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Bloated on blockbusters? Try flushing this Aussie indie through your system. A Borat-style shakey-cam mock-doc, the Jacobson brothers’ film lifts the lid on plumber Kenny Smyth (co-writer Shane Jacobson), who mends loos for Melbourne portable toilet provider Splashdown (a real firm who lent their, um, facilities). The story strains to reach feature length, but its lead ensures you won’t get a sore bum: from his childlike wonder at a Nashville portaloo expo, to his tender efforts to build bridges with his estranged son and ailing dad, Jacobson’s a disarming, pithy presence. You won’t bust a gut, but it pleases that a film about shit is anything but.
Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says "good things often happen by accident," like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG's foxes were leading them to treasure
Palworld dev says the studio went dark for months because "the team was getting burnt out from all the social media stuff, I was getting burnt out, our CEO was under attack in Japan"
Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" and "just not fun"
