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Grez @grez.bsky.social · 28d

ahhhh #PaxAus where dopamine blast meets solid community vibe
Welcome Home!
two weeks and counting

Grez @grez.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Adelaide studio enjoyed the development process so much they took the time to make the game to its best self
#gamedev #games #Adelaide

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Australian-made Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes global stores on launch

After years of silence, Team Cherry has released their sequel to one of the most successful Australian-made games of all time, which is expected to break records.

www.abc.net.au

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jul 15

so true

Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jun 14

Discord is like a very cool party, maybe a themed party, at someone's house. Many good conversations are possible but you need an invite to get in the door. It can be daunting when you first step in but once you're used to the disco lighting it gets easier.

Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jun 14

Now Xitter's like closing time at the pub, much harder to find those good conversations, a lot of your friends have left already, plus if you're unlucky someone will barf on you.

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jun 14

Twitter used to be like a big science conference, or like Speakers Corner in the Domain: a place where you could listen to interesting conversations, maybe contribute too; place for long conversations with those of similar interests.

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jun 14

Facebook used to be like after-church cuppa or school pickups: informal casual chat with your community. Now it's like being a tourist in Times Square: blaring advertisements and surrounded by strangers.

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jun 14

Instagram is like the cinema ads before the main movie : succession of bright interesting faces and places. You might have favourites but they don't know you, it's not a community really. No meaningful interaction, but still enjoyable if you pick the right film.

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jun 14

Social media described like 1970s physical places -

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Checkpoint Gaming @checkpointau.bsky.social · Jun 9

Kiryu and Majima on the go is hard to pass up, even with some caveats.

checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

Yakuza 0 Director's Cut is a great narrative-driven fit for your shiny new Switch 2

Yakuza 0 Director's cut is a joyous fit for the crime drama series on the Switch 2, even if that comes with some caveats.

checkpointgaming.net

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · Jun 2

The public loos at the small Victorian town of Yarragon, midway between Melbourne and east Gippsland
artist Matthew Thompson (Ling)
#streetart #urbanart #Gippsland

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 20

monster in a courtyard behind a cafe
Foz, 2021
#streetart #westernNSW #BrokenHill

street art mural of a cute monster, on the rough cement wall of a small shed

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 14

Sammies, yeah, nah. It's "sangas"

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 9

the creepy circus

Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 9

So I remember 'way back when a Catholic was running for (USA) president, because it was an electoral liability. He had to promise that he wouldn't let the Pope tell him how to lead America.

Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 6

Molochus horridus (Thorny Devil)
a super spiky looking desert lizard all in colours of orange, brown and tan
(from Australia, go figure)
actually tho the spikes are quite soft

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · May 6

It’s D&D Night, we’re all near death and surrounded by enraged emus.

Long ago, when I was GMing, I gave the party a custom magic item.

ME: Use it! Use it! It doesn’t matter anymore!
BARD: But—
ME: WE WILL DIE IN A BLAZE OF GLORY

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 6

I'm guessing prof & team didn't grow up in the Australian outback. Scary AF, emus

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 5

( #indiegames I saw at #PaxAus)
I don't know if anything I say could adequately encompass a city built on a spacefaring Sky Whale. Looks gorgeous, release date in 2025. By new Zealand group @balancingmonkeygames.com, reviewed on www.rockpapershotgun.comm

game artwork of a huge craggy dark interstellar Sky Whale, outlined against the red-gold light of a sun in deep space. The whale has a town built on its dorsal surface.

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 3

I'm ongoing astonished at Tron's resurgence. I remember the original movie last century being the last word in lame. Cute, but lame. Yet I still remember it? Must have had something

Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 3

yeah, I don't know why the customisable filth option flashed me back to student days at Qld Uni

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 3

(#indiegames I saw at #PaxAus)
#Tavernkeeper
So business sims are a thing? I'm done with farming and peasant towns, I'm gonna have a pub. Customisable filth & flammability! Looks like it's got humour, characters, and character.
By
@greenheartgames.bsky.social, listed for 2025 release on Steam

Screenshot of design setting for the game's tavern. There's a blueprint/model of the pub building, ornamented with decor and sprites. To the right, a panel listing the building's customisable features : temperature, brightness, filth, noise, decoration, damage, and flammability.

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · May 2

Australian elections are so chill that it's a nationwide excuse to hold a sausage sizzle or cake stall at your local primary school
#democracysausage #Straya #vote

Clip from the Democracy Sausage web page, it's a map of Melbourne with symbols showing the polling booths where a community group is holding a stall on election day. The symbols indicate what's available : sausage in bread, halal option, vegetarian option, cake stall, coffee.

Grez @grez.bsky.social · Apr 30

#Adelaide 's Botanic Garden is the absolute goods. We went there for the #Chihuly exhibition, which was exceptional, then went around the gardens afterwards and that was fab too. Adelaide is so great.
#art #glassblowing #sculpture

Chihuly glass sculpture, red and yellow, in a tropical garden

Chihuly glass sculpture, kind of like a huge bowl with a fluted edge, swirled red on the outside green inside. Or maybe it looks more like a giant clam. Or an enormous alien flower

Chihuly glass sculpture., peak-topped bubbles about the size of beach balls, floating in a pond. They are all shades of blue

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Grez @grez.bsky.social · Apr 30

ooh I want to do that with John Howard (Australia PM 1996-2007)

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