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Forced to stay inside, here are some games suggestions for connecting with new people, old friends and older members of your family.
No longer seen as gaming loners sitting in basements on stacked up pizza boxes, video game players are finding meaningful social connections despite physical isolation.
With current social distancing measures, Australia’s sporting bodies can’t rely on physical attendance for revenue. Not turning to esports at such a time would be a missed opportunity.
We live in the time of the ‘quantified self’. This means we’re constantly under pressure to use technology to ‘optimise’ ourselves, and may be why many people view gaming as a ‘waste of time’.
Video games are a fun diversion, but they can also build connections and help address feelings of isolation and loneliness.
With the coronavirus forcing people to stay at home, new ways are needed to keep fit.
Multiplayer games can inspire creativity and sustain children’s friendships while sheltering at home
As people social distance, a new social life and community can be found online.
The streaming giant will struggle to continue its share price march otherwise
Video games are becoming just as popular as professional sports, so why do people think it’s only a game?
Dopamine fasting has fast become a fad in the Silicon Valley, as a way to reset the brain’s feel-good chemical. Many religions have advocated fasting for some of the same reasons.
Most of us spend hours each day glued to some type of screen for work or play. But is that a bad thing? Has anyone got the data to figure it out? Now is the time for ‘The Human Screenome Project.’
Apple Arcade and Google Stadia may threaten a sector that spawned the likes of Farmville and Angry Birds. Developers can build better communities in response.
Video games present players with rich and immersive digital worlds.
It’s a worn-out debate based on no strong evidence, and if violent themes are going to be picked apart, then the real-world violence they’re mimicking must be too.
There are calls to boycott the latest release due to the game’s questionable depiction of Russia.
Untitled Goose Game is a global phenomenon out of an indie games house in Melbourne. Its success shows us where a little investment in games can lead.
A new genre of video games lets players explore virtual environments that recreate actual places and real people’s lives and memories.
Google’s Stadia and Apple Arcade will rattle the gaming world this year. Both aim to solve current limitations, but as user experience improves, issues around connectivity and cost arise.
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Media
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Professor in American Media and Culture, University of Kent
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
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Lecturer in International Business, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Labour and Employment Relations, DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, Western University
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PhD Candidate in Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, West Virginia University