Signal boosting!!

If you make games or like supporting local games now is the time to ADVOCATE for that via the National Cultural Policy!

Submit a statement - tell them you make/love games and WHY it’s so important that games be supported. I’ve attached a link!

www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do/n...

Yes please!

Hyper This clip features a collab between Hyper and FOX Kids, where young audiences scored a glimpse into the workplace of Australia's longest-running gaming magazine.

Please enjoy this unearthed footage from inside the Hyper magazine offices from the year 2000 (Sonic Shuffle went on to receive a 72)

www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/i...

Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive acquires world’s first licensed Star Wars pinball machine. https://bit.ly/4bmCtmw

Iconic Australian-made pinball machines preserved for generations to come Five pinball machines, including the first licensed Star Wars unit, have been saved from the scrap heap and will eventually be made available for the public to play at a special exhibition.

The NFSA recently acquired all five of the only mass-produced Australian pinball machines ever made (including the world’s first Star Wars licensed machine!)

Nice piece from @gdig.bsky.social on the story behind them.

CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine Bringing together journalists, devs and artists, CONTINUE celebrates and interrogates videogame culture, creativity and community

Oh, uh! Hello! This is CONTINUE.

We're a defiant, new videogames magazine. We have assembled an incredible roster of talented creatives, writers, artists and illustrators to build Issue 01 of our new magazine.

We launched our Kickstarter today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

Check out the line up for ALT GAMES April 18-19 in Sydney!!
We have Shuhei Yoshida, Alanah Pearce and Billy Basso as our keynote speakers!!! Come 👍

powerhouse.com.au/program/alt-...

Calling artists with content on Floppies or CD-ROMs*!!

The Digital Heritage Lab is sharing access to our specialist disk imaging equipment. We will show you how to preserve your obsolete disks* (CD-ROMs, Floppies, Zips).

The #AusEAASI website has details: auseaasi.org/artist-outre...

New book now coming out very soon. Next month!

Please consider submitting to this conference if you're a community preservationist! The first Save the Games was a terrific place for the industry and community to meet together on their work

Late response sorry Ben but we do hold a few regional variants, e.g. www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/1755618
Anything Australia-exclusive (hardware + software) would be of interest!

📣 Exciting news, everyone! Screen Canberra has announced a new games fund!! 🎉🎉🎉

I was pleased to hear all about it yesterday and provide a quote to be included in the announcement article

Join us for Pizza & Pixels on Wednesday to learn more!

We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link.
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...

Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...

The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)

Add my game to SIFTER's Australian Made Games List Have you released a game made in Australia this year? Use this form to let us know

Reminder to Australian devs that @sifterhq.bsky.social does the lord's work every year by compiling every single Australian-made videogame they can find. You can submit your 2025 releases here: www.sifter.com.au/add-my-game-...

Episode 141: Hidden Advertising of Feminine Games | Video Game History Foundation Phil Salvador interviews Dr. Stephanie Harkin, lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) School of Design Games Program in Australia, about her research on femininity in gaming, p...

The latest Video Game History Hour podcast talks to Dr. Stephanie Harkin, lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, about her research on video games in girls’ lifestyle magazines like Girl Gamer & Total Girl: gamehistory.org/episode-141-...

(from the final issue of Big K magazine, March 1985: www.ataricompendium.com/archives/mag...)

The jewel in the crown: www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/1778683

cropped screenshot from yakuza 5 (2012) of Taiga Saejima having a conversation with celebrity chef Tatsuya Kawagoe (who exists in real life) SAEJIMA: So, cooking is a combination of ingredients? I'll try remembering that when I eat.

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? review by Tony Smith from September 1987 issue of Australian Home Computer G.E.M. magazine

1987 Australian review of the first Carmen Sandiego game: “I saw the package for sale in Sydney for $89 which I feel is exorbitant. I myself would not pay that price for it and if it wasn’t for my old mate Brian lending me his game I wouldn’t have even seen it.”

(now ~$266 AUD / $170 USD)

🚨🚨🚨 ‘THRILL ME’ MENTIONED 🚨🚨🚨

A kangaroo-headed human holding a giant CD. Stylized text reads Discmaster MMXXV.

🕹️ Ready to resurrect a galaxy of GIFs, WAVs & .BMPs?
Join the DiscMaster Game Jam & make a game using assets from vintage CD-ROMs archived by #InternetArchive. 💿️

💰 $1,750 in prizes
📅 Starts April 20 (USA) / April 21 (AUS)

Sign up ➡️ itch.io/jam/discmast...

#GaveDev #MediaPreservation

Very excited to be one of the judges for CanDev & @archive.org's upcoming Discmaster Jam and looking forward to seeing what emerges from the depths of discmaster.textfiles.com (image courtesy of Art Explosion 600,000)

Rollick N' Roll now has a demo! Enjoy!
s.team/a/3274880

#IndieGame #GameDev

This is what I have been working on for the past decade 💅
ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring @dmullinsgames.bsky.social Richard Garfield @allyhennessy.bsky.social Playfool and atomo Kihara