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News: Researchers have been discussing their methods for scientifically analysing the notion of ‘fun’ in games – and the results of their studies are thought-provoking…. Continue Reading »
Weird Games: When thousands of people put their heads together, real scientific progress can be made. Yuliya Geikhman explores what happens when research and gaming… Continue Reading »
News: The story of how a computer program, developed at Imperial College London, designed and created its own videogame from scratch. Former BeefJack writer Michael… Continue Reading »
A White House official studying the educational benefits of games says she wants them to be ‘like lights on a dark night’. Even the US… Continue Reading »
An Australian PhD student researching videogame ‘addiction’ has offered a $500AU prize to one lucky participant, as he investigates a possible link between ‘excessive’ gaming… Continue Reading »
In a new study, researchers have demonstrated that exposure to violent videogames affects parts of the brain linked with aggression. Violent games and aggression again…. Continue Reading »
Oxford professor Susan Greenfield links games with aggression, ADHD and shizophrenia in an embarrassingly misinformed section of her book. We scrutinise her claims… Baroness Susan… Continue Reading »
The mass media is awash with reports of studies claiming violent games lead to aggression. The gaming populace is quick to call bullshit, but is… Continue Reading »
British tabloid The Sun “misrepresented” Baroness Susan Greenfield in an article linking videogames with dementia, says a spokesperson at Oxford University. Recently we reported that… Continue Reading »
The co-author of a study reported by The Metro and other papers today has slammed the coverage, saying journalists misrepresented the study with biased reporting…. Continue Reading »
Many videogame enthusiasts suffer from “games transfer phenomenon”, meaning they struggle to separate fantasy from reality, says a study. Well, that’s according to one newspaper…. Continue Reading »
A new study suggests that in-game advertising could backfire, as an ad’s appearance in a violent game could lead to players viewing that brand negatively…. Continue Reading »
Parents! You probably have them, you may even be one, but according to a recent study, you may know less about the effects of the… Continue Reading »
Research emerging from the University of Huddersfield suggests that the games which provoke the strongest emotional response in players aren’t the violent ones, but the… Continue Reading »
