Meghann O'Neill
@firkraags.bsky.social
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. (PS. I am not Peter Morgan. 😂)
I watched The Wonder without knowing anything about it. It was great.
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I watched The Wonder without knowing anything about it. It was great.
I asked my game composition students to talk to each other about what they will remember from my class and then overheard one gal very earnestly saying, “I will remember @brkeogh.bsky.social’s book and Meg’s quote about having a partner with a full time job,” and I am a little unsure how to feel …
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I asked my game composition students to talk to each other about what they will remember from my class and then overheard one gal very earnestly saying, “I will remember @brkeogh.bsky.social’s book and Meg’s quote about having a partner with a full time job,” and I am a little unsure how to feel …
I’ve been getting into RimWorld Odyssey. It’s so fun to land on an asteroid base, take out all the pirates in creative ways, lure them past turrets, or into a vacuum. Then, of course, I realised somehow the grav ship had taken off with the dog on it who was slowly dying of cold. …
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’ve been getting into RimWorld Odyssey. It’s so fun to land on an asteroid base, take out all the pirates in creative ways, lure them past turrets, or into a vacuum. Then, of course, I realised somehow the grav ship had taken off with the dog on it who was slowly dying of cold. …
People. The e-cyclists on my 10km lake walk are totally out of hand. Why doesn’t Rebel sell some kind of spiked hiking pauldron?
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
People. The e-cyclists on my 10km lake walk are totally out of hand. Why doesn’t Rebel sell some kind of spiked hiking pauldron?
Playing Dissembler with my class as they arrive. What a great game. dissembler-game.com
Dissembler
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November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Playing Dissembler with my class as they arrive. What a great game. dissembler-game.com
It’s the time of year where we start finding decorations and I get to experience the best ever card I got from my younger one all over again, after finding it in the decoration box. “Dear Woman. Happy Easterl. Loef from LynPon.”
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It’s the time of year where we start finding decorations and I get to experience the best ever card I got from my younger one all over again, after finding it in the decoration box. “Dear Woman. Happy Easterl. Loef from LynPon.”
My musical husband and and musical son just introduced me to ‘fat cat got drowned at east Brighton’ and now I’m grumpy.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
My musical husband and and musical son just introduced me to ‘fat cat got drowned at east Brighton’ and now I’m grumpy.
I’ve never thought of myself as someone who can audiate sound particularly well, although I can (much more so than visuals), but I’ve been reading a million student essays today and I’ve been hearing every one in each student’s voice. I feel like there’s probably some kind of bias created by this?
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’ve never thought of myself as someone who can audiate sound particularly well, although I can (much more so than visuals), but I’ve been reading a million student essays today and I’ve been hearing every one in each student’s voice. I feel like there’s probably some kind of bias created by this?
Last week of teaching and I feel quite busy and stressed. In a move that is possibly quite counterintuitive, I started a new rimworld. But. Today I worked for about 5 hrs, then got completely lost in the game for 40 mins and it’s hard to understate how good that is for my mental health, I think.
November 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Last week of teaching and I feel quite busy and stressed. In a move that is possibly quite counterintuitive, I started a new rimworld. But. Today I worked for about 5 hrs, then got completely lost in the game for 40 mins and it’s hard to understate how good that is for my mental health, I think.
Pls come and read about Key Fairy and Enter the Chronosphere from the old gal who can’t use a controller; me.
Indie sleuth @firkraags.bsky.social continues to highlight her PAX Aus 2025 highlights, this time with a couple of bullet hell games that caught her eye.
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PAX AUS 2025 – Bullet Hell Genre Mashups | Player2.net.au
PAX AUS 2025 - Bullet Hell Genre Mashups I’m not great with twin stick control schemes, so I’ve never entirely understood how people can love (or play … or even understand) the bullet hell genre. This deficit is most likely because I’m just slightly too old to have grown up with modern consoles and controllers.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Pls come and read about Key Fairy and Enter the Chronosphere from the old gal who can’t use a controller; me.
