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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 53m

Incredibly well deserved! 👏 LOVED your speech.

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 53m

The diva will return.

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 1h

Heading to Parallels this evening?

Join @jamwa.bsky.social for a discussion with @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social, co-head of Freeplay and one of the minds behind @fine-fiends.bsky.social, as they chat about the power of events as an indie dev.

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#MIGW #Indiegame

Freeplay’s Mads Mackenzie Talks Indies at Games Events

We spoke with Drăculești designer and Freeplay co-head Mads MacKenzie in the lead-up to Parallels, and discussed the impact of physical events on indie games.

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Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 5h

Making my @qualbert.com debut with a chat with @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social about indies and games events. :)

Freeplay’s Mads Mackenzie Talks Indies at Games Events

We spoke with Drăculești designer and Freeplay co-head Mads MacKenzie in the lead-up to Parallels, and discussed the impact of physical events on indie games.

www.qualbert.com

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 19h

Thank you! ♥️ Went so well - really proud of our panel. So much collective marketing knowledge in one room.

Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 19h

Highlights from Day 3 of GCAP:

📜 Hilarious (and informative) opening keynote from @jesawyer.bsky.social, Director at Obsidian
🎤 Giving my first ever GCAP talk!
🧀 @theboyofcheese.bsky.social Bing Bong
🏁 Closing keynote with some Aus games industry legends

See you tonight for the AGDAs!

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Valkian | Matty @valkian.bsky.social · 1d

Sonic and crew are back in a new racer that definitely cross through different worlds. But can it take the lead from Mario Kart World?

Check out my review on @qualbert.com!

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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Review (PC) | Rings around the World | Qualbert

The blue hedgehog speeds back in a brand new racer! Is there enough fuel to keep the rubber burning? Let's race to our Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Review!

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 1d

Arrived a bit early at @paxaus.bsky.social this year. It's normal to line up from Wednesday though, right?

I really need to get to the Nintendo booth before the line is several hours long.

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 1d

Featuring an original narrative crafted by Ryukishi07 (Higurashi), is 1960s Japan the right fit to capture Silent Hill's horrific atmosphere?

Find out in our #SilentHillf review by @captrophyhunter.bsky.social: www.qualbert.com/reviews/sile...

#Horror #PlayStation

Silent Hill f Review (PlayStation 5) | Qualbert

A classic series returns with the first new iteration in over a decade! Find out if the horrors still persist in our Silent Hill f Review!

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 1d

Catch up with @tototam.bsky.social for a coffee in our final @paxaus.bsky.social Indie Interview! ☕

We chat all about this caffeinated co-op card game, its connection to Australia's coffee culture, and advice for aspiring tabletop devs.

Read here: www.qualbert.com/pax-aus-2025...

PAX Aus 2025 Indie Showcase | Interview with ToToTam

Catch up for a coffee with ToToTam as we chat all about the inspiration and design behind the PAX Indie Showcase winner, Coffee Up!

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 2d

So proud of the @dungeonpizza.bsky.social team for being part of GCAP Pitch this year! 🍕

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 2d

When I first played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt a decade ago, I never would have imagined that I'd be part of Gwent a decade later. Surreal! 🥰

No Loading Games @ Gamescom! @noloadinggames.bsky.social · 2d

The spirit of Gwent lives on. 🎶

👉 Read Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed's full review: https://www.qualbert.com/reviews/gwent-the-legendary-card-game-review/

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No Loading Games @ Gamescom! @noloadinggames.bsky.social · 2d

The spirit of Gwent lives on. 🎶

👉 Read Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed's full review: https://www.qualbert.com/reviews/gwent-the-legendary-card-game-review/

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 3d

First stop in Melbourne: the ACMI Game Worlds exhibit!

Particularly enjoyed the focus on retro PC gaming, with documentation and designs from classic PC games like ZORK and Sim City.

Also DOOM running on a LEGO brick? The old meme that DOOM runs on anything still holds true.

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 4d

Map out your next adventure in the world-building TTRPG of Cartograph! 🧭

As a tool and playground with endless possibilities, Cartograph will enable your imagination, guiding you through creation.

www.qualbert.com/reviews/cart...

#TTRPG #IndieDev
#Tabletop

Cartograph: Atlas Edition Review (Digital Version) | Qualbert

Grab your pencil because its time to map out your next adventure! Find our more in our Cartograph: Atlas Edition Review!

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 4d

Melbourne bound for #MIGW - catch some of you tonight at the launch party!

Got my in-flight entertainment sorted thanks to the legends at @devolverdigital.com. Have been VERY keen for Ball X Pit - played a tonne of the demo and was hooked. Review later this month!

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 5d

At Electric Arcadia, we also caught up with the director of Beethoven & Dinosaur (The Artful Escape), Johnny Galvatron, about the upcoming nostalgia-fuelled indie game, Mixtape.

Catch the full interview here: qualbert.com/mixtape-inte...

#IndieGame #IndieDev
@annapurna.com

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 5d

At Electric Arcadia, we also caught up with the director of Beethoven & Dinosaur (The Artful Escape), Johnny Galvatron, about the upcoming nostalgia-fuelled indie game, Mixtape.

Catch the full interview here: qualbert.com/mixtape-inte...

#IndieGame #IndieDev
@annapurna.com

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 5d

The Qualbert team kicked off the #MIGW festivities early last night at Electric Arcadia, the retro-themed indie gaming event! 🕹️

With indie games in arcade cabinets and old-school atmosphere, join @valkian.bsky.social to find out all about the event: www.qualbert.com/melbourne-in...

Melbourne International Games Week 2025 | Electric Arcadia

Celebrate Melbourne International Games Week again this year with Big Games Night Out and the arcade-themed event, Electric Arcadia!

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 5d

Mixing Dead Cells with Dead Space, is this metroidvania-roguelite on a hellish space station a cut above the rest?

Join @valkian.bsky.social to find out more in our Katanaut Review!

www.qualbert.com/reviews/kata...

#Indiegame #IndieDev
@katanaut.bsky.social

Katanaut Review (PC) | Slice Through Cosmic Horror | Qualbert

Mixing Dead Cells with Dead Space, is this metroidvania-roguelite on a hellish space station a cut above the rest? Find out more in our Katanaut Review!

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 6d

Definitely the tastiest stickers I've ever seen.

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 6d

Here's an Indie Interview to give you a taste of what's brewing at PAX!

@riorobayo.bsky.social speaks with the developer of Potion Society about importance of prototyping, their love of witchy things, and how collaboration is a large part of their artistic process.

www.qualbert.com/pax-aus-2025...

PAX Aus 2025 Indie Showcase | Interview with The Murmuring Mystic

One of our final PAX interviews, we bring you our chat with The Murmuring Mystic and their new potion brewing game, Potion Society.

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Momento 🧸 🔜 PAX Aus ✨ @playmomento.com · 6d

🔔LAST CHANCE🔔

We're granting access to an exclusive beta very soon!

🤩 Go HANDS ON with Momento!

📨 Gain access by subscribing to our newsletter at
PlayMomento.com

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 6d

You guys are getting review codes early?

Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 6d

Thank you for the stickers! Would love to add more Lone Pine ones to the collection eventually.

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