Humans have the remarkable ability to sexualize anything, so, naturally, playing videogames has been subject to this tendency. One interesting form of this is the healslut phenomenon in Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch.
The Super Mario Lego set is an interactive toy that brings joy of play whether you are a young child or an old child.
An article by Dale Leorke, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University, Finland, discussing the motivations people have to play board games alone as opposed to enjoying them with friends.
Should we all be flocking back to Habbo as social distancing requires us to stay home?
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the platform they have decided to use to play, but by the content of their gaming.
Research suggests online gaming communities don’t feel too keenly for all-female esports teams.
Digital gaming is a big topic and takes a big part in many lives of today’s children. This following brief summary about the Mavoa/Carter/Gibbs (2017: 171-181) article, takes a closer look at parental perceptions of the popular video game Minecraft.
Melissa Kagen argues that Firewatch shines a light on the issues of toxic masculinity in gaming and lets the player perform a more nuanced form of masculinity.