Having clearly identified which games I will focus on, let me expound for a moment on the creative genius that is responsible for these games. Nintendo is responsible for this suite of Mario games and all its derivatives. A century-old Japanese establishment that started out as a card-making business, Nintendo has evolved over the past hundred years from a tiny card manufacturer to a massive vi...

In this article, we outline our view of how concentration shields against distraction. We argue that higher levels of concentration make people less susceptible to distraction for two reasons. One reason is that the undesired processing of the background environment is reduced. For example, when people play a difficult video game, as opposed to an easy game, they are less likely to notice what ...

The ability of the human brain to learn is exceptional. Yet, learning is typically quite specific to the exact task used during training, a limiting factor for practical applications such as rehabilitation, workforce training, or education. The possibility of identifying training regimens that have a broad enough impact to transfer to a variety of tasks is thus highly appealing. This work revie...

There is a growing interest in persuasive games designed to positively influence players’ well-being in areas such as physical and mental health, particularly in terms of education. Designing such “wellbeing games” is challenging because games themselves have not been sufficiently examined from this perspective. Examining the ways popular games convey messages persuasively is an important step ...

Phishing is an increasingly more prevalent form of online, social engineered scams that escalate costs and risks to society year to year. This study demonstrates an association between anti-phishing training techniques used in previous research and individual differences which could affect phishing susceptibility. Results indicated that anti-phishing training in both a simple comic and more com...