Joaby
@joabyjojo.com
Games critic, author, podcaster. My new book Till The Heavens Burst is out now! https://joabyjojo.com/2024/11/15/till-the-heavens-burst-is-available-now/
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Joaby
@joabyjojo.com
· Nov 15
Till The Heavens Burst Is Available Now!
Go and buy my new book, Till The Heavens Burst! It’s available in both ebook and paperback formats via Amazon. I understand that some people don’t like Amazon, and if you fit in that bu…
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Hey there! Go and buy my new book, Till The Heavens Burst! It's set in Australia and it has cosmic horror entities and magical realism and graphic violence and a lot of swearing and... this pitch isn't going how I first intended. Anyway get it up ya! joabyjojo.com/2024/11/15/t...
me opening the lid on a second tea kettle filled with seafood: "wow this is the perfect way to describe that awkwardly escalated scenario i found myself in at work"
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
me opening the lid on a second tea kettle filled with seafood: "wow this is the perfect way to describe that awkwardly escalated scenario i found myself in at work"
Classic Melbourne stuff
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.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Classic Melbourne stuff
Drank for 9 hours straight three days in a row while battling a sinus infection and I'm imagining my ancestors looking down the way I watch horror movies where the protagonist keeps making the dumbest fucking choices
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Drank for 9 hours straight three days in a row while battling a sinus infection and I'm imagining my ancestors looking down the way I watch horror movies where the protagonist keeps making the dumbest fucking choices
More like Predator Bad-ahhhh fuck how could they do this
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
More like Predator Bad-ahhhh fuck how could they do this
Brianna Wu, finger on the pulse as always, has just realised transphobes are transphobic.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Brianna Wu, finger on the pulse as always, has just realised transphobes are transphobic.
Wait is calling someone a babydick a hate crime because I still waggle my pinky finger at shitty drivers to this day
Shift Up says it “doesn’t tolerate any expressions of hate” in NIKKE following backlash over alleged “small genital” gesture
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Shift Up says it “doesn’t tolerate any expressions of hate” in NIKKE following backlash over alleged “small genital” gesture - AUTOMATON WEST
Following backlash over an offensive hand gesture allegedly inserted into Goddess of Victory: Nikke, Shift Up has made a statement.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Wait is calling someone a babydick a hate crime because I still waggle my pinky finger at shitty drivers to this day
Got a w in our third game of redsec. I'm digging it.
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Got a w in our third game of redsec. I'm digging it.
PlayStation confirms that playing Battlefield Heroes cost you your soul
Battlefield: Redsec, the first free-to-play Battlefield experience, launches today with Battle Royale chaos across Fort Lyndon. Get briefed with full details: play.st/4hwZg1B
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
PlayStation confirms that playing Battlefield Heroes cost you your soul
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More big news today. For various reasons I explain in this blog post, I've decided to make all my work on itch - from Swords of Freeport (my '90s style faux BBS door game designed for linux servers) to my queer vampire stories free and donation-supported.
It's Free! All Free!
Today is a big day. In a few hours as I type this Death by Scrolling, a game I made with the man who needs no introduction, Ron Gilbert, becomes available. It’s been an amazing project to work on. But...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
More big news today. For various reasons I explain in this blog post, I've decided to make all my work on itch - from Swords of Freeport (my '90s style faux BBS door game designed for linux servers) to my queer vampire stories free and donation-supported.
Of course I'm hiking the Japanese Alps when Kojima decides to go mask off on AI
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Of course I'm hiking the Japanese Alps when Kojima decides to go mask off on AI
Capsule hotels are just cyberpunk hostels.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Capsule hotels are just cyberpunk hostels.
Got really drunk last night and grabbed a maccas apple pie at midnight and it's almost like I'm there at PAX
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Got really drunk last night and grabbed a maccas apple pie at midnight and it's almost like I'm there at PAX
Here's my annual complaint that because of daylight savings the Slay the Spire daily no longer neatly aligns with my mid morning BM
October 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Here's my annual complaint that because of daylight savings the Slay the Spire daily no longer neatly aligns with my mid morning BM
As the resident Queenslander I can now answer any sports questions people, seeing how I'm obviously an expert
October 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
As the resident Queenslander I can now answer any sports questions people, seeing how I'm obviously an expert
Everyone who tells you to watch Taskmaster goes "it's 5 washed up comedians and a guy who tells them to do things and they have to do them" and you go "right i must not be getting it, give me an example" and they will say "ok well not this but like maybe they have to eat the most olives"
October 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Everyone who tells you to watch Taskmaster goes "it's 5 washed up comedians and a guy who tells them to do things and they have to do them" and you go "right i must not be getting it, give me an example" and they will say "ok well not this but like maybe they have to eat the most olives"
One Battle After Another is pretty good. Really puts in perspective why Fox News is always banging on about the War on Christmas
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One Battle After Another is pretty good. Really puts in perspective why Fox News is always banging on about the War on Christmas
why is the guy who lookes like morty from rick and morty playing Bruce Springsteen
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
why is the guy who lookes like morty from rick and morty playing Bruce Springsteen
lmao the very first cutscene in Silent Hill f NG+ dramatically recontextualises the entire fucking game
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
lmao the very first cutscene in Silent Hill f NG+ dramatically recontextualises the entire fucking game
I actually did this the other day and it was sad I liked all my cooking friends imagine boiling your sourdough starter because some spoon obsessed goon on the internet incepted you with the idea
September 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I actually did this the other day and it was sad I liked all my cooking friends imagine boiling your sourdough starter because some spoon obsessed goon on the internet incepted you with the idea
I like starting a radio with the Ghostface Killah remix of You Know I'm No Good and watching as the algorithm goes from Adele to Raekwon
September 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I like starting a radio with the Ghostface Killah remix of You Know I'm No Good and watching as the algorithm goes from Adele to Raekwon
Has anyone investigated how Simply Red made the worst songs you can't help but sing
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Has anyone investigated how Simply Red made the worst songs you can't help but sing
Ahhh 2025, when all my gravest fears keep coming true
Saw Spinal Tap II last night. The original This is Spinal Tap is my favourite movie, but the sequel is like one of those “look at these old legends saying their quotes and shit” Super Bowl commercials for an insurance company stretched out to 75 minutes
September 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ahhh 2025, when all my gravest fears keep coming true
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Omg downfall is an incredible mod, I'm definitely getting this (and not skipping the Kickstarter like I did last time)
Omg downfall is an incredible mod, I'm definitely getting this (and not skipping the Kickstarter like I did last time)
Coming soon: Slay the Spire: The Board Game - Downfall
Reprint and expansion for the award-winning Slay the Spire: The Board Game.
www.kickstarter.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Omg downfall is an incredible mod, I'm definitely getting this (and not skipping the Kickstarter like I did last time)
Omg downfall is an incredible mod, I'm definitely getting this (and not skipping the Kickstarter like I did last time)
after the fuckin scarecrow field it's gonna take me 15 years to finish silent hill f. I was sorta ok with it until i realised some of them were moving when i wasn't looking at them.
September 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
after the fuckin scarecrow field it's gonna take me 15 years to finish silent hill f. I was sorta ok with it until i realised some of them were moving when i wasn't looking at them.