Gamers' Mental Health Hotline
Riot Games is partnering with non-profit organization Crisis Text Line to provide a text-based hotline for gamers facing mental health crises. Players can connect with a trained counselor 24/7 via SMS. The initiative follows a partnership with Active Minds, which used the League of Legends Esports events to raise awareness for mental health issues, telling stories of pro players on their own mental health journey.
A curated database of branded gaming examples.
Three hours a night grinding WoW with your guild. Fortnite with your mates after work. Candy Crush on the commute. Whether or not you’d call yourself a gamer, you are still playing. Gaming has become an unprecedented cultural force. Massive attention, deep engagement and yet, little money invested. Need more convincing?
Source: GroupM, GEEIQ, Newzoo, 2024
Source: Dentsu & GWI, State of Gaming 2024
I’ve spent the past few years on both sides of the fence: with gaming brands, and with non-gaming brands trying to work out what to do about gaming. Along the way I kept examples. What started as a Google Doc is now an index of close to 200 of them. This is it.
I hope you’ll find it useful, reach out if you want to chat.
JonathanFounder & Principal, Office of Applied Imagination
