Douglas Wilson
@doougle.net
🎮 Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Clown+Theater w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @ https://eggplant.show/
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ/NY)
he/him
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Clown+Theater w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @ https://eggplant.show/
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ/NY)
he/him
Fuck me, I have only gotten to TWO items on this list
This year has been too busy, but also, I badly need to find more people to play tabletop games with. I have Arcs and City of Six Moons just sitting there in the corner looking at me.
bsky.app/profile/doou...
This year has been too busy, but also, I badly need to find more people to play tabletop games with. I have Arcs and City of Six Moons just sitting there in the corner looking at me.
bsky.app/profile/doou...
Games I'd like to finally play / catch up in 2025:
Arcs
John Company
City of Six Moons
Earthborne Rangers
Traitors Hungary S1-3
Survivor Quebec S2
<redacted>
The Crimson Diamond
Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers
<redacted>
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
2024 IFComp winners
(I know I'm forgetting some)
Arcs
John Company
City of Six Moons
Earthborne Rangers
Traitors Hungary S1-3
Survivor Quebec S2
<redacted>
The Crimson Diamond
Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers
<redacted>
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
2024 IFComp winners
(I know I'm forgetting some)
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Fuck me, I have only gotten to TWO items on this list
This year has been too busy, but also, I badly need to find more people to play tabletop games with. I have Arcs and City of Six Moons just sitting there in the corner looking at me.
bsky.app/profile/doou...
This year has been too busy, but also, I badly need to find more people to play tabletop games with. I have Arcs and City of Six Moons just sitting there in the corner looking at me.
bsky.app/profile/doou...
Can’t stop won’t stop posting about Ring Racers
I dig how some of the later tutorials explicitly talk about the system design motivations, I wish more games did that
bsky.app/profile/doou...
I dig how some of the later tutorials explicitly talk about the system design motivations, I wish more games did that
bsky.app/profile/doou...
Finally started diving into Ring Racers.
Holyyyy shit, this is so wild. Any Mario Kart 64 sickos out there should take a look at this (running in the Doom engine?!)
bsky.app/profile/domi...
Holyyyy shit, this is so wild. Any Mario Kart 64 sickos out there should take a look at this (running in the Doom engine?!)
bsky.app/profile/domi...
After NINE RELEASE CANDIDATES and over a month of intensive testing, Robotnik's Ring Racers v2.4 is out now.
www.kartkrew.org/index.html
Crossworlds is cool and all but this fangame is designed by and for kart racing and fighting game sickos. Big drop in/drop-out online MP and a huge solo mode too
www.kartkrew.org/index.html
Crossworlds is cool and all but this fangame is designed by and for kart racing and fighting game sickos. Big drop in/drop-out online MP and a huge solo mode too
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Can’t stop won’t stop posting about Ring Racers
I dig how some of the later tutorials explicitly talk about the system design motivations, I wish more games did that
bsky.app/profile/doou...
I dig how some of the later tutorials explicitly talk about the system design motivations, I wish more games did that
bsky.app/profile/doou...
Look I’ve been there, but at some point there are seriously diminishing returns engaging with how large corporations treat their IP. I understand it’s not a simple either/or, but there are *so* many incredible games being made at the margins, save enough time and energy to engage with those.
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Look I’ve been there, but at some point there are seriously diminishing returns engaging with how large corporations treat their IP. I understand it’s not a simple either/or, but there are *so* many incredible games being made at the margins, save enough time and energy to engage with those.
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🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions
The Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.
www.smh.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
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Also, just mentioning that Microsoft are still a BDS boycott primary target, so even if you don't care about a mega-budget AAA game cheaping out and using generic AI-generated art, you should care because the publisher *called the FBI* to investigate their own staff for anti-genocidal sentiments.
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Also, just mentioning that Microsoft are still a BDS boycott primary target, so even if you don't care about a mega-budget AAA game cheaping out and using generic AI-generated art, you should care because the publisher *called the FBI* to investigate their own staff for anti-genocidal sentiments.
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we don't just need to be funding small studios to make one game, we need to be funding them to make the ones they can fuck up before they can make the ones they learn from.
The winner takes all-instant hit-meme-flywheel mentality that has completely overtaken the games industry and even #indiedev is poison.
It deteriorates the space for risk and sustainable growth, until all that's left is to to either make slot-machines or slop-machines.
It deteriorates the space for risk and sustainable growth, until all that's left is to to either make slot-machines or slop-machines.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
we don't just need to be funding small studios to make one game, we need to be funding them to make the ones they can fuck up before they can make the ones they learn from.
Dude why are so many of the best videogames of our time Sonic “fan” games made in non Sonic game engines?
