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ANGHARAD ‘RAD’ YEO Video ame critic / tech journalist / entertainer

What were some of your fave games growing up? I played a lot of weird little games when I was kid. Like, Mixed-Up Mother Goose , where you have to bring nursery game characters back to their nursery world.

You’re a host of a cool TV show. Tell us about your job… I work for Good Game: Spawn Point and most of my week involves playing a game, writing a review of it and shooting that review. It’s fun getting to play a whole bunch of diff erent games all throughout the year but it’s hard work too.

What goes into having a job in the gaming and TV industry? It helps to learn a little about how games are made and how they’re crafted because that gives you a bit of insight into what a game actually does. And play lots of diff erent stuff , things that don’t necessarily appeal to you at fi rst but maybe challenge how you think about games and what they can do.

There’s so many diff erent areas to work with in games, no matter what your skill set or passion is, there’s probably something for you. Be realistic about what your skills are and work towards that. I never wanted to be on TV, I wanted to be a musician. I got to the point where I realised I never was going to be a professional musician, I was never what the industry wanted and I wasn’t quite skilled enough, so instead I started doing stuff with Good Game . The most important thing is to take opportunities that present themselves to you. Everyone could want to do a certain job but only a couple of people are going to get to do it –but that doesn’t mean you can’t do something that’s amazing for you.

What are some cool games careers girls can consider? There’s making games: you could be an artist, programmer, or producer. There’s also a lot of work in games media and writing about games. You could also be a narrative writer for games, creating the stories in them.

You were a VIP speaker for the opening of Game Masters: The Exhibition, on now in Canberra. Tell us about that. Game Masters is such a cool exhibition. It’s exciting to see the history of games laid out before you. It brings to attention just how far games have come and how intertwined they and culture.

Katie Bouman Super genius Dr Bouman, a computer scientist, made headlines in 2019 for helping capture the fi rst ever photo of a black hole. Her research led to the creation of a new algorithm that allowed scientists to bring the black hole image to life, “a task with a level of diffi culty that cannot be overstated”, as CNBC put it.

Jacinda Ardern Woman with the top job New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda’s two-minute video round up of her government’s achievements in two years in offi ce was so awe-inspiring she had people around the world

MTV called you Australia’s Greta Thunberg, what did you think of that? It’s fl attering! In all these diff erent countries, all these diff erent kids are being labelled their country’s Greta Thunberg when we are all diff erent activists, with diff erent qualities. You got started as an activist aged 13, what made you want to stand up and do something? I felt like I didn’t have a voice, or any amount of democratic power; it frustrated me. I saw this random ad [for the marriage equality] campaign and felt, ‘Yeah I really wanna get involved with this, this is a way I can actually do something.’ Doing that gave me this strong sense of purpose. What’s the key to getting people to listen to the messages you want to share? There isn’t really a key for ‘if we speak like this or if we use this platform they will listen to us’. Instead of playing by the rules like writing letters or staging protests after school or on the weekend, we’ve decided to take a drastic form of action and that’s being shown in a heap of diff erent areas of activism, not just climate-based.

u think some adults push back against ds?

ere just brushed off by [some] politicians, adults ds. Slowly, they started attacking us and now it’s r they feel a bit threatened by us. When they’re scared of what you’re going to achieve, that means you’re doing something right. JEAN HINCHLIFFE Activist / actress / student Taylor Drum ro Imagine being a drummer for Beyoncé. Now imagine being her drummer in front of the 111.9 million people who tuned into one of the most televised events in history. No pressure for pro drummer Taylor Gordon. Taylor picked up her fi rst set of drumsticks at two years old. By age seven she was performing in front of her fi rst audience. She grew as an artist, known for her unique groove and incredible talent and in 2016 was off ered the gig of a lifetime: performing with Queen Bey at the Super Bowl 50. How do you top such a cool experience? She has since toured with Fifth Harmony and hinted an upcoming album! “It’s all about putting yourself out there and being less with ur gift.”

You’ve given a TEDx talk about youth led movements, what advice do you have for other girls who want to speak up too? omen are often told to stay quiet and we’re old our voice doesn’t matter. You see this from

ildhood and it seems to continue into adulthood. nt to say, “This is your space, you can make such erence, it doesn’t have to start with speaking to ly of tens and thousands of people, but joining cal action group for an issue you care about, tarting a club with your friends or even writing eches, writing little articles anyt ing you can to start getting your voice ou’ll feel that strength with confi dent in it.”

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Jean (left) with Daisy Jeff rey at a climate strike rally in