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Questing your way through Depression & Anxiety

How gaming can ease depression and anxiety It is no big secret that depression and anxiety are prevalent issues in today's society. More and more teenagers are being diagnosed with depression and anxiety every day - now more than ever before with statistics boasting a staggering 40%. While you might think "it is only 40%"… Continue reading Questing your way through Depression & Anxiety

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FemShep #5

The beauty pageant that had gamers in a frenzy It has been seven years since the release of the finale of the Mass Effect trilogy and I cannot believe that I am only finding out about this turmoil now. Perhaps it is better to let sleeping dogs lie and not disturb the dust that has… Continue reading FemShep #5

Gaming

Mass Effect

A Review on Mass Effect developed by BioWare Released in 2007 Mass Effect is a science fiction action-role-playing third-person shooter developed and released by BioWare in 2007 for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC gaming platforms. Mass Effect is the first game in the series and first of a trilogy followed by Mass Effect 2 (2010) and… Continue reading Mass Effect

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Borderlands

Review of Borderlands developed by Gearbox Software & 2K Games. Released in 2009 Borderlands is an action-packed, multiplayer, first person roleplaying game (FPS RPG) released in 2009 by Gearbox Software and 2K Games. It is the first game in the series followed by Borderlands 2 (2012), Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014) and a spin-off called Tales… Continue reading Borderlands

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Avatars: It’s A Boy/Girl Thing

Gender roles... This is something that we cannot even escape in the gaming community. For years and years there has always been a debate within my circle of friends, both in real life and in the guild, as to why men prefer to play with female characters and vice versa - aka: Gender Swapping. I… Continue reading Avatars: It’s A Boy/Girl Thing

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E-Girls – Why Gamer Girls Hate Them & You Should Too

E-girls - what are these creatures, how do you identify them and how do you deal with them? :/If you are a gamer then you have inevitably come across an e-girl. Without using the crude words that the Internet *perfectly* uses to describe them, I will simply describe them as annoying attention seekers that make… Continue reading E-Girls – Why Gamer Girls Hate Them & You Should Too