Role-Playing Game Research - RPG Research Forced to Focus on Only RPG Community Center Role-Role-Playing Game Programs For Now

Hawke Robinson

Known across multiple industries as "The Grandfather of Therapeutic Gaming" because he has been studying the effects and uses of role-playing games and their potential to achieve therapeutic goals longer than anyone else, Hawke Robinson is a Washington State Department of Health Registered Recreational Therapist.

He has a diverse and deep background in Therapeutic Recreation / Recreation Therapy, computer science, neuroscience, cognitive neuropsychology, neurotech, research psychology, nursing, play therapy, education, music, and role-playing gaming.

• Hawke Robinson has been involved with role-playing games in community settings since 1977.
• Studying methods for optimizing the experience of role-playing games, software development, and online since 1979.
• A paid professional game master since 1982.
• Studying the effects of role-playing games upon participants since 1983.
• Providing role-playing games in educational settings and for educational goals since 1985.
• Working with incarcerated populations since 1989.
• Researching and using role-playing games to achieve therapeutic goals for a wide range of populations from 2 years old through senior adults since 2004.
• Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit 501(c)3 charitable research and human services organization, RPG Research.
• Founder and CEO of the for-profit RPG Therapeutics LLC and RPG.LLC.
• Author of multiple books in technology and gaming W.A. Hawkes-Robinson books available on Amazon.
• Creator of the wheelchair accessible RPG Mobile fleet vehicles and trailers.
• Founder of the experiential learning Role-Playing Game RPG Museum, and much more.
• Creator of the Brain-Computer Interface Role-Playing Game (BCI RPG) and many other related projects.