David Smith
@rhunwords.com
Prev: Kotaku Australia, ABC Gamer. https://linktr.ee/rhunwords
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amazing. i sort of assumed it was something like this but it is very funny to learn that we take more care with our noclip game history tape archive than the fucking FBI
I didn't expect the Jeffrey Epstein story to contain assistant editor workflow gore but lmao
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 AM
amazing. i sort of assumed it was something like this but it is very funny to learn that we take more care with our noclip game history tape archive than the fucking FBI
Finally got the new hotel feature up and running in Animal Crossing and it’s all just a bit of a let down. I decorate the rooms, for which I’m paid in hotel coupons. This brings lots of new people come to my island but I can’t invite any of them to stay. Why even bother?
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Finally got the new hotel feature up and running in Animal Crossing and it’s all just a bit of a let down. I decorate the rooms, for which I’m paid in hotel coupons. This brings lots of new people come to my island but I can’t invite any of them to stay. Why even bother?
Hard to believe that they simply never made a ninth Star Wars after this
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Hard to believe that they simply never made a ninth Star Wars after this
My high school’s greatest claim to fame is definitely the eight time women’s World Surf League champion Stephanie Gilmore
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
My high school’s greatest claim to fame is definitely the eight time women’s World Surf League champion Stephanie Gilmore
Incredible stuff.
Inspired by the terrible anti-piracy ads from the 2000’s, we’ve made our first hat! 🧢
A stylised dad hat with full embroidery on both sides. Make a statement while repping Waypoint. These will be $50 each, one-size-fits-all, with an adjustable metal buckle on the back.
1/3 🧵
A stylised dad hat with full embroidery on both sides. Make a statement while repping Waypoint. These will be $50 each, one-size-fits-all, with an adjustable metal buckle on the back.
1/3 🧵
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Incredible stuff.
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what is the DGTO? what does it do? is it actually useful? i sat down with local aussie developers and @igea.bsky.social to learn more about the tax rebate, and who it's helping.
#gamedev #australiangames
#gamedev #australiangames
Digital Games Tax Offset a lifeline for Australian game studios | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
The Digital Games Tax Offset (DGTO) is a quiet hero of Australian game development, with local studios taking advantage of significant cost-saving.
www.screenhub.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 6:12 AM
what is the DGTO? what does it do? is it actually useful? i sat down with local aussie developers and @igea.bsky.social to learn more about the tax rebate, and who it's helping.
#gamedev #australiangames
#gamedev #australiangames
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Grateful to @harrisonpolites.bsky.social for letting me talk about the state of @free-play.bsky.social and funding.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
“‘Game is dead.’ Um, eat shit?” If anyone’s doing community social better than @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social, I haven’t seen it.
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
“‘Game is dead.’ Um, eat shit?” If anyone’s doing community social better than @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social, I haven’t seen it.
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In 2019, Tig Notaro did a really funny series called "Under a Rock," in which she would interview famous people she had never heard of, all the while trying to guess who they were. One of my favorite episodes was with James Van Der Beek, who was lovely.
James Van Der Beek Doesn't Believe in Astrology | Under A Rock with Tig Notaro
YouTube video by Funny Or Die
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
In 2019, Tig Notaro did a really funny series called "Under a Rock," in which she would interview famous people she had never heard of, all the while trying to guess who they were. One of my favorite episodes was with James Van Der Beek, who was lovely.
Jason Mewes’ reverential “Holy shit, you’re the Dawson!” has been lasered into my memory since I first saw Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, one of the first times Van Der Beek happily made fun of himself. Guy deserved a way bigger career.
Though he'll live on forever in memories and memes as Dawson and Mox, James Van Der Beek had a comically weird side that he utilized well in things like "The Rules of Attraction," "Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23" and the supremely odd (that it existed, mostly) "What Would Diplo Do?" #RIP
James Van Der Beek, Star of ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ Dies at 48
He also starred in the films ‘Varsity Blues’ and ‘The Rules of Attraction’ and in the sitcom ‘Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.’
