This website is a review blog of the latest psychology research on video games (VG) where I read, review and give out my opinions based on the knowledge and experience of a gamer and a person with a B.A. in psychology who had read some research material on the subject matter.
Basically, this blog is between a news website and a peer-review of an academic study. One of the reason is an attempt to bridge the gap between gamers and VG researchers in psychology. Another pertinent reason is that I’m simply tired of reading short and somewhat inaccurate news report on VG research (angers me a lot) and makes me want to read the article directly and write on it.
Please read the original journal article if you have access to it. There are probably some details that I may have missed. And I don’t want my blog to be used for a university student’s paper. Journalists, I’d scold you if you can access the journal article.
To educators, if you are going to use my blog, please inform me of your identity, educational institution and purpose of using my blog. Just out of curiosity.
The publishing rate on psychological video game research is going at such breakneck pace for me that I will write on articles deemed important and/or is mentioned by the media.
Very valuable site. I appreciate your point about bridging the gap between gamers and VG researchers in psychology. My students have started blogging on video games as an ideal way to learn a foreign language.
See:
http://vglang.wordpress.com/
We’re just starting to get our hands wrapped around the VG psychology literature, and it looks like your blog will be helpful. I’ve urged them to come here and start reading!