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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I saw the creators walking around with them yesterday, outside the main hall. Not sure if they’re back today

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Australian print media is alive! If you’re in Melbourne this weekend, make sure you pick up your copy of the first issue of Continue at PAX or ACMI #MIGW

The front and back cover of Continue Issue 1. Depicting Hornet from Silksong sitting beside the goose from Untitled Goose Game sitting on a bench, with a variety of other Australian games references.

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./yemáko/badgames.zip @badgameszip.itch.io · 10/08/2026

sorry to the haters but the CORRECT order to play the series is A Short Hike Big Walk Marathon

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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is really disappointing on their part, I’m sorry to hear that and sours what should be a great celebration of games unifying. How are we supposed to take what these organisations have to say seriously when they aren’t putting in the effort in their own enforcement?

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

All good, just missed last year too and am keen to check it out, just a shame my page froze up, but it happens. Hopefully all this interest helps the event grow for next year!

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

Yeah my page froze on reload at 12 on the dot and was sold out by the time it refreshed 😢

Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I’m excited to see Hannah Einbinder get more movie roles after finishing Hacks.

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

Game Changer was already a strong pull for a subscription, but getting this and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is a fantastic business move, I hope they keep finding cult hits.

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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

YouTube video by Dropout

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

My favourite so far is ‘That Man is a Lizard’, but seriously just go have a look, they’ve made a shocking amount of great stuff in a little over 2 years youtube.com/shorts/8xig1...

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Song out now to buy or stream — THAT MAN IS A LIZARD

YouTube video by DANG

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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

Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

That looks fantastic, such a unique design!

Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Plus some of the best “Charles, I can explain…” moments from Magneto yet

Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Season 2 has been absolutely killing it, the more anthology focused episodes has been such a good direction to go in

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

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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 🐍

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

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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

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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Mad Scholar Frights @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 BooOOooOOmila @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 · 09/05/2026

Aww, I wanted the red text and vulnerabilities!

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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 · 19/04/2026

A bit late to tell you sorry, but yeah there’s a show floor with games you can wander

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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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Ben Kelly 🔜 GCAP & MIGW @beeseekay.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It’s great to hear game companies sharing tech, it should be way more normalised, and not just for studios owned by the same megacorp

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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 · 11/04/2026

Honestly just sewing some pockets onto my boxers would be enough. Then I can have secret second pockets while I’m out 🤫

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 · 27/02/2026

Kermit and Miss Piggy having an open relationship is practically confirmed at this point