Pennsylvania’s Bodhana Group is one of the first and only organizations to examine the clinical impacts of tabletop RPGs. Even before reading their literature and research on the topic, you’ll find a lot of parallels between running tabletop RPGs and modern talk therapy. Both contain innumerable soft skills
Convention season was very intense in 2024, with GamingTrend attending more tabletop cons than any other year prior. In fact, we went to so many conventions this year we still have content to publish on our Youtube channel from Origins and Gen Con (so keep your eyes peeled!). Needless to
Molli and Max is a meeting of opposites melds opposing forces like nothing I’ve seen before. In genre, tone, character, color scale, and technology, it epitomizes the heart of true romance: finding a home in the absurd, sometimes impossible challenges of life. In doing so, it makes itself a
It’s been nearly four years since we ran an actual play mini campaign on Roll20 (“Return to the Glory”); the height of the pandemic, when we were all huddled in our houses, trying to figure out how to play games that usually required everyone to be in the same
Tony Hawk is a household name. He’s not necessarily a household face (as the many stories I’ve heard from the legendary skater and his encounters have had me tearing up with laughter), but if you’ve been around gaming for a while, you undoubtedly have played a Tony
A few months ago, gaming researcher and historian Liam Robertson alongside DidYouKnowGaming just released a documentary on Vicarious Visions, Activision, and the rumored 3D Donkey Kong game. A nearly hour long deep dive detailing not just the project itself but what led to it and the downfall of Vicarious Visions
Every year, as we get closer to the release of the new Madden, EA showcases the top players at each position and their overall rankings. Sometimes these are spot on, while others are a shock to everyone seeing it for the first time.
Now that all of the top players
I absolutely love franchise style modes in sports games. Any time I can fully control a team from top to bottom, I’m game. It’s how I learn more about sports I don’t know well. My main love, however, is American football. I have played countless hours of
