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Gianni Di Giovanni

@gdig.bsky.social
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Games journalist and Radio Broadcaster. Views are my own and not representative of my employer

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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I feel targeted by this
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 06/07/2026
First Nations creators tell Indigenous stories through video games
abc.net.au
From Call of Duty to Dreamtime: These designers are lighting up video games
As part of NAIDOC Week, we meet the Indigenous creatives who are re-shaping Australia's video game industry.
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kat @kgt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Happy NAIDOC 🖤 we're out here making games. I had a really lovely chat about making a rhythm game that honours Country, and working with Wali Studios on Wyrmspace Tactics.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
You can listen to the interview at 11:00PM AEST on Game Show as well, and we’ll share a little clip of the segment here once it’s aired.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🎶 Whether or not you’ve played League of Legends or are an Arcane fan the story of how the music at Riot is made is a fascinating one. @jdspearsmusic.bsky.social + @snajand.bsky.social join @musophrenic.bsky.social and I to share the collaboration at the heart. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
How the soundtracks for Arcane and League of Legends are made
Musicians and game developers work closely to make the world of League of Legends sound so incredible.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Cool story from Francisco writing for ABC Arts on Mixtape. 💿 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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Aussie rocker-turned-game developer restores lost art of the mixtape
Melbourne's Johnny Galvatron gave up the rockstar life to become a BAFTA-winning game developer. Now, his studio's latest release, Mixtape, re-imagines the music game as an eclectic playlist of genres...
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James O’Connor @jickle.net · 10/05/2026
Apparently getting the rights to this shirt was more difficult than any of the song rights were (source: me) www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...
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From Smashing Pumpkins to Ferris Bueller: new Australian indie video game Mixtape is a blast of nostalgia
In the game by Melbourne-based Beethoven and Dinosaur, you play as a teenage girl the night before moving to New York – drinking, skateboarding and getting into trouble, all soundtracked by 80s and 90...
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It’s hard to adapt a branching dynamic video game to the silver screen, each player has their own story when they play. Director of Exit 8 Genki Nakamura wanted to tell one story in that same world and get us to think again about the modern loops we’re stuck in www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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How the Tokyo Metro became the terrifying setting for film Exit 8
The creator of the minimalist horror film hopes it inspires viewers to stop doomscrolling and take a look at the world around them.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I’ve interviewed @gregorylouden.bsky.social a few times over the years and it was always interesting to hear how he thinks about interactive narratives. SAROS is out this week and it was cool to learn about why a lot of his games have characters retracing their steps www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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Meet the Australian behind PlayStation's next big game Saros
Developer Gregory Louden always wanted to work in games, but it was a sidestep into filmmaking that helped him secure his dream job at Finnish studio Housemarque.
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BURD @tezamondo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
You know what they say. Tomodatchi Life, Tomodatchi Wife
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Literally
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This story is adapted from an interview @musophrenic.bsky.social and I did quite a while ago now for ABC Classic’s Game Show and I’ve put the full interview into the piece.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🗡️🌊 @mattnava.bsky.social and @awintory.bsky.social have a long career of collaboration, their two creative disciplines intertwined. I remember distinctly how exciting it was when Journey was nominated for a Grammy, and now Sword of the Sea is the latest winner. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
abc.net.au
Team behind cult 2012 video game reunites on Grammy winner
Art director Matt Nava and composer Austin Wintory reveal how their cult 2012 video game Journey shaped their latest offering, the Grammy Award-winning Sword of the Sea.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I’m on ABC Radio chatting about the new Bluey game right now and the shape of the Australian games scene www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
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ABC Perth Live Audio - ABC listen
Listen live, whenever you want, wherever you are with ABC Perth.
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Julian Fell @jtfell.com · 30/03/2026
In the early days of the Middle East war, petrol stations hiked prices faster than the rise of global oil prices, in what several leading experts say was an attempt to maintain their profit margins. But since then, there has been a complete turnaround. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
abc.net.au
Petrol stations tried to 'shape' the market – now it's shaping them
Petrol stations in our biggest cities hiked prices ahead of global oil prices, but experts say their profit margins are now much slimmer.
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Chris “Mutton” Button @bibbybhoy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
After 10 years of writing about video games and technology, I won my first industry award: Best Technology Reviewer. Feels pretty good!
A hand holding the glass statuette for Best Technology Reviewer.A photo taken by a mini camera of the SIFTER teamA certificate with Chris Button’s name edited to be ‘Chris Mutton’A photo of Chris and Claire holding their awards
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David Smith @rhunwords.com · 27/03/2026
Stunned. Grateful. Didn’t expect ABC Gamer pick up a Lizzie but utterly thrilled that we did. It’s almost like it should still be here! Please, with everything you’ve got, support the small teams still churning out great Australian games journalism every single day.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
@rhunwords.com congrats fella you deserve it so thrilled 👏
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David Smith @rhunwords.com · 26/03/2026
If you’re a small games outlet that’s still grinding SEO, pack it in. Change your strategy. The days of taking the easy road, flipping press releases and fighting for top spots on Google News, are over.