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Jason Mewes’ reverential “Holy shit, you’re the Dawson!” has been lasered into my memory since I first saw Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, one of the first times Van Der Beek happily made fun of himself. Guy deserved a way bigger career.
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*rings dinner bell* yall come eat
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice https://kotaku.com/relooted-review-heist-game-steam-game-pass-2000667754
Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice
Hear me out, what if it doesn’t belong in a museum?
kotaku.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
*rings dinner bell* yall come eat
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
What are we doing here
Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection will delist on March 31, 2026 buff.ly/ui1wIzb
currently $5.99 on US PS+ buff.ly/V3jCsW3
physical PS5 $39.99 Amazon amzn.to/4abncFX #ad
PS5/Switch GameStop buff.ly/sL65E9Z
PS5/PS4/Switch VGP buff.ly/FRcrHqh
PNP buff.ly/4Ku6ws5
currently $5.99 on US PS+ buff.ly/V3jCsW3
physical PS5 $39.99 Amazon amzn.to/4abncFX #ad
PS5/Switch GameStop buff.ly/sL65E9Z
PS5/PS4/Switch VGP buff.ly/FRcrHqh
PNP buff.ly/4Ku6ws5
February 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
What are we doing here
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Postecoglou stans rn
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Postecoglou stans rn
Oh look Angus just resigned. Get your “Good Job Angus” memes ready, it’s on
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Oh look Angus just resigned. Get your “Good Job Angus” memes ready, it’s on
So have we got any decent Discord alternatives or are we just going back to IRC
February 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM
So have we got any decent Discord alternatives or are we just going back to IRC
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We have @gameconsulting.bsky.social in town on March 5th for a free workshop! He will give you all the knowledge. Sign up! It's going to be great.
With huge thanks to @screentasmania.bsky.social and @olipotter.bsky.social for organising.
#Tasmania #Workshop #GameDev #Event
With huge thanks to @screentasmania.bsky.social and @olipotter.bsky.social for organising.
#Tasmania #Workshop #GameDev #Event
Hey Tasmanian devs, I am coming for you!
Thanks to Screen Tasmania who are bringing me down to talk to you about why you should be running your indie game as a business. I have opinions...
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/your-game-...
Thanks to Screen Tasmania who are bringing me down to talk to you about why you should be running your indie game as a business. I have opinions...
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/your-game-...
Your Game is a Business
Punch up your business skills with this workshop presentation from games business development consultant Jon Cartwright.
www.eventbrite.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 AM
We have @gameconsulting.bsky.social in town on March 5th for a free workshop! He will give you all the knowledge. Sign up! It's going to be great.
With huge thanks to @screentasmania.bsky.social and @olipotter.bsky.social for organising.
#Tasmania #Workshop #GameDev #Event
With huge thanks to @screentasmania.bsky.social and @olipotter.bsky.social for organising.
#Tasmania #Workshop #GameDev #Event
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
It's hard to describe how upset this all makes me.
GamesHub's newest author Tanaka Haruto has produced this __banger__ article, a straight rip from Xbox Wire that claims Suda51 sat down with the diminished Australian outlet for a chat on Romeo is a Dead Man...
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It's hard to describe how upset this all makes me.
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Today I am on strike.
🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Today I am on strike.
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grand theft auto games used to let you do this! and thats exactly how it worked!
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 AM
grand theft auto games used to let you do this! and thats exactly how it worked!
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Just perfect for their criticism of the ABC for reporting of alleged Asio intelligence failures
Estimates has just revealed that ASIO got the ABC's managing director wrong when seeking to email him about details in a recent Four Corners report. 10/10
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Just perfect for their criticism of the ABC for reporting of alleged Asio intelligence failures
Been very comforting to watch it all finally backfire on the Federal and NSW state governments today
February 10, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Been very comforting to watch it all finally backfire on the Federal and NSW state governments today
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Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Video game 'reloots' stolen artefacts, by reclaiming works of art from Western museums
www.france24.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Animal Crossing has once again promised me turnip riches and has once again lied to my face
February 10, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Animal Crossing has once again promised me turnip riches and has once again lied to my face
In the video game galaxy, as expected
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
In the video game galaxy, as expected