Jini Maxwell
@astroblob.bsky.social
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Jini Maxwell
@astroblob.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Interview with Team Cherry for Hollow Knight Silkson
From Ludum Dare beginnings to the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, explore Team Cherry’s creative journey in this in-depth interview tracing their career.
www.acmi.net.au
Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
I will pull a borderless Momo, Friendly Flier when the Avatar The Last Airbender MTG set comes out next week. First pack. It Will happen.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I will pull a borderless Momo, Friendly Flier when the Avatar The Last Airbender MTG set comes out next week. First pack. It Will happen.
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Six weeks since Game Worlds opened - a lifetime, a millisecond.
For so long, this show only existed to me, Bethan, and a handful of others, - and now it belongs to thousands of you as well.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far - the response has been unfathomable 💘✨
📸: Matto Lucas
For so long, this show only existed to me, Bethan, and a handful of others, - and now it belongs to thousands of you as well.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far - the response has been unfathomable 💘✨
📸: Matto Lucas
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Six weeks since Game Worlds opened - a lifetime, a millisecond.
For so long, this show only existed to me, Bethan, and a handful of others, - and now it belongs to thousands of you as well.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far - the response has been unfathomable 💘✨
📸: Matto Lucas
For so long, this show only existed to me, Bethan, and a handful of others, - and now it belongs to thousands of you as well.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far - the response has been unfathomable 💘✨
📸: Matto Lucas
This conversation with Maddy and Noel about the making, speedrunning & impact of Celeste was an absolute delight - one of the most interesting conversations about game dev, with genuinely two of the nicest people I've ever met. I'm going to be thinking about this one for ages ❤️
Thanks everyone who came to our talk at ACMI :) I had a lot of fun. Thanks everyone at ACMI for your hospitality and @astroblob.bsky.social for being such a wonderful moderator!!
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This conversation with Maddy and Noel about the making, speedrunning & impact of Celeste was an absolute delight - one of the most interesting conversations about game dev, with genuinely two of the nicest people I've ever met. I'm going to be thinking about this one for ages ❤️
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Had an incredible time at ACMI’s Game Worlds in Melbourne. Massive thanks to @astroblob.bsky.social & @sebchan.bsky.social for showing me around. A really one-of-a-kind exhibition showcasing how game worlds are designed, how they impact us, and how we impact on them. Impressively well attended too.
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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We're screening the softcore t4t masterpiece EVA-MAN at TILDE this year and I'm unbelievably excited
October 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
We're screening the softcore t4t masterpiece EVA-MAN at TILDE this year and I'm unbelievably excited
you're hearing it more and more
October 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
you're hearing it more and more
Game Worlds opens this Thursday. An insane sentence to type out.
September 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Game Worlds opens this Thursday. An insane sentence to type out.
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Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
Interview with Team Cherry for Hollow Knight Silkson
From Ludum Dare beginnings to the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, explore Team Cherry’s creative journey in this in-depth interview tracing their career.
www.acmi.net.au
September 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
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I miss writing. I've had so damn few opportunities this year.
I started a video channel largely to keep momentum going but it quickly became my dominant space for work out of sheer necessity.
youtube.com/@jamandalice
I started a video channel largely to keep momentum going but it quickly became my dominant space for work out of sheer necessity.
youtube.com/@jamandalice
Jam and Alice
Two tech and games journalists reviewing and unboxing games, tech, gadgets and general oddities. Our format is three and one: Three things we like/don’t like and one thing the opposite. Bite sized vid...
youtube.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I miss writing. I've had so damn few opportunities this year.
I started a video channel largely to keep momentum going but it quickly became my dominant space for work out of sheer necessity.
youtube.com/@jamandalice
I started a video channel largely to keep momentum going but it quickly became my dominant space for work out of sheer necessity.
youtube.com/@jamandalice
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What you’re describing here is basically @superjumpmagazine.com; I can’t wait to read reflections on this game from our team. There are too few sites focusing on the elements you describe here, IMO.
I hope you don’t mind a bit more self-promo! 🙏
I hope you don’t mind a bit more self-promo! 🙏
September 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What you’re describing here is basically @superjumpmagazine.com; I can’t wait to read reflections on this game from our team. There are too few sites focusing on the elements you describe here, IMO.
I hope you don’t mind a bit more self-promo! 🙏
I hope you don’t mind a bit more self-promo! 🙏
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Gonna jump in here with some blatant self-promotion, but I'm damn proud of our content this year.
We try cover as much as possible among Australian indies - predominantly reviews, but have a great series of interviews and a few event round-ups/opinion pieces.
We try cover as much as possible among Australian indies - predominantly reviews, but have a great series of interviews and a few event round-ups/opinion pieces.
