Posts

Mar 2025

Constraints are the Point

I get it. I disagree with it, but I get it. The tech industry is throwing obscene amounts of money at LLMs. VCs are salivating over AI startups. The …

Mar 2025

Beyond Bad Output

The Deeper Problems with AI in Creative Work “But AI will get better at writing stories, won’t it?” This response to my rant about …

Mar 2025

The Empty Promise of AI-Generated Creativity

“Are you going to add AI writing to Yarn Spinner?” It’s a question I hear almost weekly these days. Whether at game development …

Feb 2025

Yarn Spinner at GDC 2025

We’re thrilled to announce that Jon, from the Secret Lab and Yarn Spinner team will be presenting a talk at the GDC this year in San Francisco: …

Feb 2025

SAGE 2025

Today, I got back from the South Australian Game Exhibition 2025 (SAGE). It was an expo and mini-conference with a showcase, and an awards night, run …

Feb 2025

TasICT Creative Technologies Event

Update: This event is now passed, and it went great! I’m incredibly excited to be speaking at the upcoming TasICT event in Hobart, alongside the …

Jan 2025

Tas Game Makers 2025

We just had AGM for Tasmanian Game Makers, Inc. (TasGM), and for the third year in a row I was pleasantly surprised to be elected President. I’m …

Sep 2024

Level Up Tasmania 2024

I’m thrilled to share that we’ll be part of Level Up Tasmania 2024, a fantastic celebration of our local game development industry. This …

Sep 2024

West Coast Space Show Wrap-up

The West Coast Space Show was a fantastic success! We had a great time presenting our space-themed show and activities for kids and adults alike, all …

Aug 2024

Yarn Spinner will be at GCAP 2024

We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be presenting at the amazing GCAP conference in Melbourne, Australia, this year! We’ll be …

Jul 2024

West Coast Space Show

I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that, together with my wife Mars, I’ll be heading to the West and North West coasts of Tasmania to …