Jini Maxwell's posts

29 January 2021 Game Development

COVID has barely touched the growing local game development industry, but IGEA's survey also reveals some stark truths about gender disparity.

21 January 2021 Culture

What can video games contribute to the climate conversation?

19 January 2021 Game Development

Don't let a lack of programming know-how hold you back from developing videogames.

22 December 2020 Game Development

The changes include raising production funding to $300k per project, and waiving applications fees until July 2021.

15 December 2020 Culture

Screenhub catches up with some of the leading lights of the local games industry, to hear about the lessons they learned in 2020 and their hopes for 2021.

08 December 2020 Culture

In a year defined by isolation, protest, pandemic, and uncertainty, these games galvanised us, fostered solidarity, and provided comfort.

03 December 2020 Culture

As videogame technology becomes even more relevant to a wider range of industries, how do we ensure rural communities aren't being left behind?

03 December 2020 Game Development

‘The one thing that you always have as a politician is a platform. I really want to put the enormous potential of the Australian videogame industry on that platform.’

24 November 2020 Culture

Violence in Central Africa is so bound up with the minerals used in consumer tech, some call it the PlayStation War. Here are Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft's annual reports on…

19 November 2020 Culture

Artists are hosting incredible digital events through Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in a time when COVID-19 made meeting in person impossible.