Ian Malcolm
@ianmalcolm.bsky.social
Melbourne-based writer, editor and proofreader for books, publications and web.
Game designer from Star Wars on NES to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with dozens of titles in between.
Bass, uke and low whistle player. Unrepentant folkie.
Game designer from Star Wars on NES to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with dozens of titles in between.
Bass, uke and low whistle player. Unrepentant folkie.
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Ian Malcolm
@ianmalcolm.bsky.social
· May 11
Flashback: How An Australian Developer Helped Lucasfilm Make Its First Star Wars Game
"It was pre-Special Editions. Pre-prequels." - When people talk about the history of Star Wars games, Star Wars (1991) for the Nintendo Entertainment System ...
www.timeextension.com
May 4th was a week ago, but as I've just joined Bluesky here's a little #StarWars gaming history for the three people possibly interested - an interview I did with Jack Yarwood at @timeextension.com last year, about developing #NES Star Wars for Lucasfilm.
www.timeextension.com/features/fla...
www.timeextension.com/features/fla...
Surprised to find myself starting over on #FallenLondon last night, having deleted my old character (and years of progress...) four years ago.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
January 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Surprised to find myself starting over on #FallenLondon last night, having deleted my old character (and years of progress...) four years ago.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
Despite not being into team sports, Shaolin Soccer has somehow become one of my go-to comfort watches, a movie that I keep returning to year after year - this must be my fifth rewatch at least.
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
January 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Despite not being into team sports, Shaolin Soccer has somehow become one of my go-to comfort watches, a movie that I keep returning to year after year - this must be my fifth rewatch at least.
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
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Beautiful summer evening swim for Goldies at Hampton Dog Beach. #HappyNewYear #Melbourne
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Beautiful summer evening swim for Goldies at Hampton Dog Beach. #HappyNewYear #Melbourne
So glad I held onto my New 3DS XL.
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)
Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online. (Repost)
Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online
Some 3DS XL units are selling for 76% more than they cost at launch
www.timeextension.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
So glad I held onto my New 3DS XL.
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)
Starting my year on a positive note, so first movie for 2026 was Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his own manga.
It's five years since I last saw it - happy to say it remains a compelling and ultimately uplifting rewatch for me. #movies
It's five years since I last saw it - happy to say it remains a compelling and ultimately uplifting rewatch for me. #movies
January 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Starting my year on a positive note, so first movie for 2026 was Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his own manga.
It's five years since I last saw it - happy to say it remains a compelling and ultimately uplifting rewatch for me. #movies
It's five years since I last saw it - happy to say it remains a compelling and ultimately uplifting rewatch for me. #movies
Squeezed in one more read for the year! 'The Masquerades of Spring', a novella by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, features Nightingale operating without Folly sanction in 1920s New York, as seen through the eyes of Gussie Berrycloth-Young, a somewhat Wooster-ish young English wizard. Refreshing fun! 💙📚
December 31, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Squeezed in one more read for the year! 'The Masquerades of Spring', a novella by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, features Nightingale operating without Folly sanction in 1920s New York, as seen through the eyes of Gussie Berrycloth-Young, a somewhat Wooster-ish young English wizard. Refreshing fun! 💙📚
Seeing out the old year with a happy arrival - my Kickstarter copies of 'Cosmic Dark' by @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social - a tabletop roleplaying game of weird space horror, which I'm looking forward to running in the new year, and previous game, 'Cthulhu Dark', which I'd missed at the time. #ttrpg
December 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Seeing out the old year with a happy arrival - my Kickstarter copies of 'Cosmic Dark' by @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social - a tabletop roleplaying game of weird space horror, which I'm looking forward to running in the new year, and previous game, 'Cthulhu Dark', which I'd missed at the time. #ttrpg
Yesterday's op shop find was Catan (aka Settlers of Catan) for $10, which was (as suspected) unplayed - sealed with parts still in frames. 😎
We have a copy, so this one is going up to the cousins in Sydney, who recently got Ticket to Ride as their #boardgames "gateway drug", heh.
We have a copy, so this one is going up to the cousins in Sydney, who recently got Ticket to Ride as their #boardgames "gateway drug", heh.
December 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Yesterday's op shop find was Catan (aka Settlers of Catan) for $10, which was (as suspected) unplayed - sealed with parts still in frames. 😎
We have a copy, so this one is going up to the cousins in Sydney, who recently got Ticket to Ride as their #boardgames "gateway drug", heh.
We have a copy, so this one is going up to the cousins in Sydney, who recently got Ticket to Ride as their #boardgames "gateway drug", heh.
Why is this in my saved photos/screenshots?
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Why is this in my saved photos/screenshots?
Forgot to post my dual Xmas book pressies the other day. Very happy! 💙📚
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Forgot to post my dual Xmas book pressies the other day. Very happy! 💙📚
How I’m walking out of 2025.
December 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How I’m walking out of 2025.
Posting a day late for #LetterboxdFriday and I guess my #LastFourWatched indicates that Xmas season movies are really not my thing. 😉
December 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Posting a day late for #LetterboxdFriday and I guess my #LastFourWatched indicates that Xmas season movies are really not my thing. 😉
Make a Bond film casual.
Dr Why Not
You Only Live Nice
The Man With the Golden Gaytime
Live and Let Live
Leafraker
A View to a Landscape
Licence to Chill
Dr Why Not
You Only Live Nice
The Man With the Golden Gaytime
Live and Let Live
Leafraker
A View to a Landscape
Licence to Chill
Make a Bond film casual
You Only Live a Couple of Times Maybe
You Only Live a Couple of Times Maybe
make a Bond film casual
Dr Yo
Dr Yo
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Make a Bond film casual.
