The Twitch Experience: What Drives Our Enjoyment?
Unveil the science of what makes Twitch so engaging, and how its key features are driving your enjoyment!
COVID's Legacy on Esports: A Tale of Peaks and Valleys
Explore how the pandemic's ripple effects have reshaped the esports landscape and impacted players and organizations.
Need or Greed? Fairness Norms in World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft players develop different fairness norms for loot distribution across servers. We discuss how it's done, and how nonconforming players are punished.
How Gaming Changes Your Brain: The Long-Term Effects of Gaming
We discuss how playing video games (League of Legends) changes your brain, as well as what that means for you as a person.
The Rise of Riot Games: How They Built a Thriving Esports Ecosystem
We discuss how Riot Games turned League of Legends into a global success, using a clever game design, business model, and strategies.
How Video Games exploit our Temperaments and Character
We discuss how a person's temperament and character form the basis for video game design; how game developer keep us hooked.
How Game Developers keep us hooked
We discuss how video game developer increase our game loyalty by using human biology and psychology e.g. flow state, and gender.
Do you have an Internet Gaming Disorder?
We discuss Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in gaming and esports; what it is, how it manifests, and provide a test for you.