Claire Parnell

May 7, 2023 | overland.org.au | Paris Marx |Claire Parnell |Lizzie O'Shea

Silicon Valley loves the boom-and-bust cycle.

Mar 29, 2023 | overland.org.au | Claire Parnell |Fred Pryce

‘How can you be a champion of rollercoaster tycoon? It’s not a competition!’ is something I get asked on a semi-regular basis. The theme park builder RollerCoaster Tycoon (RCT) was a runaway sensation back at the time of its release, in 1999. The original aim of the game was to complete various scenarios, such as having a certain number of guests in the park or a certain amount of money in the bank at the end of a few years of construction. And yes, you could make the rides blow up.

Mar 26, 2023 | overland.org.au | Claire Parnell |Fred Pryce |Lizzie O'Shea

In 2009, approximately 57,000 books by and about LGBTQIA+ folks disappeared from Amazon’s search results, bestseller lists and sales ranks, a vanishing act that allegedly occurred after an Amazon employee mistakenly marked books classified as queer as adult material.