Over the years, games have gotten a bad reputation from the media. Words like “violence” and “addiction” crop up regularly. But what are the facts? Can video games actually be beneficial to mental health? (Spoiler alert: Yes!) Sources here.
This series of articles explores the current clinical research that exists around the benefits that playing video games can have for wellbeing. Wherever we can, we have linked to a free full version of the publication, and otherwise have referred to its abstract. Today we’re looking at the...
This series of articles explores the current clinical research that exists around the benefits that playing video games can have for wellbeing. Wherever we can, we have linked to a free full version of the publication, and otherwise have referred to its abstract. Today we’re looking at gaming...
This series of articles explores the current clinical research that exists around the benefits that playing video games can have for wellbeing. Wherever we can, we have linked to a free full version of the publication, and otherwise have referred to its abstract. Today we’re looking at the...
Hello everyone! We have been hard at work over the last three weeks promoting our Kickstarter campaign for a webseries that aims to help people with mental health issues using the power of video games. There’s Just Three Days Left to Pledge! There are just 3 days left,...
We are proud to announce the start of our study, contributing data to a better understanding of the psychology behind what makes playing games feel great. It will run for 4 months, and we hope to publish our results in a scientific journal. This research has been approved by our local...
What a year for CheckPoint! And we only existed for half of it! I’ll take this opportunity to say, from my heart, thank you so much to everyone who has supported us in any way, and helped us to realise this dream of starting a charity connecting my...
This is an article that Jennifer Hazel originally wrote for LifeHacker Australia. Mental Health image via Shutterstock “How do you feel today?” It’s a common question, and for some people an answer rolls off the tongue automatically – perhaps something non-committal and socially appropriate, like “I’m fine”...
