NOTE: These links are given as a courtesy. The content shared is not a replacement for therapy or psychological support. Please seek consult from a professional for mental health concerns.

Geek & Gamer Links

Organized Messes Blogs & Videos on Gaming

Online Gaming Communities

  • Twitch.tv - Live gaming broadcasts, averaging 45 million viewers per month.

  • Mixer.com - Streaming community

  • Steam Community - 40 million gamers, downloadable games for PC, Linux & Mac.

  • GOG - digital distribution of games and movies, promoting (digital rights management) DRM-free games.

  • Minecraft - Building game that can be single user or multiplayer.

  • Battle.net - Community for Blizzard games (World of Warcraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm).

Game-Related Sites

With the increased use of consoles and computers for entertainment purposes comes a sense of normalcy with socializing through games. Our culture deems certain repetitive behaviors as normal, while others are labeled addiction. The culture may also place certain addictions on a hierarchy of seriousness. For instance, drug addictions may seem more dangerous than smoking addictions or shopping addictions. Behaviors elicit a need to be met, and with any addiction, a serious consideration of underlying pain and emotional needs can humanize a person's struggle, despite the substance choice.

Articles on Gaming

Books:

  • Super Better, Jane McGonigal

  • Reality is Broken, Jane McGonigal

  • The Proteus Paradox, Nick Yee

  • Super Hero Therapy, Janina Scarlet

  • Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Tom Bissell

  • Getting Gamers, Jamie Madigan

  • You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost), Felicia Day

  • Ready Player One, Ernest Cline

  • Reset: Psychotherapy & Video Games (e-book), Mike Langlois

  • Working with Video Gamers & Games in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide, Anthony Bean

  • Superhero Therapy: Mindfulness Skills to Help Teens and Young Adults Deal with Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma, Janina Scarlet

  • Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight, Travis Langley (multiple titles)

  • The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series, Anthony Bean

  • Psychoanalysis, Identity, and the Internet: Explorations into Cyberspace, Andrea Marzi

(Note: This list is provided as a courtesy. Please take time to go over these sites with your parents. It is always an option to seek information or opinions from those outside this list)

APPS:
DISCORD free voice and text chat for gamers that’s available on phone and computer
https://discordapp.com/
SUPER BETTER Use gameful strategies to help you apply strengths in game to real life
https://www.superbetter.com/