Stephanie Bendixsen

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Bendixsen at the Melbourne Supanova Pop Culture Expo in 2012
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Stephanie Claire Bendixsen

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Years active1987–present
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Known forGood Game
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Stephanie Claire Bendixsen (born 31 March 1985[1]) is an Australian video game critic, author, and is best known as one of the former presenters of the video game television programs Good Game and Good Game: Spawn Point, where she went by the gamertag "Hex", and screenPLAY.

Early life

Bendixsen was born in Sydney, New South Wales,[1] to an Argentinian father Axel Bendixsen and a Dutch mother Winifred Margaretha Klinkhamer.[2][3][non-primary source needed] When she was two years old,[4] she moved with her family to Auckland, New Zealand, where she lived until the age of nine when she moved back to Australia.[5] When she was a child, she wanted to be an equestrian due to her fascination with horses.[6]

In adolescence, her parents refused to let her play any form of video games,[7] and she would sneak out of home to her friends' places to play games with them.[8] When she was fifteen years old, Bendixsen stumbled upon a Multi-user dungeon video game titled Lensmoor, and she became addicted to it. Bendixsen influenced her peers to play the game, causing her to regularly play the game deep into the night and consequently passing out from exhaustion during class. This addiction ended when her teacher notified her parents, and she was sent to therapy.[9]

Bendixsen became interested in arts, as they provided her with some degree of escapism. She studied acting at Western Sydney University[10] with the goal to obtain a basic arts degree.[11] Bendixsen did not finish her studies and worked full-time in a call centre.[12]

Career

Good Game

In 2009, the ABC ran a nationwide search for television presenters to host a new kids channel, ABC3, and Bendixsen auditioned for one of the positions. While shooting her audition video, she discovered that the ABC2 video game review show Good Game[13][14] was looking for a presenter. Bendixsen was approached by the ABC for the Good Game presenter role after auditioning for the role of a judge on ABC 3's talent search Me on 3. Being a long-time fan of the show herself,[15] she applied for—and won—the role, replacing former host Jeremy Ray.[16] Bendixsen also became a co-host for the show's spin-off Good Game: Spawn Point, on ABC3 aimed at younger audiences.[17]

On 26 October 2009, she made her debut on Good Game[13] and Good Game: Spawn Point on 20 February 2010[18] alongside host Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell. Bendixsen replaced the former Good Game co-host Jeremy "Junglist" Ray—even though it was originally planned that she would join the two hosts instead of replacing one of them.[19] Due to this incident, Bendixsen endured cyberbullying and doxing attempts from the viewers of Good Game, who were infuriated by Ray's forced departure from the show.[2]

In January 2017, Bendixsen announced her departure from the show, resulting in its cancellation.[20][non-primary source needed]

screenPLAY

In June 2017, Bendixsen joined a new video game television program called screenPLAY on Channel Seven. The show launched online on 19 June.[21] On 30 April 2018, screenPLAY was cancelled.[22]

Back Pocket

In 2020, Bendixsen helped to launch an online gaming show called Back Pocket, where she and her colleagues present video game–related news and gameplays. The show is funded by its audience using the membership platform Patreon.[23]

Other

Bendixsen wrote a monthly gaming column for Dolly magazine,[24] and acted in an online mini-series called People You May Know.[25]

In 2016, Bendixsen created and presented her own program called How To Be A Fan With Hex.[26] For the show, she also directed a fan film called Dangerous Night, which pays homage to the 1982 film Blade Runner.[27]

She has co-written four children's books with her former Good Game co-host Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell. Dig World[28] and Dragon Land[29] were published in 2016, Speed Zone was published in 2017, and Space Fortress was published in 2018.[30]

In September 2022, Bendixsen co-hosted high-school television series Ultimate Classroom alongside Eddie Woo, an educational STEM competition sponsored by the Australian Defence Force.[31]

Personal life

Bendixsen's Gamertag "Hex" came from her love of spellcasters in role-playing games, and their common attribute in a spell called "Hex", whereby an enemy would be afflicted by a curse which usually would cause damage or immobilise its current state. Hex now plays more stealth-based characters, such as a Rogue or Thief, but chooses to keep the name as a nickname.[32]

In 2012, Bendixsen started a relationship with Good Game's former production coordinator Peter "Pierreth" Burns.[33][34][non-primary source needed] The two became engaged in February 2019, and they married on 17 August 2019.[35][36]

Credits

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2009 Braille Stephanie Independent film
2016 Dangerous Night - Director

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009–2016 Good Game Herself Co-host
2010–2016 Good Game: Spawn Point Herself Co-host
2011 The Bazura Project Space Cheerleader Queen -
2013–2014 Good Game: Pocket Edition Herself Co-host
2014–2015 My Great Big Adventure Herself Co-host
2017–2018 screenPLAY Herself Co-host
2019 Thrones 360 Herself Co-host
2019 Bluey Corgi/Vet Episode: Copycat (Voice role)
2019 Only in Oz Herself Co-host
2022 Ultimate Classroom Herself Co-host
2026 Ultimate Classroom Herself Co-host

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2012 People You May Know Dylan -
2016 How To Be A Fan With Hex Herself Host
2020–present Back Pocket Herself Host

Bibliography

Year Title
2016 Dig World
Dragon Land
2017 Speed Zone
2018 Space Fortress

References

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  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Citizen, Jessica (29 August 2016). "Game Hugs Podcast - Episode 34 - Stephanie Bendixsen (Good Game)". playerattack.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
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  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bendixsen, Stephanie; O'Donnell, Steven (May 2016). Dig World. Scholastic Australia. ISBN 978-1-76015-925-2.
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