Jeremy Bratetich
@jeremy.minimap.com.au
Managing Editor of @minimap.com.au He/They
Jeremy@minimap(dot)com(dot)au
Obiwanjezz most other places
Jeremy@minimap(dot)com(dot)au
Obiwanjezz most other places
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Hello and welcome to my post MIGW/PAX/SXSW Sydney wrap up thread for 2025. Enjoy your stay, my opinions are correct, probably. I'm very tired, but in a good way. Sorry for the long thread:
What a two weeks. I saw so many games, met so many wonderful people, and felt even more emotions.
What a two weeks. I saw so many games, met so many wonderful people, and felt even more emotions.
Whomst among us doesn’t love a little ‘Media Watching’ early in the week?
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Whomst among us doesn’t love a little ‘Media Watching’ early in the week?
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Australian games outlet Press Start on Media Watch this morning over unreported affiliate links and sponsored content 👀 www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Ep 40 - Tech trouble - Media Watch
A technology journalist pinged for gaming gadgets reviews that are undisclosed ads.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Australian games outlet Press Start on Media Watch this morning over unreported affiliate links and sponsored content 👀 www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
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It's so incredibly depressing just *how* quickly even people opposed to the tech, drop their "fuck Al" stance once a big multiplayer game releases that actively uses it. And not even just in development. Al voice acting means it's right there, directly in your earholes when you're playing the thing
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It's so incredibly depressing just *how* quickly even people opposed to the tech, drop their "fuck Al" stance once a big multiplayer game releases that actively uses it. And not even just in development. Al voice acting means it's right there, directly in your earholes when you're playing the thing
google fuck offffff
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
google fuck offffff
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Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
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EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
When @kjpalmer.bsky.social and I worked at EB Games together, some kid called up asking for “Grand Sex Auto” and to this day it might be the funniest joke I’ve ever heard
In 2008, the children would ask me for GTA Eye Vee. In 2013, a new crop of children would ask me for GTA Vee. In 2026, the children will ask a dead eyed clerk for GTA Vee Eye. And so the wheel turns, forever.
Thinking about when I was working retail during the GTA IV launch and people were coming in asking for GTA Eye Vee.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
When @kjpalmer.bsky.social and I worked at EB Games together, some kid called up asking for “Grand Sex Auto” and to this day it might be the funniest joke I’ve ever heard
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I’m bad at self promoting but if you’re reading this, it’s the last chance you have to support our 3-month-old, non-corporate, reader-funded videogame website as a “Founder” and lock in the baseline subscription price indefinitely.
If you’ve been on the fence and have the means, it’s a good time! 🙏🏽
If you’ve been on the fence and have the means, it’s a good time! 🙏🏽
Hello. About a year and a half ago, some guy called Ralph asked me if I wanted to make a new videogame website.
We're launching it today. Maybe you can even visit it if people stop hammering the server for a second.
We're launching it today. Maybe you can even visit it if people stop hammering the server for a second.
This Week in Videogames - TWIV
Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads or filler content.
thisweekinvideogames.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’m bad at self promoting but if you’re reading this, it’s the last chance you have to support our 3-month-old, non-corporate, reader-funded videogame website as a “Founder” and lock in the baseline subscription price indefinitely.
If you’ve been on the fence and have the means, it’s a good time! 🙏🏽
If you’ve been on the fence and have the means, it’s a good time! 🙏🏽
I’m having a cold beer at a cold pub. Nature is healing.
(It’s me I’m nature I’m feeling better)
(It’s me I’m nature I’m feeling better)
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I’m having a cold beer at a cold pub. Nature is healing.
(It’s me I’m nature I’m feeling better)
(It’s me I’m nature I’m feeling better)
I think it should be illegal to suddenly fall ill the moment the weekend begins, and miraculously recover just as it ends
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I think it should be illegal to suddenly fall ill the moment the weekend begins, and miraculously recover just as it ends
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BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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These people are so fucking weird about AI.
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
These people are so fucking weird about AI.
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Gonna be using profits from Tonight We Riot to help out local free fridges with supplies, as well as donating to food banks going forward.
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Gonna be using profits from Tonight We Riot to help out local free fridges with supplies, as well as donating to food banks going forward.
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store.steampowered.com/app/290690/T... it's a banger and the dev is a true comrade 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
store.steampowered.com/app/290690/T... it's a banger and the dev is a true comrade 🙏
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unsurprised to find out the guy who's made a career on making everyone's lives at bungie fucking miserable is happy to cohort with the people using fascist rhetoric to shit all over its legacy
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
unsurprised to find out the guy who's made a career on making everyone's lives at bungie fucking miserable is happy to cohort with the people using fascist rhetoric to shit all over its legacy
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Wow, Services Australia spent three quarters of a million in legal fees fighting a losing FOI fight against @daedalus.eigenmagic.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Wow, Services Australia spent three quarters of a million in legal fees fighting a losing FOI fight against @daedalus.eigenmagic.com
Hello and welcome to my post MIGW/PAX/SXSW Sydney wrap up thread for 2025. Enjoy your stay, my opinions are correct, probably. I'm very tired, but in a good way. Sorry for the long thread:
What a two weeks. I saw so many games, met so many wonderful people, and felt even more emotions.
What a two weeks. I saw so many games, met so many wonderful people, and felt even more emotions.
October 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Hello and welcome to my post MIGW/PAX/SXSW Sydney wrap up thread for 2025. Enjoy your stay, my opinions are correct, probably. I'm very tired, but in a good way. Sorry for the long thread:
What a two weeks. I saw so many games, met so many wonderful people, and felt even more emotions.
What a two weeks. I saw so many games, met so many wonderful people, and felt even more emotions.
Every day is a good day to listen to Remember My Song by Labi Siffre in its entirety, so why not make it today.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Remember My Song - YouTube
youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Every day is a good day to listen to Remember My Song by Labi Siffre in its entirety, so why not make it today.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
How creatively bankrupt do you have to be as a studio to remake halo 1 looking like that, again?
Disney live action remake ass game.
Disney live action remake ass game.
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
How creatively bankrupt do you have to be as a studio to remake halo 1 looking like that, again?
Disney live action remake ass game.
Disney live action remake ass game.
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EA Partnering with Stability AI is not only an insult to the creative industries but an insult to every single person they've laid off in recent years.
Games are nothing without the people who make them. Disgusting.
www.ea.com/news/ea-part...
Games are nothing without the people who make them. Disgusting.
www.ea.com/news/ea-part...
EA and Stability AI partner to empower artists, designers, and developers
The partnership will help unlock faster iteration, accelerate workflows, and expand creative possibilities.
www.ea.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
EA Partnering with Stability AI is not only an insult to the creative industries but an insult to every single person they've laid off in recent years.
Games are nothing without the people who make them. Disgusting.
www.ea.com/news/ea-part...
Games are nothing without the people who make them. Disgusting.
www.ea.com/news/ea-part...
LETS HEAR IT FOR RICK
October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
LETS HEAR IT FOR RICK
is this a kingdom hearts course lmao
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
is this a kingdom hearts course lmao
Gonna start using this one every time a showcase is announced
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Gonna start using this one every time a showcase is announced
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SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins
Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...