(the adjective “fan” there doing a lot of heavy lifting, obviously)
(the adjective “fan” there doing a lot of heavy lifting, obviously)
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Dude why are so many of the best videogames of our time Sonic “fan” games made in non Sonic game engines?
(the adjective “fan” there doing a lot of heavy lifting, obviously)
(the adjective “fan” there doing a lot of heavy lifting, obviously)
Played more Ring Racers tonight, very into it, most I’ve resonated with a Mario Kart like since literally the 90s bsky.app/profile/doou...
Finally started diving into Ring Racers.
Holyyyy shit, this is so wild. Any Mario Kart 64 sickos out there should take a look at this (running in the Doom engine?!)
bsky.app/profile/domi...
Holyyyy shit, this is so wild. Any Mario Kart 64 sickos out there should take a look at this (running in the Doom engine?!)
bsky.app/profile/domi...
After NINE RELEASE CANDIDATES and over a month of intensive testing, Robotnik's Ring Racers v2.4 is out now.
www.kartkrew.org/index.html
Crossworlds is cool and all but this fangame is designed by and for kart racing and fighting game sickos. Big drop in/drop-out online MP and a huge solo mode too
www.kartkrew.org/index.html
Crossworlds is cool and all but this fangame is designed by and for kart racing and fighting game sickos. Big drop in/drop-out online MP and a huge solo mode too
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Played more Ring Racers tonight, very into it, most I’ve resonated with a Mario Kart like since literally the 90s bsky.app/profile/doou...
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Anyone else noticed how Nazi rallies get the go-ahead fairly easily from state governments, then the horrified public reaction is weaponised to pass anti-protest laws, which are then used to quash anti-genocide dissent and justify police assaults on small brown women? You picking up on this, too??
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Anyone else noticed how Nazi rallies get the go-ahead fairly easily from state governments, then the horrified public reaction is weaponised to pass anti-protest laws, which are then used to quash anti-genocide dissent and justify police assaults on small brown women? You picking up on this, too??
Fun news!
We're taking our show - Mel McGlensey is NORMAL - to both Perth Fringe and Adelaide Fringe in Jan/Feb.
Perth Fringe, Jan 21 - Feb 1 @ The Parlour at The Pleasure Garden
fringeworld.com.au/whats-on/mel...
Adelaide Fringe, late Feb, more details soon.
We're taking our show - Mel McGlensey is NORMAL - to both Perth Fringe and Adelaide Fringe in Jan/Feb.
Perth Fringe, Jan 21 - Feb 1 @ The Parlour at The Pleasure Garden
fringeworld.com.au/whats-on/mel...
Adelaide Fringe, late Feb, more details soon.
Mel McGlensey is NORMAL
Alternative comedian Mel McGlensey is trapped inside a simulation. She will only be let out if she can be normal for an entire hour of comedy. Can she do it? She'll need your help -- she's letting her...
fringeworld.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Fun news!
We're taking our show - Mel McGlensey is NORMAL - to both Perth Fringe and Adelaide Fringe in Jan/Feb.
Perth Fringe, Jan 21 - Feb 1 @ The Parlour at The Pleasure Garden
fringeworld.com.au/whats-on/mel...
Adelaide Fringe, late Feb, more details soon.
We're taking our show - Mel McGlensey is NORMAL - to both Perth Fringe and Adelaide Fringe in Jan/Feb.
Perth Fringe, Jan 21 - Feb 1 @ The Parlour at The Pleasure Garden
fringeworld.com.au/whats-on/mel...
Adelaide Fringe, late Feb, more details soon.
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Victoria isn’t broke, its net assets are actually increasing
The reason it’s spending more than it’s collecting at present is it’s in the middle of massive infrastructure upgrades
The BCA is calling for more infrastructure and complaining about its cost..ffs
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
The reason it’s spending more than it’s collecting at present is it’s in the middle of massive infrastructure upgrades
The BCA is calling for more infrastructure and complaining about its cost..ffs
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for.
thepoint.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Victoria isn’t broke, its net assets are actually increasing
The reason it’s spending more than it’s collecting at present is it’s in the middle of massive infrastructure upgrades
The BCA is calling for more infrastructure and complaining about its cost..ffs
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
The reason it’s spending more than it’s collecting at present is it’s in the middle of massive infrastructure upgrades
The BCA is calling for more infrastructure and complaining about its cost..ffs
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
Oh man this McSweeneys piece is too real.
