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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Literally sold out in the time it took me to refresh the page, disapointing. Clearly the market for games week events is way more than their current capacity

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Early birds sold within 15 mins 👀 Got in just in time 😤

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

There must be someone who works at Dropout whose entire job is to aquire the rights to my favourite hard to find media so a whole new audience gets to experience them for the first time.

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The Don Hertzfeldt Collection Is Now On Dropout

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The music and animated shorts for this band Dang are endlessly cool and weird. They’ve just released a video for one of their EPs, but I highly recommend checking out their other shorts and full songs. youtu.be/hy3GzviMriE

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DANG – BEST OF LUCK – animated short

YouTube video by DANG

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 28/06/2026

Personally if a thing that developers hate in game development also is a scarlet letter that makes players try to kill the game, I wouldn't do it instead of trying to hide it. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/epic-ga...

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Epic Games CEO says it’s ‘really irresponsible’ of Steam to make studios disclose AI use | VGC

Tim Sweeney claims it’s a “Scarlet Letter” which makes players “try to kill the game”…

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 27/06/2026

This guy just wakes up and ruins shit every day.

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I held a very friendly snake recently 🐍

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frankenstonk's monster @stonkers.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

every time you see a headline that begins with “we have to,” replace the “we” with “you” and you’ll immediately understand the purpose of the piece and the power dynamics at play

a screenshot of a nyt opinion piece titled: we have to stop freaking out about a.i.
published june 22, 2026 at 5am et

the image accompanying it is a (presumably ai generated) cartoon of a white bald man lying in bed terrified of pixel monsters lurking under his bed

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The first single from the interactive album I worked on is out, the full playable release is coming soon! open.spotify.com/track/2TTstB... #unreal #indiedev #gamedev #art

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I got a surprise delivery all the way from Switzerland of the first edition of the Smile Baby vinyl! I worked on the interactive music videos for this project, so it’s so cool to see my name printed on the inside cover 🪩

The front cover of the album with some included postcards

The vinyl and backside with the track listing

The inside art with credits and special thanks

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Game of Shrooms 2026 was a great time! I got to meet so many great artists and enjoy giving away my creations in a hunt around a park! I’ve already started planning to make even more next year 🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫

Some woodcarved mushrooms arranged in a fairy circle around a sign

Polymer clay mushrooms with eyes hidden in a garden patch

Me and my partner holding some fluffy mushrooms we found

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Obsessed with this keyboard layout from the first Iron Man

A touchpad keyboard with a series of cryptic icons in two curved layouts

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I made some babies from the off cut pieces of wood, soon I’ll have enough for a full fairy circle

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I carved this cute wooden mushroom yesterday 🍄‍🟫

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Femmecraft Alternative Accessories @femmecraft.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I don't do much geeky pop culture stuff these days because honestly the zeitgeist moves way too fast for me. But I'm still really proud of some of the pop culture stuff I made, like this #CaptainMarvel compact mirror. Back when @kellysue.bsky.social took over the comic, these flew out the door!

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I love on a Medieval Fayre day you can get a train from one side of the city to the other and watch the carriage slowly replace normal commuters with Fayre Folk in gowns and jester’s hats. It feels like a whimsical body snatchers situation.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

"The true cost of war shows up long after the fighting stops."

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I've been having a lot of fun playing with Unreal's Fracture tools to make these light reactive statue for an interactive music video project I've been working on

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Screen Australia and all the state creative funds should really keep this in mind when making funding decisions. We don’t want another 2009 crash where the currency conversion goes bad and all foreign investment gets pulled

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Discourse about finding "the Rogan of the Left" or "the liberal answer to Fox News" rarely accounts for the reality that the entire conservative media universe is the enormously unprofitable vanity project of a few rich sociopaths. It "succeeds" because they don't care how much it costs.

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Totally not pulling away from the Microsoft branding due to the BDS boycott, the same way Facebook did changing to Meta

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Me going throughout my day trying not to let my intrusive thoughts get to me

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Osaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 15/11/2024

"Facism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike."

User dratsab huffman asks the question:

To amuse myself i researched revacholian nationalism as well as measure head's race theories etc etc and focused my character on "traditionalism".

Anyway, ive noticed that if i ever click dialogue options that are in tune with my character's political compass, i lose morale. Whats the point of having this as a mechanic if its going to be so detrimental and feels like the character doesnt believe he actually is this or something... is there anyway to overcome that kind of morale loss?

Recalcitrant Jester replies:
Being a fascist is a deeply demoralizing experience. You have to not only radically alter your worldview to make reality fit into your unhinged schema, but that worldview is predicated on the notion that the weakest, most unworthy degenerate worms on the planet are somehow overpowering and humiliating you on a moment-by-moment basis.

In mechanical terms too, the lowered morale also reduces your volition score—the more you indulge in your delusions, the less you are able to exercise self-control and self-awareness.

The point of fascism being mechanically detrimental—the ludonarrative theme—is that fascism is an unequivocally self-destructive ideology, the practice of which only serves to nurture that self-destructive urge and turn it outward. It's not like Dark Side points in KotOR where you can access cool new abilities and get to enjoy being such a nasty lil rascal; you are not supposed to enjoy being a fascist in Disco Elysium. Fascism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike.