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Chris “Mutton” Button @bibbybhoy.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
DLSS 5 has sent shockwaves through the games industry, so I asked several artists and developers what concerns them most about the technology. Unsurprisingly, their ire is about far more than ‘AI slop’. www.gadgetguy.com.au/nvidia-dlss-...
gadgetguy.com.au
"Disgust" over Nvidia's DLSS 5 has the games industry on edge
Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 technology drew the ire of the games industry, but the reasons run deeper than 'AI slop' imagery.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
@gumpyfunction.bsky.social is the developer behind the viral Grimace’s Birthday from a few years ago, I was thrilled to learn he lived in Melbourne. Orlando Mee is on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia making a tactical game incorporating his Anglo-Indian heritage.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The Game Boy came out in 1989, The Game Boy Color in 1998 and in 2026 meet the Australian developers Tom Lockwood and Orlando Mee making new games for the decades old console, wrapping nostalgia and their culture into the work. New story from me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
abc.net.au
New games for an old console: Meet the new generation of Game Boy developers
A small community of game developers is releasing new games for Nintendo's decades-old video game console, harnessing the nostalgia of these classic devices.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
When you finally start the magazine you were going on about making about at Parallels you should call it bing bong.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Huge miss not calling it bing bong what are you doing @serrels.bsky.social @jacksonwryan.com
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I love that all of your recent games are just what could have been conceivably been bought at the Freo markets in the 90s. You should make a pack of cards, a digital pet and a battling spinning top physical pack
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This one has a lot of twists and turns! There are bargain licensing deals where finished machines were the only price, a pinball moral panic and a lasting impact despite some regrets! I started about this time last year and it’s fun to see it here.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
During the late 1970s a Newcastle based company built a set uniquely Australian Pinball machines, Dennis Lillee 🏏 FJ Holden 🚘 and Shark 🦈 and the world’s first Star Wars pinball machine ever. These machines have been collected by the NFSA, new story by me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
abc.net.au
Iconic Australian-made pinball machines preserved for generations to come
Five pinball machines, including the first licensed Star Wars unit, have been saved from the scrap heap and will eventually be made available for the public to play at a special exhibition.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A classic of the genre
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 02/03/2026
The secretive company filling video game sites with gambling and AI aftermath.site/gameshub-click...
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Had one of those and it was great. Hybrid well worth it
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Congrats on the release Tezza
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Yeah and it goes both ways, heaps of developers do not have a website or a contact email either. I’ve left games that I was keen to write about because finding a way to get in touch was too tricky!
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hell yeah mate
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I read this as “hey the skills you have are transferable to other forms of journalism” not just games writing
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Another ABC Classic collaboration with @musophrenic.bsky.social and you can hear our big interview together embedded in this one where I ask when Hollow Knight 3 is coming out!
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The music of Hollow Knight Silksong is already iconic. Christopher Larkin was able to increase the number of real instrumentalists from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on the sequel. Another insight into the making of this blockbuster game www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
abc.net.au
Behind the music of hit Australian indie game Hollow Knight: Silksong
The video game soundtrack will be performed live for the first time by Orchestra Victoria at ACMI in February.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Good luck mate🤞
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I was talking to someone today and wondered if it was back to back with Vivid if that would have made a difference? Another part of the year even
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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson @jendn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Small but important AWW update that adds two authors: Holly Gramazio and Olivia de Zilva. Thanks everyone for sharing!
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Across seven hours in the Sydney Opera House this Sydney Festival, a herd of audience members will take turns leading a virtual group of donkeys in an experience that merges theatre and video games. New story from me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
abc.net.au
How a video game about donkeys tests social cohesion
Theatre makers Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim have built a game to be played socially in an auditorium, with a single player leading a group of donkeys on a journey of discovery.
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SIFTER @sifterhq.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
2025 The definitive list of Australian made video games. 🎮 We've recorded games all year for our seventh annual collection of local titles, across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and more! FEATURE by @gdig.bsky.social + @juiceboxcat.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/2025-th... #videogames
A cartoon illustration of Australian native animals designed in an anthropomorphised way, a Koala, a platypus holding a trophy and a quokka stand in front of a media wall with SIFTER and Pixel Sift logos at an awards ceremony. The platypus has just won an award for their game. Text overlayed says "The Definitive List of every Australian made video game released in 2025. Feature on sifter.com.au. "
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Also Gem I guess I have to finish off Clair Obscur hey, only six months after you told me.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
It was an honour to collate the first games wrap story for ABC this year, check out what @rhunwords.com @geeofdee.bsky.social @nomibelle.bsky.social and more great people loved playing this year. If you need a bit of escapism today have a look at this www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
abc.net.au
Hollow Knight to Donkey Kong: Our favourite video games of 2025
There are games to suit everyone, and overwhelmingly Australians are a game-playing nation. Here are some of the most important titles released this year.
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Very cool Lisy! One of the highlights for sure definitely keen to learn more about it
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Incredible work, that’s such a time consuming process! Until we’re back under same roof again my friend
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David Smith @rhunwords.com · 11/12/2025
Tomorrow is my last day on Gamer, and before I leave, I wanted to give everyone a little gift. Below, you’ll find Good Game: The Complete* Collection. All 12 seasons of Good Game, 418 episodes, in one massive playlist. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Good Game: Seasons 1 - 12 - YouTube
Good Game! Every single season, (almost) every single episode, in one place. Regrettably missing from this archive and possibly lost to time: Season 3, Episo...
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Me today
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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Incredibly cute, saw the trailer last night!!
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Meena Shamaly 🎮🎻🎙 @musophrenic.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
An hour with the music of Silksong (@teamcherry.bsky.social), plus another hour (almost) chatting to its bard, @christopherlarkin.bsky.social 🪡🎵🎮 🎙️ Big thanks to @gdig.bsky.social for joining me on this interview 🎙️ 🎧 The Game Show on ABC Classic 🎧
abc.net.au
Grand and tender: the music of Silksong by Christopher Larkin - ABC listen
The music of one of the most anticipated games of 2025, and an extended conversation with its Australian composer, Christopher Larkin.
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