This 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…
On today’s episode of Academic Ramblings, we are going to explore the Frustration-Aggression hypothesis. Now, you may be saying, that sounds more like a topic for a jargon schmargon. Don’t…
In this episode of academic ramblings, we are going to explore the relationships between (online) video games and friendship. There are a lot of discussions in and around friendship formation…
In this episode of Academic Ramblings we focus on the ways in which mental health representation in the media, and games specially, impact the larger discussion around mental health and…
In this episode of Academic Ramblings, we explore unintentional learning in games. While the focus of media effects research has long been on what negative thoughts, attitudes, and behaviours video…
In this episode of Academic Ramblings, we explore how traditional parasocial relationships differ when discussed in the context of streaming. Parasocial relationships is a term developed in the 1950s to…
In this episode of Academic Ramblings, we explore the appeal of social deduction games. Social deduction games (also known as social deception games) are games where players attempt to uncover…
So you want to learn more about the science of game studies? Perhaps the ways that games can be used to bolter learning? Or the science behind “video game disorder”?…
