NEXT is an exhibit featuring the world’s most diverse games

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The gaming industry has a well-known diversity problem.

However, amid the bustle at PAX Australia, the largest gaming convention in the southern hemisphere, a new exhibit put underrepresented games and developers at the forefront.

Led by Australian curator and Rumu gamerunner Ally McLean, the NEXT exhibit featured six games that shake things up, including one by an all-woman developer team, a creator with autism, and a game that examines life as a transgender teenager.

“I know that diverse teams make awesome games, and I know that there are barriers to diverse teams getting to do things like show their games at PAX. It’s expensive, it can be prohibitive, especially coming all the way to Australia,” McLean told Mashable. Read more…

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PAX introduces Session Control to let novice users control their intake

PAX Labs, makers of the popular PAX 3 and PAX Era vaporizers, have today updated their app to offer a new feature called Session Control. The idea here is based around the fact that people can sometimes overindulge when using a vaporizer for the first time, as the effects of cannabis oil can take a […]

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‘Halo’s Master Chief proposed to DC’s Katana at PAX Australia

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Amongst the hordes of thirsty gamers, video game convention PAX Australia was privy to one delightful love story.

On Saturday, two gamers made for one of the loveliest proposals a video game convention has ever seen.

Sasha Scott and Nick Neave have been together for almost three years, have known each other for almost five, and the superb alliteration in their names makes them inevitable comic book allies. 

Living in Kilmore, Victoria, the two are regular cosplayers at PAX and Supanova, another comic and gaming expo, in Melbourne, where they often dress as DC and gaming-related characters.  Read more…

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