Jini Maxwell

Jini Maxwell is a writer and curator who lives in Naarm. They are an assistant curator at ACMI, where they also host the Women & Non-binary gamers club. They write about videogames and the people who make them. You can find them on Twitter @astroblob

Jini Maxwell's Latest Articles

Frog Detective and friends
Features

Frog Detective's Grace Bruxner is moving on

Frog Detective's Creative Director Grace Bruxner talks about how it feels to say goodbye to the trilogy that defined the…

the last of us 2 has plenty of personal easter eggs
Features

Video game easter eggs prove that all games are personal

Triple-A games exist at a troubled intersection of art and capitalism. But there are hidden secrets in every game that…

Activision Blizzard Lawsuit
Features

Activision Blizzard lawsuits: Everything that has happened so far

A running timeline of all the events surrounding the Activision Blizzard lawsuits.

Umurangi Generation's success is just one part of this year's Indigenous excellence
Features

2021 was the year of Indigenous excellence in games and tech

2021 was an incredible year for Indigenous excellence in the games space. Here are some highlights.

life is strange true colors
Opinions & Analysis

Choice matters: the genrefication of Life is Strange

As the developers of Life Is Strange continue to capitalise on the success of its first title, its followups, including…

broken roads november 2023 game releases
Features

Bringing Indigenous cultural expertise to game development with Broken Roads

Drop Bear Bytes recently hired Indiginerd's Cienan Muir as a narrative consultant. The team spoke to us about the role…

Features

Relaxing games to help curb your doomscrolling habit

Here are some gentle, meditative mobile games to help you survive the newscycle.

Maize Wallin, Technical Audio Director
Career Advice

Your games career as a… technical audio designer

What does technical audio designer actually do? We shine a weekly spotlight on the highlights, skills and specificities of different…

Brooke Maggs, Senior Narrative Designer at Remedy Entertainment
Career Advice

Your games career as a: Narrative Designer

Brooke Maggs from Remedy Games speaks about the difference between writing and being a narrative designer, and moving from independent…

The AGDA nominee list has just been announced.
News

AGDA 2021 winners announced, see the best Australian games of the year

The winners of the Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDAs) have been announced, marking an incredible year for Australian games.

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