Perilous time to be working for pretty much any large corporatized institution… but I think one saving grace for me is at least I can participate in a union branch pushing for change.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
Perilous time to be working for pretty much any large corporatized institution… but I think one saving grace for me is at least I can participate in a union branch pushing for change.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Oh man this McSweeneys piece is too real.
Perilous time to be working for pretty much any large corporatized institution… but I think one saving grace for me is at least I can participate in a union branch pushing for change.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
Perilous time to be working for pretty much any large corporatized institution… but I think one saving grace for me is at least I can participate in a union branch pushing for change.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
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Google considers ICE agents to be a vulnerable group in need of protecting but does not consider the immigrants they're hunting down to be vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Google considers ICE agents to be a vulnerable group in need of protecting but does not consider the immigrants they're hunting down to be vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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After years of libertarian philosophers and economists wanking on about how essential free enterprise is to freedom and democracy, it turns out it just isn't. www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
After years of libertarian philosophers and economists wanking on about how essential free enterprise is to freedom and democracy, it turns out it just isn't. www.404media.co/google-has-c...
My parents had been reading the NY Times daily for decades (since at least the 80s) and this year I finally convinced them to unsubscribe. Tell your friends and family, don’t support fashy news outlets.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My parents had been reading the NY Times daily for decades (since at least the 80s) and this year I finally convinced them to unsubscribe. Tell your friends and family, don’t support fashy news outlets.
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
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i think peter thiel should have his fortune stripped on the way to prison and everyone who worked at gawker in 2014-16 should get $100 million
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i think peter thiel should have his fortune stripped on the way to prison and everyone who worked at gawker in 2014-16 should get $100 million
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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The federal government only wanted to help South Australia with the algal bloom if it did not require new funding despite being briefed that an estimated 250k marine animals had been killed, new documents obtained through FOI reveal.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
‘Not an eligible disaster’: FOI reveals Commonwealth resisted new aid for SA after algal bloom killed 250,000 marine animals
The documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, show Australia’s lack of preparedness for unexpected and extreme events driven by climate change and the limits of existing support programs.
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The federal government only wanted to help South Australia with the algal bloom if it did not require new funding despite being briefed that an estimated 250k marine animals had been killed, new documents obtained through FOI reveal.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
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This Labor party is rotten to the core. Imagine saying kids are too young to understand what they’re reading online but old enough to spend the rest of their lives in prison if they commit a violent crime. It’s demented. But what both policies share is an extreme need to control and punish kids.
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This Labor party is rotten to the core. Imagine saying kids are too young to understand what they’re reading online but old enough to spend the rest of their lives in prison if they commit a violent crime. It’s demented. But what both policies share is an extreme need to control and punish kids.
So fucking embarrassing, Australia is so cooked bsky.app/profile/came...
In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
So fucking embarrassing, Australia is so cooked bsky.app/profile/came...
This is so cooked
bsky.app/profile/aust...
bsky.app/profile/aust...
Children could face life sentences for serious offences under Victorian government ‘adult time’ plan
Children could face life sentences for serious offences under Victorian government ‘adult time’ plan
Youth offenders, aged as young as 14, could face 20 year jail terms for violent crimes under proposal
Children as young as 14 who commit “serious crimes” will be sentenced as adults under a Victorian government plan to combat youth crime.
The state government said on Wednesday that it will adopt an “adult time for violent crime” laws similar to those in Queensland, which implemented the tough approach in 2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is so cooked
bsky.app/profile/aust...
bsky.app/profile/aust...
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When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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I really miss that stretch of time when fatness was being treated as human and beautiful. The snap back to pseudohealth body standards is really fashy and has infected the left to everyone's detriment. imo.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I really miss that stretch of time when fatness was being treated as human and beautiful. The snap back to pseudohealth body standards is really fashy and has infected the left to everyone's detriment. imo.
I finally sat down to watch a playthru of @maddymakesgames.com's new SMW romhack, Masterpiece:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cz-...
Soooo good. A+ mix of clever design interventions, mechanics as jokes, political satire. This is such a great exemplar of what I'm looking for from videogames these days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cz-...
Soooo good. A+ mix of clever design interventions, mechanics as jokes, political satire. This is such a great exemplar of what I'm looking for from videogames these days.
Maddy's new hack is NO JOKE - Masterpiece
YouTube video by BarbarousKing
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I finally sat down to watch a playthru of @maddymakesgames.com's new SMW romhack, Masterpiece:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cz-...
Soooo good. A+ mix of clever design interventions, mechanics as jokes, political satire. This is such a great exemplar of what I'm looking for from videogames these days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cz-...
Soooo good. A+ mix of clever design interventions, mechanics as jokes, political satire. This is such a great exemplar of what I'm looking for from videogames these days.