Tag Archives: Research

The Attic: ‘Quadrant’ Game Review

Quadrant

Welcome to The Attic, don’t touch those rocks. One of my favorite little indie horror games that I have played recently is Quadrant. I stumbled upon it one day on Steam, and while I thought it looked like something I

Video Game Violence Vindicated?

Video game violence has always carried with it a lot of blame.  For ages, the impression has been and continues to be that violence in gaming leads to moral decay.  Often, when looking for a scapegoat to explain away violence

The Slippery Slope of Stereotypes in Games

It’s out of a certain sense of professionalism that I approached this study, given that I really wanted to let it pass especially given that Wastey previously covered the topic of diversity in video games here on Enthusiacs.  However, with

Video Games and the Stigma on Gamers

For as long as I’ve played video games, I’ve been confronted with the stereotype of the typical “gamer.”  To this day I fight that stereotype, even though my game playing is almost all but non-existent.  People hear “Gamer” and they