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Meghann O'Neill

@firkraags.bsky.social

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Formerly of PC Powerplay and various other places. Freelance game reviewer. Connecting with game devs, but not having a lot of time for social media ... Tell me about your game.

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 2h

According to my students, snakes are 7-9 Friday at AIT wherever that is.

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 2h

My students were saying something about Friday night and something about a snake jam?

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 2h

see also, my spreadsheet, haha - but yeah, there are only a few games doubled up from PAX

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, and sticky tape to stick business cards into the exercise book.

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 2h

What are the games like? Worth a look?

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 2h

very small exercise book and pen

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 7h

nice photos

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 21h

Had a great time at Waypoint Constellations tonight, playing games, enjoying tunes, listening to some great talks about the Australian game dev scene, and generally chatting with folks a schooner in my hand. Wish more places did events like these.

events.humanitix.com/waypoint-con...

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah. That sounds like a good plan.

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah true. But, like. What gear are they showing on? Are there like 120 computers provided by SXSW? Surely, surely devs wouldn’t leave their gear. (I also wondered about this during the PAX evacuation.)

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 10h

To complicate this, someone at Waypoint last night told me devs aren’t present on Saturday? I’m not sure I’ve met many devs who would want their game to be shown without them being present. (Exceptions obvs being students and trusted overseas PR.) What’s up with that?

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 10h

Haha wow. Pro Jank Footy suddenly makes a lot of sense.

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 10h

I think I need to find some new way of working for a decade or so, to bridge the gap between print magazine and ‘old lady who hires young people to play 80s games so she can yell at them that they’re doing it wrong’ on stream. Cc @threeohfour.bsky.social

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 11h

Dave. I’m pretty sure we exchanged names …

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 11h

Tall, bearded Footy Jank person.

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 11h

The only good things about the whole ‘game reviewing in 2025’ situation is that I’ve been meeting new people, subscribing to new sites, reading a lot more Player 2 and reading substacks. I did not know what substack was a week ago. And @jickle.net still seems to have work.

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 11h

One of the best things about Waypoint Constellations last night was a guy smiled at me and I was like like “footy … bash?” and he was like “jank”. I know @jasonimms.bsky.social will understand this but possibly no one else …

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 11h

I think my plan is to go look for excerpts when I’m less busy.

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 21h

All I want to do is show students the fishing line.

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 21h

Oh. So good. But. Your talk.

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 1d

Right?

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! Hope it connects you with a fun Au/NZ demo! I've been playing this one first, haha. the-lazy-bones.itch.io/pinball-hero

Pinball Hero by Lazybones, JeremyTeal

A pinball roguelike game

the-lazy-bones.itch.io

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see you this year! Memory’s Reach is looking very cool.

Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 1d

Spreadsheet solidarity. So much work has gone into this.

Renee O'flynn @scree.bsky.social · 1d

Even though I was tagged on @firkraags.bsky.social post, I'm posting my own just in case people want contact details of the developers at pax. If you are an indie developer who was at Pax Aus and your info is missing, please let me know. I'll fix it.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

PAX AUS 2025

docs.google.com

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Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social · 1d

It's very possible I'm reading it wrong. Hmm, you may be right. I think it's excluded from day pass? Which is one tier higher? That doesn't make a lot of sense. www.sxswsydney.com/attend

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