Ian Malcolm
@ianmalcolm.bsky.social
Melbourne-based writer, editor and proofreader for books, publications and web.
Game designer from Star Wars on NES to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with dozens of titles in between.
Bass, uke and low whistle player. Unrepentant folkie.
Game designer from Star Wars on NES to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with dozens of titles in between.
Bass, uke and low whistle player. Unrepentant folkie.
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Ian Malcolm
@ianmalcolm.bsky.social
· May 11
Flashback: How An Australian Developer Helped Lucasfilm Make Its First Star Wars Game
"It was pre-Special Editions. Pre-prequels." - When people talk about the history of Star Wars games, Star Wars (1991) for the Nintendo Entertainment System ...
www.timeextension.com
May 4th was a week ago, but as I've just joined Bluesky here's a little #StarWars gaming history for the three people possibly interested - an interview I did with Jack Yarwood at @timeextension.com last year, about developing #NES Star Wars for Lucasfilm.
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Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers.
(Going to cheat and do two lists.)
Oz artists:
Tiddas
The Waifs
Ruby Fruit Jungle
The Audreys
Bluehouse
International:
Tori Amos
Ani DiFranco
Sinéad O'Connor
Cowboy Junkies
Beth Orton
(Going to cheat and do two lists.)
Oz artists:
Tiddas
The Waifs
Ruby Fruit Jungle
The Audreys
Bluehouse
International:
Tori Amos
Ani DiFranco
Sinéad O'Connor
Cowboy Junkies
Beth Orton
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers
Dolly Parton
The Hummingbirds
The Sugarcubes
The Breeders
Tiddas
Dolly Parton
The Hummingbirds
The Sugarcubes
The Breeders
Tiddas
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers
Blondie
Pretenders
Portishead
Anna Calvi
Sharon van Etten
Blondie
Pretenders
Portishead
Anna Calvi
Sharon van Etten
January 22, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers.
(Going to cheat and do two lists.)
Oz artists:
Tiddas
The Waifs
Ruby Fruit Jungle
The Audreys
Bluehouse
International:
Tori Amos
Ani DiFranco
Sinéad O'Connor
Cowboy Junkies
Beth Orton
(Going to cheat and do two lists.)
Oz artists:
Tiddas
The Waifs
Ruby Fruit Jungle
The Audreys
Bluehouse
International:
Tori Amos
Ani DiFranco
Sinéad O'Connor
Cowboy Junkies
Beth Orton
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 AM
It’s not “vibe coding”, it’s “slop coding”. 🤷♂️
January 20, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It’s not “vibe coding”, it’s “slop coding”. 🤷♂️
Post four albums from your time In high school.
Here's mine:
Here's mine:
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Post four albums from your time In high school.
Here's mine:
Here's mine:
It's not a boom at all if you've only gotten to this point by forcing your shitty slop-tech into millions of places it wasn't wanted or needed in the first place.
Cry harder, then go broke, slop-shills.
Cry harder, then go broke, slop-shills.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It's not a boom at all if you've only gotten to this point by forcing your shitty slop-tech into millions of places it wasn't wanted or needed in the first place.
Cry harder, then go broke, slop-shills.
Cry harder, then go broke, slop-shills.
Ongoing efforts in pursuit of my ambition have just seen me deliberately get myself arrested and sentenced to a stretch in New Newgate Prison, following up rumours of a Vake-tooth running loose in there...
#FallenLondon
#FallenLondon
January 19, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Ongoing efforts in pursuit of my ambition have just seen me deliberately get myself arrested and sentenced to a stretch in New Newgate Prison, following up rumours of a Vake-tooth running loose in there...
#FallenLondon
#FallenLondon
Watched 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1944) - last seen on TV repeats as a kid.
More 'screwball' and longer than remembered, but Cary Grant's shtick was rarely more fun.
Peter Lorre was also a delight: “Not the Melbourne Method, please…”
(Murder whilst wearing black and drinking coffee...? 😉)
#movies
More 'screwball' and longer than remembered, but Cary Grant's shtick was rarely more fun.
Peter Lorre was also a delight: “Not the Melbourne Method, please…”
(Murder whilst wearing black and drinking coffee...? 😉)
#movies
January 18, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Watched 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1944) - last seen on TV repeats as a kid.
More 'screwball' and longer than remembered, but Cary Grant's shtick was rarely more fun.
