One of the world’s largest online video gaming networks, Steam, has been hacked and its 35 million users may have had their accounts “compromised”. And yes, “compromised” means their (encrypted) credit…
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New research has found evidence that playing violent video games leads players to see themselves, and their opponents, as…
Media classification in Australia is being dragged into the digital world. At the moment it’s based on analog legislation, unsuited for today’s convergent media. But proposals unveiled today will transform…
The phrases “real world scientific progress” and “the power of online games” are strange bedfellows. Yet surprisingly, they found themselves thrust together in the media last week due to the publication…
An innovative online game has been developed to educate youths about climate change and sustainability. The game, entitled…
Talk creative cultures and you may think high-end and low-end, the starving artist and the toast of Manhattan. But what about video game makers? Where do they fit in? The very idea of an independent video…
Ever heard the one about the morbidly obese (and probably mentally unbalanced and somehow dangerous) teenage “gamers” locked in their bedrooms playing online computer games? Turns out, they’re really wealthy…
After many years of debate and deliberation Australia might finally be about to receive an R18+ rating for video games. On July 21 and 22 the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) meeting will…
If you are in any way exposed to computer games on a regular basis, it won’t have escaped your attention that Australia does not have an R18+ classification for video games. This is particularly strange…
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Politics, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney
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Senior lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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Reader in American History and Culture, University of Kent
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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PhD Student in Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor in Digital Media, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, West Virginia University
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Knight Chair in Interactive Media; Associate Professor of Communication, University of Miami
