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@Jamwa

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Award-nominated freelance writer (GamesHub, Kotaku Aus, Stevivor, PowerUp!, Byteside, Player 2, Checkpoint). Highly opinionated on games & wrasslin'. They/Them.

Melbourne, Australia. Also NYC
Joined November 2008
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JESUS CHRIST EA.
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Jesus CHRIST Sony
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Jesus CHRIST Sony
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Wildlife Studios let go of 133 people overnight.
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JESUS CHRIST EA.
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As a series of 5 minute animated shorts.
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@newguyreview101
Darren Lucas - Movie Reviews 101
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With the success of #TheLastofUs and #Fallout what other video games would you like to see given a Television series?
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@nycsouthpaw @ElPrezAU I still think about this one a lot.
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I asked Mami herself @RheaRipley_WWE if @SNM_Buddy is gonna bring home the gold @mcitywrestling 's #MCWanniversary this weekend.
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2 years
My colleague did this with sharpies & just... God his talents are wasted in this joint.
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3 years
@WWEMaverick A Goofy Movie
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I am *dying* to hear Cage's small-town Aussie surfer dad accent.
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11 years
May the chungus be among us
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@Gaohmee The first act of Dark Souls ends with the player ringing a huge bell. When playing online, you can actually hear the bell sporadically ring
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8 months
An absolute godly power move. Good on him.
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8 months
In a shock statement, Bill Willingham - the creator of beloved comic series  #Fables  - has released the franchise into the public domain. As the new owner, you have the rights to create Fables and #WolfAmongUs movies, cartoons, books, and more.
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Farscape still absolutely rules & I'd love to see something new done with the I.P.
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Farscape began a quarter of a century ago today! "Astronaut John Crichton is brought to the unknown part of the Universe through a wormhole. He finds new friends among aliens on a living spaceship called Moya." Farscape was weird, fresh, and good 🔥
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@australian Then fucking apologise & hold your editors & opinion writers to account for the damage they did during the entire pandemic you absolutely vile fucks.
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3 years
@DaveMilbo spotted right outside my new local cafe which is just making me love the place even more.
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7 years
Here, enjoy this good Sonic.
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@DaveMilbo spotted in Yarraville.
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@THR @Mario__Bones Shiiit that's good casting. Damn!
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7 years
@Ada_Log @TimGNorman This photo was taken minutes before he blocked his mum on MSN.
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4 years
@mich_rdw @TomTaylorMade Murdoch media vs non-Murdoch really.
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3 years
Seriously, this should be *MANDATORY* viewing for everyone in games. There's waaaaay too much of a cavalier attitude towards microtransactions in the Aus games scene & I find it so upsetting.
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Laura Kate Dale - Mastodon "@[email protected]"
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How Microtransactions Prey on Disabled Gamers - Access-Ability
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@HamillHimself I can't stand the man but this is pretty gross dude.
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@JayBauman1 I want a Nice Guys sequel made every 10 years until Ryan & Russell are in their 80s.
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7 years
@Gaohmee Aye but it does drive home to the player that Lordran is a place that intersects multiple realities, which NPC's also cryptically reveal. :)
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2 years
It makes sound!
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1 year
@dashiell @jamiemgalea @Showtime @yellowjackets96 I've only seen the first 5 episodes & I watched them on a United Airlines flight as they were part of the planes free entertainment library.
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8 years
@Lexialex it's only ever pandering if the aim is to connect to an audience that isn't necessarily male, straight & white. Funny that.
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3 years
@ithayla I genuinely *want* to give Disney money so that I can watch Shang Chi right now & not have to spend several more weeks dodging spoilers but they won't goddamn let me. Some parts of the world are in extended lockdown & *can't* go to a cinema.
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2 years
This is nuts
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3 months
Blowfish Studios just laid off at least 30 people.
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3 months
Torus Games just shuttered after 30 years of operation.
