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Award winning Games Curator at Powerhouse Museum Sydney. Board Chair 🪑 at Freeplay. Indie game lover. Pokemon freak. linktr.ee/chloeappleby
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Bugsnax is one of the greatest games of all time with an insane story line and you cannot prove this wrong

The conclave isn’t over, there’s still the Sanrio character rankings

❄️ Frosty Games Fest will premiere Sun, June 8 ⏰ Tune in at 9am AEST, 11am NZT, or 4pm PDT (June 7)! 🍦 With 50+ games set to be featured, the lineup is chocka-block with some of ANZ's finest. We can't wait to share our first ever showcase with you! 💙

Update: the Sydney Mystery is now officially preserved in the Powerhouse collection 👍

Pompompurin serving pudding diva supremacy

🎮 Thinking about studying games? It is that time of year when graduate programs start advertising their funded PhDs. Here are the 3 things I wish I knew before starting my journey into game studies—from unexpected challenges to key career insights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zMT...

Freeplay Angles 2025 - Coming this Winter Talk submissions now open: forms.gle/U5jQ2RRnTPxb... Info @ freeplay.net.au

On my lost media preservation of Sydney train. Does anyone have any memories, physical or digital items of Pokemon 2000 which held the first World Championship in Sydney during the Olympics?! Pictured the Pokemon pirate ship that had a cannon battle with Team Rocket which is important and insane.

YOU ALL FELL FOR IT AGAIN YOU PAID FOR HORSE ARMOR 2: ELECTODD BOOGALOO WE’VE FAILED AS A SPECIES

"AI is coming, its inevitable" no its not you sniveling weirdo. how are those 3D TVs going. how are NFT markets looking these days. Seen anything cool in the metaverse lately? anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.

ALT: GAMES - a curators recap 💖 Games are special, important and change how we engage with stories and each other. This festival was just a way to highlight that and the community. Thank you to everyone involved who made this happen, you made it a success and for many a home.

Thank you to the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social and @philsalv.bsky.social for inviting me onto the podcast to talk about how I became a games curator and my obsession with the video board game Nightmare 💖

Forget your star sign, I want to know what your most avoided floor plan is in Blue Prince

Thanks for coming to ALT: GAMES! @dmullinsgames.bsky.social and Richard Garfield are now my best friends! This is a picture to prove it!

Games preservation, the part that Powerhouse is trying to play in that conversation, and the many barriers to saving lost games for future generations. @chloeappleby.bsky.social chats to @geeofdee.bsky.social. Also ALT:GAMES is on THIS WEEKEND! You should go! youtube.com/shorts/FNIA6...

ALT: GAMES Is For Developers, Players, And The Curious – Interview With Chloe Appleby next-play.com.au/alt-games-is...

Just saying if you come to ALT: GAMES is this weekend you’re kinda a cool cat. Cannot wait for this to launch and see the games community grow further in Australia!

Blue Prince will consume us all and I welcome it

Narayana’s music inspired and and brought joy to so many people. He was an incredible force, musician and person and he will be missed immensely. Rest in Peace River Boy.

I've been wondering how tariffs will affect the table top games industry- answer- not good.

What if we named the ferry Gamey McGameface? Reece Williams is kinda crazy for this itch.io/jam/ferry-jam

What do you mean this is next week?

This #TransDayofVisibility we’ve collated a definitive list of 90+ trans games throughout history. Almost 100 games by trans developers and/or with trans representation. Featuring games from: @deconstructeam.bsky.social @maddymakesgames.com and many others 🏳️‍⚧️ checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

I lost

We’re so back, getting ready to absolutely loose at Brisbane Pokemon Regionals

They can never make me hate you weirdly realistic and soul-less Wigglytuff

I got nominated for an Australian IT Journalism award for being a news worthy silly goofy guy in a pool of incredible talented and important people.

This clip of Bob Mortimer lives rent free in my brain youtu.be/LIc3MI0MxvA?...

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8 DAYS TO LAUNCH 🌟 In just 8 days, you can tee off into the 8th Galaxy Game ⛳ Hole in One ⛳ where you'll shoot for the stars (and the green)! Coming March 27 to Nintendo Switch & Steam 🚀 #WhichWayUp #IndieGame #NintendoSwitch

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My neighbour has a cat named Chloe and each day there’s an unspoken stand off for name dominance in the hallway. I will win one day cat Chloe.

Extra proud to be part of @dayofthedevs.org today! #HowToPetYourCat