Hey squad, keen to get a thread going of story driven video games because... they're great and I want to keep playing and supporting them. I'll start: The Drifter rules and it's the perfect game to play on the Nintendo Switch 2 IMO.

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The Biddy Blas situation is proof that if you hire a human voice actor and allow them to make absolute insane decisions, the ROI is far greater than any amount of money you could save by using genAI

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i have to wonder, are melbourne games people aware of what happened with the adelaide writer's week earlier this year? is there any awareness of the current climate with regards to creative institutions and the pressure they place on artists and events regarding speech about palestine?

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Now that Freeplay’s statement is out, I’ma say my peace. Note: I (sadly!) am no longer a board member and have no insider knowledge of details. My understanding of the situation is one or more speakers raised concerns at the last minute about a donor/sponsor, leaving precious little time to act.

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The board would have been faced with the impossible decision of: 1/ Cancelling Parallels 2/ Accepting that more than one speaker would pull out 3/ Refunding the donor and removing attribution They chose option 3. It sounds like communication wasn’t handled well, that sucks.

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