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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · Feb 24

will i ever see the baby 😩

just a reminder i don’t work here anymore (redundancies last year included yours truly) so pls stop asking me to make it faster 🙈

Jack Ryan 🙏🧪 @jacksonwryan.com · Feb 20

Tales of the Shire is being delayed until July 29th, 2025, multiple sources have confirmed with me. An official announcement is expected tomorrow, Friday, Feb 21 at 7am NZDT

The key art from Tales of the Shire, which shows the title "Tales of the Shire A Lord of the Rings Game" and a few hobbitses in Bywater.

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 9h

come, boo in the audience for me ♥️

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 10h

aite #sxsw syd

Tomorrow 10am (😭) i’m gonna be talkin mad smack about agile. jira will not be forgotten either, everyone’s getting it. see you there??

after that i’ll be talking madder smack about GG and the rise and normalisation of conspiracy theorists. pray for me, it’s gonna be a big day 🙏

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 10h

dude i’m here and i had to miss the keynote. i’m not whisky about it but im close

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 16h

my mum is somewhat hip with the kids — but like 10 years late, which makes it even funnier

she’s still quoting _adam_!! at me like the vine was just posted yesterday

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 2d

too many of these “acktually we should let ai do our creative work” articles coming out rn…

they’re gearing up for an announcement. 📣

variety.com/2025/film/gl...

‘Mad Max’ Director George Miller Says ‘AI Is Here to Stay and Change Things’: ‘It’s Way More Egalitarian’ and Will Make Filmmaking ‘Available to Anyone Who Has a Calling to It’

'Mad Max' director George Miller says that "AI is here to stay and change things" and praises the potential to make filmmaking "more egalitarian."

variety.com

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 2d

sorry, alt: last night melbs
see yall at megadev

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 2d

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 4d

So like... what's the game plan here?? Only US citizens allowed?

guess i'll be seeing yall at gamescom (yknow, the one next to an actual war, which feels much safer somehow)

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 4d

i've run a few (extremely small in comparison ofc) events and so i understand that there's likely deals etc with providers yadiyada -- but at the same time, my first year there people were talking about how dangerous and prohibitive SF was getting, and it's only gotten worse!

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 4d

This game truly was a "number 8 wire" example of kiwi ingenuity, and we rose to the challenge. It's the most raw talk I've done yet... so it took me a while to get around to sharing it.

I learned a lot. I hope you do too!

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 4d

One year later -- it's time to share the rather vulnerable and heartfelt #GCAP talk I did last year that covered the weight, lessons, and elations of producing Tales of the Shire 🌿

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5D8...

Carrying the One Ring: Lessons in Leadership on Tales of the Shire

YouTube video by GCAP

www.youtube.com

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 4d

wouldn’t mind mexico! i haven’t had any issues at their borders! 😅

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 5d

lovely AGDAs ♥️

@ellalowgren.bsky.social @darcysandall.bsky.social

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 5d

if not for the opportunities i’ve had in nz i would have moved to melbourne years ago

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 5d

!!!! that’s the only thing anyone was asking for after all!

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 5d

i really want to return to the states! i have so many friends and awesome sights to see! i wouldn’t mind moving to seattle or boston!

but unless something changes in the near future im not going anywhere near it. i wouldn’t travel to 1930s germany, why tf would i go to the US now

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 5d

look, i love gdc and have flown the 12 hrs for 8 years, but if it needs to stay in NA, it’s time to move it to canada. a rebrand doesn’t fix the inherent barriers.

internationals don’t want to risk their lives flying to an authoritarian country for something that could have been a zoom call.

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 5d

also i have no stats on this but surely the games industry has one of the highest percentages of queer and trans folks. It was scary enough for friends to come over this year — many didn’t — they sure ain’t coming over now

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 5d

mmmm

we can’t afford to pay to come to one of the most expensive cities in the world just to be yoinked at the border sorry

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 6d

Calling partners for GDC 2026! Deadline extended to Friday, October 10

From speedruns, to LEGO building, to movie screenings, to concerts in the park, and more! Here’s what you need to know about GDC's search for new partnerships.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 6d

it’s basically the aus recognition of industry pillars award :)

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 6d

THATS OUR DAD!!!!

im in tears, so well deserved. i’ve cried more this AGDA awards event than any other

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 7d

battle recovered i should clarify due to addressing key issues and fixing as they went POST launch

emre spoke to multiple people involved — spoke to sony exec, spoke to directors at ea on that game, helldivers crew, valorant crew etc to confirm all the research and data!

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 8d

yes!

Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 8d

they had the same issues as battlefield 2042 on launch. simply missed the mark on some core reqs:

- no pve
- no single player
- no way to earn premium in game currency
- restricted VOIP
and it launched premium with these issues. Nothing to do with the characters

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 8d

listen i thought this was the cyberpunk future ok