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7 years
Jeez it's weird to see someone you're a huge fan of sit exactly where you've sat dozens of times. Hey Edgar, you're in my spot.
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Farewell Melbourne. Goodbye Oz.
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lmao thank u 💜
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5 months
I have decided that I would like to be put in the position of being able to say 'it's an honour just to be nominated.'
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3 years
@LaurakBuzz Laura, please don't shake the baby.
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7 years
Ha ha ha ha or maybe I just wish I were more popular.
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3 years
@NetflixANZ DO NOT CHANGE THAT ABSOLUTE BANGER OF A THEME TUNE DON'T YOU DARE.
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1 year
@LaurakBuzz wait, are you back in the country??
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2 years
This should be the last tweet ever before this place shuts down.
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2 years
@ithayla 'This recipe requires three quarts of Product You've Never Heard Of that Seems to Have No Local Equivalent as the key ingredient.' Every damn time.
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7 years
@AdamRothberg @simonschuster @threshold_books Well that took entirely too long, but still, thank you.
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6 years
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@AustralianLabor Pretending like the Labor party for the last 10 years has had a spine whatsoever.
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4 years
I still think about how Gearbox proudly announced that a Borderlands 3 protagonist was non-binary & it turned out to be the fucking robot.
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4 years
and after you have finished putting playable women in your games and are wondering what to do next... *points at non binary people*
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3 years
@JimSterling Our national broadcaster's foremost investigative journalism program just aired an ep an hour ago on harmful games industry monetisation & used a clip of you. (Also 'Alf Stewart's sex dungeon' is a whole Aus internet culture *thing* just btw 😅)
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@AustralianLabor Oh good, so we've got 7 more years of Dear Leader Scotty to look forward to then. Thanks.
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7 years
@ODDERZinnit @frankcifaldi she'd come in during quiet hours for months to trade fruit & such with staff. Super lovely.
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@woodrowgus @KrystiPryde The photo Dafoe's head actually comes from is even better.
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@ODDERZinnit @frankcifaldi Managed a games store when New Leaf launched. We had a lady in her 70s who was obsessed with it.
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The entire Helldivers community right now:
@helldivers2
HELLDIVERS™ 2
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Somehow, the Automatons returned. As suspected all along, the previous Bot force was merely a vanguard. A massive fleet has now begun an assault of Cyberstan and the surrounding planets. Helldivers, hold back this unprovoked invasion. The fight continues!
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Got told by an interviewer today that they called my workplace a few times over the last few days just to ask random staff members their thoughts on me. Interviewer followed this up immediately by smiling & saying "you are VERY well liked." Fuck yeah of course I am.
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Lord help ya'll, it's happenin'
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Torus Games just shuttered after 30 years of operation.
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Wildlife Studios let go of 133 people overnight.
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@LaurakBuzz & BOY ARE YOUR ARMS TIRED hahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahaahahahahaahahaha I am very sorry.
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Today started with me losing my day job & ended with me attending a fancy interstate ceremony where I was nominated for an award for excellence at my side job. Friends, it's been a weird one.
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2 years
I'm at a wrestling themed bar in Brooklyn drinking an Orange Cassidy while I watch Rampage. Things are good.
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@transundertale Yep, I have coworkers like that too. It's a bummer but also very grounding to be reminded that most people tend to have zero real idea about these big controversies.
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@ShitpostBot5000 @TronKnotts Sonic's 3 point message to voters: 1. Follow me 2. Set me free 3. Trust me & we will escape from the city
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1 year
Got told to write some review cards for recent releases. 🤷‍♀️
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4 years
This is utterly false clickbait garbage. JB suspended game trade-ins company wide months ago due to COVID. It has absolutely *zero* to do with TLoU2. Source: I fucking work in the games department at a JB Hi-Fi.
