Want to know why the moral panic around #videogames still persists 50 years since their popularization?

Because of articles like this. A thread.

wtxl.com/news/local-new… This week a new article came out discussing a "new resource for #videogames and #mentalhealth started by a concerned parent.

While I am all for parental advocacy and education, this is more of the same moral panic, witch hunt we've grown accustomed with video games.

I can't be the only one getting tired of games being the scapegoat for EVERY BAD THING EVER. A thread.

nytimes.com/2021/09/08/par… A NYT article today outlined how a 12 year old was targeted by a hate group online within an online game.

Alt-right recruitment, hate and harassment surely exists *in* games...but it doesn't exist ONLY in games ...which you wouldn't know from this article.

"The worlds of culture and gaming are largely separate."

I've never read anything more profoundly wrong. A (mini)thread.

https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1435577312238620677

This piece in @bopinion that came out today argues that games are not culture because they are a closed system that is more about "participating in an event than watching an event." (Umm.. @Twitch anyone?)

Significant findings do not mean SUBSTANTIAL findings.

A thread. A recent metanalysis claims evidence that online games are socially displacing and related to worse mental well being after 124 studies in the field.

Catchy abstract, but let's look a little bit deeper.

researchgate.net/publication/33…