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Brad Derrick, Audio Director at Zenimax Online Studios (The Elder Scrolls Online), brushes up on his trade.

Silly noises into a microphone - an Audio Director explains his job

From composer to engineer to leadership, Audio Director Brad Derrick shares his career path in the unique world of game…

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.

Briggs and Trials of A.B. Original sit in a car, looking at the viewer.
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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.

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.

A photo of the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, where the last physical GCAP took place
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Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) pivots 2021 conference to digital-only

Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) 2021 will now be a digital-only conference in light of Australia's continuing Covid situation.

Two pastel-toned cartoon characters sit on an outlook near the beach. Image from surf club, an upcoming videogame by Olivia Haines.
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The Australia Council for the Arts wants to fund videogames

The Australia Council's 2021-4 digital culture strategy makes funding videogames a priority, including non-commercial art games.

A screenshot from Akupara Games' Mutazione. An illustrated image of a group of people gathered around, smiling and talking.
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The Indie Houses brings international collaboration to games publishing

The new publishing collective The Indie Houses brings together seven international games publishers with an 'indies for indies' approach. They…

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Review: Game Builder Garage helps you fail at game development, and that's great

Nintendo's latest game creation tool is defined both by the Switch's limitations and the impressive breadth of creative expression it…

No Longer Home, by Humble Grove
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No Longer Home offers a gentle, personal story about adulthood

No Longer Home deals with a familiar form of melancholy with a delicate touch, but sometimes, it borders on insubstantial.

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