Nate Shearer
@faultrunner.bsky.social
Editor at NextPlay Australia
I’m not ticklish, so don’t bother trying it.
I play games and pretend to watch movies.
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I’m not ticklish, so don’t bother trying it.
I play games and pretend to watch movies.
> [email protected] <
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Nate Shearer
@faultrunner.bsky.social
· Dec 30
2026 is gonna be a good year for new games!
Here is my final list for the 12 for 12 challenge:
Yakuza 0
Tale of Vesperia
Final Fantasy 12
Cross Code
Dicey Dungeons
Reverse Collapse
Scars Above
Final Fantasy 7
The Forgotten City
Soul Reaver
Kingdom Hearts
Tales of MajEyal
Here is my final list for the 12 for 12 challenge:
Yakuza 0
Tale of Vesperia
Final Fantasy 12
Cross Code
Dicey Dungeons
Reverse Collapse
Scars Above
Final Fantasy 7
The Forgotten City
Soul Reaver
Kingdom Hearts
Tales of MajEyal
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This is my favourite subtitle
February 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This is my favourite subtitle
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when you think about it, steam is the landlord for the whole games industry
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
when you think about it, steam is the landlord for the whole games industry
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If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
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It's about to get vile and culture warmish with One Nation, Libs and Labor trying to out racist each other. Please support your recent immigrant communities anyway you can.
If you allies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities wrap around them.
Watch your local cops.
If you allies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities wrap around them.
Watch your local cops.
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 AM
It's about to get vile and culture warmish with One Nation, Libs and Labor trying to out racist each other. Please support your recent immigrant communities anyway you can.
If you allies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities wrap around them.
Watch your local cops.
If you allies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities wrap around them.
Watch your local cops.
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Look, I could understand banning immigration from the genocidal, apartheid, terrorist State of Israel pending freedom and equality for Palestine, but Gaza? Somalia? There's truly no low too low for white supremacists. #auspol
February 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Look, I could understand banning immigration from the genocidal, apartheid, terrorist State of Israel pending freedom and equality for Palestine, but Gaza? Somalia? There's truly no low too low for white supremacists. #auspol
Can’t believe I wasted bangers like “Stealtholopod” on a news article
Here are the team's favourite announcements from last week's State of Play!
next-play.com.au/nextplays-st...
next-play.com.au/nextplays-st...
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Can’t believe I wasted bangers like “Stealtholopod” on a news article
Who actually has a group chat?
What am I missing out on here?
What am I missing out on here?
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Who actually has a group chat?
What am I missing out on here?
What am I missing out on here?
David Spade. Gone too soon.
February 16, 2026 at 4:12 AM
David Spade. Gone too soon.
Me when I look up my Hytale map
'Island Lake, California' - an aerial embroidery commission from last September I haven't shared yet! The right hand side was a nightmare at times, very busy with textures and elements and odd shapes. I hope it came out effective though? I don't have much experience in rocky landscapes :)
February 16, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Me when I look up my Hytale map
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Save the date - www.queenslandgamesfestival.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Save the date - www.queenslandgamesfestival.com
Glad I bought it this week!
As if you needed another excuse for one more run in Absolum
Absolum’s Threads Of Fate Update Adds A New Game Mode, New Rewards, And Is Out Now
One of 2025's best games keeps getting better
www.well-played.com.au
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Glad I bought it this week!
This might be a dumb question, but can someone please explain to me the difference between a Feature and a Review?
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 AM
This might be a dumb question, but can someone please explain to me the difference between a Feature and a Review?
