Seven Network's screenPLAY
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Stephanie 'Hex' Bendixsen is an Australian television presenter, speaker, partnered Twitch broadcaster and author.
Stephanie is well-known in the video game industry. In addition to her work as a presenter, she produces branded content and regularly live streams on Twitch. Stephanie has also written a series of books for children: Pixel Raiders, published by Scholastic Australia. |
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Bendixsen began her career in 2009 when she joined Good Game as its first full-time female presenter. In 2010, a children's version of the show was launched, Good Game: Spawn Point - positioning 'Bajo and Hex' as the go-to gaming experts for Australian gamers both young and old.
Good Game continued to expand its presence within the gaming community, developing public events and live stage shows. Good Game: Live saw the team make the jump from screen to stage at the EB Games Expo and onward to shows for the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sydney Town Hall and Enmore Theatre. Stephanie also regularly attended the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, providing Australian broadcast coverage of the event. A public profile has provided Bendixsen with a platform from which she can act as a strong and confident voice for women in the gaming community. She is a confident speaker and MC at events and conferences, discussing everything from opportunities for women in the industry, the evolution of video game narrative and the necessity for strong, compelling female representation in games. She has also participated in writers’ festivals across the country with video game story writers and developers discussing the process of building narrative in games. In 2015 Stephanie co-hosted season two of ABC3's My Great Big Adventure - a show for young people exploring youth issues. In this series, Stephanie tackled sensitive topics like self-esteem, mental health, prejudice and divorce with her co-hosts and Australia's youth in an effort to find the best ways to deal with these issues. In 2016, Stephanie presented How To Be A Fan With Hex for ABC iView and ABCTV. The seven-episode series explored various cultures of 'fandom' from sport to cosplay, allowing Stephanie to immerse herself within each community and learn more about its culture. |
Foxtel's Thrones 360
ABCTV's Good Game
On location with National Geographic
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After seven years at the ABC, in 2017 Stephanie made the leap to commercial television to help launch Seven Network's video game culture and esports show, screenPLAY. The show aired on 7Mate along side a YouTube channel that experienced incredible growth in its first year - a testament to the community Bendixsen has helped cultivate throughout her years working in video games. 2018 saw Stephanie expand her horizons as she took on an entirely new role: travelling around Australia and presenting for National Geographic. She fronted the exploratory new show Only in Oz, unearthing fascinating discoveries about Australia's science and history - even digging up dinosaur bones in outback Queensland!
After a worldwind tour of Australia, in 2019 Stephanie settled down to host the new Game of Thrones companion show for Foxtel, Thrones 360. Each week, she and her co-host James Mathison had the joyous task of breaking-down and dissecting each episode of HBO's smash fantasy series alongside a panel of guests.
Today, Stephanie continues to be heavily involved in video games and popular culture. With a reputation as a confident yet relatable speaker, Stephanie is regularly called-upon to appear at conferences and events, acting as MC, keynote speaker and panellist. She also writes for a range of news outlets including a weekly games column for the Herald Sun's SCREEN section. She broadcasts live on Twitch several times a week, streaming a wide variety of video games.
Stephanie enjoys working with a selection of brands she feels passionately aligned with, creating bespoke content shared with her community across various social platforms, Twitch and YouTube. Stephanie has enjoyed her role as a brand ambassador for Lenovo Legion since 2018.
Bendixsen is also a published author, with popular children's series Pixel Raiders published by Scholastic Australia flying off Australian bookshelves with over 100,000 copies in print. The series has recently also been published for sale in the USA and Canada, and has been translated in to French and Russian. She is currently working on her first fantasy novel for adults.
After a worldwind tour of Australia, in 2019 Stephanie settled down to host the new Game of Thrones companion show for Foxtel, Thrones 360. Each week, she and her co-host James Mathison had the joyous task of breaking-down and dissecting each episode of HBO's smash fantasy series alongside a panel of guests.
Today, Stephanie continues to be heavily involved in video games and popular culture. With a reputation as a confident yet relatable speaker, Stephanie is regularly called-upon to appear at conferences and events, acting as MC, keynote speaker and panellist. She also writes for a range of news outlets including a weekly games column for the Herald Sun's SCREEN section. She broadcasts live on Twitch several times a week, streaming a wide variety of video games.
Stephanie enjoys working with a selection of brands she feels passionately aligned with, creating bespoke content shared with her community across various social platforms, Twitch and YouTube. Stephanie has enjoyed her role as a brand ambassador for Lenovo Legion since 2018.
Bendixsen is also a published author, with popular children's series Pixel Raiders published by Scholastic Australia flying off Australian bookshelves with over 100,000 copies in print. The series has recently also been published for sale in the USA and Canada, and has been translated in to French and Russian. She is currently working on her first fantasy novel for adults.