games is gonna be real interesting
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
extremely questionable emails, exhibit a
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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
For context: I said “indie” budgets prolly start at about 500 thou but they certainly do not stop at 1 mill and I’d say that it would be better for everyone if more money was put into the 2mill to 20 mill black hole we got going on out there in game budgets.
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actually madeleine is the scientist🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🦇 @webway.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
WARNING: this post contains graphic language GPU. Nvidia. Anti-aliasing. Dynamic shadows. Texture
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
threats to national security: tiktok, silver surfer decks
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
wow: the Aussie developer behind the sci-fi immersive FPS Fortune's Run is stopping development because ... they're being imprisoned for 3 years steamcommunity.com/games/169224...
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
increasingly convinced that people these days will just accuse any writing they don't like (or aren't impressed by) as "being written by AI/ChatGPT" without ever actually thinking why or how an AI would write that way
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
doomguy wandering around a gallery with a glass of red is perfect, actually www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPRv...
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DOOM: The Gallery Experience, a Very Cultural Game [100% SECRETS]
YouTube video by Martinoz
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Bonkers, underrated year.
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
when the dps says they're switching to tank
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Heroes of Newerth making a comeback?
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
what a time to inform people about ~$80 jump in subscription pricing way to go adobe
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
chrome's binging on my RAM like it's christmas
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Alex Walker @alexwalker.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
out enjoying the stars/sixers t20, which has been excellent so far In the interim though, @teganjones.bsky.social and @dcriism.bsky.social have also been introduced to the ongoing Stoinis/Zampa cricket fanfic saga
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