How Mark Barlet created a movement with AbleGamers
Mark Barlet has 25 years of hands-on experience in the tech and assistive technology field. An injured veteran who left the Air Force in...
How XR can be a vital tool for improving mental health
The power of mixed reality (XR) goes beyond just immersive games. Doctors, psychologists, and researchers are quickly finding out that XR’s greatest impact could...
ESA CEO: 64% of U.S. adults are gamers, 41% of players are women, older people are playing more
Sixty-four percent of American adults, or 214.4 million people, play video games, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents...
Games for Change honors Gordon Bellamy of USC Games and Gay Gaming Professionals
Games For Change is honoring educator Gordon Bellamy with its prestigious Vanguard Award for his role as a game industry leader and LGBTQ+ champion....
Games for Change unveils sessions on mental health, diversity, and COVID-19
Games for Change is responding to the times and launching programming at its upcoming event that will tackle subjects such as offering mental health...
UNESCO explores digital tech and games for ‘more peaceful and sustainable societies’
The United Nations’ educational agency, UNESCO, is sponsoring a conference in India to promote social and emotional learning in children and how to use...
Games for Change: How to make the game industry more diverse, accessible, and meaningful
The 16th annual Games for Change Festival gets underway on Monday, and the main event focuses on the social and educational impact of games...
Games for Change goes beyond its yearly festival with student programs
The 2018 Games for Change Festival wrapped up its 15th annual event in New York over the weekend. Its celebration of the social impact...
Game devs respond to Trump with video highlighting games’ art and beauty
President Donald Trump showed a reel of video game violence last week during a meeting with the game industry as part of an attempt...
Project Axon is a VR game that shows how fake news spreads
If you’ve been online, you’ve seen fake news. A team of graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University created a virtual reality game called Project...