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Review: Phantom Abyss - A promising mixture of movement and mystery

The kinetic experience of making your way through hazard-filled temples in Phantom Abyss makes us eager to see what else…

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Melbourne International Games Week 2021 reveals program with online and in-person events

Though PAX Aus and GCAP are taking their activities online this year, MIGW will still play host to a number…

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Teaching in isolation is intense: Four perspectives

A VFX animation teacher, primary school teacher and two academics talk about their experience and give tips for survival.

Jane Friedhoff’s Lost Wage Rampage is a playful, political look at girlhood.
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What can games tell us about girlhood?

From Life is Strange to The Walking Dead to Lost Wage Rampage, videogames can depict girlhood in groundbreaking, complex ways.

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Upskill at home and explore new fields with online short courses

Whether you’re looking for employment opportunities or wanting a taste of new creative pursuits, AFTRS online short courses open doors…

Before Netflix, Auntie Donna won funding through Skip Ahead. Image: Netflix
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Skip Ahead offers $120k to creative Australian Youtubers

Youtubers will be eligible for up to $120,000 in production funding through Skip Ahead, which is funded by Screen Australia…

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Indigenous artists A.B. Original to feature on NBA 2K22 soundtrack

The award-winning hip-hop duo is the first Australian act to be included on the game's iconic soundtracks.

A crowd at PAX Aus 2019
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PAX Aus 2021 pivots to digital-only convention

Australia's largest gaming culture convention has announced it will pivot to a digital-only format in the wake of ongoing lockdowns.

Jillian Nguyen as portrayed in the film Loveland.
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News in Brief - Ivan Sen's Loveland gets trailer and COVID disrupts events, again

A first look at an Indigenous auteur's sci-fi film has us enraptured, while festivals and conferences scatter to avoid lockdowns.

Rusaila Bazlamit's Re: Visit Palestine, via Lab Tajbiri
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Palestine and guerrilla memorials in the digital age

Lujayn Hourani considers the effectiveness of the game-like temporal memorial, Re: Visit Palestine, in tandem with their own personal memories.

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