From chess to LoL, or the contemporary history of video gamers

By Olivier Phan, Damien Coulomb
English

In this article, the authors interlace the history of chess with the modern practice of the video game League of Legends (LoL). Several clinical vignettes are used to demonstrate the strategies developed through the game by four young men to face their family or school problems.

  • video games
  • problematical use
  • chess
  • case study
  • history
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