The BCI Game Jam 2026 is here (Feb 27 – Mar 7) 🧠🎮
Build a brain-controlled video game in just a week: no prior game dev or brain-computer interface experience needed! Join online, get expert support, and help shape the future of accessible gaming...
bci.games/jams/2026
Stall at the conference
We are at the National Student Psychiatry Conference at University of Kent, showing off extracurricular volunteer activities that psych trainees can engage in through the charity, to support mental health in the gaming community!
@rcpsych.bsky.social @kmmsmedschool.bsky.social
Today's Reset Room volunteer crew
Dim lighting in the Reset Room
Literature available in Reset Room (booklets on anxiety and blues)
Double doors at end of Artist Alley leading to Reset Room
We're still at @MCMComicCon with the Reset Room! If you need to take a break for any reason, come by. It's quieter in here! We also have mental health information and lo-fi activities. It's run by today's awesome crew right here! 🧠🎮
Find us at the end of Artist Alley!
GTM volunteer crew
The dim lighting of the Reset Room
Last day of #MCMComicCon! We're here with the Reset Room, a chill space to take a break! We have lo-fi activities to unwind with, and we've got mental health info available, too. It's staffed by our awesome crew, so do say hello! 🧠🎮
Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite!
GTM volunteers outside Reset Room
Dim lighting in the Reset Room
We're still at #MCMComicCon with our Reset Room! If you need to take a break for any reason, come by. It's quieter in here! We also have mental health information and lo-fi activities. It's run by today's awesome crew right here! 🧠🎮
Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite!
GTM volunteer crew
Dim lighting and soothing atmosphere in the Reset Room
Are you at #MCMComicCon and want to relax? Come to our Reset Room, a calm oasis where you can chill, do lo-fi activities, & re-energise before heading back to the show! We have mental health information too! Staffed by this cool crew. Find us upstairs in the Platinum Suite! 🧠🎮
If you are trans or gender non-conforming, and play TTRPGs, you may be interested to take part in this study by answering questions on if your gender identity impacts the gender of your characters, and if your gaming has impacted your own gender identity
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nhslothian...
Consume Me is a semi-autobiographical work that deals openly and honestly with some pretty tough themes, including dieting, disordered eating, and fatphobia... but Jiao Hsia's slice-of-life adventure adopts a format that's immediately, winningly approachable.
www.eurogamer.net/consume-me-r...
If you are trans or gender non-conforming, and play TTRPGs, you may be interested to take part in this study by answering questions on if your gender identity impacts the gender of your characters, and if your gaming has impacted your own gender identity
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nhslothian...
Thanks so much for inviting me to speak at Gaming the Mind Conference. So many interesting speakers and an engaged audience.
Long may this conference continue.
It's so invigorating to meet academics and clinicians to talk about our industries and share thoughts and hopes.
This panel discussed how academics & experts can work with game devs. We both need to approach these moments as collaborations not limiting factors.
Thank you @gamingthemind.bsky.social
Prof Paul Fletcher on stage
Prof Paul Fletcher on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference
Prof Paul Fletcher delivers the day's keynote.
As a clinical neuroscientist sees the potential of games to measure stress responses from players, and to use biofeedback for training self-regulation - explored through The Insight Project with Ninja Theory
Dr Victoria McCloud and panelists
Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Victoria McCloud chairs a panel featuring @chellaramanan.bsky.social from @3foldgames.bsky.social, Dom Matthews from Ninja Theory, and Dr Andrew Howe
Dom Matthews on stage
Dom Matthews on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference
Ninja Theory Studio Head Dom Matthews discusses the development of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. The studio worked with people with lived experience of psychosis, aiming to create a truthful representation of the symptoms in lead character Senua.
Chella Ramanan on stage
Chella Ramanan on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference
@chellaramanan.bsky.social speaks about @3foldgames.bsky.social's Before I Forget, and depicting dementia in a non-cliched, respectful way. She and the team worked with psychiatrists for input, including our own Dr Donald Servant.
Dr Andrew Howe on stage
Dr Andrew Howe on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Andrew Howe, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, speaks on Jungian archetypes in The Legend of Zelda, and using the mythology of games in psychological therapy. He guides us through active imagination based on Ocarina of Time 💭
Malachi Gow receives the award
Gaming the Mind Conference
Malachi Gow showed us his game "i love me, i love me not", a relaxing game focusing on teaching mental health habits.
He is the recipient of our first Independent Developer Award, and £1,000 for further development. 🏆
malgow.net
Dr Stephen Kaar on stage
Dr Stephen Kaar on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference at @rcpsych.bsky.social
Addictions Psychiatrist Dr Stephen Kaar on research looking at longitudinal research into gaming disorder. Evidence suggests young people with depressive, anxiety, ADHD symptoms are at higher risk of developing gaming disorder symptoms.
Leon Xiao on stage
Leon Xiao on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference at @rcpsych.bsky.social
@leonxiao.com on loot boxes and regulations related to odds disclosure, minimum age requirements, and advertising, as well as countries where they are recognised as gambling, and the myriad cases where games don't comply with regulations!
Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference at the @rcpsych.bsky.social
Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones on the establishment of the gaming disorder diagnosis and the range of presentations seen at the The National Centre for Gaming Disorders.
Dr Stone Hsieh at the podium
Dr Stone Hsieh at the podium
Gaming the Mind Conference
Dr Stone Hsieh on the neurological benefits of exercise. He and Bread Lab's ActiGamer project looks to see if active video games can reduce ADHD symptoms, and the feasibility if introducing this as an intervention.
Elin Festøy at the podium
Elin Festøy on stage
Gaming the Mind Conference
Elin Festøy delivers a talk about My Child New Beginnings, about raising a Lebensborn child dealing with trauma in a hateful environment. The game aims to build empathy with the child, to create a strong motivator for transformation.
Auditorium at the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Preparing for the launch of the first ever Gaming the Mind conference! Hosted at the @rcpsych.bsky.social
Ready for a day talking about the exciting growing field of gaming and mental health!
A light-skinned Black woman (Chella) with a curly fringe and glasses and a black puff-sleeve top on is smiling.
Today I'll mostly be talking about videogames at the Royal College of Psychiatrists @gamingthemind.bsky.social conference
#BeforeIForget @3foldgames.bsky.social
Gaming the Mind Conference 2025.
A must if you are interested in video games and mental health! 🎮🧠
Monday 29th September at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.
Early-bird rates till 1st September.
We look forward to seeing you there!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gaming-the...
Sword of the Sea (and Abzû)
"...when you're actually scuba diving... You're floating. You just hear your own breath. It's like you're meditating. You're forced to just relax... it's nothing like what you see in video games. I was like: where is that?"
www.eurogamer.net/sword-of-the...
"the "cosy" tag gets thrown around a lot, and lately I feel like more games are being branded with a title they don't necessarily suit."
"Not every single task that can be simulated is going to be relaxing and fun (or more importantly, worth playing)."
www.pcgamer.com/games/i-love...
How can video games help mindfulness and reducing stress?
Read how games can put you "in the zone" (a meditative flow state), offer a break from stress, and provide social connection.
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/vide...
Nigerian students beating exam stress with video games.
“I play FIFA soccer games with my friends during breaks between classes. It’s a great way to relax and take our minds off our studies, even if it’s just for a short while”
focusgn.com/africa/niger...
Top anime comfort characters!
"Crunchyroll's poll was conducted in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month"
"stories often feature emotionally comforting and inspirational characters who help anime fans feel seen and supported."
www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-...
