
Barnhouse Effect Co., Ltd (株式会社バーンハウスエフェクト), or BHE, is a 1997 Japanese video game developer and CG production company based in Tokyo. Most of their work has been for Takara, notably Choro Q games for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles. The name "Barnhouse Effect" originates from the short story Report on the Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut in which a professor, Arthur Barnhouse, develops telekinetic techniques.
Barnhouse Effect has been active in the gaming industry from 1997 to 2010, with 6 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Racing, Adventure, Shooter, with additional titles in Strategy and Role-playing (RPG). Games from Barnhouse Effect are available across 5 platforms, most notably PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Nintendo DSi.