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| owner = Fairfax Media Limited
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'''Screen Play''' is an [[Australian]] [[videogame]] culture [[blog]], written by [[journalist]] Jason Hill for the [[Fairfax Media]] newspapers [[The Age]] ([[Melbourne]]) and [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
'''Screen Play''' is an [[online forum]] focusing on [[Australia|Australian]] [[videogame]] culture. Between May 2006 and April 2014 '''Screen Play''' was a [[blog]] in [[Fairfax Media]] newspapers [[The Age]] ([[Melbourne]]), [[The Sydney Morning Herald]], [[The Brisbane Times]] and [[WA Today]]. '''Screen Play''' was founded by Jason Hill and featured regular contributions by [[journalist]] James "DexX" Dominguez. Both the Brisbane Times and WA Today began<ref>[http://blogs.watoday.com.au/digital-life/screenplay/2009/06/16/fourtimesasn.html Four times as nice]</ref> mirroring the blog on 26 June 2009.


Screen Play was launched<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//002113.html Screen Play's initial blog post]</ref> on [[May 5]], [[2006]].
Screen Play was launched<ref>[http://www.sumea.com.au/snews.asp?news=2059 Sumea - "Jason Hill's new blog"]</ref> on 5 May 2006.
In an initial post, Jason wrote that the blog would: <blockquote>
In an initial post, Mr Hill wrote that the blog would: <blockquote>
"...provide lively and entertaining coverage of the burgeoning games industry... a place where you can debate and share your thoughts on this exciting new medium. And hopefully, have plenty of fun."
"...provide lively and entertaining coverage of the burgeoning games industry... a place where you can debate and share your thoughts on this exciting new medium. And hopefully, have plenty of fun."
</blockquote>
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* ''Australia's videogame ratings system''<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//002154.html Screen Play - "Time to play hard"]</ref> - advocating the introduction of an R18+ classification
* ''Australia's videogame ratings system''<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//002154.html Screen Play - "Time to play hard"]</ref> - advocating the introduction of an R18+ classification
* ''Australia's changing gaming demographics''<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//002129.html Screen Play - "Playing up"]</ref>
* ''Australia's changing gaming demographics''<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//002129.html Screen Play - "Playing up"]</ref>
* [http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives/battle_stations/index.html ''Battle Stations''] - comparing the strengths and weaknesses of gaming consoles
* The Screen Play community voting for their favourite games of the year.


==Your Turn==
==Your Turn==
On March 18, 2008, Screen Play launched<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//008873.html Screen Play launched 'Your turn']</ref> Your Turn, an initiative to encourage the blog's visitors to contribute their own essays on videogame culture. Another incentive to would-be writers was a monthly prize of a Sony Playstation 3.
In March 2008, Screen Play launched<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//008873.html Screen Play launched 'Your turn']</ref> Your Turn, an initiative to encourage the blog's visitors to contribute their own essays on videogame culture. Another incentive to would-be writers was a monthly prize of a Sony games console.


Your Turn winning essays thus far have included themes such as "passing videogaming onto your children"<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//009501.html Your Turn winner May 2008]</ref>, "how to game when you've hurt one arm"<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//010072.html Your Turn winner July 2008]</ref> & an intensive investigation comparing Australia's game pricing to pricing in other territories<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//009738.html Your Turn winner June 2008]</ref>.
Your Turn winning essays have included themes such as "passing videogaming onto your children",<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//009501.html Your Turn winner May 2008]</ref> "how to game when you've hurt one arm"<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//010072.html Your Turn winner July 2008]</ref> & an intensive investigation comparing Australia's game pricing to pricing in other territories.<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//009738.html Your Turn winner June 2008]</ref>


==Notes and references==
==Two Player Mode==
In March 2009, Screen Play launched<ref>[http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/03/two-player_mode_kotaku_versus_screen_play/ Kotaku launches 'Two Player Mode']</ref> Two Player Mode, an inter-blog debate feature. Each month, a gaming issue was debated between Jason Hill (Screen Play) and David Wildgoose ([[Kotaku]] Australia). The debate was mirrored across both blogs.

==Split Screen==
In June 2009, Screen Play announced<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/digital-life/screenplay/2009/06/26/splitscreenmy.html Screen Play launches 'Split Screen']</ref> that "Your Turn" contributor James "DexX" Dominguez would be writing a new weekly column, titled "Split Screen". James was described as "one of the Screen Play community's brightest stars" with an "astonishing reservoir of gaming and pop culture".<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/digital-life/screenplay/2009/06/26/splitscreenmy.html James "DexX" Dominguez]</ref> Mr Dominguez is the first<ref>[http://blogs.theage.com.au/digital-life/screenplay/2009/06/26/splitscreenmy.html DexX gets a regular gig]</ref> Screen Play reader to have been promoted to a regular writing role on the blog. James "DexX" Dominguez took over managing and writing for Screen Play in October 2012, writing Tuesdays through to Fridays.

