The Discovery Chanel hosted a two-part video series – Gamer Generation. While these videos are a bit dated, each still provides a useful overview of the industry, media effects, and video games research. Of particular note, Dr. Weber’s study Does playing violent video games induce aggression? Empirical evidence of a functional magnetic resonance imaging study is featured in the fourth [...]
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Discovery Channel – Gamer Generation
Posted by richardhuskey on October 3, 2012
http://richardhuskey.com/2012/10/03/discovery-channel-gamer-generation-episode/
Dmitri Williams Lecture at UCSB
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to attend a guest lecture by Dmitri Williams. For roughly an hour, Dr. Williams discussed the arc of his research agenda as well as some particularly interesting research findings. His research focuses on MMOs and how these worlds “map” (or serve as a surrogate) for the real [...]
Posted by richardhuskey on November 27, 2011
http://richardhuskey.com/2011/11/27/dmitri-williams-lecture-at-ucsb/
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