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Ryan Stanton
@stantium.bsky.social
Aspiring Academic || Eternal Idiot
PhD @ University of Sydney
Bad puns and worse jokes
He/Him
Delighted to have my words - and the words of my colleagues - published in the ABC opinion section today. As a kid growing up I wanted to be a journalist, and while my career has taken a different turn, this feels like a small taster of that dream.

www.abc.net.au/religion/met...
Seeing like Meta: Smart glasses and the ethics of augmented reality - ABC Religion & Ethics
Meta’s smart glasses are not just another consumer gadget; they are a step toward enclosing perception itself within a private platform — and when the interface is your glasses, there is no “outside”.
www.abc.net.au
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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New article in @theconversation.com today reflecting on Australia’s 2024 loot box regulations and how, 1 year later, there remains widespread non-compliance - and generally really confusing age ratings for mobile games on the App Stores!

theconversation.com/loot-boxes-a...
Loot boxes are still rife in kids’ mobile games, despite ban on ‘gambling-like’ features
Games with ‘loot boxes’ should be classified for over-15s – but a new study shows many of the most popular mobile games completely ignore the rules.
theconversation.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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🚨LIVE NOW FOR MY PATREON SUPPORERS 🚨
The State of Games Journalism in 2025

This is by no means an exhaustive look at what once was, what is, and what will be, but it's a start. I hope to do more pieces like this!
www.patreon.com/posts/state-...
The State of Games Journalism in 2025 | Alyssa Mercante
Get more from Alyssa Mercante on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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This is so important to preserve and share games media.
Please submit and share Australian game stories!
We're working on an art project for Freakon! We want you to share games journalism that means something to you. If you have a review, a cover, a video, a headline, a quote - anything that made an impact on you please submit it!
Taking earnest and dumb submissions.
seasonofdecay.cargo.site
GamesJournalismProject
cargo.site
seasonofdecay.cargo.site
July 31, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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We're working on an art project for Freakon! We want you to share games journalism that means something to you. If you have a review, a cover, a video, a headline, a quote - anything that made an impact on you please submit it!
Taking earnest and dumb submissions.
seasonofdecay.cargo.site
GamesJournalismProject
cargo.site
seasonofdecay.cargo.site
July 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Drăculești is LIVE on Kickstarter

Play as Renfield, survive the terror of Castle Dracula, and find love in the darkest night in this seductive romantic horror narrative game.

Starring Ray Chase as Dracula. Voice/Casting direction by @jennyyokobori.bsky.social 🖤

www.kickstarter.com/projects/171...
July 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Kojima/Miller talk was fascinating for a few reasons but mostly because it gave me a proper understanding of why people love Kojima - he just seems very charismatic and I could listen to him talk fir twice as long.
June 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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We've compiled all the instances we can find of academics standing up for higher education and democracy, as well as attacks, at WeAreHigherEd.org. Please visit, and sign our letter and/or others (bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd - 13k people have signed one or more statements).
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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ALT GAMES DAY
I’m running on 2 hours sleep, an $8.95 coffee and a love of those new fangled vidya games
April 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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❄️ A SPECIAL 1000xRESIST GIVEAWAY ❄️

An anonymous fan has bought 10 copies of 1000xRESIST to GIVEAWAY!!

In their own words: "A random act of kindness that maybe, hopefully, finds the right person." 🥹

To enter:

1. Follow us
2. Repost this.
3. Comment "Hekki Holidays"

Winners TBA on Dec 24, 2024.
December 23, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Final issue of Multiplier for 2024 just went out. In it, I sat down with @hewso.bsky.social of @player2au.bsky.social to reflect on how Australia's game journalism scene has changed over the past decade. open.substack.com/pub/multipli...
What can the last decade of games journalism tell us about the next?
Is there any hope on the horizon?
open.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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I could go on, but the bottom line is this: the article is right. It doesn’t matter who you are, we’ve all been affected by layoffs, traffic roller coasters and uncertainties. But we’re also pretty scrappy and stubborn so, here’s hoping, right?
November 26, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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I recognise the position of privilege I have, to be able to work in this gig full time. There are so many wildly talented people who have lost that opportunity this year alone, and I don’t take it for granted - David Smith, for instance, is one of the absolute best in the game.
November 26, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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The Australian video game journalism piece is important and covers a lot of necessary ground, but if I’m being candid, as one of the few very lucky people to still be employed and trying to keep it alive every day, often these articles make it feel like more of an uphill battle.
November 25, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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Is the government about to accidentally ban kids under 16 from games? I wrote a piece with @darthtayrah.bsky.social on why they shouldn't.

theconversation.com/online-games...

(they also shouldn't ban social media!)
Online games should not be included in Australia’s social media ban – they are critical for kids’ social lives
Australia is set to ban kids under 16 from social media. Depending on the definition, online games with social features could be in the firing line – which would be detrimental.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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as horrible as it is theres something darkly comic about the Department of Efficiency having 2 chairmen
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 AM