Read people who are writing about PAX indies!! One. www.qualbert.com/top-10-indie... And two. www.qualbert.com/top-10-indie... Such cool games this year.
Top 10 Indie Games at PAX Aus 2025 | Matt’s Picks
So many indie games at PAX Aus 2025, it was hard to nail down the best. Valkian has managed to pin point the ones what stood out to him. Do these interest you?
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October 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Read people who are writing about PAX indies!! One. www.qualbert.com/top-10-indie... And two. www.qualbert.com/top-10-indie... Such cool games this year.
In other news, Enter the Chronosphere. Free demo. So good. store.steampowered.com/app/1969810/...
Enter the Chronosphere on Steam
Enter the Chronosphere is a real-time, turn-based action game where everything moves when you do. In a collapsing universe, each member of your crew is the last echo of their species, united by one go...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
In other news, Enter the Chronosphere. Free demo. So good. store.steampowered.com/app/1969810/...
It’s amazing how emotionally moved I was by the end of Andor S2, given I did not understand a lot of what was happening … What a great show. I think I need to watch it like 6 more times.
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It’s amazing how emotionally moved I was by the end of Andor S2, given I did not understand a lot of what was happening … What a great show. I think I need to watch it like 6 more times.
I’ve been playing Bits and Bops. And it’s sooooo good. (Free demo.) store.steampowered.com/app/1929290/... I dispute that it’s a rhythm game, though. It’s an aural game. Cc @musophrenic.bsky.social
Bits & Bops on Steam
Bits & Bops is a collection of original rhythm mini-games! Filled with catchy music, snappy gameplay and gorgeous, hand-drawn animation, Bits & Bops is sure to brighten your day.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I’ve been playing Bits and Bops. And it’s sooooo good. (Free demo.) store.steampowered.com/app/1929290/... I dispute that it’s a rhythm game, though. It’s an aural game. Cc @musophrenic.bsky.social
I feel validated that @webbysoft.bsky.social loved the PAX game Soulful as much as I did. And I’m still disappointed they didnt have a demo.
October 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I feel validated that @webbysoft.bsky.social loved the PAX game Soulful as much as I did. And I’m still disappointed they didnt have a demo.
I knew Constellations was going to be good but it exceeded my expectations. Read about it here.
Looking out towards the new stars, visiting Waypoint Constellations an evening celebrating the fragile, miraculous craft of making video games
FEATURE by @firkraags.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/looking... @waypoint-events.com
FEATURE by @firkraags.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/looking... @waypoint-events.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I knew Constellations was going to be good but it exceeded my expectations. Read about it here.
Reposted by Meghann O'Neill
IGEA is collecting data for the 2025 Australian Game Development Survey and input from Australian game developers is crucial.
If you didn’t receive the email invite, you can still participate: bond.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Let’s work together to support the Australian game development sector!
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Let’s work together to support the Australian game development sector!
2024 Australian Game Development Survey
2024 Australian Game Development Survey
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October 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
IGEA is collecting data for the 2025 Australian Game Development Survey and input from Australian game developers is crucial.
If you didn’t receive the email invite, you can still participate: bond.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Let’s work together to support the Australian game development sector!
If you didn’t receive the email invite, you can still participate: bond.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Let’s work together to support the Australian game development sector!
During this HSC season, props to the tik tok creators who are contributing to a kind of ‘incidental study’ thing in our house. (Also to the guy who made the ping pong video about multiplication by negative numbers.)
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
During this HSC season, props to the tik tok creators who are contributing to a kind of ‘incidental study’ thing in our house. (Also to the guy who made the ping pong video about multiplication by negative numbers.)
I've been trying to make some 90s synths, and I've been listening to Ultima 7. I never noticed how thematically related the shrines are (to each other and their virtue). www.ultima.rabbitslair.de/ultima7/15%2... cc @elprezau.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I've been trying to make some 90s synths, and I've been listening to Ultima 7. I never noticed how thematically related the shrines are (to each other and their virtue). www.ultima.rabbitslair.de/ultima7/15%2... cc @elprezau.bsky.social
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Geese, cats and a whole lot of footy - a comprehensive list of everything we saw at PAX Australia 2025! www.sifter.com.au/post/sifter-...
