Have you ever had tingles run through your spine after hearing someone’s voice? Maybe it was from when your hair was being brushed or from listening to a certain piece of music? That feeling is called Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, and millions of people are tuning into YouTube channels dedicated to it. The people making these videos call themselves ASMRtists and they make certain sounds to trigger the tingle response. It could be tapping on pieces of wood, whispering closely...

Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a rise in the number of women working in the Australian games industry. In 2011-2012, only 8.7% of game developers identified as female, with that amount almost doubling to 15% in 2015-2016. Still, to put this in perspective, the ABS recorded just 734 people working in the industry as of June 2016. I am one of them and while the figures are encouraging, I’d argue many challenges still remain. When 47% of video game players in Australia

I must admit, I’ve never been a really big fan of card games. I’ve dabbled in all sorts of nerdy hobbies but I’ve never found myself collecting ‘cardboard crack’. I hear lots about Magic: the Gathering in my group of friends and I did try Hearthstone a few times but I always lose interest after a while. Which is why I’m so surprised that I have absolutely fallen in love with Gwent.

After 10 years, the ABC has cancelled Good Game. An official statement announced that the show would not continue in 2017 after it was revealed that Stephanie “Hex” Bendixsen and Nich “Nichboy” Richardson, would be leaving the Good Game team to pursue other opportunities. The news came as a shock to many fans who were expecting to see Bajo, Hex, and the rest of the gang back for a new year of gaming news and reviews. Things had been looking up for Good Game, as they had just finished commemorating a decade worth of gaming TV and were looking forward to celebrating an eleventh.

Christmas has come early for a Newcastle pudding maker with an $11,000 Regional Business Accelerator grant from the NSW Government. The Christmas pudding company has used the money to help handle one of their busiest holiday seasons yet. Newcastle's Pudding Lady managing director Peter Watson said the funding has given them an important leg up this year and would be spent on installing new manufacturing and packaging equipment. "We are a premium product at the top end of the market and that's

Caitlin Little had a hard act to follow as she was going into year 12. She watched her two older sisters graduate with VCE marks in the top 10 per cent. In 2010, Caitlin's eldest sister, Emma, achieved a 90.2 ATAR, followed by Sam, who reached 98.9 in 2013. "I kind of knew I wasn't going to go as well as Sam who got the 98.9 … I felt a bit of pressure" said Caitlin, who finished VCE last year. "I was alright with that … I just accepted whatever I was going to get." But like other academic fa

The School of Historical Swordfighting held a free beginners class about the art of medieval sword fighting. More than 50 people attended on the night to learn the basics of “old school” battle. WILLIAM ARNOTT reports.

When Wei-ning Yong checked his phone, his already exceptional evening had been made even sweeter. The 20-year-old had been celebrating with close friends when he found out he had won $750. Yong says he earned about $3000 during the course of that meal.  He encouraged his friends to bet as well and says the group ended up collecting about $15,000 in total. They weren’t betting on a horse, a soccer match, or even a lucky dice roll. They won by betting on a video game. Gambling companies have b

The roar of the crowd is almost deafening as thousands pack a stadium to cheer on their team. At home, millions tune in across the globe to see the sporting prowess live. But this isn’t the Super Bowl or the Olympic games: It’s the World Championship of the popular video game League of Legends. The eSports circuit has been booming over the last decade, turning into a $612 million industry with over 130 million people tuning in to watch people play video games at a competitive level. With prize

The world was rocked to its core in the year 2027 when cybernetically enhanced members of society entered into a psychopathic rage. Millions lay dead after the violence stopped and the augmented individuals regained control over their bodies. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a direct sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and sees you playing as Adam Jensen, the cybernetically enhanced ex-cop, two years after he managed to halt the incident. The overall gameplay remains more or less the same as Human

It’s the little things that matter. In this episode, Generation J explores niche media. We look at the impact of media when it doesn’t target a mainstream audience and instead looks at the things that are most important to fewer people. And then to a story of how tabletop role-playing games games can be used to tell impactful and important stories. Interviewees Eleanor Jackson is the editor-in-chief of Peril, an online magazine dedicated to covering Asian-Australian arts and culture, founded

Imagine you are driving through the lonely streets of a neon lit city on a rainy night. You slide a cassette tape into your radio and begin to play the perfect soundtrack for the scene. It is a collage of 1980s culture called Synthwave and this grassroots DIY type of music is taking the internet by storm. The genre is both futuristic and nostalgic and its lyrics, if there are any, are often just quotes from ’80s movies. Inspired by the classic soundtracks of movies like The Terminator, Hallowe