The science behind gaming: Three fascinating breakthroughs in 2024 video game research

And a quick review of the latest Pokemon game hitting mobile phones.

Aperture Labs from Portal 2. Studies discussed guaranteed to be 100% more scientific than a lot of the ‘science’ portrayed in games.

While we're starting to turn a corner, research on the impacts of gaming continues to get a bad rap.

For every story highlighting the hobby's benefits, there are two or more stirring up panic about its impact on social development or addictive tendencies. The coverage isn't exactly representative of what's actually happening in global academia.

Reading InGameScientist's excellent Substack, Just One More Turn, on exciting monthly developments in video game research has made me realise that this body of work is significantly more diverse than the black-and-white headlines suggest.

In that spirit, and with the year drawing to a close, I've teamed up with InGameScientist and asked them to pick the three most fascinating pieces of video game-related research they've surfaced this year.

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