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Posts tagged “video games”

  • Harassment at Conventions

    By  Dr. Raffael Boccamazzo · Mar 22, 2023 · Conventions, Expert Content, Video Games

    Article preface: Topics including forms of harassment, consumption of alcohol, and similar ideas are covered in this content.  Yay, I’m going to a convention!! Attending a games convention is exciting!…

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  • Managing Overwhelm at Conventions

    By  Brian Kunde · Mar 22, 2023 · Conventions, Expert Content, Support

    If you’ve been to a large convention before, you’ve probably had an experience like this: You’re midway through the weekend. You’ve seen some great panels, explored the expo hall, and…

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  • How to Survive (and Even Thrive at) Conventions

    By  Dr. Raffael Boccamazzo · Mar 22, 2023 · Conventions, Expert Content, Support

    Conventions can be amazing! We sometimes wait all year for our favorite convention, and some people spend thousands of dollars to travel to attend. For some of us, conventions mean…

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  • Extremism, identity fusion, and gaming cultures

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert, Alexi Martel, and Bill Swann · Oct 19, 2022 · Announcements, Expert Content, Research

    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.

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  • Designing Games to Challenge the Stigma Around Mental Health

    By  Take This, Dr. Rachel Kowert, and Matthew Whitby · Feb 1, 2022 · Expert Content, White Papers

    Designing 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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  • State of the Research: Violent Video Games

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Aug 25, 2021 · Research, Video Games

    In this all new State of the Research, we tackle the big kahuna: Violent video games. Specifically, we tackle the three broad issues associated with claims of violent video game…

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  • Video Games in a Post-COVID 19 World

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Aug 10, 2021 · COVID, Video Games

    In 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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  • Video Games, Moral Panic, and Scapegoats Through the Years

    By  Marie Shanley · Jan 29, 2021 · Support, Video Games

    As a society, we often seek to find an explanation for things that are new or that we don’t understand. This explanation often, and unfortunately, takes the form of a…

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