by Sunjun Hwang | May 30, 2024 | Health Point, Mental Health
Photo: Matti Vuorre Everyone knows games can affect your mental health, but does anyone know how researchers measure the degree of the impact? Exactly how accurate are these measurements? Matti Vuorre is an assistant professor at Tilburg University in the Netherlands....
by Team Overheat | May 30, 2024 | Culture Hub, Mental Health
Did you once love video games, but now feel tired of them? Or were you once passionate about them now and now have no interest? Perhaps Electronic-ED is the problem. Fu Gemen is a 27-year-old gamer from Shandong, who has 21 years of experience in playing video games...
by Team Overheat | May 29, 2024 | Health Point, Mental Health
For the last couple of decades, there has been a huge debate over the impact of video gaming on one’s mental health and well-being. In this piece, I explore both the positives and negatives of video gaming, weighing up its true effect on gamers. “If you stare at that...
by Austin Zhang | May 28, 2024 | Culture Hub
A year ago, global gaming company Blizzard Entertainment officially left China due to contract disputes, and all its games in the region announced their closure. One year later, how has this affected gamers in China? As one of the multinational game companies that has...
by Eddie Bryant | May 28, 2024 | European Studios, Indie Zone, WASD
The latest game from Hardball Games is seeing the brawler genre taken to new extremes with 16-player lobbies. Mixing simple controls with deep mechanical interactions, the game aims to provide a thrilling experience for all. Hardball Games’ latest title OutRage: Fight...
