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@ericaroyle.bsky.social
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
knowing you're gonna get graded for something really sucks all the joy out of it huh
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
getting a whinge comedy duo and a gflip to support kylie feels like a real damning assessment of cultural institutions in australia tbh
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
gluten free udon.... could that be something...
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
owning left handed sewing scissors is a real ill never die moment
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
i think they should give tram drivers a lil thwacking stick for when cars run their stop signs
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
everyone in coburg has a greyhound
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
emptying a clip into my lettuce
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Retro Commercial Screens @retrocommercials.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 08/06/2026
so much AI shit is selling the idea of "what if we smoothed over and perfected digital representations of your real life so that you can exist in an idealized fiction of your own memories" and I think everyone who likes this needs to be shot into space where they can't hurt the rest of us
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 06/06/2026
Frosty Scoop! Just4Friends just unveiled @n00bsguide.bsky.social in Frosty Games Fest! This narrative-focused walking-sim takes us on a journey through a pre-teen's YouTube video playlist. It’s a funny, introspective and painfully earnest series of vignettes coming soon to Steam. s.team/a/4789130
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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
MANIFESTO JAM 2026 An invitation/provocation for YOU to write a manifesto. Running for a full week from June 8th to June 15th (AEST). Participate and submit at: itch.io/jam/manifest...
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Manifesto Jam 2026
A game jam from 2026-06-07 to 2026-06-14 hosted by haraiva. MANIFESTO JAM 2026 A Manifesto for Manifesto Jam, 2026: SEND ME YOUR ADDRESS SO I CAN VISIT YOU AND EXPLAIN MY PASSIONS I'm sick of talks. I...
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them
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daniël @kaasiand.cool · 28/04/2026
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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
it's 2026 and you're still engaging in "discourse" on social media? grow up. social media is for jokes and random life updates. discourse is for forums, academic conferences or evenings with friends.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
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Tex makes Key Fairy 🏳️‍⚧️ @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Key Fairy is officially released! Buy it, lest ye be slain! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...
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Save 10% on Key Fairy on Steam
A hand-drawn, pacifist, folkloric, bullet-hell. Grapple and dance around monsters to collect their shattered stars, weave your way through twisting paths, encounter strange folk, uncover ancient magic...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Perhaps the most disgraceful of all the “national security” laws that have been passed since Sept 11 2001. Albanese would have been a good, compliant minister in the Howard govt. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offence under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens warn
Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke say the laws are needed to protect Australians – particularly the Jewish community
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shivverz @siobhan.creature.love · 20/01/2026
one more thing about freeplay, and an issue that's been on my mind for a while (alt text available):
Volunteering is not unethical. It's not exploitation to willingly give your labour and your love to something that gives you back all of it and more - connection, celebration, opportunities, a platform, created by you, for you. We need to reexamine this idea, this fear, that every time we do something for free, it means we've been robbed, and every time we ask someone to do something, it's manipulation. I know how it feels to be in this position, but it's killing our communities. It's killing our relationships. We are not businesses, we are people, and the things we want to give and receive are numerous.