Dr Why Not
You Only Live Nice
The Man With the Golden Gaytime
Live and Let Live
Leafraker
A View to a Landscape
Licence to Chill
Dr Why Not
You Only Live Nice
The Man With the Golden Gaytime
Live and Let Live
Leafraker
A View to a Landscape
Licence to Chill
Even with a to-read pile that's really four, it felt good to finish this on Xmas eve, to "clear the deck" mentally for potential book giftage on the morrow. 😉
'Bookshops & Bonedust' by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is the prequel to 'Legends & Lattes', and I had a cozy fantasy ball with it.
💙📚 #books
'Bookshops & Bonedust' by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is the prequel to 'Legends & Lattes', and I had a cozy fantasy ball with it.
💙📚 #books
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Even with a to-read pile that's really four, it felt good to finish this on Xmas eve, to "clear the deck" mentally for potential book giftage on the morrow. 😉
'Bookshops & Bonedust' by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is the prequel to 'Legends & Lattes', and I had a cozy fantasy ball with it.
💙📚 #books
'Bookshops & Bonedust' by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is the prequel to 'Legends & Lattes', and I had a cozy fantasy ball with it.
💙📚 #books
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As it should be.
December 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
As it should be.
Streaming some telly via SBS On Demand and I have to say that alternating between episodes of Brassic and episodes of Californication can be mentally whiplash-inducing, in terms of cultural and idiom shift. 🤪
Maybe it's good for neuroplasticity though. 🤷♂️
#television #SBSOnDemand
Maybe it's good for neuroplasticity though. 🤷♂️
#television #SBSOnDemand
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Streaming some telly via SBS On Demand and I have to say that alternating between episodes of Brassic and episodes of Californication can be mentally whiplash-inducing, in terms of cultural and idiom shift. 🤪
Maybe it's good for neuroplasticity though. 🤷♂️
#television #SBSOnDemand
Maybe it's good for neuroplasticity though. 🤷♂️
#television #SBSOnDemand
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new blog up: in which I am angry about gen AI fozmeadows.substack.com/p/generative...
Generative AI Is Made By Sociopaths
Increasingly, I’m convinced that generative AI is the brainchild of sociopaths.
fozmeadows.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
new blog up: in which I am angry about gen AI fozmeadows.substack.com/p/generative...
Search your camera roll for “hell”.
(I guess it picked up the "hello", but I'm rolling with this, cos it makes me laugh every time I read it.)
(I guess it picked up the "hello", but I'm rolling with this, cos it makes me laugh every time I read it.)
![Profile view off scammer messenge conversation purporting to be from Miles Davis, who of course died in 1991, long before smartphones existed.
"Hello, this is Miles Davis from jazz. I lost my credit card. Can you PayPal me some money so I can make Kind of Blue 2." [Lots of trumpet and 100% emojis]
"OMG... Yes of course."
"I will bring John Coltrane."
"what's up its trane"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qd4rj4rqwsj6qoxox6lqjwvf/bafkreidzljqu7agnxrcimvmtp7gbs7j6ta5f2tiheeps4amwjimrsibyem@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Search your camera roll for “hell”.
(I guess it picked up the "hello", but I'm rolling with this, cos it makes me laugh every time I read it.)
(I guess it picked up the "hello", but I'm rolling with this, cos it makes me laugh every time I read it.)
Finished 'The Corn Bride' by @markstay.bsky.social and it's absolutely the best in the series. Faye has evolved so much, The May Queen chapter was brilliant but my fave chapter title was 'Inglorious Bar Stewards'. 😜
PS: Mark, I'm one of those "gorgeous nerds who reads the acknowledgements". 😉
💙📚
PS: Mark, I'm one of those "gorgeous nerds who reads the acknowledgements". 😉
💙📚
December 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Finished 'The Corn Bride' by @markstay.bsky.social and it's absolutely the best in the series. Faye has evolved so much, The May Queen chapter was brilliant but my fave chapter title was 'Inglorious Bar Stewards'. 😜
PS: Mark, I'm one of those "gorgeous nerds who reads the acknowledgements". 😉
💙📚
PS: Mark, I'm one of those "gorgeous nerds who reads the acknowledgements". 😉
💙📚
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Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Are you not entertained, Charlie Brown?
What does an eight thousand pound mako shark with a brain the size of a flathead V8 engine and no natural predators think about, Charlie Brown?
I am the one who knocks, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Are you not entertained, Charlie Brown?
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A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
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Has any dad anywhere ever convinced even a single member of his family that the dishwasher is a dishwasher and not a garbage disposal? If this is you, sir, I congratulate you and would very much like to subscribe to your pamphlet.
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Has any dad anywhere ever convinced even a single member of his family that the dishwasher is a dishwasher and not a garbage disposal? If this is you, sir, I congratulate you and would very much like to subscribe to your pamphlet.
“Pump up the jam, pump it up
While your feet are stomping
And the jam is pumping
Look ahead, the crowd is jumpin'”
While your feet are stomping
And the jam is pumping
Look ahead, the crowd is jumpin'”
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“Pump up the jam, pump it up
While your feet are stomping
And the jam is pumping
Look ahead, the crowd is jumpin'”
While your feet are stomping
And the jam is pumping
Look ahead, the crowd is jumpin'”