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The media is constantly blaming violent video games, claiming that they make children violent. Although there is not much scientific evidence proving this is true– some people would argue that […]
This NYT article talks about how the aggressive culture at Zynga may pressure employees to leave. In short, the article suggests that employees of Zynga are unhappy because of: Long […]
(cross-posted on Play As Life) Let’s talk about faux-social: if you thought Zynga was being “bad” by encouraging social interactions among players, EA should be arrested for making social interactions […]
I’m currently at Casual Connect, an industry conference for casual game developers. I’m here as a photographer, but mostly attending sessions that pique my interest as a researcher. Here are […]
I don’t do research on games and violence, but I can’t help but get so annoyed when I read about so-called “disputes” on whether or not violent games make kids […]
Ed: I was extremely disappointed to find out that the archives of my old articles when I was writing at the JoongAng Daily-International Herald Tribune have been wiped. Digital death! […]
It is very rare to find a non-white female character as the main character in video games. Many studies of triple A titles (big budget games) have shown that women […]
