Coping During Stressful Times
Surely you’re worth more care than a pair of shoes. It’s May of 2025, and we continue to live in unprecedented, unrelenting times. Many people are feeling overwhelmed and stretched…
Posts by Elizabeth Kilmer, PhD
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Building Resilient Communities: Resources for Community, Industry, and Policy Makers
Read MoreOnline gaming spaces should be safe, engaging places where gamers can build communities and thrive. Cultivating such online spaces requires partnership between communities, industry, and policy makers. To support this…
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EGC2024 – From Avoidance to Action: A Call for Open Dialogue on Hate, Harassment, and Extremism
Read MoreAt this year’s Ethical Games Conference, Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer had the opportunity to present work they conducted with Dr. Rachel Kowert and Zeynep Aslan. You can see the talk below,…
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Empowering The Gaming Industry: Strategies for Addressing Hate, Harassment, and Extremism in Online Communities
Read MoreIn the last year, Take This has been conducting research with game developers from studios of all sizes to better understand the progress that has been made to address hate,…
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The Impact of Game Industry Layoffs on Studio Roles and Departments
Read MoreMore than 7,000 games industry jobs have been lost due to layoffs so far in 2023. Layoffs are stressful for everyone; layoffs can have negative effects on individuals’ mental health,…
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Industry Challenges: Recent Layoff Survey
Read MoreThis is a survey created to assess current industry challenges related to the recent wave of layoffs that have been occurring over the last year. You can find related resources in…
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Studio Participation in Community Resilience Research
Read MoreTake This is currently partnered with Middlebury’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, and Logically AI to research the ways in which extremists exploit digital games spaces. We’re working to…
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Combating Extremism in Video Games
Read MoreOver the next two years, Middlebury’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Take This, and Logically AI are partnering to research the ways in which extremists exploit digital games spaces.…