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Today I had a trip on the ferry from Circular Quay to Parramatta with a group of game devs for the Alt Games Festival, and made a game during the trip! It was a great time, and a great games festival, which is on tomorrow if you missed it! capscollective.itch.io/ferry-game-jam-simulator

The group of developers at Parramatta Wharf

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

With regards to that last repost, reviews can mean a lot to smaller developers, so I'm gonna put out a little call to action. Everyone following me? DO THIS NOW! I'm asking for replies so more folks pick this up, and continue it. Please take this graphic and ask your followers to do the same!

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Jonathan Moallem @jonjondev.com · 27/03/2026

I usually try to avoid mentioning my day-job on here, but it’s awesome to see our game popping up all over the place. Incredibly proud of the team and what we’ve done to rep Brisbane.

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Literally no one else is doing governing like this guy. A continuous source of hope in this hell world.

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Very excited for all the people about to find out about Don't Hug Me I'm Scared now it's found a new home on Dropout

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Watching Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie in theatre was one of the most charged cinema crowds I’ve ever been apart of, Matt Johnson doesn’t miss not miss.

Poster for the Australian theatre run of Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie with the screening locations, and a sticker that reads ‘I saw Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie and all I got was this sticker’

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Femmecraft Alternative Accessories @femmecraft.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Alright folks of the less than vanilla variety, love paddle resin charms are live on my site now! There are three types available ready made, or I'm more than happy to take custom requests for lettering or colours! Seach "love paddle" on www.femmecraft.com to see all options!

A miniature resin charm in the shape of a bright pink sparkly paddle with two lines of holes in the paddle. There are teeny tiny black letters down the paddle that say "yes please" in lower case letters, and the charm is resting on a background of leather under a lace shawl.

A miniature resin charm in the shape of a sleek black paddle. There are small pink letters down the paddle that say "yes" in upper case letters, and the charm is resting on a background of leather under a lace shawl.

Three heart shaped paddle resin charms sitting on a background of leather under a lace shawl. There are two pink paddles and one purple, and the two on the outer edges have purple iridescent stars on the wide part while the one in the middle is glowing gold under UV light.

Three brightly coloured resin charms in the shape of a heart shaped paddle with holes through the paddle and matching leather around the handle. Two are pink and one is purple, and one pink one has tiny purple iridescent stars while the other pink one and the purple one feature itty bitty black capital letters that spell "be good".

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I was tidying today and was reminded of one of my favourite books in my library: The Communist Manifesto (But Tony Hawk Can Keep His Stuff) Truely the canon way to read economic literature

Book Cover for ‘The Communist Manifesto But Tony Hawk Can Keep His Stuff’ by Dick Cody Heese, with Karl Marx in a half pipe riding a skateboard with Tony Hawk doing a sick trick in the background.

The first page, an excerpt reads:

1. Communism is already acknowledged by all European Powers to be itself a Power.
2. It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Spectre of Communism with a Manifesto of the party itself.
3. The aforementioned Manifesto should allow skateboarding legend Tony Hawk to retain his private property in honor of the totally gnarly air he has grabbed throughout his career.

An excerpt reads “It has agglomerated production, and has concentrated property in a few hands. However, it's arguably OK for Tony Hawk to have some of this property given that he landed the first ever 900 and because he seems like a standup guy.”

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Got a bit carried away doing some concept art for a terrarium for the collectable bugs in our game, and have subsequently gotten really excited about the idea

A round glass bottle containing a terrarium with pink sand, orange rocks, red cactus with green needles, and filled with blue flies

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Prayer to designers, please stop killing the pace of your great narrative puzzle game by randomly adding block sliding puzzle for no reason. I played Gridlocked a ton as a kid, I never need to play it again.

The board game GridLocked, featuring coloured cars on a grid, and cards showing different arrangements

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

youtu.be/v_lBQkhZs2g The animation quality on this short film for a guide dog not-for-profit is so much better than it has any right to be

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ACE | A Short Animated Film by Dogs Inc

YouTube video by Dogs Inc

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ceej @ceej.online · 07/02/2026

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

If anyone is as hyped as I am about the new Muppets Show but haven’t seen anything from them in the past few years, please check out The Muppets Mayhem after you’re done watching, one of the best series out there

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Finally got some proper NPC character models working, with some AI smart objects for them to sit and check out the market stalls

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

As someone who’s spent the past few months rethinking and rebuilding 3 different iterations of a prototype that just wasn’t feeling right for it to have finally clicked this week, this is great advice

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

One of the more wholesome subreddits out there is r/sandwiches, where people post videos of making sandwiches and all the comments are just “fuck yeah, that’s a good sandwich”

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From the Sandwiches community on Reddit: You've had a few beers and now you're gonna have a sandwich

Explore this post and more from the Sandwiches community

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.

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Scarlet Magus 💀 Horror Vtuber @scarletmagus.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI

"If Discord added more AI featurss, would that change how often you use Discord?"

"I'd consider leaving Discord."

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

In my latest attempt in wood carving, I made this sweet little crabbie for a belated Friendsmas Secret Santa 🦀

A small model of a crab carved from wood, with black eyes made from polymer clay, in a shiny acrylic coating

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