Going Deep into Love in Games: Just a Heartbeat Away
“Heartbeat is safety”, “Heartbeat has been a place for connection and exploration”, “I feel spoiled for other game jams, this…
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The Case for Serious Games: a response to the JCSG2016 Keynote Panel
At the second Joint Conference on Serious Games, moderator Catherine Beavis asked a keynote panel of invited domestic and international…
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All Fun And Games
As I ponder my completion of my Game Design studies the occasion seems to be more of a realisation rather…
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Failure, sustainability and Raw Fury Games
The amount of indie studio closures we see in the industry that most never hear about is heartbreaking. It’s utterly…
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Reflections on ‘Game Changers’ (with thoughts from Dan Golding and Leena van Deventer)
Game Changers is a powerful, emotionally moving non-fiction book that made me cry on more than one occasion. This is…
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GX Australia and Safe Places in Gaming
This past weekend I was lucky enough to attend Australia’s inaugural GaymerX convention on behalf of The Winning Agenda. It…
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Why Minority Events are Great for Everyone
As a straight, white male raised in middle class Australia, I am not someone that has experienced the hardships of…
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Time Management for the full time worker, full time Parent, part time Indie: Part 1 – Sleep
I’m not a writer. This much is clear from the ridiculous title to this article. I’m a coder. If you…
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No, I don’t want to hear your game idea
I teach game programming and game design, so I hear a lot of game ideas. Outside of work, people sometimes…
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Belonging, and creating our own spaces
Every person has a right to belong and feel welcome. Belonging is an important, difficult concept. Sometimes it means being…
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