Friday, August 8, 2025

Postcards from TikTokland (month 1) + comparing TikTok to Bluesky

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So I've now been playing the weird MMO known as TikTok for more than a month, and I thought I should reflect on my time there.  In contr...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

I'm keynoting Freeplay Angles 2025 in Melbourne, July 31 - August 2... + support the Australian indie game hub Sabby!

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In about 2 weeks, I'll be giving a keynote at Freeplay Angles 2025 , an indie video game festival in Melbourne, Australia, running from ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

new web game: Don't Rank Cuomo

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Don't Rank Cuomo is a free short web game about not voting for / not "ranking" Andrew Cuomo, a corrupt disgraced neoliberal N...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Postcards from TikTokland: week 1

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A week ago I threatened to make some TikToks . I set a personal goal to make one TikTok a day, just simple basic daily vlog stuff of whateve...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

A foray into TikTok / notes on social media aesthetics

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So I've finally done it. I've made a TikTok account (@radiatoryang) . Forgive me. I still prefer text over video, and I certainly do...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

"After School" - from LAN Party (2024)

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photo of a random 2000s era US cybercafe (This personal essay was written for LAN Party, a nice photo book about LAN gaming culture  curated...
Friday, May 23, 2025

Upcoming game dev events in Australia and New Zealand, June - August 2025

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Down here in the other hemisphere, Australians and New Zealanders are approaching winter... which means it's time to leave the beach and...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Space is not a wall: toward a less architectural level design

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(This post is adapted from my micro talk "Teaching and Rethinking Level Design" at the GDC 2025 Educators Soapbox session. That...