September 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Gonna jump in here with some blatant self-promotion, but I'm damn proud of our content this year.
We try cover as much as possible among Australian indies - predominantly reviews, but have a great series of interviews and a few event round-ups/opinion pieces.
We try cover as much as possible among Australian indies - predominantly reviews, but have a great series of interviews and a few event round-ups/opinion pieces.
Silksong is really amplifying my sorrow about the death of critical games culture. I’m so desperate for critical writing, personal reflection, cultural analysis, meandering vibe-based takes - anything other than reporting on sales. And I don’t even know where to read it, let alone pitch it myself
September 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Silksong is really amplifying my sorrow about the death of critical games culture. I’m so desperate for critical writing, personal reflection, cultural analysis, meandering vibe-based takes - anything other than reporting on sales. And I don’t even know where to read it, let alone pitch it myself
ICYMI: During Silksong’s development, I spoke to Team Cherry about their creative process, and the worldbuilding of Pharloom 🪡🐞
You can it here now: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
You can it here now: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
September 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
ICYMI: During Silksong’s development, I spoke to Team Cherry about their creative process, and the worldbuilding of Pharloom 🪡🐞
You can it here now: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
You can it here now: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
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This would cure me
Repair psychic damage from the labor department AI slop with beautiful Soviet work safety posters
September 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This would cure me
Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
Interview with Team Cherry for Hollow Knight Silkson
From Ludum Dare beginnings to the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, explore Team Cherry’s creative journey in this in-depth interview tracing their career.
www.acmi.net.au
September 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:
Honestly? When Silksong comes out, I'll kinda miss this
September 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Honestly? When Silksong comes out, I'll kinda miss this
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what use is your moral purity and queer anger if it achieves the exact same outcome our oppressors are gunning for?
building things takes work, so much more work than preserving what we already have. if we tear down every imperfect tool we'll have nothing
building things takes work, so much more work than preserving what we already have. if we tear down every imperfect tool we'll have nothing
August 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
what use is your moral purity and queer anger if it achieves the exact same outcome our oppressors are gunning for?
building things takes work, so much more work than preserving what we already have. if we tear down every imperfect tool we'll have nothing
building things takes work, so much more work than preserving what we already have. if we tear down every imperfect tool we'll have nothing
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still rattled by the sheer giddy glee with which some queers are coming for itch.io, one of the largest collections of queer games in existence. i know it's scary to accept, but we do actually have good things worth defending. we have things it would damage us to lose
August 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
still rattled by the sheer giddy glee with which some queers are coming for itch.io, one of the largest collections of queer games in existence. i know it's scary to accept, but we do actually have good things worth defending. we have things it would damage us to lose
Haters: buying a return to ravnica (2012) magic the gathering booster box won’t fix you
Me [completely fixed now]:
Me [completely fixed now]:
August 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Haters: buying a return to ravnica (2012) magic the gathering booster box won’t fix you
Me [completely fixed now]:
Me [completely fixed now]:
I want this woman to put out a cigarette on me
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I want this woman to put out a cigarette on me
Now Dungeons & Dragons has well and truly entered the cultural zeitgeist, I'm excited to see what niche, nerdy thing hits the mainstream next. I want to see Riverdale doing a Magic: The Gathering episode
July 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Now Dungeons & Dragons has well and truly entered the cultural zeitgeist, I'm excited to see what niche, nerdy thing hits the mainstream next. I want to see Riverdale doing a Magic: The Gathering episode
Instagram close friends lists are so bizarre man. Someone I kind-of know makes me privy to a blow-by-blow of the dramatic breakdown of their most intimate relationship; as a sign of mutual respect I give them access to a sporadic selection of slightly off-putting memes
June 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Instagram close friends lists are so bizarre man. Someone I kind-of know makes me privy to a blow-by-blow of the dramatic breakdown of their most intimate relationship; as a sign of mutual respect I give them access to a sporadic selection of slightly off-putting memes
NORCO is one of the best pieces of sci-fi in any medium that I've had the pleasure of experiencing - as well as one of the best indie games of the last few years. It's on sale for $7 right now, you'd be crazy not to buy it: store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/...
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
NORCO is one of the best pieces of sci-fi in any medium that I've had the pleasure of experiencing - as well as one of the best indie games of the last few years. It's on sale for $7 right now, you'd be crazy not to buy it: store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/...
You know, I should have made a bigger deal about being the one to share the first new Silksong content in three years. That's actually so crazy. What a privilege.
June 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
You know, I should have made a bigger deal about being the one to share the first new Silksong content in three years. That's actually so crazy. What a privilege.