PAX East 2015 – The Science of Online Bullying: A Lesson in Diversity
Oxytocin has been called “the moral molecule.” It is linked to trust and cooperation. High levels result from things like handshakes at PAX. Even reactions to tweets equal those created in...
PAX Prime 2014 – “Cyberbullying” – A Catch Phrase or a Real Problem?
Anyone who has ever looked at a comments page or an Internet forum thread is likely to be familiar with the concept of "cyberbullying", but why does that behavior seem so pervasive? The rallying cry...
PAX East 2014 – Sex, Sexy & Sexism: Fixing Gender Inequality in Gaming
The video game market is composed of as many women as men—yet those working in the industry, and the characters we play as, are still predominantly male. What effect does this imbalance have on the...
PAX Prime 2013 – The Worst of the Worst: Hacking, Exploitation, and Abuse within Online Games
Online games provide us with endless entertainment and are an amazing way to meet and connect with people across the world. However, like all media, there is a dark underworld beneath online games:...
PAX East 2014 – Why Internet Jerks Aren’t Going to Win, And You Can Help
The Internet is full of empowering tools, but who are we empowering? It feels like the most toxic voices have strangled our ability to have a conversation, and we’re now used to a world where death...
PAX East 2014 – What You Can Do to End Bile and Hatred in Games Culture
People from every race, religion, gender and sexuality play games. It is in many ways the most universal pastime of human culture, other than eating and sleeping. Why, then, has the culture...
