iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 24/06/2026

yeah I'm having a Y2K themed New Year's party, it's kind of like 1999 meets the 2000's

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 23/06/2026

(2016) would be a beautiful name for a baby DOOM

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Christa Mrgan @antichrista.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

hey me and the girls are gonna lie about the bog later, pretty much just muck-wallowing if you wanna come through

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 03/12/2025

fish want me women fish me i am a fish

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 01/12/2025

You’ve noticed a cute couple-to-be: so as a budding witch, you sneak them each a love potion, scheme for them a time and date - an empty cinema - and wait. Eagerly, you watch them both emerge from the theatre… only to notice they’ve not fallen for each other, but for the craft of cinema itself.

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 30/11/2025

It’s crazy how the world changes so fast. Remember the Game Boy? She’s a grown-ass Game Woman now

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 30/10/2025

'Being told a video game was made with only “0.3%” LLM use is like being handed a glass of water that “only has” a single drop of urine in it.' Rio is one of my favourite game writers and this piece on the Alters is some of her best work – do yourself a favour and read it if you haven't already!!

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 30/10/2025

My new life goal is to eat things with chopsticks that weren't intended to be eaten as such. I get to enjoy a delicious meal, to revel in the satisfaction of overcoming great odds, AND a forearm workout to boot

A photo of me devouring an entire Banh Mi with chopsticks, a shockingly good forearm workout to boot.

A photo after the feast – look how proud I look to have eaten it whole! mmmmm hmmm so yummy :P

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 24/10/2025

I first heard about Call of the Golden Valley at High Score where I was completely blown away by @benhmusic.bsky.social's score (literal goosebumps...) Having played it later in the week, I was impressed by it's Australian cast and intrigued to unravel the mystery further. Excited to play more!

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 23/10/2025

Congratulations to @sbug.games for launching the incredible Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off this week!! To celebrate, we'll be interviewing the team on @4zzzradio.bsky.social's Zed Games tonight at 6PM AEST! You can listen-in live on 102.1 FM or via the website: 4zzz.org.au

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4ZZZ - Community Radio Brisbane

4ZZZ Community Radio Brisbane

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 17/10/2025

Was also super fortunate to get a tour of the new Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio Foundation (MESS) while I was there! A self-proclaimed "Synthesizer Gym", the amount of care and love put into restoring these instruments is enough to make a girl consider moving to Melbourne... 😅 mess.foundation

A photo inside the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio - a self described "Synthesizer Gym".

Some more sexy analog synths and keyboards at the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio.

Even more museum-grade synths on display at the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio.

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 17/10/2025

First up was #HighScore2025! Coming from sound in film, it was enriching to meet so many talented sound designers and composers working with adaptive audio. A personal highlight was Sarah Wolfe's talk about crafting a hyperpop soundtrack for the excellent, upcoming @girlypop.net!

A photo of a panel at High Score 2025. The title of the presentation is: "How to Speak Dev and Influence Designers"

A photo of Sarah Wolfe's awesome presentation called "Making Video Games Music POP"

A photo of Copycat's presentation at High Score 2025 about Recording Voice Over.

A photo from a panel at High Score 2025 titled "From Freelancer to Founder: Building Your Game Audio Practice"

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 17/10/2025

Now that I'm finally starting to recover from the behemoth that was Melbourne International Games Week, I'm super keen to share some of what I got up to from High Score through to PAX! I'll be drip feeding it on my feed over the next few days, so keep an eye out :)

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 14/10/2025

Call me (not) Icarus the way I be perfectly fine and cruising at a reasonable altitude, actually

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 14/10/2025

The vibes were unparalleled, but only because Parallels happened on Thursday hehe

Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW @qualbert.com · 12/10/2025

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BORN TO GAME / MELBOURNE IS A FUCK / ゲーム Play Em All 2025 / I am indie dev / 410,757,864,530 MIGW ATTENDEES

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

(shared AI video of the Teletubbies eating a hiker that wandered into their territory) Okay so it turns out that video was fake, but it resonated because this kind of stuff happens every day

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 13/10/2025

maybe keep it in the drafts next time, buddy

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 13/10/2025

I cannot stress how awesome this game by @toestee.itch.io is! Even as a (polished) prototype, Bug Brains is so cute and compelling that every day I wasn't playing it was a day I spent thinking about it... Please check it out – this need a physical release ASAP

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 13/10/2025

wow i loved visiting acmk grame wordls, such a good exhibltiom

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 08/10/2025

You looked great!! Big pants are now your cartoon character trait

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 08/10/2025

Especially hot off of playing Consume Me, this seems like required reading!!

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 02/10/2025

*uses a real physical map once* Wow this is just like Silksong fr, so immersive!!

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 02/10/2025

(Pretending my lack of sleep and poor flight selection wasn’t entirely self-inflected…)

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 02/10/2025

Whoever invented early morning flights should be tucked into a really comfortable bed and forced to enjoy the simple pleasure of a restful sleep. Maybe then they would let us sleep in too 😮‍💨😴

Liz Alfos @touloutoumou.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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i will never get fighting games. Fighting game enthusiasts will post something like "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THIS IS BULLSHIT" with a picture or video that look like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zA...

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YouTube video by Webdriver Torso

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 08/09/2025

If you die in the kitchen, you die in real life 😱

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 02/09/2025

I love it when I am just going to have a little nap and OH GOD I JUST HIBERNATED FOR 16 HOURS

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Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 01/09/2025

That’s what she said? I’m going to need you to back up your claim with evidence

Natalia Lakes! @natalialakes.com · 01/09/2025

Anytime someone says “THEY made a movie about this” or “that’s what THEY want you to think” It’s actually just one really prolific non-binary person. Keep up the good work

Tex makes Key Fairy 🏳️‍⚧️ @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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The trick to writing characterful dialogue is to add unexpected question marks?

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Christa Mrgan @antichrista.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

my heart is frail, or maybe just not designed to lurch between lols and war crimes and taylor swift and a chatbot encouraging a child’s suicide

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IRIS! @sclerasound.com · 16/08/2025

if you haven't listened to these two pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease eyeriss.bandcamp.com/album/abdica... eyeriss.bandcamp.com/track/vermin #newmusic

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Abdication, by Eyeriss

2 track album

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And shoutout @sclerasound.com for sticking around way too long and info dumping music production to me, 10/10 would do again

I am learning!! And it’s fun!!!

Did my first live music mix tonight!! Feeling like the disparate strands of sound knowledge I’ve accumulated over the past few months starting to click together,,, literally the best feeling

Mmmmm, maybe you need to invest in more candles