Chris Arneil
@chrisarneil.bsky.social
professional(?) video game archivist @ the national film and sound archive of australia
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Please consider submitting to this conference if you're a community preservationist! The first Save the Games was a terrific place for the industry and community to meet together on their work
Save the Games 2.0 Call for Papers is open! The symposium will be held at The Strong in Rochester, NY on July 29 and 30. The deadline for submissions if February 20, 2026! www.museumofplay.org/save-the-gam...
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Please consider submitting to this conference if you're a community preservationist! The first Save the Games was a terrific place for the industry and community to meet together on their work
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📣 Exciting news, everyone! Screen Canberra has announced a new games fund!! 🎉🎉🎉
I was pleased to hear all about it yesterday and provide a quote to be included in the announcement article
Join us for Pizza & Pixels on Wednesday to learn more!
I was pleased to hear all about it yesterday and provide a quote to be included in the announcement article
Join us for Pizza & Pixels on Wednesday to learn more!
IGEA is delighted to hear that Screen Canberra, in partnership with the ACT Government, has announced the Canberra Screen and Games Fund.
Devs in the ACT will be able to access targeted investment for both early stage dev work, and for full scale production.
https://ow.ly/iSY950XBEpu
Devs in the ACT will be able to access targeted investment for both early stage dev work, and for full scale production.
https://ow.ly/iSY950XBEpu
MEDIA RELEASE Launch of Canberra Screen and Games Fund to strengthen industries - Screen Canberra
The ACT Government in partnership with Screen Canberra, has launched the Canberra Screen and Games Fund, designed to strengthen Canberra’s screen and digital games industries, stimulate local economic activity, and showcase our city to national and international audiences. The Fund delivers targeted investment to unlock the potential of Canberra’s creative industries by growing an already … Continued
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December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
📣 Exciting news, everyone! Screen Canberra has announced a new games fund!! 🎉🎉🎉
I was pleased to hear all about it yesterday and provide a quote to be included in the announcement article
Join us for Pizza & Pixels on Wednesday to learn more!
I was pleased to hear all about it yesterday and provide a quote to be included in the announcement article
Join us for Pizza & Pixels on Wednesday to learn more!
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We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link.
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link.
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
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Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
Screen Currency 2025 — Screen and Games Industry Survey
survey.alchemer.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
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Reminder to Australian devs that @sifterhq.bsky.social does the lord's work every year by compiling every single Australian-made videogame they can find. You can submit your 2025 releases here: www.sifter.com.au/add-my-game-...
Add my game to SIFTER's Australian Made Games List
Have you released a game made in Australia this year? Use this form to let us know
www.sifter.com.au
October 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Reminder to Australian devs that @sifterhq.bsky.social does the lord's work every year by compiling every single Australian-made videogame they can find. You can submit your 2025 releases here: www.sifter.com.au/add-my-game-...
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The latest Video Game History Hour podcast talks to Dr. Stephanie Harkin, lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, about her research on video games in girls’ lifestyle magazines like Girl Gamer & Total Girl: gamehistory.org/episode-141-...
Episode 141: Hidden Advertising of Feminine Games | Video Game History Foundation
Phil Salvador interviews Dr. Stephanie Harkin, lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) School of Design Games Program in Australia, about her research on femininity in gaming, p...
gamehistory.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The latest Video Game History Hour podcast talks to Dr. Stephanie Harkin, lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, about her research on video games in girls’ lifestyle magazines like Girl Gamer & Total Girl: gamehistory.org/episode-141-...
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1987 Australian review of the first Carmen Sandiego game: “I saw the package for sale in Sydney for $89 which I feel is exorbitant. I myself would not pay that price for it and if it wasn’t for my old mate Brian lending me his game I wouldn’t have even seen it.”
(now ~$266 AUD / $170 USD)
(now ~$266 AUD / $170 USD)
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
1987 Australian review of the first Carmen Sandiego game: “I saw the package for sale in Sydney for $89 which I feel is exorbitant. I myself would not pay that price for it and if it wasn’t for my old mate Brian lending me his game I wouldn’t have even seen it.”
(now ~$266 AUD / $170 USD)
(now ~$266 AUD / $170 USD)
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🕹️ Ready to resurrect a galaxy of GIFs, WAVs & .BMPs?
Join the DiscMaster Game Jam & make a game using assets from vintage CD-ROMs archived by #InternetArchive. 💿️
💰 $1,750 in prizes
📅 Starts April 20 (USA) / April 21 (AUS)
Sign up ➡️ itch.io/jam/discmast...
#GaveDev #MediaPreservation
Join the DiscMaster Game Jam & make a game using assets from vintage CD-ROMs archived by #InternetArchive. 💿️
💰 $1,750 in prizes
📅 Starts April 20 (USA) / April 21 (AUS)
Sign up ➡️ itch.io/jam/discmast...
#GaveDev #MediaPreservation
April 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🕹️ Ready to resurrect a galaxy of GIFs, WAVs & .BMPs?
Join the DiscMaster Game Jam & make a game using assets from vintage CD-ROMs archived by #InternetArchive. 💿️
💰 $1,750 in prizes
📅 Starts April 20 (USA) / April 21 (AUS)
Sign up ➡️ itch.io/jam/discmast...
#GaveDev #MediaPreservation
Join the DiscMaster Game Jam & make a game using assets from vintage CD-ROMs archived by #InternetArchive. 💿️
💰 $1,750 in prizes
📅 Starts April 20 (USA) / April 21 (AUS)
Sign up ➡️ itch.io/jam/discmast...
#GaveDev #MediaPreservation
Very excited to be one of the judges for CanDev & @archive.org's upcoming Discmaster Jam and looking forward to seeing what emerges from the depths of discmaster.textfiles.com (image courtesy of Art Explosion 600,000)
April 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Very excited to be one of the judges for CanDev & @archive.org's upcoming Discmaster Jam and looking forward to seeing what emerges from the depths of discmaster.textfiles.com (image courtesy of Art Explosion 600,000)
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April 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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This is what I have been working on for the past decade 💅
ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring @dmullinsgames.bsky.social Richard Garfield @allyhennessy.bsky.social Playfool and atomo Kihara
ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring @dmullinsgames.bsky.social Richard Garfield @allyhennessy.bsky.social Playfool and atomo Kihara
March 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is what I have been working on for the past decade 💅
ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring @dmullinsgames.bsky.social Richard Garfield @allyhennessy.bsky.social Playfool and atomo Kihara
ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring @dmullinsgames.bsky.social Richard Garfield @allyhennessy.bsky.social Playfool and atomo Kihara
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Phil Spencer that's not how games preservation works, that's not how any of this works:
aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...
aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...
February 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Phil Spencer that's not how games preservation works, that's not how any of this works:
aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...
aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...
Please enjoy this article about an unauthorised point and click adventure game based on an Australian soap opera made by a British meteorologist: www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/archi...
January 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Please enjoy this article about an unauthorised point and click adventure game based on an Australian soap opera made by a British meteorologist: www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/archi...
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Mole Power
'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'
Super Nintendo
'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'
Super Nintendo
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Mole Power
'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'
Super Nintendo
'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'
Super Nintendo
Bringing the rufous owl’s mournful ‘woo-hoo’ with me into 2025
January 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Bringing the rufous owl’s mournful ‘woo-hoo’ with me into 2025