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Anyway, it's been a week.

The last week in my life:
- PAX Aus 2025, attended.
- Interview with Josh Sawyer, year-making.
- Unsubstantiated claim of using gen-AI in assessment, solved by a course coordinator who cares and knew me enough to go "You? Use AI? Fuck off, no way!"
- Games, played.
- Food, ordered.

A chat with Good Games Morley about making viral content The folks at Good Games Morley sit down with Checkpoint to discuss their social media success while also running a game store.

Interview: Good Games Morley

The @paxaus.bsky.social chats keep on coming! So fun talking with the GGM crew!

checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

a woman shaves her head in front of a refrigerator that has a sticker that says cozi on it Alt: A scene from The Office. A red-haired woman begins to shave her head down to the scalp while her coworker begs her to stop.

Is this what you get up to when Mrs Sledge isn't around to stop you?

I had the fortune of reviewing Luto earlier this year, and I thought it was a masterpiece of speculative fiction and metanarratives wrapped within a genuinely heartfelt story about living with severe mental illness.

I cannot wait to see what comes from the studio next.

Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...

INTERVIEW: Josh Sawyer

It’s not every day you get to talk with an @obsidianent.bsky.social legend like Josh, but that’s what we did!

checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

In an amazing year of firsts, where I have done so much that I never thought I would have the confidence to do, I was fortunate to have my first interview be one with @jesawyer.bsky.social while he was down under for #PAXAus

PAX 2025.xlsx

Here is a player facing spreadsheet of 150 indie games from PAX. Aus, NZ and SE Asia. Game name, steam (or other) link, demo y/n, genre, comments (which I'm editing). Please share. Let's work together to connect people to Aussie indies. I'm going to tag people next. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Radiating power

Gonna keep it secret on socials till the interview goes live. But I'm very excited to talk about it.

I think after the interview I did yesterday at #PAXAus, I'm either going to become insanely normal and grounded, or insufferable about it.

This year will be my first @paxaus.bsky.social as part of the wonderful Checkpoint Gaming team.

So if you catch me at the booth, walking around, or eying off my eighth redbull of the day, say hi.

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Original Soundtrack from Falcom Sound Team jdk releases on December 22 digitally, on streaming services, and on CD: www.rpgsite.net/news/18644-t...

Addendum: How does one convince themselves they like networking, without drinking a lot of beer?

Going to the Interactive Narrative Social tonight, how does one convince themselves they like networking?

Greta:

"I will never comprehend how humans can be so evil. That you would deliberately starve millions of people living trapped under an illegal siege as a continuation of decades of oppression and apartheid.”

Source: Global Sumud Flotilla via X

The Australian way!

Predictable

Luke, when I watch this film and something bad happens to the dog, I'll blame you for ruining my week.

Exciting, overwhelmed with joy, might throw up

There's not a single Australian @albomp.bsky.social would protect from Israel, is there? Nothing about Zomi. Nothing at all about the flotilla, or the doctors serving in Gaza. Just gravely concerned inc. and some mumbly centrist trite about a two state solution. This should terrify us all

Zola from Blue Dragon

Remake Blue Dragon! If not for Akira Toriyama, then for this diva, Zola.

Jared Leto is being put down

(Source: tinyurl.com/3u4dtxnd)

Gonna have to blast a fire emblem battle ost playlist, cause I'm fighting for my life to get these assignments done.

- I'm on the verge of throwing up because we have covered nothing in our copywriting class for this final assessment.
- I have a nonfiction piece to write (actually keen for this).
- I have to produce a magazine for class (less keen for this).
- PAX next week (very keen).

In this episode of How Could EA Get Any Worse?

Saudi Arabia continues to try and wipe its hands from the blood of human rights violations, and in its pursuit of its gameswashing, buys EA. Mass Effect will never be gay again.

It's Podcast Time! 🕰️

We chatted with Maddy Thorson & Noel Berry of @exokgames.bsky.social about their incredible title
Celeste, as well as their upcoming trip to Melbourne for Melbourne International Games Week!

#MIGW25 #gamesweekmelbs

Listen Here:
joy.org.au/checkpoint/2...

I know that ugly mug anywhere, it's me!