Gianni Di Giovanni @ MIGW

RPG devs stopped making games like Baldur's Gate 'because retailers told us no one wanted to buy them', says New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer The Infinity Engine wasn't quite so infinite, in the end.

Imagine if in the late nineties digital distribution existed? What could have been the big genres today if it wasn’t swayed by retail. @hopecorr.bsky.social with this great story www.pcgamer.com/games/baldur...

Whips to grunts, how game creators use music to evoke the world of Indiana Jones The sound world of Indiana Jones is iconic. While in Australia, the video game's audio director shares how he leveraged this to bring the game world to life.

Whip cracks and soundtracks, @musophrenic.bsky.social and I spoke to Pete Ward audio director of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle who spoke at High Score for #migw25 about how to capture those iconic sounds

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Hope so mate! Make sure you say hi if you see me

The talk is

✨Games Journalism and the Dev: How to make your game stand out so journalists pay attention✨
If you've ever wanted to ask questions to a games journalist about how and why they do what they do (turning the tables a bit which is great) this is your chance.
3:00PM at GCAP on Monday.

G'day I'm off to MIGW today looking forward to seeing you! Here is where I'll be:
🎻 High Score (Sun)
🚀 Games Week Launch
👨‍💻 GCAP - doing a talk on Mon w @hopecorr.bsky.social @harrisonpolites.bsky.social @sagefoxx.bsky.social at 3PM + Tue
🫶 Games for Change (Wed)
🏆 AGDAs
🎨 Parallels
🎮 PAX Aus

My actual journalism dream is to have a story I wrote printed in a magazine.
Feels like a lofty goal in 2025! Magazine journalism was a defining inspiration for me as a kid, inspired me to get into this career.

Vaporwave soundtrack and some Dreamcast graphics and we are there

Spellbinder yes, also Ocean Girl seems like a perfect franchise to revive for the zoomers who love the aesthetics of the 90s

Oh damn this was a great show you’re in for a treat

From zero to neo-Nazis: what under-16s may see under Australia’s social media ban, simply by not logging in Guardian Australia test finds scrolling shortform videos while logged out of YouTube and TikTok quickly leads to gambling, violent and far-right content

I conducted an experiment on what Tiktok and YouTube recommends when not logged in on the app.

Given the social media ban only covers accounts, hard not to see this could be the experience for teens in Australia come December. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

PAX Aus 2025: Tips and tricks to make the most of your time | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games PAX Aus 2025 is a packed event with hundreds of panels, game demos, exhibits, and activations. Here's how to make the most of your time.

i know i am getting old when my first tip for #paxaus is wearing comfortable shoes

Happy to buy you one 🍻

Nice, I might see if I can come find you or catch up with you another time online

This looks incredible. A thrill to hear te reo in trailer too. Are you bringing it to MIGW this year?

Trailer for our new #inidegame called Penguin Colony! We are collaborating with Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium, Ultrakill) to bring this unique re-imagining to life

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...

Schedule live!
At PAX Aus I have the privilege and pleasure to facilitate the Kirrip Wilam room, a space for Indigenous people to showcase, connect, recharge and share their pop culture fandom.

Check out the schedule for the room in the link below (filter: Kirrip Wilam) and come and say hello ☺️

Thanks to @hopecorr.bsky.social for being my eyes on the ground for this story!

This Aussie game broke the internet. A new exhibit reveals how it was made An exhibition at Melbourne's ACMI will pull back the curtain on how iconic games like Hollow Knight Silksong, Team Fortress, Neopets and Sim City were made.

ACMI today opens Game Worlds a big exhibition featuring Silksong WoW Sim City. I spoke to Dean Ravenola from Neopets and Robin Walker original developer on Team Fortress alongside Beth Johnson, ACMI Curator for a look at the exhibit. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Honestly just moving between keyboards of different sizes is enough to do this!

You are braver than I, I’m firmly in the QWERTY camp 🏕️. I feel like the technical advantage of moving to Dvorak is outweighed by that skill building that would be required. It’s why I’ve never learnt how to use FinalCut Pro or Pro Tools. It’ll slow me down too much!

Why do we use the QWERTY keyboard? - ABC listen The QWERTY keyboard wasn't designed to be fast or logical. It was created in the 1870s to stop typewriter keys from jamming - and to suit telegraph operators working in morse code. Since then, more ef...

I got to be a little bit romantic about the idea of typing, writing and the QWERTY keyboard when I spoke to David Marr on Late Night Live on Radio National last night. Take a listen with some ASMR clickety-clacks of my mechanical keyboard www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Brilliant! 👻

This is awesome, can’t believe you designed it in Unity that’s genius

Nail biting, but that was a classic Dockers way to end the season.

Interview with Team Cherry for Hollow Knight Silkson From Ludum Dare beginnings to the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, explore Team Cherry’s creative journey in this in-depth interview tracing their career.

Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:

I bought it on Humble because that wasn’t getting hammered

Honestly I think this would have happened regardless of pre-purchases.

I spent a lot of my time at the South Australian Film Corporation talking about Hollow Knight. In terms of local screen media with cultural impact in 2025, Silksong is second only to Bluey. It was a *very* useful case study for arguing for certain things. Stoked for the game’s release today!

Thank you Nom!

Australian-made Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes global stores on launch After years of silence, Team Cherry has released their sequel to one of the most successful Australian-made games of all time, which is expected to break records.

How did I do Dan? I’m pushing this to the whole network today as much as I can haha www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...