Alexander Perrin & Joshua Tatangelo (Heavenly Bodies) & National Sound and Film Archive to include video games

Alexander Perrin and Joshua Tatangelo are the Co-Founders of 2pt Interactive the studio behind Heavenly Bodies, a game about two cosmonauts navigating the the challenges of a zero gravity environment. It uses a clever control scheme with each stick controlling a character in this hilarious physics based puzzle game.

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has recently announced that Australian made video games will now be included in the in the living collection for the purpose of preserving those works. A collection of 8 games has already been selected that include The Hobbit (Beam Software, 1982) and Hollow Knight (Team Cherry, 2017).

Pixel Sift is produced by Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus & Mitch Loh. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music this week.

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