Stephanie Bendixsen

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

(1985-03-31) 31 March 1985 (age 39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Other namesHex
Occupation(s)Television presenter, actress, author
Years active1987–present
Known for Good Game
Spouse
Peter Burns
​
(m. 2019)​
Website stephaniebendixsen.com

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.

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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. Moreover, Bendixsen influenced her peers to also play the game, thus 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] However, 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 also 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 for Good Game [13] and subsequently 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, it was announced that Bendixsen was joining 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] Moreover, she has co-written four children's books with her former Good Game co-host Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell called Dig World [28] and Dragon Land, [29] which were published in 2016, Speed Zone, which was published in 2017, [30] and Space Fortress, which was published in 2018. [31]

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. [32]

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. [33]

In 2012, Bendixsen started a relationship with Good Game's former production coordinator Peter "Pierreth" Burns. [34] [35] [ non-primary source needed ] The two became engaged in February 2019, and they married on 17 August 2019. [36] [37]

Credits

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2009BrailleStephanieIndependent film
2016Dangerous Night-Director

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–2016 Good Game HerselfCo-host
2010–2016 Good Game: Spawn Point HerselfCo-host
2011 The Bazura Project Space Cheerleader Queen-
2013–2014 Good Game: Pocket Edition HerselfCo-host
2014–2015 My Great Big Adventure HerselfCo-host
2017–2018screenPLAYHerselfCo-host
2019Thrones 360HerselfCo-host
2019 Bluey Corgi/VetEpisode: Copycat (Voice role)
2019Only in OzHerselfCo-host
2022Ultimate ClassroomHerselfCo-host

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012People You May KnowDylan-
2016 How To Be A Fan With Hex HerselfHost
2020–presentBack PocketHerselfHost

Bibliography

YearTitle
2016Dig World
Dragon Land
2017Speed Zone
2018Space Fortress

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  37. ↑ Bendixsen, Stephanie [@hexsteph] (19 August 2019). "On Saturday 17th of August 2019, Peter and I got married in what was the most magical forest celebration we could have imagined in the beautiful mountains we call home. I can't wait to share more of this special…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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