Difference between Social Media & Video Games
Difference between Social Media & Video Games - a comparison by By Jiow Hee Jhee (Associate Professor) and Beatrice Wu (Student) from Singapore Institute of Technology
Parents Webinar: Understanding Games, Gamers and Game Dependency 27 May 2023
Event Info 活动信息 Date: 27 May 2023 (Sat) Time: 8.30am – 11.30am (Singapore Time)Cost: FreeVenue: Zoom WebinarRegistration Link: https://bit.ly/UGGG2023 (Registration opens at 4pm on 28 April 2023)NOTE: A unique zoom link…
Screen Time Tips for Parents
By Dr. Jing Shi, PhD, MSc (OT), BHsc (hons) Families have a critical role in educating and demonstrating to their children how to use technology in a safe way. It…
6th Edition
Parents Webinar: Understanding Games, Gamers and Game Dependency 12 Nov 2022
Event Info 活动信息 Date: 12 Nov 2022 (Sat) Time: 9.00am – 12.00pmCost: FreeVenue: Zoom WebinarNOTE: A unique zoom link will be emailed to you to join the webinar. Please sign up…
IAMCR Beijing 2022 – Game Player Types and its Influence on Game Dependency
We presented our paper "Game Player Types and its Influence on Game Dependency" at IAMCR Beijing this year and got good reviews. Below is the abstract of the paper: Authors…
Parenting Challenge Workshop: Communicating & Engaging Gaming Youths at Home through Role Play May 2022
This 2-hour workshop is a follow-up to our Parents Webinar: Understanding Games, Gamers and Game Addiction. During the Webinar, communication strategies and theories on games and gamers were introduced. The…
5th Edition
Parents Webinar: Understanding Games, Gamers and Game Dependency 21 May 2022
We are running the 5th edition of our Parents Webinar: Understanding Games, Gamers and Game Dependency this year! We are thankful for Tencent's support to be able to make this…
4th Edition
Parents Webinar: Understanding Games, Gamers and Game Addiction
In 2020, we had 2765 Singapore secondary school students complete COMEBACK’s Game Dependency Test. 19.4% of the students have game dependency, with 4% being significant. This means that one out…
The 4 Gamer Player Types
Gamers are not all the same. We have different motivations and objectives when we play. Gamers can be categorised in 4 broad categories called Player Types. The 4 broad Player…
Game Addiction in Singapore
Game Addiction in Singapore as Reported by Media Today Online published an article about a gamer with an addiction problem and “It took a US$48,000 (about S$67,000) overseas detox programme…