Chloe Appleby
Award winning Games Curator at Powerhouse Museum Sydney.
Board Chair 🪑 at Freeplay.
Indie game lover. Pokemon freak.
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- Crying over this
- my thoughts on @free-play.bsky.social and why it remains so, so important (especially in the bad times!!!!)
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyI posted some longer thoughts about @free-play.bsky.social, its future, and my seven year tenure on the board on LinkedIn.
- Reposted by Chloe Applebystinks and sucks!!! i am writing more about this asap
- Reposted by Chloe Applebyfwiw, I wrapped work at Freeplay last month, so all comms at the moment are from the board! If anyone has any questions about their announcement, please direct them to the main Freeplay emails or fill out their survey.
- Please let us know your thoughts!
- An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input. Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026 Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyWe are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Steve Dee. His contributions to the community reached far beyond his games. Steve’s family has set up a fundraiser to support Maggie's Rescue on his behalf. If you’re able, please consider donating or sharing www.facebook.com/donate/20568...
- ALT: GAMES applications close in one week (midnight 11 Jan) if you want to apply do it now or you’ll forget and be so mad at yourself
- We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link. Successful applications will be paid an honorarium. If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there. Link: powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
- This is so incredible!
- As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels. Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
- www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... Yeah I love Clair Obscur, here’s what I wrote about it 👍
- How Kermit be doing knowing that Geoff is bagging his girl after the Game Awards
- Reposted by Chloe Appleby26 games, 30 minutes. Frosty Mini is TOMORROW! ☀️🍦 Catch the showcase live on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Expect surprise reveals, announcements, and updates! 🔴 YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg 🟣 Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...
- Reposted by Chloe Applebyso nbd but………. DOGPILE IS RELEASING IN 2025!!!!!!! 🔥 youtu.be/3nypRrTHPCE?...
- We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link. Successful applications will be paid an honorarium. If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there. Link: powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
- Open from 2 December 2025 - midnight 11 January 2026
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyYou have no idea how long I've been waiting to tell u. Don't Stop, Girlypop! releases ✦⁺₊✩☽⋆𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 29 2026 ⋆☾✩⁺₊✦ See the reveal here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bEz...
- Reposted by Chloe Appleby🐎 WIP Night is back! 🐎 It's a night for Sydney game devs to share their works-in-progress, with microtalks + 10 games to try! Check out what local devs have been cooking, plus some food and drinks! 🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM 📌ACE Parramatta RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...
- I did a keynote on games and community in Shanghai. China and wider Asia has an incredible games scene. There are so many innovative practices and games emerging. Very grateful for the experience and excited to always learn more. 💖
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyReally wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all. www.ign.com/articles/uns...
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyWe did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyAlright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics. I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
- Divas I’m going to Shanghai to give a keynote on games community and how the curator seeks to preserve, represent and celebrate it. Very excited, games are serious and real chinesedigra.org/cdigra-2025/
- If you have a cool talk or workshop idea (games related obvi) that you wanted to do please reach out to me ☺️ also if you message me I can’t guarantee you anything. This is vibes. Nothing will be shared.
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebySCREEN NT GAMES GRANTS!!! screenterritory.nt.gov.au/funding/fund...
- Go see Game Worlds and congratulate Jini and Bethany on their work in games 💖
- 😍😍 Heidi’s talk at Parallels was incredible, please check out and support Delphinium!!!!
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyWe are collaborating with 2pt (@2ptinteractive.bsky.social) to run a series of beginner Blender workshops titled 'A Blender Workshop' These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots. Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed. ⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...
- Everyone wants to be K Pop Demon Hunters for Halloween but I want to be Louvre heist detective
- Reposted by Chloe Appleby🔥 Malys is OUT NOW in 1.0! 🔥 For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤 Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!
- The boys asked me to come back on Thumb Cramps and review Pokemon Legends ZA. Spoiler I like it. Hate on me about the graphics I don’t care, the game is about Pokemon not windows. It’s not called Windowmon. spotify.link/BSHIMnj8HXb
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyMore than 1,200 video game journalists have left major publications in the past two years, and not returned to the media, according to data supplied to VGC. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
- More people need to see that Crash Bandicoot watched Notting Hill in Sydney for the launch of Crash Team Racing in 1999. Go to the PlayStation AU Instagram account it’s beautiful.
- Successfully carrying out a heist at the Louvre during the day in minutes and disguised as workers has National Treasure energy. The jewels are the key.
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyI’m researching ways that digital technologies in Australia's private rental sector are impacting renters and housing justice. I’m looking for more interview participants. If you are a renter and have experience using ‘RentTech’ - I want to speak with you! More info and EOI here:
- Waking up to do my 9-5 after 2 weeks of games events and conference and pretending I’m not absolutely wrecked
- I’m back from games week to attend second games week 👍 reach out if you want to chat about museums and games
- It went very well and we’re all best friends now and everyone knows how to world build
- This is today, excited to chat to these powerhouses and ask very specific questions on their work @samwinkler.bsky.social @jesawyer.bsky.social and Lis Moberly! On at 12:30pm in the main theatre PAX AUS
- You can watch it here but you can’t be mean about how I walk on I got scared seeing people there www.twitch.tv/videos/25894...
- Reposted by Chloe ApplebyGreat to see panels like this at PAX! Thanks to all the brilliant speakers, and shoutout to Chloe not just for moderating but doing so rocking a Freakon shirt 🤘
- This is today, excited to chat to these powerhouses and ask very specific questions on their work @samwinkler.bsky.social @jesawyer.bsky.social and Lis Moberly! On at 12:30pm in the main theatre PAX AUS
- This is today, excited to chat to these powerhouses and ask very specific questions on their work @samwinkler.bsky.social @jesawyer.bsky.social and Lis Moberly! On at 12:30pm in the main theatre PAX AUS
- First panel of @paxaus.bsky.social with my besties @rubyinnes.bsky.social @stephpanecasio.bsky.social Joel Duscher and Jackson Baly for Thumb Cramps. Thank you filling out the theatre and also being outraged they wouldn’t let me only put Bugsnax in.
- Parallels 2025 @free-play.bsky.social was an incredible event. The love, support and community was felt in the room. Congratulations to @louieroots.bsky.social and @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social on another successful event. Thank you to my fellow boardies for your amazing work this year.
- DONT COME AT 7 OR ILL BE MAD AT YOU
- Don’t look up horseshoe crab blood
