Psychology of Video Games Podcast
1) Episode 100 - Can Playing D&D Be Good For You?
It's frequently argued that playing games like Dungeons & Dragons can help you develop social skills like, cooperation, teamwork, and interpersonal communication. Get in there, use the game as scaffol...Show More
2) Podcast 99 - Toxicity and Support
Toxicity in video games has been a long-standing and long-studied problem. In this episode, I talk to someone who has not only studied toxic behavior among gamers, but specifically looked at how playe...Show More
3) Ep 98 - Embedding Values in Games
Many games put forth some kind of value that they hope will be communicated to players, be they ones that see obvious (like the value of empathy) or subtle (like experiencing life under capitalism). W...Show More
4) Episode 97 - Why We Like Really Hard (and Really Easy) Games
We have some decent theories for understanding the appeal of many different types of video games. But one thing I've always struggled to explain is why people love really difficult games (like Dark So...Show More
5) Episode 96 - Psychology of D&D Book Kickstarter
My publisher is running a Kickstarter 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 a...Show More
6) Episode 95 Sense of Place
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 dwarve...Show More
7) Episode 94 - The Psychology of Gaming Passion
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? W...Show More
8) Podcast 93 - Do Games Make You Smarter?
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:“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, l...Show More
9) Episode 92 - Nostalgia
In this episode, I talk with an expert on how video games elicit nostalgia and what it means for players and consumers.Audio Credits:“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creativ...Show More
10) Episode 91 - Avatars
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:“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, license...Show More