The women’s advocate and games designer speaks out about what the industry can do better, and looks back on her own work in improving it.…
View More “It’s Absolutely Clear We Need a Union and That We Needed it Decades Ago,” Leena Van Deventer Reflects on Career & Gaming Industry
After working in Television for 12 years, Nich’s best work appears to come from an independent web series produced alongside alumni from the now-cancelled Australian…
View More Nich Richardson Reflects On Charity Livestream Success
Earlier this year I worked on a browser-based game called Under Watch for my Bachelor of Media & Communication. The game was designed to be…
View More Under Watch – A Game I Helped Make
“Australia has come a long way if you think of the marriage equality vote and how far that has changed people’s perceptions” Said queer historian…
View More LGBTQI+ Leaders Reflect On Progress Since Decriminalisation of Homosexuality in Victoria
Henry Jenkins’ transmedia framework has a clear criteria for transmedia works. His framework states that each entry must be “self contained” and a…
View More Applying Jenkins’ Transmedia Framework to the Half-Life Franchise
At Swinburne University, I study a Bachelor of Media & Communication, majoring in Journalism and Video Games. As part of my journalism major, I was…
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Recently, I had the fortune to talk with some developers from the local game development studio, 15 Minutes Of Game. Specifically, I talked to Nick…
View More 15 Minutes Of Game – Nick Margerison, Charlie Kenihan, Lise Leitner
I helped make a board game! Well, a digital board game. The game was made for an assesment late last year, and I have been…
View More ReAwakened: The Remains Of Harbitas – A Game I Helped Make
The following is a short story written for a creative writing subject I took in the second half of 2020. It is a stand-alone piece,…
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The representation of the LGBT+ community has been consistently problematic, even in recent years. Media representation has relied on outdated stereotypes, or giving LGBT+ characters…
View More The Flawed Representation Of LGBT+ Characters In Media