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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 1d

Nice #MIGW quote from @louieroots.bsky.social - “A lot of times being in public, being personally next to someone, stops you being an asshole to them… You have that feeling of respect, you’re reminded there’s someone else at the other end of that computer.”

www.superjumpmagazine.com/material-pla...

Melbourne Games Week: Celebrating Physical Play

Interviews with MIGW practitioners of tactile game spaces

www.superjumpmagazine.com

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve alerted two of the ACMI team to this floppy disk! Not _everything_ can be collected and preserved forever but I’m _definitely_ sure they would be interested!

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed you can …

James Brown @ancient.bsky.social · 3d

If you're in Melbourne, you can currently see Doom-on-a-Lego-brick up close at ACMI.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...

www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...

Tilt Doom

YouTube video by Ancient

www.youtube.com

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 3d

Paavoharju!!

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 6d

just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners

so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 14d

I’m pleased to report that both Zork 1 and The Hobbit have been getting a decent workout from the young folk at Game Worlds despite the not-massively-intuitive language parser …

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 16d

“We wanted to think instead about what we could do that was more action oriented. We wanted to locate where we have agency and not just give in to sorrow.” ❤️

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 16d

I had the pleasure of speaking with @tega.bsky.social + @lav.io about their new exhibition — which engages with surveillance, data infrastructures, and climate — at @pioneerwork.bsky.social!

Climate Hacks | Broadcast

Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne’s pirate solutions to climate change.

pioneerworks.org

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 16d

@dannyodwyer.bsky.social … @astroblob.bsky.social and I will give you a special tour of ACMI and obviously Game Worlds too … let us on DMs when you’ll be here

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 17d

Much cheaper shipping has been updated today for all countries except US (apparently they’re still working on that - it’s tariff uncertainty!)

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 20d

And voila!

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · 21d

There’s a whole section in the Game Worlds exhibition on The Hobbit! (And @acmimuseum.bsky.social has had WotEF on show previously!)

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Tim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

The Australian Creative Histories and Futures Project is running a survey to investigate data use across the arts and culture sectors. If you're a researcher, artist, or GLAM worker you might like to give your feedback: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_78qwtk2SZhWOoku #glam

ACHF Survey

This survey explores the current landscape of Australia’s cultural data sector

unsw.au1.qualtrics.com

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Sep 4

It is easy to dismiss this as a single publication ending, but it’s a wider _infrastructural_ loss - and as Louise Adler says, easy to close, very hard to rebuild. These decisions have disastrous long term consequences beyond a single slice of the cultural sector

Alison Croggon @alisoncroggon.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is shocking news. Literary magazines - and all the other small orgs now under pressure or closing or gone - are the bedrock of culture and their ongoing costs are barely a blip in any institutional budget. Melbourne University ought to be ashamed www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

www.crikey.com.au

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is _such_ an exciting thing we are able to have happen at @acmimuseum.bsky.social … don’t miss it

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · Aug 27

@noelfb.bsky.social and I will be at ACMI in Melbourne on October 6 for this :) www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/mig...

Celeste In Conversation | 6 October | Melbourne International Games Week

A behind the scenes look at the creation of hit indie game Celeste with its two creators, Maddy Thorsen and Noel Berry.

www.acmi.net.au

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Aug 11

Word is “probably licensing” …

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Aug 2

As Bandcamp day winds up, there’s plenty of fantastic music to explore on this label too …

Phantom Limb @phantomlimb.bsky.social · Aug 1

Shhh. Before anyone else finds out.

Pay-what-you-can on all digital catalogue.

phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Jul 31

Super proud of the whole @acmimuseum.bsky.social team with Game Worlds now on full sale -> au.variety.com/2025/digital... … time to start planning your trip, customise your character, fill your inventory. Open Sept 18

ACMI Unveils Full Lineup for 'Game Worlds' Exhibition

ACMI has unveiled the full lineup for 'Game Worlds', its major upcoming exhibition dedicated to the art and impact of video games.

au.variety.com

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Threatening Music Notation @musicnotation.bsky.social · Jul 28

Oh that will not be a problem

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Jul 26

“it feeds the interconnectedness all of those funky and psychedelic and arty things and gospel right into your brain and right into the mainline of our living folk culture all over again”

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · Jul 26

So as we lost the great Eamon Downes aka Liquid last week, @danmallender.bsky.social asked my thoughts about why "Sweet Harmony" is such an anthem among anthems, and I said this.

Sweet Harmony

RIP a real one, but the connections still remain

joemuggs.substack.com

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Jul 23

Much sampled, so good to see this available for the youths …

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · Jul 23

@floaker.bsky.social in case you haven’t seen, relevant to your interests and a game you made: The Prisoner now officially up on YouTube for anyone to watch. (Not regionlocked in NZ but might be elsewhere)

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The Prisoner

YouTube video by ITV Retro

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Cyclic Defrost Magazine @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social · Jul 16

Unsound Adelaide: Fri 11th – Sat 12th July 2025

To call Unsound eclectic is an understatement. It never fails to provoke, confound, seduce or dismay – often in equal measure, and often in the course of one set. Held across two nights in the Adelaide CBD it has become something of a beacon for…

Unsound Adelaide: Fri 11th – Sat 12th July 2025

To call Unsound eclectic is an understatement. It never fails to provoke, confound, seduce or dismay – often in equal measure, and often in the course of one set. Held across two nights in the Adelaide CBD it has become something of a beacon for forward thinking international and local artists irrespective of genre. It began, at the Lions Art Centre…

www.cyclicdefrost.com

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Jul 12

We always hear about art museum collections and scans revealing things beneath layers of paint, but less often stories about the other types of museum collections … www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Unlocking secrets hidden inside the world's most precious specimens

This view inside some of the most precious and rare museum specimens on Earth is helping scientists to better understand the story of life — and it's all done without a scalpel in sight.

www.abc.net.au

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Jul 11

I loved this so much. The use of emulators too! Marcin’s history of keyboards book is also one of my fave things!

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Jul 9

So happy to have _finally_ sourced a copy of this! It’s a fantastic synthesis of 400k words of oral histories conducted over the pandemic and captures a huge slice of sector knowledge, 50 years of practice, and method that museums have often forgotten

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Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social · Jun 25

Telnet!

The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · Jun 24

💾 New from me: i interviewed @cara.city about the Telnet literary zine New Session, rejecting algorithms & AI brainrot, and the return of what i’m calling the Slow Internet 🐢 🖥️

This Queer Online Zine Can Only Be Read Via an Ancient Internet Protocol

New Session publishes poetry via Telnet, rejecting the internet’s fast-paced enshittification.

www.404media.co

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