#MIGW25 #PAXAus2025
#MIGW25 #PAXAus2025
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Geese, cats and a whole lot of footy - a comprehensive list of everything we saw at PAX Australia 2025! www.sifter.com.au/post/sifter-...
#MIGW25 #PAXAus2025
#MIGW25 #PAXAus2025
@olipotter.bsky.social I liked your new profile pic so much, I matched it with my own, haha. cc @yarnspinner.dev
October 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
@olipotter.bsky.social I liked your new profile pic so much, I matched it with my own, haha. cc @yarnspinner.dev
If there is a game more precisely marketed to me, I do not know what it is. store.steampowered.com/app/3105440/... cc @elprezau.bsky.social @hailtonothing.bsky.social
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era on Steam
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield d...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If there is a game more precisely marketed to me, I do not know what it is. store.steampowered.com/app/3105440/... cc @elprezau.bsky.social @hailtonothing.bsky.social
There were SO many roguelike games at PAX AU this year. Read my previews. Play along at home (on free Steam demos). www.player2.net.au/2025/10/pax-... Please share. Devs, game media, we are stronger together. Support our peers.
PAX AUS 2025 – Roguelike Genre Mashups | Player2.net.au
PAX AUS 2025 - Roguelike Genre Mashups Hands-on Previews with Three PAX AU 2025 Demos My love affair with clever roguelike genre mashups began at PAX Australia in 2023, at precisely the moment my gaze...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
There were SO many roguelike games at PAX AU this year. Read my previews. Play along at home (on free Steam demos). www.player2.net.au/2025/10/pax-... Please share. Devs, game media, we are stronger together. Support our peers.
Reposted by Meghann O'Neill
As usual, @firkraags.bsky.social spent her time at #PAXAUS playing every single indie game she could get her hands on.
As a result, we all get cool articles to read, like her look at three Roguelikes that managed to capture attention on the show floor.
www.player2.net.au/2025/10/pax-...
As a result, we all get cool articles to read, like her look at three Roguelikes that managed to capture attention on the show floor.
www.player2.net.au/2025/10/pax-...
PAX AUS 2025 – Roguelike Genre Mashups | Player2.net.au
PAX AUS 2025 - Roguelike Genre Mashups Hands-on Previews with Three PAX AU 2025 Demos My love affair with clever roguelike genre mashups began at PAX Australia in 2023, at precisely the moment my gaze lingered for a moment too long upon Up to Par. It’s golf, but as soon as your stroke count is
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October 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
As usual, @firkraags.bsky.social spent her time at #PAXAUS playing every single indie game she could get her hands on.
As a result, we all get cool articles to read, like her look at three Roguelikes that managed to capture attention on the show floor.
www.player2.net.au/2025/10/pax-...
As a result, we all get cool articles to read, like her look at three Roguelikes that managed to capture attention on the show floor.
www.player2.net.au/2025/10/pax-...
Let's work together to support ANZ games, and the sharing of info, in this dire year of 2025. Here is a great indie game wrap up from PAX by Jenn Christodoulou on the excellent @player2au.bsky.social I remember all of these. Really cool little selection of games. www.player2.net.au/2025/10/2025...
2025 PAX Indie Wrap With Jenn Christodoulou | Player2.net.au
2025 PAX Indie Wrap With Jenn Christodoulou There are few things I love more than chatting to the indie game devs at PAX (except maybe sitting down. After three days at PAX, I do love to sit down). Their bright-eyed enthusiasm, unwavering creativity and delightful optimism always seem to reignite my spark, and this year’s
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October 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Let's work together to support ANZ games, and the sharing of info, in this dire year of 2025. Here is a great indie game wrap up from PAX by Jenn Christodoulou on the excellent @player2au.bsky.social I remember all of these. Really cool little selection of games. www.player2.net.au/2025/10/2025...