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Designation of a “Gaming Disorder” by WHO
In January 2018, the World Health Organization identified a “Gaming disorder” as follows: as a pattern of gaming behavior (“digital-gaming” or “video-gaming”) characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite…
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Arma 2 Wasteland: Development vs Design
Original Post: Jan 13 2013 Let’s talk a little about game design. As a researcher and teacher, I sometimes find it difficult to express in words exactly what it is that game design is, or what I hope to teach to outsiders–even to gamers themselves sometimes. Capturing exactly what the difference is between design decisions…
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Videogames and the Gilette Model
Original Post: November 6, 2012 Lately I’ve noticed a slew of products I can buy, which will subsequently force me to buy ‘refills’ of some description, in order to keep using them. On top of this, I have noticed an increase in the number of household products which determine how and when the consumable is…
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The Gatekeepers of Videogame Culture
Original Post: August 20 2012 (Kotaku AU) There are hundreds of millions of games played across the world every day, there are clubs, conventions, and publications dedicated solely to the practice. In economic terms, the video game industry is certainly a powerful one, growing to rival any other kind of entertainment or media form one…
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I am an Explorer
Original Post: April 26, 2012 (Kotaku AU) Tracey is a body-builder. Mark is a rock climber. I am… neither of these things. *** My hands clutch the controller in a death-grip. My jaws ache from clenching. Sweat is beginning to rise from skin wrapped around my tense and tired muscles. I’m even past the yelling….
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Videogames, aggression, Anders Breivik – let’s not join the dots
Original Post: April 20, 2012 (The Conversation AU) “Violent videogames cause people to become violent in real life”. It’s a familiar refrain for anyone who has read a newspaper in the last 15 years. Today, the media reporting surrounding the trial of accused mass-murderer Anders Breivik has dusted off this old chestnut to explain a…
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Something about Draw Something
Original Post: April 7 2012 Everyone has been playing this game, from my parents to the most dedicated videogame critic I know—Draw Something. Though it may in the end turn out to be a flash in the pan, Zynga see some potential there, and have bought out the developer, OMGPOP. The thing that stands out…
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