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Examining how psychology explains why video games are made how they are and why gamers behave as we do.
Psychology of Video Games Podcast
Psychology of Video Games Podcast
Episode 96 - Psychology of D&D Book Kickstarter
24 JUL 2024 · My publisher is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geektherapeutics/mind-games-the-intersection-of-psychology-and-geek-culture to offer discounted, early copies of my new book on the Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons. To help you decide if you want to back it (I think you should, but I'm arguably biased), this episode contains excerpts from multiple chapters and some of my own inside commentary.The book will be available for sale widely later this year, but this is a great chance to get an early copy for 25% off. Print, audiobook, or ebook. You can also bundle in any of the other four books in the Geek Psychology series, so https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geektherapeutics/mind-games-the-intersection-of-psychology-and-geek-culture!
If you need a link to the show on another device, just go to psychologyofgames.com of psychologyofdnd.com. The Kickstarter will be the top story at both places until it's done.
Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Episode 95 Sense of Place
1 JUL 2024 · Have you ever become attached to a place in a video game? A virtual environment that you've obviously never visited in the flesh but which you start to think of it like a real place?  Maybe the dwarven capitol of Ironforge in World of Warcraft? The spaceship The Normandy in Mass Effect? Link and Zelda's land of Hyrule? Maybe you you have become so familiar with those virtual places through repeated navigation and interaction that you attach importance and character to it like you do your childhood home, the first place you ever had a part-time job, or the neighborhood through which you walk your dog? Or even a whole city?
This is a relatively new concept that some researchers, such as my guest expert this episode, call "sense of place."
Episode 94 - The Psychology of Gaming Passion
4 JUN 2024 · Many of us have considered ourselves "passionate" about one thing or another, including video games or even specific game series or franchises. But what does this mean and is it always a good thing? When can passion become a detriment to our lives and our psychological well-being? These are the kinds of questions I'll discuss with this episode's guest expert.Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Podcast 93 - Do Games Make You Smarter?
1 MAY 2024 · In this episode, I'll explore some research on whether or not video games can make you smarter or help you develop certain cognitive skills.Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Episode 92 - Nostalgia
4 MAR 2024 · In this episode, I talk with an expert on how video games elicit nostalgia and what it means for players and consumers.
Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Episode 91 - Avatars
1 FEB 2024 · What do research and theory say about how our avatars in video games and virtual reality may shape our behaviors --and how they don't?
Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Episode 90 - ADHD and Gaming
3 JAN 2024 · In this episode I talk with an expert on diagnosing and treating ADHD in children. We'll talk about the challenges video games present to people with ADHD and some strategies for dealing with problems it may present.
Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
- "Bumbly March" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Episode 89 - In-Game Purchasess
4 DEC 2023 · In-game purchases are a staple of modern game design, especially in the free-to-play and live service categories. This isn't necessarily bad as a business model, but there are some psychological effects that these games either intentionally or accidentally employ that may make us spend more than we intend to.
Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Episode 88 - Dungeons & Dragons & Skills
5 NOV 2023 · Sometimes we have to sell people on the merits of games like Dungeons & Dragons. People like parents, principals, teachers, or even our own significant others Usually this comes in the form of telling them all the great benefits playing brings --learning math, reading, communication, teamwork, social skills, and more. D&D is also often specifically praised for its ability to help neurodivergent people develop needed skills, or to provide "therapeutic" experiences for anyone.
But can it? Does it? If so, what can game masters and other players do to make it happen?
Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
- "Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Podcast 87 - Immersion and Presence in Video Game Worlds
1 OCT 2023 · Is technology or game design more important for determining whether we feel immersed and present in the world of a video game? What kinds of things will make us forget about the screen between us and that world, the controller in our hands, and the other things around us so that we start to feel like we're actually inhabiting the virtual world of the game?
Audio Credits:
- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Examining how psychology explains why video games are made how they are and why gamers behave as we do.
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| Author | Jamie Madigan |
| Organization | Jamie Madigan |
| Categories | Video Games |
| Website | www.psychologyofgames.com |
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