I hope we can change how we view this, because if we can only get things done with money, we let the people with capital dictate everything that happens.
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
illustration, personal computing, magazine (1979) archive.org/details/Pers...
a computing with a screen depicting a world and the world beyond the screen. the world on the screen is a chequered board, a building with a river of water coming out of it, going down a waterfall and splashing onto the keyboard. the world beyond the screen has large trees with twisted roots, the top of the building, a sleeping(?) dragon, a cage with a question mark inside, an open chest, a long pole with a star on top.
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
From: Beginning Middle End (1989), dir. Sally Cruikshank
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duncancorrigan.bsky.social @duncancorrigan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Me and @ericaroyle.bsky.social's Freeplay 2025 talk is now online! It's a banger trust us!! 🔥🔥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=lK0X...
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Should We Play With Our Money? - Freeplay Angles 2025 (Erica Royle & Duncan Corrigan)
YouTube video by Duncan Corrigan
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
anyone remember pentiment? wow that game rocks
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Lillikoifish @lillikoifish.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
you're only allowed to call it games week flu if you've got a negative RAT. or else it's just sparkling covid
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 05/09/2025
i reviewed NBA 2K26 for @endlessmode.bsky.social because someone had to while you're all playing silksong: www.endlessmode.com/article/comm...
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
i constantly think about this post
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StormCat - Play WIZARD PUNKS!!! @eyeofstormcat.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
wizard punks??? no... call me. Website Punks. look at this awesome website that my good friends @haraiva.bsky.social and @gleeson.dev created!!!! stormcatgames.com i now have the power to email journalists and say "OoOooO, look, i have a presskit"
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WIZARD PUNKS!!! / Welcome
Create spells by combining the four elements of Air, Earth, Fire and Water, and defeat your fellow wizards with a variety of bombastic magics.
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
can't believe I was in Brisbane for an earthquake but didn't feel it :/
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12/08/2025
AI2027 is a kind of intelligence test in that if somebody (like Peggy Noonan did in the WSJ today!) cites it as "proof" of anything you can immediately dismiss them as a rube. It's totally nonsensical. houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/the-spectr...
I recently decided to self-harm and read through that big, scary AI 2027 thing that people are freaking out about and got a similar feeling of paranoia from the document. For those that don’t know, AI 2027 is a projection of where AI is headed, how it will take over the world, and why we are basically powerless to stop it.

It’s very stupid, and I’m not interested in arguing that point. The whole thing reads like teenage boys yes-anding each other into oblivion about a video game they are playing. This is going to have horrible consequences, but not the ones they predict or hope for. I resent having to think about tech stuff at all because it is ugly and annoying, but at this point I mostly resent having to live in a world where people tell ghost stories around the campfire about “agent-4” and “OpenBrain” coming to kill us all.I mean look at this screenshot from AI 2027. What does this mean?

Stupid! This is stupid! Stop trying to make me think you people are smart!!!

And the evidence is spectral! What is the real evidence in AI 2027 beyond “trust us” and “vibes.” The people who wrote it cite themselves in the piece. Do not demand I take this seriously! This is so clearly a marketing device to scare people into buying your product before this imaginary window closes. Don’t call me stupid for not falling for your spectral evidence. My whole life people have been saying Artificial Intelligence is around the corner and it never arrives. I simply do not believe a chatbot will ever be more than a chat bot, and until you show me it doing that I will not believe it.
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Serenade @serenade.games · 20/07/2025
Better late than never! 👀 TANGENTS is back this year at @sabbygallery.bsky.social to coincide with the start of @free-play.bsky.social Angles Festival. Come play weird and wonderful games from across Australia!✨ 🗓️ Weds July 30th ⏰ 7pm - Late 🎟️ Free RSVP 👉 events.humanitix.com/tangents25
The poster for TANGENTS 2025 featuring a playful geometric design. The text reads; experimental games from around Australia, Wednesday July 30th 7pm - Late, Sabby Gallery 141 Victoria Pde Collingwood.
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Reece @reecyboii.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This turned out sick, thanks to everyone who joined <3
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Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
ALT: GAMES - a curators recap 💖 Games are special, important and change how we engage with stories and each other. This festival was just a way to highlight that and the community. Thank you to everyone involved who made this happen, you made it a success and for many a home.
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mouse🐭 @lessmouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
task complete - sing karaoke
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duncancorrigan.bsky.social @duncancorrigan.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I re-recorded my talk from Parallels 2024 so you can check it out if you missed it!✨ youtu.be/xnUF-AqoY3c
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Duncan Corrigan Parallels 2024
YouTube video by Duncan Corrigan
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Shakira Kurosawa @jamtoday.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If Luigi walks because of David Zaslav and Eric Adams I will laugh so hard I will probably have a stroke and die.
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TK @essenariz.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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ericaroyle.bsky.social @ericaroyle.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
me mention
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
after six months on the secret base patreon, we're finally gonna drop this for free on youtube tomorrow
newspaper clipping (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 11/4/1927): "What is the status, to raise an issue, of the ancient joke about the man who slipped on a banana peel? Is it just a joke, one of those things printed in newspapers, or did any one ever really slip in that way?"

PRETTY GOOD | EPISODE 14
The history of slipping on banana peels
SECRET BASE
Written and directed by Jon Bois | 33 minutes | Color
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