ACMI Stories & Ideas

Take a look at a range of models that developers and distributors are using to creatively produce games. Recorded: 29 June 2012

Key creatives talk about the history and mythology of the Australian games industry. Recorded: 29 June 2012

A discussion about the issues faced by cultural institutions in collecting and preserving videogame content. Recorded: 29 June 2012

Dr Meredith Jones, Sarah Gibson and Professor Peter McNeil look at the Cinderella story. Recorded: 10 Mar 2011

Fairy Tales Re-imagined: Dr Kimberley Pearce, Jazmina Cininas and Professor Barbara Creed explore interpretations of this fairy tale classic. Recorded: 10 Mar 2011

Fairy Tales Re-imagined: Writer/director Sarah Gibson and producer Sue Maslin provide a behind-the-scenes look at the Re-enchantment project. Recorded: 11 Mar 2011

Dr Saige Walton, Angela Ndalianis, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Martyn Pedler talk end-of-the-world scenarios on the box. Recorded: 25 February 2010

Fairy Tales Re-imagined: Writer and director Sarah Gibson and producer Sue Maslin discuss this immersive project. Recorded: 10 Mar 2011

Fairy Tales Re-imagined: Dr Cathy Cole, Dr Terrie Waddell and Dr Rebecca Do Rozario discuss contemporary reworkings of Bluebeard. Recorded: 11 Mar 2011

Fairy Tales Re-imagined: Joy Norton, Adam Hunt, Dr Meredith Jones and Suzanne Boccalatte examine the symbolic language of fairy tales. Recorded: 11 Mar 2011

Re:Play: Paul Callaghan, Sara Haghdoosti, Dr. Josh Nelson and Craig Duturbure discuss transmogrification, the process of adaptations. Recorded: 17 July 2012

Our panel explore what it means to be an independent developer at the fringes of the mainstream and beyond. Recorded: 26 March 2013

Dr Saige Walton, Angela Ndalianis, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Martyn Pedler enter the realms of the great Undead. Recorded: 5 November 2009

Re:Play: Helen Stucky, Daniel Golding, David Surman and Leena Van Deventer get under the skin of gaming's most iconic characters. Recorded: 21 August 2012

Daniel Golding, Ben McKenzie, Brendan Keogh and Christy Dena journey to the unexplored worlds presented by videogames. Recorded: 18 September 2012

Experts on 'The Sims' discuss our fascination with the tiny virtual townsfolk and love of simulation games. Recorded: 18 June 2013

Debi Enker, Mark Nicholls and Sian Prior discuss the history and splendour of the television masterpiece Mad Men. Recorded: 27 May 2010

Stephan Schutze, Christian McCrea, Paul Verhoeven and Angela Ndalianis discuss our fascination with horror in gaming and film. Recorded: 16 October 2012

Michael Williams, Clementine Ford and Michael Adams search for America within the dark Baltimore streets of HBO's The Wire. Recorded: 29 April 2010

Take a look at the iconic music video show with John Safran, Sarah-Jane Woulahan, Sophie Zoellner and Madeline Palmer.

Oscar Hillerström, Adam Richard and V's Jane Badler take a voyage through sci-fi spin-offs, remakes, revivals and reincarnations. Recorded: 29 July 2010

Dr Saige Walton, Mel Campbell and Radha O'Meara have a heart-to-heart about teen dramas on the small screen. Recorded: 3 June 2010

Terrie Waddell, Rolando Caputo and Gabrielle Murray venture into town. Recorded: 30 September 2010

Martyn Pedler, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Simone Hine, Christian McCrea and Dr Saige Walton on the surrealist TV masterpiece. Recorded: 25 November 2010

Ian Gouldstone, David Surman and Dr Esther Milne take a moral roller-coaster ride through this runaway cult series. Recorded: 21 October 2010