Ever watched a film just before bed and all you can see or think about when you close your eyes are parts of the film that you are now creating or roaming around the landscape of the game you’ve been hammering? Sound familiar? I know I’ve experienced it many times, especially with the vast range […]
Gaming through summer?
As the end of September is upon us and as we pass through the Autumnal equinox I have realised something within my gaming pattern this year. I seem to play games way less in the summer, almost non-existent compared to the colder winter months when gaming gets part of the daily routine. As part of […]
My disabled son’s amazing gaming life in the World of Warcraft
The original story is written in Norweign by NRK all copyright belongs to NRK. https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/forst-da-mats-var-dod_-forsto-foreldrene-verdien-av-gamingen-hans-1.14197198?fbclid=IwAR1iRY6OUdsYJDeWOC3YT_yuGvVTTD0X2AH_kzrcagUSnTKLGvZGOniPK6g The full English translated story can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-47064773?fbclid=IwAR39GpqFB3rWl1FrQpoq3MYBowtPShdr2LqjpkB3zl4l1LAkd4Jbw6KorDg A very moving and inspiring story about a man called Mats from Norway. Mats suffered from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; a rare muscular disorder which leads to the degeneration of the […]
eYouth Club
Blogging, being a youth worker, studying psychology and being an gaming fan led me to want to combine all of these skills and create a new concept I’m coining an eYouth Club. What is eYouth gaming? It is a concept which involves a coach and runs like a normal sports club, but online in virtual […]
The story of Shanna Zwart – from bereavement to brilliance.
Shanna at 19 years old was dealt a very difficult, tragic and life changing situation. At the time Shanna’s main goals were to complete her education and to defeat her boyfriend at a popular video game called Starcraft 2 that he had introduced her too. Determined to beat her boyfriend Shanna started watching gamers online […]
Games saved me from my drug addiction
Kyle speaks very openly about how his drug habit spiraled out of control in 2012; starting out with as a casual experience at college, which soon progressed into a heroin addiction. Luckily for Kyle he had a strategy to fight relapsing and to overcome his drug addiction…. Kyle writes: ‘When I was 17 or 18 […]