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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…
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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 section on…
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The 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 understatement of…
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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…
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How to Deal with Video Game Losses
If you play video games, there’s a very high likelihood that you can recall yourself or a friend getting angry when losing at video games. This can be entertaining to onlookers as footage…
