Jason Imms
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Head of Quality Assurance - Keywords Studios Australia | Founder and board member of Tas Game Makers | Freeplay board member | Recovering games journalist | peoplemaking.games/@jasonimms | He/Him
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Last night I stumbled into working out how to play This Old Love by Lior on the guitar, one of the best ballads I've ever heard, and honestly I'm pretty fkn proud of myself!
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It's more what those pixels represent :P
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Infantilising. This was a professional conference.
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🎮 PIXELS → POWER-UPS → PURE MAGIC ✨
Next week changes everything.
GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 registration launches!
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This will haunt me until the end of time
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Was it Tyler or Dave?
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Nice! Ryan is doing Good Work.
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My parasocial relationship with Brennan Lee Mulligan is so unhinged, I'm legit sad and grieving that I'm not at SXSW and can't somehow meet him. I'm drinking whiskey about it.
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As far as I understand, a sawhorse is the past participle of a seahorse.
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Counterpoint: Bidon't
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I was thinking about getting a bidet until I read about how long they take to install.

How long, you ask?

Oh, around a bidet-and-a-half.
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But I swear, there is a whole-ass documentary to tell on the Australian games scene. It’s my dream project that I won’t ever take to fruition. If I can help you make it happen, that would be ticking-off two bucket list items!
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lol whatever you like 😆
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Let me know if you want a brief backgrounding chat in whatevever downtime you can scrape together while we’re in the same time zone, or once you’re back home and getting thoughts together!
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Danny, for the record we're riffing on Pavlova, a New Zealand dessert that Australia has famously claimed as its own, much like Russel Crow, Crowded House, the Lamington, and ANZAC Biscuits.
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omg it's so good but have you tried Paovolovoia? Goodness.
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Tana ilu almost as much as I love Australian invention, Pavolova.
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The last 15 years have been a fascinating period of independent growth, people with no experience or an idea of what they're getting themselves into building a new industry on top of the ashes of what came before, returning international investment, government support, and much more.
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LONG story short, The Crash was when the GFC, the loss of the Australian Interactive Games Fund (AUD$14m in grants) and the value of AUD vs. USD swapped, meaning every single Aus studio (almost 100% international satellites) shut down. Our veterans left the country/industry, and indies were born.
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Ay come to Parallels next year - your eyes will be even wider!
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I've been around forever and was once a games journo for Gamespot, happy to give you a quick crash course if you want a call! I've just come home to Tasmania from MIGW, but happy to help seed your trip with some Aus history so SXSW is as fruitful as possible!
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I am extremely pleased. You’re here to see how the Australian game scene has grown since it’s huge crash 15 years ago. There are many of us who can help you connect to the people you want to speak to, feel free to reach out!