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

Features

How does the Digital Games Tax Offset fit into Australia's screen incentives?

Is a $500k minimum spend punishingly high? Is a 30% offset enough? What's different for film and TV? Game developers,…

News

30% Federal tax offset for Australian videogame development announced

Australia's first-ever nationwide tax offset for game development will be included in the next Budget, supercharging the local videogame industry.

Opinions & Analysis

Sometimes video games are bad, and we should say it

Despite the report's limitations, Four Corners' recent inquiry into predatory monetisation in games is insightful. The videogame industry is going…

Features

Hades’ Greg Kasavin breaks down Supergiant’s unique approach to narrative

‘It's nice having someone just notice and care that there was a small change about you, like a haircut or…

GCAP is returning in 2021
News

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…

The pavs
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NZ Games Festival: 'The Pavs' Awards winners and nominees 2021

Antifascist photography game Umurangi Generation cleaned up at NZ Games Fest's annual awards this year, with nods going to Best…

News

Mighty Kingdom hits the ASX with a market cap of $26 million

The Adelaide-based game development studio has gone public, and announced a multi-year partnership on a promising new game.

siobhan reddy
Features

Media Molecule's Siobhan Reddy: 'Culture is like a garden. It needs to be cultivated.'

Reddy’s name might have less household recognition than previous BAFTA Fellowship recipients, but her impact on the industry with Media…

News

PlayStation stores for PS3 and Vita saved by public outcry

'It’s clear that we made the wrong decision here,' Sony admitted on a PlayStation blog.

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LudoNarracon 2021 announces narrative design talks from Hades, Control, Pathologic 2, and more

Melbourne games publisher Fellow Traveller have announced the full lineup for LudoNarracon, their annual celebration of narrative games.

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