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Theme Month March - Gaming by Campfire
Ken Koontz - 09-03-2018Every March, to coincide with the Game Developers conference and many other major gaming news & updates, we felt now would be a great opportunity to take a look at some of the games available that can have a positive impact on mental and emotional well-being. Games that you can relax to but still be immersed in a non casual way.
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Game Experiences for Better Mental Well-Being
Ken Koontz - 09-03-2018GEMH Lab recommends games available that can have a positive impact on mental and emotional well-being.
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Why you should get into online gaming
Babet Halberstadt - 22-02-2018Relationships with others can be tricky, especially when you're moving from high school life to student life, or from student life to working life. How do you stay in touch with old friends when you're living far apart? My advise, although perhaps counter intuitive, is to get into gaming and I'll explain why.
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Games to keep in touch with friends
Geert Verheijen - 12-02-2018Going to college is exciting, but it also means moving away from friends and family. Luckily, online games offer a fun social activity with your friends, without having to travel halfway across the country. Here are some of our favorite games to play with friends online!
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Let's Play with GEMH - Overcooked!
Nastasia Griffioen - 30-11-2017As the end of this month approaches and a new theme finds its way to our lab, we have decided to celebrate this month's theme - prosociality and kindness - with a Let's Play! In this edition, Anouk, Babet and myself have played a fun yet chaotic cooking game called Overcooked!, in which we venture to conquer the kitchen in our quest to beat the giant meat ball boss.
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Toxicity and prosociality in online games
Geert Verheijen - 23-11-2017The majority of popular video games nowadays allow (or even require) multiple players to join in at the same time. More than ever before, gamers are being dropped in virtual worlds together with their friends, family, but also total strangers. What kind of effect does this have on our social behavior?
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November Game Day: Examining Social Support in Guild Wars 2
Ken Koontz - 09-11-2017In the first installment of our bi-monthly Game Day we explore if we can make a player engage challenging situations confident that other players would help them personally. We chose the MMORPG Guild Wars 2 to examine how its unique combat system, map exploration and character progression could create a context for the player to experience personalized social support.
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GEMH Game Lounge
GEMH Lab - 30-10-2017The GEMH Game Lounge is open for students at Radboud University, every day between 12.30-13.30h. Students can relax by playing from a variety of video games including but not limited to VR, Playstation and mobile app games that relieve stress and anxiety. Click here to see what games are available this month!
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Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) at school
Aniek Wols - 12-10-2017In September, Mariska Kool and Erna Terpstra visited the GEMH Lab. Mariska and Erna are involved in a very special project; they teach children by using Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) games.
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GEMH-Lab Plays #2: Bully: Scholarship Edition
Babet Halberstadt - 19-09-2017September 18-22 is the Dutch national week against bullying, so for our second Let's Play we're playing an oldie but a goodie: 'Bully: Scholarship Edition'.