AFK Quiet Rooms Come to Pokemon EUIC!
The Take This AFK Quiet Room made its European debut at Pokemon EUIC in London, England. In March of 2025 a short e-mail appeared in my inbox asking for information…
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Press Pause: Take This AFK Quiet Room Experience at Pokémon North American International Championships
Read MoreEarlier this month, Take This had our first experience hosting an AFK Quiet Room at a major e-sports event – I was joined by Take This consultant Brian Kunde and…
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Exciting New Addition for PAX East – Convention Care Kits
Read MoreWe are so excited to finally share our Convention Care Kits with you!! These little bundles of joy were made possible thanks to an amazing grant by Chadwick Martin Bailey,…
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GDC 2025 with the Accelerate Fellows
Read MoreLast week, the Accelerate program hit a major milestone – we took our fellows to the Game Developers Conference 2025! Eight of our ten fellows flew out to San Francisco…
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Accelerate Fellows to Attend GDC 2025
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce that the Accelerate Fellows will be attending GDC 2025! Thanks to the incredible support from the GDC Scholars program and I Need Diverse Games (INDG),…
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Ten Years of AFK and What it Takes to Keep it Going
Read MorePAX East 2024 marks a momentous occasion in Take This’ history: the 10th anniversary of the AFK Program. It’s also the 10-year anniversary of my own attendance at PAX and–get…
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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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Staying Safe at Conventions – COVID and Beyond
Read MoreHowever you chose to approach the COVID pandemic, it’s evident that it has dramatically changed how we assess risks when participating in social activities. With many conventions having re-opened their…