Dan Golding
@dangolding.com
Professor of Media at Monash University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm).
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“Australia’s peak body for the videogame industry, the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA), also confirmed that they’ve written to Creative Victoria and Colin Brooks, the Victorian state minister for creative industries, on this matter, urging reconsideration.”
Grateful to @harrisonpolites.bsky.social for letting me talk about the state of @free-play.bsky.social and funding.
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How Freeplay, one of Australia’s leading indie videogame orgs, missed out on government funding
How the group behind Parallels fell between the cracks in a grants process that primarily funds galleries and art festivals.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
“Australia’s peak body for the videogame industry, the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA), also confirmed that they’ve written to Creative Victoria and Colin Brooks, the Victorian state minister for creative industries, on this matter, urging reconsideration.”
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Grateful to @harrisonpolites.bsky.social for letting me talk about the state of @free-play.bsky.social and funding.
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How Freeplay, one of Australia’s leading indie videogame orgs, missed out on government funding
How the group behind Parallels fell between the cracks in a grants process that primarily funds galleries and art festivals.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Grateful to @harrisonpolites.bsky.social for letting me talk about the state of @free-play.bsky.social and funding.
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QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year.
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
Axed literary magazine Meanjin finds a new home after its axing
Melbourne University Press closed the much-loved literary magazine last year, saying it was losing too much money.
www.smh.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 AM
QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year.
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
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Incredible story
Teenager makes 'superhuman' swim to save family swept out to sea
A 13-year-old boy has been hailed a hero after swimming four hours through rough seas to get help for his mother and two siblings, who were swept out to sea on an inflatable paddleboard in WA's South ...
www.abc.net.au
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Incredible story
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Catherine O’Hara was the Catherine O’Hara of comedy
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Catherine O’Hara was the Catherine O’Hara of comedy
This is so sad. With Schitt’s Creek and even The Studio recently you just expected another ten or fifteen years of brilliant performances from O’Hara, let alone the classics like Home Alone and Beetlejuice. You never really know an actor, but through her performances, she just seemed to get it.
Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ Star, Dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara, a legendary Hollywood actor known for her roles in 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone,' has died. She was 71.
variety.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This is so sad. With Schitt’s Creek and even The Studio recently you just expected another ten or fifteen years of brilliant performances from O’Hara, let alone the classics like Home Alone and Beetlejuice. You never really know an actor, but through her performances, she just seemed to get it.
I have thoughts on this, as a former director and a board member for six years, and for one time anyway, a keeper of the flame of Freeplay’s history. But first up I want to say how incredibly disappointing it is that Creative Vic hasn’t funded Freeplay.
An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input.
Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026
Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026
Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
Freeplay | 2026 Survey
An Update from Freeplay
www.freeplay.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I have thoughts on this, as a former director and a board member for six years, and for one time anyway, a keeper of the flame of Freeplay’s history. But first up I want to say how incredibly disappointing it is that Creative Vic hasn’t funded Freeplay.
A vital figure in giving life to Star Wars, post-prequels. Force Awakens is a great blockbuster, Last Jedi is flawed but hugely imaginative and thematically rich, and both Solo and Rise of Skywalker are fun and underrated adventures. Andor obviously generationally good. She had a good run.
Kathleen Kennedy, steward of 'Star Wars,' steps down from Lucasfilm
Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down from Lucasfilm after more than 13 years. The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that Dave Filoni will now lead “Star Wars” into its next era.
apnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
A vital figure in giving life to Star Wars, post-prequels. Force Awakens is a great blockbuster, Last Jedi is flawed but hugely imaginative and thematically rich, and both Solo and Rise of Skywalker are fun and underrated adventures. Andor obviously generationally good. She had a good run.
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On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
I look forward to several Copilot Universities opening
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I look forward to several Copilot Universities opening
I think the USA should also have a void period where nothing happens between dec 22 and jan 5
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
I think the USA should also have a void period where nothing happens between dec 22 and jan 5
“I’m a proud Muslim, coloured boy from Pakistan who was told that he would never play for the Australian cricket team. Look at me now. And you can do the same.”
There’s a reason the likes of Paul Kelly wrote songs about Usman. What a legend.
There’s a reason the likes of Paul Kelly wrote songs about Usman. What a legend.
Usman Khawaja announces retirement from international cricket
Australian 39-year-old veteran will bat in fifth Ashes Test in Sydney after an impressive career of 87 Tests, scoring 6,206 runs to date
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“I’m a proud Muslim, coloured boy from Pakistan who was told that he would never play for the Australian cricket team. Look at me now. And you can do the same.”
There’s a reason the likes of Paul Kelly wrote songs about Usman. What a legend.
There’s a reason the likes of Paul Kelly wrote songs about Usman. What a legend.
If you search my music on Spotify, you'll now find nothing.
News from me: after years of not being able to have my soundtrack for Untitled Goose Game on Bandcamp - it's now on @bandcamp.com.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack), by Dan Golding
14 track album
dangolding.bandcamp.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If you search my music on Spotify, you'll now find nothing.
After almost eleven years, today is effectively my last day at Swinburne. I’m on leave for some time until Feb, when I start as Professor of Media at Monash.
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
After almost eleven years, today is effectively my last day at Swinburne. I’m on leave for some time until Feb, when I start as Professor of Media at Monash.
A friend no longer on this platform some time ago said that one day we'll wake up and google will have shut down google scholar with absolutely no notice, and i really can't help but feel he's very right
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A friend no longer on this platform some time ago said that one day we'll wake up and google will have shut down google scholar with absolutely no notice, and i really can't help but feel he's very right
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Discord, who recently leaked a heap of personal data in a security breach, wants my personal data to let me access a channel I created in a server I created. Thank you, Australian government.
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Discord, who recently leaked a heap of personal data in a security breach, wants my personal data to let me access a channel I created in a server I created. Thank you, Australian government.
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
News from me: after years of not being able to have my soundtrack for Untitled Goose Game on Bandcamp - it's now on @bandcamp.com.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack), by Dan Golding
14 track album
dangolding.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
News from me: after years of not being able to have my soundtrack for Untitled Goose Game on Bandcamp - it's now on @bandcamp.com.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
I'm also in a slow process of having my music (including Goose Game) removed from Spotify, for their treatment of artists, their politics, and their embrace of AI.
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
Just want to say that Emily who I am absurdly lucky to be married to has done amazing things and I am so glad and proud that against all reasonable odds she has been funded for a DECRA
So happy, and a bit overwhelmed, to find out my DECRA project, 'Social, ethical and regulatory challenges in the social media porn industry', has been awarded. What an immense privilege to have the next three years to dedicate to research!
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just want to say that Emily who I am absurdly lucky to be married to has done amazing things and I am so glad and proud that against all reasonable odds she has been funded for a DECRA
It’s not important that Australia wins. It’s important that England loses.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It’s not important that Australia wins. It’s important that England loses.
Horrible guy.
Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem
Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'
cnb.cx
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Horrible guy.
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