Jini Maxwell

Jini Maxwell is a curator at ACMI, and an award-winning videogame journalist. They curated ‘Honk: Untitled Goose Exhibition,’ co-curate Gay24, a monthly film night showcasing rare, radical and archival queer films. Jini is currently co-curating a major videogame exhibition at ACMI.

Jini Maxwell's Latest Articles

GCAP is returning in 2021

Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) returning in 2021, dates announced

After 2020's conference offered 'pathways to connect' online, GCAP and the AGDAs are back in person, with dates announced for 2021.

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between screencap featuring a character reading a book on a train

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between is as meditative as a long drive

Fellow Traveller will publish Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between in 2022. It's an expanded, philosophical reimagining of Silverstring's 2014 cult hit.

Screenshot of cards

Australian-made Kardboard Kings signs with Akupara Games, drops a demo

Kardboard Kings, the debut game from Melbourne-Perth studio Henry's House, was announced as part of the Indie Houses Direct.

Dan Ferguson's Completely Stretchy and Uncomfortably Sticky

6 questions with ACMI prize-winning game developer Dan Ferguson

We talk to Melbourne game developer Daniel Ferguson about his cartoonish, kinetic games, winning the ACMI + RMIT prize, and what comes next.

PAX Aus Indie Showcase opens for submissions

PAX Aus is now taking submissions for its 2021 Indie Showcase. It is accepting tabletop submissions for the first time.

Two pastel-toned cartoon characters sit on an outlook near the beach. Image from surf club, an upcoming videogame by Olivia Haines.

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.

key art from dropbear bytes broken roads, a post-apocalyptic rpg

New Broken Roads trailer stars Uncle Jack Charles, as game signs with Team17

Broken Roads has just signed with Team 17, and dropped a new trailer narrated by legendary Indigenous actor, Uncle Jack Charles

FIlm Victoria is funding Chorus: A Musical Adventure.

Film Victoria funds 16 games as part of $4.3 million investment

The funding will support production and release support for game projects, as well funding the ongoing work of several established Victorian studios.

screencap from Melting Parrot's Dap

Australian horror indie ‘Dap’ wins big at Bitsummit

Winning the Grand Prize and Best Sound Design at Bitsummit, Dap might be the most celebrated upcoming Australian game you've never heard of.

A Bugsnax screenshot featuring a grumpus holding a bugsnax.

You should play… Bugsnax, by Young Horses

Monster Hunter x Frog Detective x body horror? It's Bugsnax! Don't think about it too hard!

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