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The Psychology of Difficult Video Games
There was a time when the only loud voice that resulted from playing a difficult video game was your own. However, thanks to the journalist cycle, that’s all changed. The ‘journalist cycle’ refers…
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The Longitudinal Study of Gaming and Sexism
The Daily Telegraph published an article arguing that sexy video game characters harm children and promote sexist ideas of women (NSFW warning). This argument was made without any evidence into the effects of…
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Gaming’s Dubious Relationship with Violence
It’s time once again to break down some video game research. Today’s recently published paper explores the relationship between violent video game consumption and violent behaviour. However, it does not do so in a…
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Online Gaming Protects Against Poor Mental Wellbeing
While doing PhD work, I came across a paper titled ‘Video gaming in a hyperconnected world: A cross-sectional study of heavy gaming, problematic gaming symptoms, and online socializing in adolescents’. After seeing my…
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An Analysis of a Video Games and Racism Study
On National Video Games Day, I came across a research study from 2014 which claimed that video games did not only reinforce racist stereotypes, but made people act more violently due to these…
