Psychology

We’ve all done it. One minute, you’re watching Jim say something mean to Dwight; the next, you’re waking up to a…

Long-argued is the theory that embodying a lithe and thin Lara Croft in Tomb Raider might make women gamers feel…

The optimal system for chopping, arranging, and serving cucumber sushi in Overcooked 2 exists only in my dreams.…

Ask veteran gamers whether it’s possible to get too hooked on a game and they might have stories of a World of…

Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics published a powerful statement about the effects of “virtual violence” on…

Rarely, if ever, do we think about the mental state of the creator/s and how the design and building of a game…

I tend to get angry at little things in video games. A lot. Sometimes really, really, really angry. I'm starting to…

Video game addiction has never received an authoritative classification in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…

Even in video game terms, this week has been chock full of zombie news. Sony and Microsoft, the dueling juggernauts…

I'm not sure what to make of this study, by researchers in Germany and Australia. On a literal level, RPG gamers are…

It seems you can't discuss the Steam Summer Sale without doing one of the following: Personifying your wallet and…

What is gaming addiction, exactly? There is an easy answer to that question, but there is also, naturally, much…

A controller gets put down. A disc gets shelved next to dozens of others just like it. But, sometimes, the game…

Reader Josh H., a college sophomore, says he's been gaming and making videos for years, so he sent us this one.…

Earlier this week when he was talking about Skyrim's new house-building downloadable content Hearthfire, Jason…

Most games have bosses—and there are multiple in-game reasons for that. What punctuation does for sentence…

Sadly, it seems I missed Slacktory's excellent "What Your Favorite Video Game (Series) Says About You" feature from…

You're playing a game, moving from objective to objective, and suddenly you look over and… six hours have passed.…

If you've ever closed your eyes and seen tetrominoes falling into place, or Angry Birds slamming into stone walls,…

Are you in danger of getting fired because of too much gaming at work? If so, here's a scientific study you need to…