In a recent draft, the World Health Organisation is proposing to have video game addiction included as a disorder. The definition describes a person that prefers gaming over other activities such as socialising, work or school work and other interactions. The focus is on achieving…
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Podcast 21: What are kids learning from games?
Welcome to this week’s question of gamification. On this question, I get asked a lot by parents, “What are my kids learning on video games, on computer games, on mobile games?” “Should I limit their time on it,” is typically the second question. “I am…
Podcast 16: Can gamification lead to game addiction?
Welcome to this week’s episode of A Question of Gamification. And this week’s episode is all about game addiction. In fact, I had a question this week, can gamification lead to game addiction? My name is An Coppens. I am the show host for The…
Playing the mental health game
As a young person growing up, I often had periods of severe self-doubt and although I was an average student, good at a lot of things, I always felt I was coming up just short of where everyone else was. As a grown adult, I…