Danweb Plays 🔜 BunnyCon

Reposting with ALT because this kind of phenomenal disdain and disrespect from within the industry literally against two of their own titles and the designer who made them is important to recognize.

Day 6 of song lyrics that make me chortle:

"Now you're in my head, my heart, my body part" - Felicia Eriksson

Voices of Bentleigh is ready for action! We are a "Voices of" community group in the Victorian state Bentleigh district which includes Ormond, McKinnon, Bentleigh, Bentleigh East, Brighton East, Moorabbin, Highett, and Cheltenham. Head to linktr.ee/voicesofbent... if you'd like to get involved!

When @meampongan.bsky.social and I got together we raced to play Wombat Poo and we had so much fun! We loved opening the game and seeing all the environmentally friendly packaging and ethical consideration, and we loved playing the game! Everyone should have a copy of this

"Flatten the curve" is maybe the most successful slogan of the last 10 years and conveys a relatively complicated idea! The difference is that the media helped explain and operationalize its underlying message. With "Defund the police" the media did the opposite.

I don't believe in collective nouns

An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input.

Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026

Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...

Thank god Flip 7 didn’t win the Spiel des Jahres, you know that guy would be sending it to Trump now.

I hate expansions.

Wombat Poo by @philwaker.bsky.social of Joey Games is a stacking game where you either poo, stack a cube or wipe, score each cube stacked on the tower. @danweb.bsky.social was a witness to my screaming, fun screaming😆 On top of a good game, by my fave designer, is an eco friendly focus. (a thread)

Real Bird Fake Bird daily game results. 5/7 for category "Worldwide Flatbreads" Wednesday 24 December

"Turn the volume up" - Zohran Mamdani

My Melbourne International Games Week: Launch Party Freakon Parallels Elegant Skeleton PAX Megadev

I'm doing Melbourne International Games Week! Here's where you can find me throughout the week!

I'm so bad at days of the week. I was on nights, and time is kind of ephemeral" - Brett

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Day 5 of song lyrics that make me chortle:

"Imma volume up my voice and make up"
- Jerry Heil

The Politician. I rewatch it all the time and desperately wish it got a 3rd and 4th season

I've seen ABC refer to the Nazi rallies as "anti mass immigration rallies" over and over, exactly what Nazis want labelled as, legitimising them.

In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄

Elegant Skeleton x Melbourne International Games Week

The Elegant Skeleton Research Institute is excited to announce our latest public aptitude study in partnership with Melbourne International Games Week.

Our new study is on October 10-12 2025 as part of Melbourne International Games Week 2025
(4-12 Oct). For more info visit gamesweek.melbourne

So Codenames (and thus CGE) has blocked me, a Trans developer and designer, because I had the nerves to send them the two replies you find below. Judge for yourself if these are worth a ban.

This is their way of dealing with empathy and care in this ongoing conversation.

i cant even explain how devastated i am every time the board game arena site is down how am i supposed to play my bird game :(

Lower Decks or Discovery or Prodigy. I'm not big into recommending the older material in a long running franchise when there's good modern stuff to enjoy

You did like the newer Star Wars (Andor) a lot more so 🤷

Nah that's all too old! Strange New Worlds is the perfect modern beginning, much like I wouldn't recommend people start watching Doctor Who with Classic Who

Yeah, it's a bummer, but at least we're getting something. I look forward to watching every episode

Screenshot of a text message chat. First they said: "Moon River is such a banger" "Serious delicious" I replied: "Right!!!" "It's sooooo good!!!" Then they said: "It's a real turkey wrap. Not a burger with big thick buns either side of the meaty decisions (games that take a while before the decisions actually get meaty or where the moves get obvious/limited at some point later), not a bacon wrap with gristle that makes the meat chewier than it should be (excessive game weight making each turn just too much to consider properly without being exhausting)... just a good lean turkey wrap."

While playing Moon River from @brunocathala.bsky.social and @yohanservais.bsky.social my friend messaged me this and I totally agree! We're both vegetarian, but we often use meat as a metaphor for the depth and approachability of the decisions in games. This is our way of saying it's perfection! 🌛🏞️

Day 4 of song lyrics that make me chortle:

"I'm a survivor, stay aliver"
- Parg

No but then people pronounce it Mel-bun! It's not Mel-bun! It's Melb'n! #IWillDieOnThisImportantHill

My niche pet peeve of the day is when people try and tell others how to pronounce Melbourne by spelling it Melbin. It's much clearer to spell it Melb'n #ExtremelyImportant

This is a great video and I recommend everyone in Australia watch it, but there is one tiny piece of misinformation in it. From 1:01-1:08 the speaker implies that strategic voting isn't necessary in Australia's electoral system, but this is not true. Strategic voting gets independents elected