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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS

@riorobayo.bsky.social

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🌟She/Her 🌟Writer and Reviewer for Qualbert.com 🌟Spanglish Speaker 🇦🇺 🇻🇪 🌟Professional Whinger

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · Apr 24

Super honoured to make my debut on Qualbert (and games blogging!) More to come 🔥

I adore #Arco and wish it had gotten a fairer shake. This article covers my analysis of the game’s release (and is also a Trojan Horse to get more people to talk about the game with me.)

Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · Apr 23

A new writer joins the Qualbert team, @riorobayo.bsky.social! 😊

Take a look back at her favourite indie title of last year, @arcogamedev.bsky.social, and the many issues it faced upon launch. An indie gem that has since become a cautionary tale for many developers.

www.qualbert.com/arco-the-nig...

Arco and the Nightmare of Indie Game Publishing | Qualbert

An ingenious battle system, explorations of colonialism, beautiful art style, and rave reviews from critics. We take a look at the cautionary tale behind Arco.

www.qualbert.com

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Spikestuff (Zoë/Taco) @spikestuff.bsky.social · 1h

THANKS FOR EVACUATING EXPO HALL BASTARD!

TOTALLY WASN'T BUYING SOMETHING!

#PAXAus #PAXAus25

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 1h

SUCCESS!!!! Huge thanks to @windycornertv.bsky.social for filming my interview with @jackboxgames.com leaders Mike Bilder and Allard Laban!!! Such an honour for my first filmed interview 😵😵 #paxaus

Smiling selfie starring Mike Bilder, Allard Laban, Robert, and Río

Still on a DSLR screen of me mid interview with Allard Laban and Mike Bilder

Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 3h

IT HAPPENED!!!!!

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🤣

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 6h

PAX evacuation hit 5 minutes before my interview 😵 just my luck!

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Omi @omik.bsky.social · 9h

PAX Day 2! Thanks everyone :)

@bradgoodwin.bsky.social @nomibelle.bsky.social @jaydencusack.bsky.social @bibbybhoy.bsky.social @faultrunner.bsky.social @austingallagher.bsky.social @gdig.bsky.social @jamiegalea.bsky.social @riorobayo.bsky.social @kjpalmer.bsky.social @harrisonpolites.bsky.social

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 10h

This is the kind of journalism I’m all about

Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 10h

"I knew he wanted the fucking cookies! Anyone watching the film can see that he wants the cookies."

@nochshorn.bsky.social explores retroactive edits and gaslighting in TV and films like High School Musical:

High School Musical and the Gaslighting of America’s Youth - Unwinnable

What makes streaming different than past revised mediums is that when changes are made, there may be no older physical model to compare it to.

unwinnable.com

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 10h

Lining up early for the Queer Journalism panel at the together theatre. Feel free to say hi! 👋

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Seamus Byrne @seamusbyrne.me · 10h

I have finally seen a PAX indie demo where there is a questionnaire on the demo so you can give feedback. Yes! People don’t want to say out loud what they didn’t like to your face. Let them say it quietly. 🤫 #PAXAus

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 11h

Knowing that the expo hall is going to be fucked today, you can find me in a corner in level 2 practicing my interview questions over and over

Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 14h

It was lovely meeting you!

Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 23h

My boyfriend ranked his favourite business cards I collected Friday at #paxaus

1. One Card Maze (on insta and FB)
2. @writer-mach.bsky.social
3. @99devilz.bsky.social

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Austin Gallagher @@@@ MIGW @austingallagher.bsky.social · 1d

First PAX as media and I'm having a blast even tho so far I'm not doing much different. Chatting with Devs, playing good games, and going to the pub. How good

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 1d

First day at Pax COMPLETE! Thank you to everyone who spoke with me today 🥰 Now to tend to my poor boyfriend who’s been waiting patiently in our hotel room since the arvo 😅

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 25d

Post by @internethippo.bsky.social
Guy who sells doo doo (squinting wisely and doing visionary voice): We believe within 10 years the world economy will be almost completely powered by doo doo

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Papa Adz @bigdadz84.bsky.social · 1d

Sums up my feelings on LLMs and generative AI pretty well: I'm far less worried about the tech itself (though that's not great either) than I am about the dorks who stand to benefit from its use trying to convince everyone that it'll replace the human experience.

David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a great Shot debut from David Rayfield. "Writing has nothing to fear from AI – just from those who support it"

Writing has nothing to fear from AI - just from those who support it - The Shot

“We’re seeing a year-on-year decline on text,” said Facebook VP for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Nicola Mendelsohn, in a...

theshot.net.au

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 1d

AT PAX!!! Come over and say hi if you see me. (I have pain pills and a battery pack for those in need!!) #paxaus

Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 1d

NO!! SAY HI TO ME!! I’m very nice and missed you at QLD Games Festival!

Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 2d

At Big Games Night Out in Federation Square. Feel free to say hi! I’m the dweeb in the green squirrel cap.

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 2d

Media pass acquired 😎

A PAX AUS media badge in cradled in one of my grubby mitts (ie hands)

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 2d

We're now finding out that as many as 70,000 people had their government IDs provided to prove their ages leaked by Discord. Like I wrote last week, this is an inherent risk (and made greater by a rushed process) of getting platforms to do age checks

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 2d

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Río Robayo @ PAX AUS @riorobayo.bsky.social · 2d

Really cool article! I loved writing sonnets in a poetry class I took at uni, and refreshing myself on these concepts was a nice trip down memory lane:

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 2d

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.

azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...

So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter

In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill

azhdarchid.com

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