Can games help prevent suicide?

Can games help prevent suicide?

The 2020s have not been kind for mental health. Suicides are on the rise around the world as we begin to find ourselves in a Mental Health Crisis. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and boy do we need it. As I've told my students over the past 2 years, "So many people are walking around with PTSD, and they don't even know it." But how can Games help? …

Presentation Technique New Course Early Bird Sale

Presentation Technique New Course Early Bird Sale

Get the Early Bird Discount For Our New Course

I am excited to announce the launch of a brand new course to The Game Beyond Online School. For over 15 years my Presentation Technique has been a big success with both students and teachers in Europe. Many former students and teachers have told me how much this course has helped them get over the fear of public speaking, and become better presenters.

Do Your New Year Resolutions Keep Failing?

Do Your New Year Resolutions Keep Failing?

How to use Game Design to Solve your Failed New Year Resolution

Every year on New Year's Eve, millions of people make a promise to themselves they will not keep. It's not because they are bad people, or cheaters, or have some other deep psychological traumas from childhood that keep them from achieving their New Year's Goals. You may be reading this and thinking to yourself, yeah, I've been there. Well let's use Game Design to solve your problem!

photo by Tim Mossholder

Tron The Game In Real Life - Disc Golf

Tron The Game In Real Life - Disc Golf

One of my favourite films, is Tron. Not just because Jeff Bridges "The Dude" stars in it. Not because it was the first film to use CGI. I loved it because of the GAMES! For those of you that don't know, Tron was a film back in 1982 where Jeff Bridges gets sucked into a computer and is forced to play games. If you haven't seen it or the sequel, I won't spoil it further for you. Needless to say, they have these 'discs' which they use all the time in the games. I've loved tossing around a frisbee because it gives me the feeling like I'm Flynn in Tron. Enter Disc-Golf…