This article is cross-posted with permission from the wonderful blog Screen Therapy. How Games Help Us Practice Emotional Resilience This is the second part of this article. In the previous part we talked about the definition of resilience and the use of video games to train our mental resilience –...
This article is cross-posted with permission from the wonderful blog Screen Therapy. Games Teach Us How To Fail Well It’s getting dark outside, you’ve been playing this game since lunch. It’s your day off and you’re spending it in front of a screen, cursing under your...
This guest feature was written by Dr Neil R. Jeyasingam, Bsc(Med), MBBS, MBus, MPsych, Cert(Old Age), FRANZCP. He is a Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Philosopher and Player of Games. Buy his book (it’s pretty good!) (The following uses material reprinted with permission from Psychscene.) What Pokemon teaches about Psychotherapy...
This guest feature was written by Devon Wiersma, Game Designer and Writer. Some names in this article have been changed, but all stories are real-life examples from game development students. If you feel affected by anything in this article, please refer to our global mental health directory. ...
This guest feature was written by Dr Neil R. Jeyasingam, Bsc(Med), MBBS, MBus, MPsych, Cert(Old Age), FRANZCP. He is a Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Philosopher and Player of Games. Buy his book (it’s pretty good!) It was Super Mario Bros 2, World 4-1, when I had my first beneficial...
This Guest Feature was written by Matthew Moynihan. Guest features do not represent the views of CheckPoint, and are submissions to promote discussion around salient topics. 750 Words on Dopamine Feedback Loops Video games have been a source of fun, pleasure and escapism for almost sixty years. From...
Stardew Valley is a unique game. Whereas most video games are primarily about overcoming obstacles, avoiding fail states while chasing victory conditions, Stardew Valley is mostly about comforting routines. The player is allowed to choose their own focus, and there is never any pressure to make the choice that...
Guest Features: The CheckPoint Community coming together to share stories, knowledge and opinions about the world of mental health and video games. This article was written by Rade, who can be found on Facebook and Twitter. Sometimes, I like to think of myself as a Sim. Rade-Sim has ambitions...
This article was submitted by Taylor King. It contains spoilers for The Witcher. Geralt of Rivia, The Grey Player Character The world of the Witcher is a bleak and dreary one. There aren’t many reasons for someone to want to inhabit this fantasy world like many others have....
Introducing Guest Features As CheckPoint grows as a community, we are privileged to have people coming forward and recalling their experiences of how video games and mental health came together. This article was submitted by Greg Lent. A Pumpkin In The Toilet- A Story About Autism and Video...
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