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The Psychology of Among Us
To say that 2020 has been a turbulent year would be the understatement of the century. We’ve had fearful times, hopeful times, and even bizarre times. Among the bizarre times is the story of how a...
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The Psychology of Yelling at Game Developers
On January 12th 2019, a father prayed for his child. Wanting to share the beauty of the shrine and the humbling moment with the world, he took a picture and practiced his English with his caption,...
View ArticleThe Academics Challenging Gaming’s Relationship with Suicide
Content warning: This article contains frequent references to suicide and later mentions murder. Please proceed with caution. To say that the world of video game academia is interesting would be the...
View ArticleVirtual Reality Games and Aggression: Exploring the Evidence
As the world of technology develops and becomes more affordable, we have more ways to experience and enjoy video games. This is especially true of virtual reality gaming, which in the last decade has...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Loot Boxes: Exploring the Evidence
In the later stages of 2017, the world was griped by discussions on loot boxes. Not only were countries such as Belgium considering legislation for loot boxes, but gamers were so frustrated with loot...
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How Video Games Can Help with Therapy
Whether it’s being blamed for real-life atrocities or the cause of an impossible number of addictions, video games continue to get a bad rap in the modern day. My website has tried to spotlight the...
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How to Engage with Gamers in Therapy
Last month, I published an article evidencing many, many ways video games can help with diagnosed mental health conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, addictions and more. I wanted to include a...
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How Video Games Can Help with Grief
It is no secret that the world of video game academia is spearheaded by some wonderful people. I have cited hundreds of studies throughout my website showing how video games can help both physical and...
View ArticleCan Video Games Help with Eating Disorders? Exploring the Evidence
In my years of writing articles, I’ve had the pleasure of writing about the different ways that video games can help with mental and physical health. My interest piqued recently when I came across a...
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The Psychology of Vampire Survivors
It all started when I remembered we needed blueberries. I went to my partner’s office as he was getting ready to leave, only to see Las Vegas unfolding on his monitor. There were easily hundreds of...
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The Gamification of Third Spaces
Working 80-hour weeks to finish my PhD thesis, I felt I had a solution to my dwindling motivation – a new laptop. My thesis was being written on either my gaming PC or a laptop with a 30 minute battery...
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