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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences @official-aias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

How do you balance the grittiness of the Batman IP with the joy and whimsy of the LEGO brand? @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with Jonathan Smith, VP Product at TT Games about his career path, importance of teamwork in their success, LEGO Batman™: Legacy of The Dark Knight, and more!

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tired: Plants vs Zombies Wired: Oaks vs Orcs!

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hell yeah! Huge news for games grads! 👀👀👀

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"I am tired of Earth. These gamers. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I endorse this message.

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

we simply cannot fucking help ourselves. another update for the strategy game from hell. this game goes so hard. get yourself around the game that multiple flock cameras have recorded @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social publicly praising it as "one of the greatest strategy games in the world"

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My dentist randomly dropped today that they’ve been in business 126 years. The shit they just be sayin with surgical instruments halfway down your mouth hole.

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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

the problem with the games industry is that it makes money in a sustainable way by creating stuff that people want to pay for this is in contrast to how big capital would prefer to make money, by trying to scale fake numbers to infinity using gambler brained investors lured in by impossible claims

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David Blatt @kopfstoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Have you seen some of the art for @gardens.dev's upcoming game? Yeah, it's that beautiful! 💚🌳 More info: gardens.dev/press

Three heroes walking towards a sort of ritual site—a small megalithic structure. Beautifully illustrated.

Four wanderers—likely the three heroes and a companion—are making their way through a very dense forest and are currently passing a large clearing situated in the valley.

The three heroes have found a small, round, closed gate in the middle of the deep forest. Atmospheric god rays shine through the treetops.

The three heroes spend the night sitting close together by the campfire, in the midst of an old stone ruin in the forest.

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

cat piss, the new secret to indie success

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Nate Purkeypile: Solo Indie Dev🤘🏹🔪 @npurkeypile.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Announcing Gone Feral! Stalk your victims through 1980s America in this co-op roguelike assassination game. Improvise brutal kills with everyday objects, terrorize your targets, and get revenge solo or with friends. Wishlist Gone Feral on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/4009220/...

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

One of the greatest strategy games in the world. Also a big part of the upcoming issue of Edge

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League of Geeks (LoG!) @leagueofgeeks.com · 08/06/2026

Solium Infernum is part of the @frostygamesfest.com Humble Bundle alongside a bunch of other great games from ANZ! This is the cheapest Solium Infernum has ever been, and there's a chunky update coming soon! Get amongst it and catch these other brilliant games! www.humblebundle.com/games/frosty...

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Frosty Games Fest Showcase Bundle 2026: Made in ANZ

It’s an Aussie and Kiwi party with the Frosty Games Fest Showcase Bundle 2026—celebrate ANZ devs and creators today!

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Fiery 🍂 @itsfiery94.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Imagine getting mad about women in video games when you could just shut the fuck up 🥲

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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 03/06/2026

Not every publisher.

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

At the end of new God of War you get to find out what's inside the cube

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

literally the best thing in the reveal, and by a long shot

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Looooved this chat with @gregorylouden.bsky.social of Housemarque. I have the privilege of talking to a lot of creative leads and very few can articulate their craft and the path to mastery the way in which Gregory can. Also, Saros slaps. Get amongst it!

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

IGN just gave another indie game a 10/10

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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Submissions to the National Cultural Policy close next Sunday 24 May. We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in submissions. Freeplay's helpful guide on making a submission can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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2026 05 - National Cultural Policy submission drive

Games and play sectorNational Cultural Policysubmission drive brought to you by your mates at Freeplay 💞 Instructions We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in s...

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's a great day to be an Arc Raider. 🫡

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Our game has received Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam in 3 days!! Thank you so much everyone :-)

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97% of the 510 user reviews for this game are positive.
Overwhelmingly Positive in blue text.

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

the thing about video games is its a terrible business, because they have to be made by a half dozen of the most elite creative professions working in harmony and they're priced worse than disposable single-person works

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

this is the sorta shit your friend’s older brother had in his room

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

games used to look good instead of like computer movies for dorks

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colin feral @sal.gay · 24/03/2026

A computer can never pack a bowl therefore a computer must never make a playlist

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 12/01/2025

fun Weird West dev anecdote: there was a decal on a gun shop that said "riffles" instead of "rifles", i pointed it out in the slack and this was the fix that came through and shipped

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This past weekend, the new movie Project Hail Mary was a smash hit, bringing in nearly $141 million at the box office. But many years ago, before he was writing novels adapted into mega-hit films, Andy Weir was fired from his dream job... at Blizzard Entertainment. Excerpt from my latest book:

An excerpt from the 2024 book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, telling the story of how author Andy Weir was fired from Blizzard

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

tired (boomers): my wife is maxing out my credit card wired (amazon): please sir, your gf is renting y2k paul giamatti classics on your account again

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echofar @echofar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Me texting my wife:

A book from Caves of Qud called “I ENJOY OUR CONVERSATIONS, 97th Edition”

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Oh and btw, the podcast is great even when I'm not on it. Maybe even especially so! For anyone who's into the business side of our medium, it's a huge rec. In my top three games podcasts for sure. So an honour and absolute blast to (finally!) be invited!

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My pal @shamsjorjani.bsky.social was kind enough to have me on his podcast, The Business of Video Games. Always loved chatting with him about the rubik's cube that is this wild industry and medium of ours, and this chat was no different. Part 1 now live! <3 open.spotify.com/episode/1b3M...

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Episode 52 - Just get published - Trent Kusters Pt. 1

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Jorkin B Peanitson @bonerman-inc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

wonderful news everyone i have enabled dlss 5 on 'shower with your dad simulator 2015'

left image: pixelated image of a man in a shower from 'shower with your dad simulator 2015'
right image: isiah mustafa from 'old spice' tv commercials on the beach under a shower wearing a towel

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Hahaha, get fucking wrecked! You just love to see it. Imagine being so incompetent at being a greedy fucking loser that a judge confirms it for everyone to then drag you on main. Big love for Ted, Charlie and the UW team. Huge win!

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Babe wake up, new videogame print magazine just dropped! Get behind this magazine from a couple of absolute kings from the Aus journalism scene. Looks siiiick. Cleanse your soul with some print media

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A look at the WIP trailer for Ghost of Yotei created by Sucker Punch a year before the studio officially unveiled the title in Sept 2024. It was used as a ‘forcing function’ to help the team lock in on a vision.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Hey! @outersloth.com just publicly shared it’s contract terms at GDC 2026. Here’s the skinny if you’re looking for some funding!

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Kicking off #GDC2026 with @victoriatran.bsky.social and @fortebass.bsky.social’s talk on Outersloth. Absolutely packed. Standing room only!

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Trent Kusters @trentkusters.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Heading to GDC. I don’t have any business other than GDC advisory board stuff, and my fireside with Amir of @supergiantgames.bsky.social (which you should come to!) So if you see me at GDC do not talk to me about videogames, unless it’s about Arc Raiders and why the Renegade is the best gun.

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