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‘Double Touch and the Hog line’ sounds like a radio duo who have to stay metres from the stations interns
The double-touch and the hog line are at the center of a controversy that has Swedes tattling and Canadians cursing. on.wsj.com/3McXW9f
The Olympics Have Been Rocked by a Cheating Scandal—in Curling
The double-touch and the hog line are at the center of a controversy that has Swedes tattling and Canadians cursing.
on.wsj.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:58 AM
‘Double Touch and the Hog line’ sounds like a radio duo who have to stay metres from the stations interns
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Well that was a pretty fun week for me. We had the Warlock reveal/release on the 11th and then all new Saros gameplay at the PS State of Play on the 12th. I felt like Timothée Chalamet and shit. Who knows, maybe there’s another announcement coming real soon…
February 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Well that was a pretty fun week for me. We had the Warlock reveal/release on the 11th and then all new Saros gameplay at the PS State of Play on the 12th. I felt like Timothée Chalamet and shit. Who knows, maybe there’s another announcement coming real soon…
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Look I have thick skin, and I know we are hated, and yet this statement still makes my breath catch. What kind of society allows for this sort of thing to be said
February 16, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Look I have thick skin, and I know we are hated, and yet this statement still makes my breath catch. What kind of society allows for this sort of thing to be said
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Nothing more young Lib than dropping hundreds of dollars for a sniff of Abbott’s sweaty sack
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Nothing more young Lib than dropping hundreds of dollars for a sniff of Abbott’s sweaty sack
Hey, it’s me again!
~ A key part of his message to me: “Don’t get distracted” ~
@faultrunner.bsky.social got lost a lot in @inkle.co's new investigative game, and loved it!
next-play.com.au/tr-49-review/
@faultrunner.bsky.social got lost a lot in @inkle.co's new investigative game, and loved it!
next-play.com.au/tr-49-review/
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Machine In TR-49
Can you learn to love the machine? We did! Narrative deduction meets audio drama TR-49 is a rich story game full of intrigue.
next-play.com.au
February 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Hey, it’s me again!
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We will all pay for this
Albanese dismisses Aukus concerns as submarine shipyard cost revealed to be $30bn
Albanese dismisses Aukus concerns as submarine shipyard cost revealed to be $30bn
Prime minister commits $3.9bn as ‘down payment’ for Adelaide facility to eventually build nuclear-powered vessels
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At least $30bn will be spent building a construction yard to eventually build nuclear submarines for Australia under the Aukus agreement, despite doubts over the deal.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced on Sunday the federal government had pledged $3.9bn as a “down payment” to secure the future of the submarine construction yard in the northern Adelaide suburb of Osborne. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:47 AM
We will all pay for this
I love Paul
This is such a great way of communicating this feeling and I think I may just show this clip to my parents
This is such a great way of communicating this feeling and I think I may just show this clip to my parents
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February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I love Paul
This is such a great way of communicating this feeling and I think I may just show this clip to my parents
This is such a great way of communicating this feeling and I think I may just show this clip to my parents
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Stop worrying, peasants. Your betters have spoken.
Albanese dismisses Aukus concerns as submarine shipyard cost revealed to be $30bn
Albanese dismisses Aukus concerns as submarine shipyard cost revealed to be $30bn
Prime minister commits $3.9bn as ‘down payment’ for Adelaide facility to eventually build nuclear-powered vessels
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At least $30bn will be spent building a construction yard to eventually build nuclear submarines for Australia under the Aukus agreement, despite doubts over the deal.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced on Sunday the federal government had pledged $3.9bn as a “down payment” to secure the future of the submarine construction yard in the northern Adelaide suburb of Osborne. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Stop worrying, peasants. Your betters have spoken.
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You can’t go ‘the Epstein files are boring, who cares?’ and then the next week write a tabloid hit piece on grace tame where you complain that ‘no one talks about child sexual abuse victims anymore’
Far right grifters are such losers
Far right grifters are such losers
February 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
You can’t go ‘the Epstein files are boring, who cares?’ and then the next week write a tabloid hit piece on grace tame where you complain that ‘no one talks about child sexual abuse victims anymore’
Far right grifters are such losers
Far right grifters are such losers
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I support UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
@franceskalbs.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
@franceskalbs.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I support UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
@franceskalbs.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
@franceskalbs.bsky.social. I admire her principled, courageous stand against Israel's ongoing persecution of the Palestinian people. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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yeah anyone who thinks this is a great idea wants a five year old victim to have to choose if they want their relative to die
As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
February 15, 2026 at 3:33 AM
yeah anyone who thinks this is a great idea wants a five year old victim to have to choose if they want their relative to die
Albanese has to be getting a BAG after his term omfg
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Albanese has to be getting a BAG after his term omfg