Please join me in congratulating Dr. Julio C. Llamas Alonso on the successful completion of his Ph.D., focusing on the second thesis on Game Transfer Phenomena at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, titled “Mechanism of Game Transfer Phenomena: The Role of Cognitive, Emotional, and Personality Variables.” His dedication and hard […]
Revamp of a previously published post from 20 November 2013 For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the concept of repetition. There’s something about how we as humans derive joy from doing things over and over again that has always intrigued me, from the simple pleasures […]
Participate in our PhD student Julio Llamas Alonso’s study, which examines the effects of memory, personality and emotions on Game Transfer Phenomena. Who can participate in this study? 18 to 45 years old Play video games at least 4 hours a week in any platform. What do you need to do? […]
In 2015, I was awarded my doctoral degree at Nottingham Trent University supervised by Professor Mark D. Griffiths with my PhD thesis: “Exploring Game Transfer Phenomena: A multimodal research approach for investigating video games’ effects”. Today, I have the pleasure to see how my research approach is starting to inspire […]
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the concept of repetition. There’s something about how we as humans derive joy from doing things over and over again that has always intrigued me, from the simple pleasures of throwing a ball back and forth to the more […]
After putting hours and hours analysing gamers’ experiences about GTP, I should confess I got excited when walking in London and found the “Wardour Street”. I jumped! My mother, aunt and my boyfriend were wondering what was going on with me…“the gamer’s, the gamer’s experience…” I said… hehe…This was the street […]
Apparently Microsoft has applied for a television-based achievements patent!!! Watching live TV through the console may become interactive and rewarding. Viewers will be awarded and achievements could be obtained by watching certain TV programs or by interacting with advertisement content using the peripheral sensor input device Kinect, which reads user […]
What a pleasant surprise my boyfriend got when visiting Sweden. He bought a copy of his favorite Swedish game magazine “Level” (as he usually does when visiting Sweden) and found an article about Game Transfer Phenomena, “Are you a super human? Good edition to add to his collection. This is […]
Hoopleton has written this nice piece about GTP. I love it!!! “We play. We play a lot. And for it we see things differently than all of the people who ever came before us. Literally, we see things differently. We of the silicon generation live in a pseudo, near constant hypnagogic […]
One of my favorite ads;)