Academic Ramblings: Digital Games in the After Times
This year, I was honored to be asked to give the keynote lecture for the Game Studies pre conference at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association this year…
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Research Review: Problematic Gaming, In-Game Social Support, and Mental Health
Read MoreTime for another Research Review! Every month, I will select a recently published research article in the field of game studies and provide an in-depth review. After taking into account…
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Jargon Schmargon: Escapism
Read MoreOn today’s episode of Jargon Schmargon, we are going to talk about Escapism. Escapism first came into the common vernacular in game studies as one of the primary motivations for…
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Announcing the Global Mental Health Survey
Read MoreMY.GAMES Launches Global Mental Health Survey in Partnership with Leading U.S. Video Game Nonprofits, Take This and IGDA, and the Fair Play Alliance Global gaming brand MY.GAMES has launched an…
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Academic Ramblings: What is Open Science?
Read More“Open science” may be a term you’ve heard before as it is part of a bigger movement that has been growing over the last several years to make science more…
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Wisdom Save Friday Stream Schedule
Read MoreJoin us on November 20, 2020! StartPlaying will be hosting an epic, eight-hour charity Twitch stream (Twitch.tv/totalpartychill) filled with fun and unusual content, including: 9:45 AM PST – Introduction 10:00…
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Mental Health Reminders and Taking Breaks
Read MoreIt’s a stressful and uncertain time… even more so than normal. You may be experiencing a lot of intense emotions and uncertainty – we are too. You’re not in this…
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Announcing the Take This Wisdom Save Weekend
Read MoreTakeThis Wisdom Save Weekend, presented by StartPlaying.Game, is 3 days of gaming and live streams benefitting Take This, running November 20th – 22nd. You can check out all of the…