1. Stephanie Claire Bendixsen was born on 31 March 1985 and 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.
When she was fifteen years old, Stephanie Bendixsen stumbled upon a Multi-user dungeon video game titled Lensmoor, and she became addicted to it.
Stephanie 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.
Stephanie Bendixsen became interested in arts, as they provided her with some degree of escapism.
Stephanie Bendixsen studied acting at Western Sydney University with the goal to obtain a basic arts degree.
Stephanie Bendixsen did not finish her studies and worked full-time in a call centre.
In 2009, the ABC ran a nationwide search for television presenters to host a new kids channel, ABC3, and Stephanie Bendixsen auditioned for one of the positions.
Stephanie 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.
Stephanie Bendixsen became a co-host for the show's spin-off Good Game: Spawn Point, on ABC3 aimed at younger audiences.
In January 2017, Stephanie Bendixsen announced her departure from the show, resulting in its cancellation.
In June 2017, Stephanie Bendixsen joined a new video game television program called screenPLAY on Channel Seven.
In 2016, Stephanie Bendixsen created and presented her own program called How To Be A Fan With Hex.
Stephanie Bendixsen has co-written four children's books with her former Good Game co-host Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell.
In September 2022, Stephanie Bendixsen co-hosted high-school television series Ultimate Classroom alongside Eddie Woo, an educational STEM competition sponsored by the Australian Defence Force.
In 2012, Stephanie Bendixsen started a relationship with Good Game's former production coordinator Peter "Pierreth" Burns.