by Lewis Brewer Animation's engagement with Indigenous stories is often caught in a critical tension between respectful representation and hollow extraction. While some practitioners seek to honour cultural knowledge, many works still reduce living narratives to...

by Outi Kaarina Laiti In 2024, the exhibition Digital Natives? Saami Games Now! made its debut at Kumma Gallery during Helsinki Design Week and the Night of the Arts, bringing Saami made digital games into the heart of Finland’s capital and into direct conversation...

By Eleanor Mithun and the Reclaim! Development Team Boozhoo Nindenewemaaganidog! We are excited to announce a game which puts Whiteness on the side lines and offers a Indigenous perspective throughout—where relationality is primary, and speaking Ojibwemowin to all is...

by Aramiha Harwood (Ngāpuhi Māori miniature gaming designer) When I was seven years old my family left Aotearoa (New Zealand) and moved to country Victoria, Australia. We left behind our Whānau (family), iwi (tribe) and rohe (tribal territory). We were not alone in...

Phoebe Watson spoke on “Indigenous Culture in Games” at A MAZE. / Berlin 2021! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhLt8u1bBFI&t=1s Phoebe Watson (AU) is a proud Yarrer Gunditj woman from the Maar Nation in South West Victoria. Phoebe graduated from RMIT in 2020 with...

Naphtali Faulkner was highlighted on Zero To Play! In this conversation, Tali brings to the surface his passion for game design and explains some of the thought that goes into the design and choices that the player makes in Umurangi Generation....