Category Archives: Study

Can the Nintendo Switch Create Physical Gaming Spaces?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

I recently did a pilot study of physical gaming spaces and why individuals choose to attend gaming events. I’m currently looking to extend the pilot study to a fully realized research project, and will hopefully share it when it is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Coming of Age in Second Life by Tom Boellstorff

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

I’m a few years late with this, but I recently had the chance to read Coming of Age In Second Life by Tom Boellstorff, an anthropological ethnography of the Massive Multiplayer Online World Second Life. I know this might be … Continue reading →

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New Research Finds Adult Men are Choosing Video Games Over Full-Time Work

Posted on September 24, 2016 by

It’s the end times my friends: Video games are destroying our economy. New research coming out the Princeton, The University of Chicago, and University of Rochester has found a correlation between the abundance of high quality video games and uneducated … Continue reading →

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An/Other: A Game That Simulates Everyday Racism

Posted on May 4, 2016 by

Video Game designer Jordan Sparks has created a game that simulates what it’s like to be black living in Toronto, Canada. The game “An/Other” is Spark’s attempt to demonstrate how racism is embedded in society through the interactive medium of … Continue reading →

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Pew Research Center’s Report on Gaming & Gamers

Posted on December 28, 2015 by

The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan research group that conducts polling and demographic research, has released 17 page long report on their findings about Gamers and Gaming. This is an incredibly insightful report for anyone conducting sociological research on current … Continue reading →

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Time’s “Everything You Know About Boys and Video Games Is Wrong”

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

A new Time’s piece is claiming that everything you know about boys and video games is wrong. I don’t know if exclusive knowledge on either subject is false, but you may as well throw away all of your beliefs about … Continue reading →

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Video Games Being Used in New Medical Practices

Posted on February 8, 2015 by

It’s an interesting world we live in, one in which video games are constantly finding new ways to infiltrate our daily lives. We’ve already seen school utilizing video games for teaching purposes, and even video games serving as parts of … Continue reading →

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