Peter Lorre was also a delight: “Not the Melbourne Method, please…”
(Murder whilst wearing black and drinking coffee...? 😉)
#movies
More 'screwball' and longer than remembered, but Cary Grant's shtick was rarely more fun.
Peter Lorre was also a delight: “Not the Melbourne Method, please…”
(Murder whilst wearing black and drinking coffee...? 😉)
#movies
Long assumed I'd seen 'The Swimmer' (1968) starring Burt Lancaster, but turns out that (until today) I'd only watched a few small sections.
Not what I expected, but nonetheless an incredible experience: 'Apocalypse Now' for broken 1960s ad execs.
"Never get out of the pool..."
#movies
Not what I expected, but nonetheless an incredible experience: 'Apocalypse Now' for broken 1960s ad execs.
"Never get out of the pool..."
#movies
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Long assumed I'd seen 'The Swimmer' (1968) starring Burt Lancaster, but turns out that (until today) I'd only watched a few small sections.
Not what I expected, but nonetheless an incredible experience: 'Apocalypse Now' for broken 1960s ad execs.
"Never get out of the pool..."
#movies
Not what I expected, but nonetheless an incredible experience: 'Apocalypse Now' for broken 1960s ad execs.
"Never get out of the pool..."
#movies
Took time out from retro gaming and Fallen London shenanigans to finish the main story for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Took me just over 40 hours, but I'm never speedy with these things.
Not particularly difficult, but really enjoyed the storyline. Might get the DLC down the track. 😉
#Pokémon #Switch2
Not particularly difficult, but really enjoyed the storyline. Might get the DLC down the track. 😉
#Pokémon #Switch2
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Have finally committed to an ambition (trying Bag a Legend) and need to investigate the Shuttered Palace.
Temporarily putting more direct Vake-hunting activities aside to improve my status as a Persuasive personage, currently by attempted seduction of the Honey-Sipping Heiress... #FallenLondon
Temporarily putting more direct Vake-hunting activities aside to improve my status as a Persuasive personage, currently by attempted seduction of the Honey-Sipping Heiress... #FallenLondon
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Have finally committed to an ambition (trying Bag a Legend) and need to investigate the Shuttered Palace.
Temporarily putting more direct Vake-hunting activities aside to improve my status as a Persuasive personage, currently by attempted seduction of the Honey-Sipping Heiress... #FallenLondon
Temporarily putting more direct Vake-hunting activities aside to improve my status as a Persuasive personage, currently by attempted seduction of the Honey-Sipping Heiress... #FallenLondon
Do what indeed. What the what now? 🤷♂️
January 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Do what indeed. What the what now? 🤷♂️
Reposted by Ian Malcolm
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
Just finished watching Tai-Chi Master (1993).
Taoism, friendship, betrayal, love, death, tragedy and more than a little comedy, including Jet Li driven (temporarily) insane, along with some brilliant sword work by Michelle Yeoh - what's not to love?
#movies
Taoism, friendship, betrayal, love, death, tragedy and more than a little comedy, including Jet Li driven (temporarily) insane, along with some brilliant sword work by Michelle Yeoh - what's not to love?
#movies
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just finished watching Tai-Chi Master (1993).
Taoism, friendship, betrayal, love, death, tragedy and more than a little comedy, including Jet Li driven (temporarily) insane, along with some brilliant sword work by Michelle Yeoh - what's not to love?
#movies
Taoism, friendship, betrayal, love, death, tragedy and more than a little comedy, including Jet Li driven (temporarily) insane, along with some brilliant sword work by Michelle Yeoh - what's not to love?
#movies
#Last4Albums
Apparently I have been aiming for a mellow vibe today.
#CocteauTwins #CarbonBasedLifeforms #TheKLF #DavidBridie #AllIndiaRadio
Apparently I have been aiming for a mellow vibe today.
#CocteauTwins #CarbonBasedLifeforms #TheKLF #DavidBridie #AllIndiaRadio
January 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
#Last4Albums
Apparently I have been aiming for a mellow vibe today.
#CocteauTwins #CarbonBasedLifeforms #TheKLF #DavidBridie #AllIndiaRadio
Apparently I have been aiming for a mellow vibe today.
