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Alice Clarke
@alicedkc.bsky.social
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Multi-award winning freelance journalist specialising in technology, games, entertainment and opinion. Co-curator of the PAX Together area at PAX Aus.
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 16h
Bait
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 21h
You have nothing at all to apologise for
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 21h
You did your best
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 22h
I'm sure the indies appreciated your apologies
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 1d
The Upper Kingdom is the best place at the show and was really busy all weekend. Plus, we didn’t get evacuated!
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Donald Duong @anbear.bsky.social · 3d
I’m always grateful for the people that come to our quiz and trivia PAX panels year after year (as is @alicedkc.bsky.social)
Alice and I posing for a selfie in front of a filled PAX theatre
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks for an amazing PAX Aus everyone!
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 3d
(I worked for 16 hours yesterday and have only had 5 non-conservative hours sleep each night since Tuesday. If I’m a bit off today, just know that it’s a miracle I’m still alive.)
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 4d
The other thing happening today is Karma’s birthday!
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 4d
End of PAX Trivia with @anbear.bsky.social and so many prizes at 5pm

Who am I going to see today? What are you looking forward to?

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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 4d
Last day of PAX Aus! Who else is psyched? You can come see me on three panels in the PAX Together Theatre today!

What Kind Of Year Has It Been with @jesszam.bsky.social at 10am

Xena Nintendo 64 Fighting Game Tournament with Jess at 11:30 (I made her watch Xena for this)

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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 4d
We had a good time
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Checkpoint Gaming @checkpointau.bsky.social · 6d
PANEL ALERT!!

Saturday, 12:30pm PAX Together Theatre - Out, Loud, and Critical: Queer Journalists Changing Games Media

Join host @checkpointboss.bsky.social and awesome journos @alicedkc.bsky.social, @nomibelle.bsky.social, @jesszam.bsky.social and @sifterhq.bsky.social for a brilliant discussion!
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Alexis Pink @alexispink.bsky.social · 7d
So the prep is all done, the questions are written, and the interface is perfect*. It's time for another year of QueryI at #PAXAUS! Friday at 12:30pm in the Together Theatre!

The theme this year? Terrible Australis

Come join the fun!

*for interpretations thereof
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
I haven’t seen any of them yet! I’m hoping they’re along the same lines as the descendants
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires sounds like a fake movie from 30 Rock or something. I love that it's real.
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
HWC seems to be more "we are having a great time, yay!" while Wood is more along the lines of "your dick fixed me and now I want to have a lot of children with you"
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
It's like when you see a video of a stranger's toddler having a meltdown: behind that video are the decisions to get out the camera to record, & then to post it.
A celebrity releasing a song about a specific person's penis isn't just "here's a song about a penis", there's more context you can't see.
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
When I first heard people talking about the song being about his penis I was like “surely it’s more subtle than that”. But then it’s called Wood and goes downhill from there.
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
Were there any euphemisms they or their reps rejected? Why is this the only penis she’s sung about? Did he ask her to write this song? What was his reaction when he heard it? He’s now going to be asked about the song about his penis in every interview for years, was that considered?
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
My thought process when a major celebrity releases a song about her famous fiancés penis:
How many meetings did her publicity team have to have with his publicity team about this song? She wrote that song with two other writers, what was that conversation like? What was the editing process like?
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 9d
My thought process when an indie artist releases a song about their mystery partner’s genitals: unexpected. Glad they’re having a good time. Perhaps more details than I needed. I hope their partner enjoys the song and signed off on it. Good for them for being so sex positive.
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 10d
There are a few good songs on the album, don’t get me wrong. But it would have benefited from having more people in the room willing to push back and challenge her on some of the weaker and more formulaic songs.
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 10d
During this time when the richest and most powerful people in the world are claiming to be silenced victims, I have less patience for literal billionaire Taylor Swift’s brand of ‘poor me’ pop.
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Alice Clarke @alicedkc.bsky.social · 11d
I got new bar tape today after riding on ripped bar tape for months. It’s basically a new bike now. Had a great time on it this morning.
A red Trek Domane with black bar tape featuring lighting in a contrasting black. A red Trek Domane SL6 with black bar tape featuring lighting in a contrasting black.
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