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Tony Albrecht

@tonyalbrecht.bsky.social

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Aussie Game Dev of 25+ years. Principal Engineer at Riot Games. Brews beer, plays games, lives life. he/him

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 23h

It feels like the 80s again. I'm going to see Suicidal Tendencies support Metallica on Wednesday, and at the same time I'm waiting on my newly ordered #C64 to be shipped.

Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 4d

That's a very young Rob Crane.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah. I just spent 2 hours straight playing this. Reminds me of Forget-me-not crossed with Robotron. Great little game.

Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 4d

This game scratches a llamatron shaped itch

ivy sly @ivysly.com · Aug 25

Evil Egg comes October 30.
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 5d

It's like one of those "What's wrong with this picture" puzzles, but in video form.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 6d

Sports

Viagra Boys - Sports (Official Video)

YouTube video by viagra boys

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 17d

One of the early Aussie Game Dec conference bags. (Early 2000s)

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 23d

Hah! I’m currently reading that. It’s fun.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · 29d

Hello Melbourne!

Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Oct 4

TFW you are furiously working on a presentation for a conference and you get the "Checkins are open" notification for your flight to said conference.

So you stop to post about it on Socials instead of working more.

Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Oct 3

I'll be at #GCAP next week! If anyone wants to catch up, HMU.

Also, I'm landing in Melbourne Sunday arvo, so if anyone wants to catch up for a drink, let me know. Purely for jetlag remediation of course - that 30 minute difference can be a killer.

Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 26

I'll be there. We should do stuff.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 23

"Solving the Autism problem" You mean stacking the dish washer the CORRECT way?

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · Sep 23

"Solving the autism problem" oh you mean begging my coworkers to let me change the whole codebase to either "colour" or "color", I don't care which just not the current random mix.

Alix Weasel @alixwzl.bsky.social · Sep 23

"Solving the autism problem" oooooh dimmer switches that don't whine?

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 17

Same. My recent trip to France reintroduced me to breakfast cheese. So good.

Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 16

So, what I hear you saying is that the display is broken and the percentage is being rendered upside down as it's actually 16% humidity. Because the alternative sounds terrible.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just got a new #C64 tattoo! It’s still a bit angry but it really complements the rest of my C64 sleeve.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 11

This. A thousand times, this.

Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social · Sep 11

Profile.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 11

We might have a suite for that here in Adelaide :) Should find out for sure soon....

Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 11

Feb is going to be full of Metal. Froth and the Fury, Parkwave, Dream Theater, VOLA - its gonna be loud and fun.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 9

Well done. You can't beat home grown tomatoes.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 6

I absolutely loved Bangai-O. Another obscure shooter was SRD. Standard vert scroller, but you also could rescue little men along the way. If you didn’t kill them first.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 5

This showed up in my feed yesterday. A snippet from a different time, hilariously understated.

1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

youtu.be

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 5

All the best game devs are from Adelaide. Everyone knows that.

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Tony Albrecht @tonyalbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 5

I love the little ditties the NPCs sing. That one in particular.