MamaMonkey aka Anna Barham
@annabarham.bsky.social
Managing Director of Balancing Monkey Games. Wishlist Beyond These Stars on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295060/Beyond_These_Stars/
My oldest kid just got his restricted drivers licence and drove himself home alone. I get this text:
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My oldest kid just got his restricted drivers licence and drove himself home alone. I get this text:
Post you from a different era
I’m just posting this to flex 💪
I’m just posting this to flex 💪
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Post you from a different era
I’m just posting this to flex 💪
I’m just posting this to flex 💪
Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
Woke up at 4 am, couldn’t get back to sleep. Today is my last kid’s last day at school.
They are at the same high school I went to and my mum was the head of science at. I met my husband there. I’ve been connected to Logan Park High School since 1987, when mum started there.
This is surreal.
They are at the same high school I went to and my mum was the head of science at. I met my husband there. I’ve been connected to Logan Park High School since 1987, when mum started there.
This is surreal.
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Woke up at 4 am, couldn’t get back to sleep. Today is my last kid’s last day at school.
They are at the same high school I went to and my mum was the head of science at. I met my husband there. I’ve been connected to Logan Park High School since 1987, when mum started there.
This is surreal.
They are at the same high school I went to and my mum was the head of science at. I met my husband there. I’ve been connected to Logan Park High School since 1987, when mum started there.
This is surreal.
At our place (we have plenty more trees that didn’t fall over though)
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
At our place (we have plenty more trees that didn’t fall over though)
In a whole new level of absent-mindedness, I suddenly realised I was filling out two sudoku puzzles simultaneously **without noticing**
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In a whole new level of absent-mindedness, I suddenly realised I was filling out two sudoku puzzles simultaneously **without noticing**
Ours came from this paper lantern in the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival, 2016
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ours came from this paper lantern in the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival, 2016
That’s a wrap! NZGDC is over for another year and I think this one was the best one yet 🩷🩷🩷
See you all next year IN AUCKLAND!!!
#nzgdc2025 #nzgdc2026
See you all next year IN AUCKLAND!!!
#nzgdc2025 #nzgdc2026
September 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
That’s a wrap! NZGDC is over for another year and I think this one was the best one yet 🩷🩷🩷
See you all next year IN AUCKLAND!!!
#nzgdc2025 #nzgdc2026
See you all next year IN AUCKLAND!!!
#nzgdc2025 #nzgdc2026
Great news from the NZ game development sector rebate folks!
September 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Great news from the NZ game development sector rebate folks!
We made it to Singapore, though apparently I’m lucky not to have been arrested for ignoring the nice cabin crew member, pushing past her and leaving at the tail end of the rich people because we had 10 minutes to make our connection.
Pratchett’s description of airports has never felt so apt
Pratchett’s description of airports has never felt so apt
September 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We made it to Singapore, though apparently I’m lucky not to have been arrested for ignoring the nice cabin crew member, pushing past her and leaving at the tail end of the rich people because we had 10 minutes to make our connection.
Pratchett’s description of airports has never felt so apt
Pratchett’s description of airports has never felt so apt
The mallard ducklings in Dunedin are brown with yellow patches, so in our family we call them bumbleducks
August 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The mallard ducklings in Dunedin are brown with yellow patches, so in our family we call them bumbleducks
London would be way more fun the arthritis in my foot wasn’t flaring excruciatingly thanks to the change in weather
August 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
London would be way more fun the arthritis in my foot wasn’t flaring excruciatingly thanks to the change in weather
Sam went for a walk while I had a nap
August 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sam went for a walk while I had a nap
Turns out we’re just about as far from home as it’s possible to be
August 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Turns out we’re just about as far from home as it’s possible to be
And there’s a very cute dog next to me
August 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
And there’s a very cute dog next to me
Actual conversion in the gelato shop near the Rhein just now: “two scoops of that one, please”
“Two scoops…in your HANNDD???”
The sass
German customer service is something else
“Two scoops…in your HANNDD???”
The sass
German customer service is something else
August 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Actual conversion in the gelato shop near the Rhein just now: “two scoops of that one, please”
“Two scoops…in your HANNDD???”
The sass
German customer service is something else
“Two scoops…in your HANNDD???”
The sass
German customer service is something else
And when I say people-ful, I’m talking about this. Apparently this is a quiet day for gamescom. Saturday is usually “shoulder room only”
August 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
And when I say people-ful, I’m talking about this. Apparently this is a quiet day for gamescom. Saturday is usually “shoulder room only”
Gamescom day 2 is done and I have blisters. We found the Hooded Horse stall and met our two closest contact from there, Matthias and Joe.
It was a very people-ful day!
It was a very people-ful day!
August 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Gamescom day 2 is done and I have blisters. We found the Hooded Horse stall and met our two closest contact from there, Matthias and Joe.
It was a very people-ful day!
It was a very people-ful day!
Sam and I visited the public area afterwards and it was what everyone told us it would be: overwhelmingly large and busy. Highlights:
- Hanging out with our neighbours
- Finding a game based on the Gogol’s story “The Nose”—very weird, very artistic and high concept. I hope it does well!
- Gifflar.
- Hanging out with our neighbours
- Finding a game based on the Gogol’s story “The Nose”—very weird, very artistic and high concept. I hope it does well!
- Gifflar.
August 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sam and I visited the public area afterwards and it was what everyone told us it would be: overwhelmingly large and busy. Highlights:
- Hanging out with our neighbours
- Finding a game based on the Gogol’s story “The Nose”—very weird, very artistic and high concept. I hope it does well!
- Gifflar.
- Hanging out with our neighbours
- Finding a game based on the Gogol’s story “The Nose”—very weird, very artistic and high concept. I hope it does well!
- Gifflar.
Gamescom day 1 is over, apart from tonight’s publisher dinner (which I’m really looking forward to).
August 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Gamescom day 1 is over, apart from tonight’s publisher dinner (which I’m really looking forward to).
On the bright side, if we’d stayed on the train I wouldn’t have seen this cool building
August 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
On the bright side, if we’d stayed on the train I wouldn’t have seen this cool building
It’s a real worry when the only words you understand of the train announcement, while you wait at an unexpectedly protracted halt, are “long torpedo gun”
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It’s a real worry when the only words you understand of the train announcement, while you wait at an unexpectedly protracted halt, are “long torpedo gun”
Gamescom, we are on our way! Changi Airport’s butterfly house is cool but @tuhura.bsky.social’s is cooler
August 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Gamescom, we are on our way! Changi Airport’s butterfly house is cool but @tuhura.bsky.social’s is cooler
A proper #dunnerstunner the day before we leave for Gamescom. I’ll take it
August 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A proper #dunnerstunner the day before we leave for Gamescom. I’ll take it