#CocteauTwins #CarbonBasedLifeforms #TheKLF #DavidBridie #AllIndiaRadio
Slightly diminish a band:
Jane's Predilection
Jane's Predilection
Slightly diminish a band:
The Foo Negotiators
The Foo Negotiators
Slightly diminish a band:
The Melee
The Melee
January 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Jane's Predilection
Jane's Predilection
Four days back in the Neath and I've gone from squashing Sorrow-Spiders to duelling members of the Black Ribbon Society, in a bid to make a name for myself.
So far I've only bested Colonel Pommery, and am now nursing a considerable number of wounds, so time for a bit of a lie down. 😉
#FallenLondon
So far I've only bested Colonel Pommery, and am now nursing a considerable number of wounds, so time for a bit of a lie down. 😉
#FallenLondon
January 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Four days back in the Neath and I've gone from squashing Sorrow-Spiders to duelling members of the Black Ribbon Society, in a bid to make a name for myself.
So far I've only bested Colonel Pommery, and am now nursing a considerable number of wounds, so time for a bit of a lie down. 😉
#FallenLondon
So far I've only bested Colonel Pommery, and am now nursing a considerable number of wounds, so time for a bit of a lie down. 😉
#FallenLondon
We are going to need an entirely new and separate internet at this rate, as the GenAI prompt-fondlers and slop-merchants are rapidly fucking this one from orbit.
#AISlop
#AISlop
January 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM
We are going to need an entirely new and separate internet at this rate, as the GenAI prompt-fondlers and slop-merchants are rapidly fucking this one from orbit.
#AISlop
#AISlop
Spending time rolling drunks in the alleys of Spite for Prisoner's Honey and an occasional Foxfire Candle Stub (actually doing it mainly for much-needed Shadowy stat gains to finish another onboarding storyline), in #FallenLondon.
January 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Spending time rolling drunks in the alleys of Spite for Prisoner's Honey and an occasional Foxfire Candle Stub (actually doing it mainly for much-needed Shadowy stat gains to finish another onboarding storyline), in #FallenLondon.
Those who declare, "I'm not here to fuck spiders" doth protest too much, methinks.
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Those who declare, "I'm not here to fuck spiders" doth protest too much, methinks.
I'm up to my armpits in Sorrow-Spiders but have a sack full of their legs to cash in for that sweet, sweet Rostygold.
Weird but fun to be back in the #FallenLondon early game after years away.
Weird but fun to be back in the #FallenLondon early game after years away.
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I'm up to my armpits in Sorrow-Spiders but have a sack full of their legs to cash in for that sweet, sweet Rostygold.
Weird but fun to be back in the #FallenLondon early game after years away.
Weird but fun to be back in the #FallenLondon early game after years away.
Just discovered series 7, 8 and 9 of Inside No. 9 are all available to stream free on Kanopy (for those with a card/membership for an associated local library).
I'd previously only seen up to S6, so this is making me do the happy dance. 😎
#TV
I'd previously only seen up to S6, so this is making me do the happy dance. 😎
#TV
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Just discovered series 7, 8 and 9 of Inside No. 9 are all available to stream free on Kanopy (for those with a card/membership for an associated local library).
I'd previously only seen up to S6, so this is making me do the happy dance. 😎
#TV
I'd previously only seen up to S6, so this is making me do the happy dance. 😎
#TV
Surprised to find myself starting over on #FallenLondon last night, having deleted my old character (and years of progress...) four years ago.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
January 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Surprised to find myself starting over on #FallenLondon last night, having deleted my old character (and years of progress...) four years ago.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
Enjoying just pootling around, checking out the onboarding storylets that now exist, and realised I've genuinely missed being in the Neath.
Despite not being into team sports, Shaolin Soccer has somehow become one of my go-to comfort watches, a movie that I keep returning to year after year - this must be my fifth rewatch at least.
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
January 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Despite not being into team sports, Shaolin Soccer has somehow become one of my go-to comfort watches, a movie that I keep returning to year after year - this must be my fifth rewatch at least.
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
Utterly ridiculous, yet weirdly heartfelt and moving at the same time. #movies
Reposted by Ian Malcolm
Beautiful summer evening swim for Goldies at Hampton Dog Beach. #HappyNewYear #Melbourne
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Beautiful summer evening swim for Goldies at Hampton Dog Beach. #HappyNewYear #Melbourne
So glad I held onto my New 3DS XL.
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)
Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online. (Repost)
Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online
Some 3DS XL units are selling for 76% more than they cost at launch
www.timeextension.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
So glad I held onto my New 3DS XL.
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)
(And my trusty old DS Lite, for that matter.)