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96: Eavesdropping for Inspiration with Grace Bruxner (Frog Detective)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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What Makes a Game Australian?

I don't see the point of making my games neutral, like neutral of undetermined origin. Because I'm from Australia, like that's my, I just have to be honest about that. We're really trying to essentialize your work as Australian right now. But then of course, it's like a really complicated colonial history in Australia. So what makes a game Australian is important, but also inherently cursed. The word choice and Frog Detective, maybe that's not immediately obvious to people who live outside of Australia. It was fun thinking about around the twist because we're all influenced by media we grew up consuming.

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