We had the huge privilege of being featured at Melbourne International Games Week 2016 (#MIGW2016) this November as the official mental health partners, getting the opportunity to speak publicly about a number of different issues, and even to unroll our first ever booth: “The CheckPoint” at PAX Australia. Huge...
One of CheckPoint’s objectives is to get out into the general community to promote both mental health and wellbeing, alongside games and interactive technology. We are booking new events all the time, and we are always looking for volunteers to help us make our events a success! We’ve found that our...
Online Gaming Addiction As great as games can be, online gaming addiction can be detrimental to your health, even if it doesn’t feel like it. APA has developed 9 criteria for characterising the proposed internet gaming disorder: Pre-occupation. Do you spend a lot of time thinking about games even...
Hate reading? CheckPoint regularly speaks about Crunch and Burnout at conventions. Check out this one from Play by Play NZ, with Dr Jennifer Hazel. What is burnout? Burnout is defined as a combination of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation (feeling cynical and detached) and low perceived efficacy (1, 2)....