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JB Hi-Fi not accepting any The Last of Us Part II trade-ins. #TheLastofUsPartII #TLOU2
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3 years
To be honest I kinda darkly love The Sims for the level of meta the franchise now operates on.
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@lisaquestions
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Predatory DLC practices are fun
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4 years
@nbajambook Same energy
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Home page of my phone, "Laura Dale's Ass" @LaurakBuzz :D
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The @Centrelink experience:
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@TronGumby Of all the Tweets of mine that could go viral, it had to be the ones about how fucking bleak & horrible this industry can be. 🫠
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@SeanRossSapp My uncle works at Nintendo & he says Cody will be in WWE 2K22.
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@JimSterling The Jimquikitchen!
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Enormous thanks again to everyone involved in this. It wouldn't have come together without you. 💜💜💜
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Considering a career in video game development, but don't know where to start or what role to pursue? We've compiled a resource focused on 10 key games industry jobs, with career advice from people currently working in those roles. Take a look:
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@JimSterling I don't understand how America functions. I really don't.
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PLEASE YES. REGULATE THE HELL OUT OF THIS AUSGOV BABY AHWOOOOO.
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An Australian committee has recommended government action on loot boxes in video games.
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8 years
Delicious.
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Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" hits Hot Rock Songs top 10, thanks to "sad Affleck"
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@edgarwright Easiest Halloween costume of all time is still 'yourself as a hologram in Red Dwarf universe'. We've ALL done it once!
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Dust off & charge up your 3DS's this #PAXAus because I'm hosting the inaugural '3DS Memorial Streetpass Community Meetup' from midday to 1pm in the Ibis Community Room.
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Just got confirmation that I'm going to E3 this year. Something I've wanted to do literally since 1995.
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@elizabethdanger I dunno, the American Chopper adaptation is pretty great too.
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GAMES WRITER PALS! As some of you know I'm doing a short paper for uni on the issues of working for exposure in games journalism. If any of you would be so kind as to let me email or DM you a couple of questions it would be ENORMOUSLY APPRECIATED. Sharing this appreciated also!
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@kncklsndwch *dreams of Nintendo DS port*
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@Nirbion @NonTrotski Remember like 5 years ago when Reggie said Netflix & such are coming to Switch?
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@manfightdragon Let's go back to PS360 era where every door opening was a 35 second long 'breach' sequence done by your AI teammates.
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@edgarwright I hate 'em all unless Sinatra or Martin are crooning 'em out.
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@TheGespenst @Mario__Bones Kiryu & Majima for WWE2K20 so they can tag-team.
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you mean I have to buy groceries & prepare food *again* when I just did those very chores earlier this week???????????????? ??????????? ???!!??!!!??????
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90s RTS game-ass looking building. It looks like it should unlock heavy infantry units in your tech tree.
@TheLostProbe
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throwback to that time when Melbourne Central Station didn't have a shopping centre on top of it and it looked like whatever the fuck this thing is meant to be
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For nine straight years this era of #Podtoid has been my bad brain times comfort blanket. Heartfelt & sincere thanks to @JimSterling , @NonTrotski , @TaraLongest , @MaxScoville , & to whomever it is that pays to keep these episodes hosted online.
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@ithayla Only movie I've ever bought a ticket to the very next screening of immediately after the credits rolled.
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@songsofconquest Is there any more iconic than the Hand of Nod?
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@christianmccrea John Swartzwelder & Conan O'Brien discuss the evolution of the American family in television culture for 21 minutes while Itchy & Scratchy continuously fight in a tiny box in the corner of the screen.
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@OmgMoreJames Give it 20 years & use him like they use Hayden Christensen now IMO.
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Asking me to write up review cards was probably a mistake on my employer's part. 👌 @GailSimone
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@JimSterling JIM YOU WERE JUST BRIEFLY ON TV IN AUSTRALIA.
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I just watched the Sony conference on IGN's stream & the thing I want most from that entire show is @Luceobrien 's amazing shirt.
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