This might not look like the sort of video game you're used to playing, but believe me, in 1982 The Hobbit text adventure was totally cool... okay, I wasn't around in 1982, but so I'm told.

It's one of eight games that's just been added to Australia's national film and sound archive! That's like a museum that collects important films, and speeches, and radio plays and songs, and now it collects video games too!

The agency reckons that the video game industry is as big if not bigger than the film and music industry, so it's about time they recognised that!

They've chosen a range of Aussie-made games from the past 40 years, like Shadowrun, a 1993 Nintendo roleplaying game,
La Noire, a 2011 crime drama, and Hollow Knight, an underground action adventure where all the characters are bugs, I like the sound of that.

There's also an entry from this year which is a VR stealth action game called Espire, Wow... a lot's changed in 40 years!

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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH LAUNCHES HIS BOAT
Everyone's favourite environmentalist, Sir David Attenborough, has launched Britain's newest polar research ship, the RSS Sir David Attenborough. Wonder where they got the name from?

The ship will travel to the Arctic, and Antarctic, on scientific missions and Mr Attenborough hopes it'll help to gather important info on climate change.

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MASTER BUILDERS SHOW OFF CREATIONS
15 of the world's most talented Lego builders have been invited to show off their creations at the home of Lego!

But these aren't your regular Lego creations,the builders were invited because their designs challenge the ideas of what's possible. There was a rock band, a coral reef, a tiger, a typewriter, and a moving head!

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AFL GRAND FINAL PARADE
Dustin Martin...Tom Lynch...all the big names were there today, oh and so were thousands of screaming fans...

It's tradition for the two premiership sides to parade through Melbourne, the day before the big game, and the AFL reckons around 100 thousand people turn out to watch!

It's especially exciting for GWS, because this is their first grand final in the club's history!

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SPEEDY TEEN ON HIS WAY TO BATHURST
This 16 year old from the Gold Coast has the need for speed. Bayley Hall is still on his L's, but he's about to be the youngest competitor in the SuperUtes category when he lines up in next month's Bathurst 1000.

Hall has dreamed of racing super cars since he was a kid...

Sounds like he was born to race!

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MOVING THE HOUSE DOWN THE RIVER
What do you do when you sell your 600 acre property but want to keep the 250 year old historic house that sits on it? Move the house of course!

The Galloway Mansion was picked up, put on barge and set sail towards its new location. It's not every day you see a house floating in water, unless it's a houseboat I guess.

NEW SPANISH PLANET
Spanish scientists have just discovered a planet that you definitely won't find a house on because it's most likely uninhabitable. But they say GJ5312b - catchy name - is still a pretty cool discovery.

The exo planet is orbiting a red dwarf star, which is the most common type of star out there, but they say they've never seen a planet this big orbiting one… cool!

TORTOISE BIRTHDAY
For the past 69 years this guy has been carrying his home on his back and that's something worth celebrating! Hugo the Galapagos tortoise was treated to a literal fruit cake to mark his birthday, which from the looks of things was delish!

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