Extremism, identity fusion, and gaming cultures
While we know extremist content, radicalization, and recruitment is occurring in games, there is still little understanding how and why this may be of a particular concern within gaming communities.
Posts by Rachel Kowert, PhD
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Take This & LeagueSpot tackle esports 101
Read MoreCOVID and remote learning have made online games and esports a main way for kids to make friends, so Take This and LeagueSpot have teamed up to create a new…
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Designing Games to Challenge the Stigma Around Mental Health
Read MoreDesigning Games to Challenge the Stigma Around Mental Health is a new white paper from Take This. Written by Take This intern and York University PhD student, Matthew Whitby, and…
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Academic Ramblings: Avatar Identification
Read MoreIf you’ve ever played an RPG or really any game that allows you to customize your character you’ve likely shared a similar experience: you go through the sliders and try…
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Jargon Schmargon: Self Determination Theory
Read MoreIn this episode of Jargon Schmargon, we discuss Self-Determination Theory in the context of video game play motivations. Self Determination Theory, or SDT, is something I have talked about in…
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Video Games in a Post-COVID 19 World
Read MoreIn the months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the general discourse about video games in the public and media seems to have shifted in relation to the uses and effects…
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Academic Ramblings: Uses, Gratifications, & Motivations of Game Play
Read MoreThis month’s Jargon Schmargon was about game motivations, which is intimately tied to a theory we use quite a bit in game studies called uses and gratifications. Uses and gratifications…
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Jargon Schmargon: Play Motivations
Read MoreIn this episode of Jargon Schmargon, we take a look at play motivations. What motivates us to play games, beyond the simple act of “having fun”. Several play motivation models…