==Game Taco==
In March 2010, four of Screen Play's most prolific contributors launched<ref>[http://blogs.smh.com.au/digital-life/screenplay/2010/03/04/yourturnthef.html Screen Play - "Your Turn: The Four Horseman of the A-podcast-lypse"]</ref> their own gaming podcast, called Game Taco.<ref>[http://www.gametaco.net/ Game Taco - website]</ref> James "DexX" Dominguez, Mark "Mr Ak" Johnson, Tim "Wall" Saitta and Steve "Smoolander" Smoothy discuss gaming issues, and interview guests<ref>[http://www.gametaco.net/?page_id=53 Game Taco - Interview list]</ref> involved in many aspects of videogames. This podcast ended in early 2013 as the contributors faced conflicting priorities.

==Critical response==
Jason Hill was awarded "Best Gaming Journalist" in the 2006 Sun Microsystems [[IT Journalism Awards]].<ref>[http://www.mediaconnect.com.au/mis-cleans-lizzies Media Connect - "MIS cleans up at The Lizzies".]</ref>

Screen Play won the award for Best Contribution to forwarding the Industry by a Publication or Journalist at the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia's awards in 2008.<ref>[http://blogs.smh.com.au/screenplay/archives//020037.html]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.screenplayblog.com.au/ Official Website]
*[https://minecraftshader.com/ Minecraft Shaders]
*[https://texturespack.com/ Minecraft Mods]

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Revision as of 02:27, 21 September 2023

Screen Play
Type of site
Videogame Industry & Culture
Created byJason Hill
URLscreenplayblog.com.au
Launched2006

Screen Play is an online forum focusing on Australian videogame culture. Between May 2006 and April 2014 Screen Play was a blog in Fairfax Media newspapers The Age (Melbourne), The Sydney Morning Herald, The Brisbane Times and WA Today. Screen Play was founded by Jason Hill and featured regular contributions by journalist James "DexX" Dominguez. Both the Brisbane Times and WA Today began[1] mirroring the blog on 26 June 2009.

Screen Play was launched[2] on 5 May 2006.

In an initial post, Mr Hill wrote that the blog would:

"...provide lively and entertaining coverage of the burgeoning games industry... a place where you can debate and share your thoughts on this exciting new medium. And hopefully, have plenty of fun."

Recurring stories/issues

Some of the issues that Screen Play has revisited on a regular basis include:

  • Australia's videogame ratings system[3] - advocating the introduction of an R18+ classification
  • Australia's changing gaming demographics[4]
  • Battle Stations - comparing the strengths and weaknesses of gaming consoles
  • The Screen Play community voting for their favourite games of the year.

Your Turn

In March 2008, Screen Play launched[5] Your Turn, an initiative to encourage the blog's visitors to contribute their own essays on videogame culture. Another incentive to would-be writers was a monthly prize of a Sony games console.

Your Turn winning essays have included themes such as "passing videogaming onto your children",[6] "how to game when you've hurt one arm"[7] & an intensive investigation comparing Australia's game pricing to pricing in other territories.[8]

Two Player Mode

In March 2009, Screen Play launched[9] Two Player Mode, an inter-blog debate feature. Each month, a gaming issue was debated between Jason Hill (Screen Play) and David Wildgoose (Kotaku Australia). The debate was mirrored across both blogs.

Split Screen

In June 2009, Screen Play announced[10] that "Your Turn" contributor James "DexX" Dominguez would be writing a new weekly column, titled "Split Screen". James was described as "one of the Screen Play community's brightest stars" with an "astonishing reservoir of gaming and pop culture".[11] Mr Dominguez is the first[12] Screen Play reader to have been promoted to a regular writing role on the blog. James "DexX" Dominguez took over managing and writing for Screen Play in October 2012, writing Tuesdays through to Fridays.

Game Taco

In March 2010, four of Screen Play's most prolific contributors launched[13] their own gaming podcast, called Game Taco.[14] James "DexX" Dominguez, Mark "Mr Ak" Johnson, Tim "Wall" Saitta and Steve "Smoolander" Smoothy discuss gaming issues, and interview guests[15] involved in many aspects of videogames. This podcast ended in early 2013 as the contributors faced conflicting priorities.

Critical response

Jason Hill was awarded "Best Gaming Journalist" in the 2006 Sun Microsystems IT Journalism Awards.[16]

Screen Play won the award for Best Contribution to forwarding the Industry by a Publication or Journalist at the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia's awards in 2008.[17]

References

  1. ^ Four times as nice
  2. ^ Sumea - "Jason Hill's new blog"
  3. ^ Screen Play - "Time to play hard"
  4. ^ Screen Play - "Playing up"
  5. ^ Screen Play launched 'Your turn'
  6. ^ Your Turn winner May 2008
  7. ^ Your Turn winner July 2008
  8. ^ Your Turn winner June 2008
  9. ^ Kotaku launches 'Two Player Mode'
  10. ^ Screen Play launches 'Split Screen'
  11. ^ James "DexX" Dominguez
  12. ^ DexX gets a regular gig
  13. ^ Screen Play - "Your Turn: The Four Horseman of the A-podcast-lypse"
  14. ^ Game Taco - website
  15. ^ Game Taco - Interview list
  16. ^ Media Connect - "MIS cleans up at The Lizzies".
  17. ^ [1]
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