A recent BBC article by Josh Sim highlights the significant impact of my research on Game Transfer Phenomena. I’m grateful for the contributions from gamers Christian Dines and Max Dzmitryiev, senior game producer Ali Farha, Scott Jennings from Gaming Addicts Anonymous, and researcher Nick Ballou. I have included some excerpts […]
Check out my latest video showcasing some examples of Game Transfer Phenomena. I was inspired to create this after for talk at the “Cyberpsychology of Videogamers” symposium during the CYPSY27 conference. https://gametransferphenomena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/What-are-GTP.mp4
Our work on Game Transfer Phenomena and gaming disorder at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2023 Congress (RANZCP) in Perth, Australia, was featured in news.com.au, “Gaming disorder: Gamers may be seeing things that aren’t there” My colleagues Huu Kim Le, Wai Chen, Antony Callan, Daniela Poynton […]
Game Transfer Phenomena was covered in the Red Bulletin magazine regarding the Tetris film on Apple TV+. Read the article on page 80.
“I played for five minutes, I still see falling blocks in my dreams” The above is a line from the trailer for the “Tetris” movie. Jeffrey Goldsmith, described the Tetris Effect in Wired 1994: The Tetris effect is a biochemical, reductionistic metaphor, if you will, for curiosity, invention, the creative […]
Jamie Madigan, who has dedicated over a decade to understand the psychology of video games, invited me to his program to discuss Game Transfer Phenomena! Listen to our conversation on the Psychology of Video Games Podcast website or choose your favourite player below: iTunes Spotify Stitcher
BBC Bitesize interviewed me for an article on Game Transfer Phenomena. I was particularly thrilled because Bitesize is a site for young people, the ones who may be more likely to interpret GTP as something wrong. Follow this link to read the article. According to our studies, younger players (15-22 […]
My interview on Game Transfer Phenomena in the Curiosity daily podcast with the enthusiastic Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer! They make a great team. Follow this link to participate in our ongoing study mentioned in the program.
Do you want to share you Game Tranfer Phenomena experience in a podcast? A recognised American podcast wants to hear your voice! If you would like to share, please contact me.
To my surprise, my survey made it to the front page of the Swedish gaming site FZ.se. Thank you for embracing science! Happy to see that the recruiting part of the inevitable process of research is valued! I felt a little melancholy since my research on Game Transfer Phenomena started […]