Psychology Of Video Games Podcast

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Sinopsis

Examining how psychology explains why video games are made how they are and why gamers behave as we do.

Episodios

  • Podcast 72 - Esports Medicine

    15/04/2022 Duración: 48min

    My guest and I discuss how a physician can specialize in caring for the mental and physical health of professional gamers. Lindsey Migliore, MD is one of the foremost experts In esports medicine, trusted by the leading esports organizations and industry leaders. Through her work as GamerDoc, she applies scientific principles to the field of competitive gaming to definitively improve performance and expand the life span of the esports athlete. Her handbook of esports medicine, the first of its kind, was published in 2021 by Springer Medical. She is currently the Director of Player Performance at Evil Geniuses.

  • Podcast 71 - Video Game Engagement

    15/03/2022 Duración: 44min

    What's the psychology behind what makes video games engaging? Why will people invest their whole time, vigor, and attention to some games and not others?

  • Podcast 70 - Memes

    15/02/2022 Duración: 45min

    My guest expert Dr. Shane Tilton and I discuss memes and how communities like gamers create and communicate through them.

  • Podcast 69: Game Transfer Phenomenon

    01/07/2021 Duración: 53min

    Ever seen or heard something from a video game while you weren't playing? Ever had an urge to climb a building or select from a dialogue wheel hours after you pushed away from the keyboard or controller? In this episode, I talk with my guest expert about these kinds of "game transfer phenomena" and their implications.

  • Podcast 68: Convention Fandom

    01/05/2021 Duración: 54min

    My guest expert and I talk about the psychology behind geek fandom conventions, how people behave at cons, and how Covid has changed them.

  • Podcast 67: Esports Performance Consulting

    04/03/2021 Duración: 01h14s

    How can psychologists help esports athletes improve, stay healthy, and thrive? I talk to a guest expert with a background in sports psychology and other areas who is doing just that.

  • Episode 66 - Procedural Rhetoric

    10/01/2021 Duración: 56min

    When games have a message that they try to convey through systems and gameplay, do players listen? Do they hear what the designers expect? Does anything tend to change as a result?Audio Credits:“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_MotivationSatisfactory Dev Highlight Music by Sleeper's Delight https://soundcloud.com/sleepersdelight/satisfactory-dev-highlight-music

  • Episode 65 - Psych of Final Fantasy

    02/12/2020 Duración: 01h26min

    I talk with authors of the new book Surpassing The Limit Break: The Psychology of Final Fantasy. About, well, THAT. Topics like the psychology behind Final Fantasy's storytelling, its use of gender subtypes, how its music enhances our enjoyment, how we develop attachments to characters, and how the game makes use of fundamental psychological drives.Audio Credits:“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Episode 64 - How Can Video Games Make Us Happy?

    01/11/2020 Duración: 01h04min

    Video games sometimes have an image problem. Honestly some days it feels like one black eye after another. But, let's not lose sight of the good stuff. There's plenty of evidence to suggest that video games help people and make our lives better. They create scaffolds on which we can build social support. They motivate us to improve. They get us into healthy mindsets around problem-solving, developing new skills, and cooperating with others. And a lot more. In this episode, I talk with my guest expert Dr. Ryan Kelly about the overlap between video games and positive psychology.

  • Episode 63 - Loss Aversion

    01/09/2020 Duración: 59min

    Loss aversion refers to the fact that we feel more pain from a loss than we do pleasure from an equivalent gain. Losses are worse than gains are good. Most of the time game designers want to avoid triggering this feeling, but not always. I talk with my guest expert this episode about how game designers can incorporate --or not-- loss aversion into their game design. In fact, he wrote a book about it!Audio Credits: “Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Despair Creation by Max Lija, Othercide OST (https://www.maxlilja.com/)

  • Episode 62 - The Psychology of Trolling

    01/08/2020 Duración: 01h02min

    Why do people troll other players in video games? Do they get something out of it or are they just "broken"? A lot of us like to think the latter, but some researchers are starting to investigate exactly why people troll in video games and in general. Links: https://twitter.com/christinelcookl https://socialinteractionlab.com/ Audio Credits:“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0Hitman by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3880-hitman License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Children Laughing Sound by Mike Koenig http://soundbible.com/1848-Children-Laughing.html

  • Episode 61: Twitch Donations

    01/07/2020 Duración: 59min

    What kind of relationships exist between Twitch streamers and their audience members? How is it different from other kinds of online relationships? And why do people offer monetary support to streamers? Why do some streamers get more donations than others? Is it because they're super hot? Do they do a good job of making lonely people feel included? Do they do something to make their audience members feel like they're just two friends hanging out online? Put another way: If you were a Twitch streamer, what lessons could you draw from the research that has been done about all this?These are the kinds of questions that I will investigate and answer with the help of this episode's guest expert.

  • Episode 60: Take This (dot org)

    01/06/2020 Duración: 01h03min

    I mean, wouldn't it be nice if there were organizations out there that were dedicated to helping people in the gaming communities cope, be healthy, and get the help they need? Wouldn't it be great if there were someone offering aid in our quest to get through life healthy, happy, well prepared? Well, I'm going to talk to someone from one such organization that has adopted the mission to do just that. “Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0One Sly Move by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Episode 59: What is a Games Researcher?

    01/05/2020 Duración: 58min

    People with psychology degrees fill a lot of roles in the gaming industry, including researchers working within a game development company. I talk to one such researcher who works at Riot Games, maker of League of Legends and Valorant, about what she does, how she got where she is, and what advice she has for those interested in charting a similar course.“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Episode 58 - The Economics of Online Games

    01/04/2020 Duración: 47min

    Just as video games can provide great examples of concepts from psychology, they can also illustrate concepts from neighboring fields. Like economics! In this episode, my guest expert walks us through his adventures in using basic knowledge of economics to wreak havoc (and have fun) in a massively multiplayer online game. And what kinds of issues designers of these kinds of games have to take into consideration.

  • Episode 57 - Mental Models in League of Legends

    01/03/2020 Duración: 57min

    Mental models are representations that help people understand and predict systems or situations such as a match in a competitive game. My guest expert this episode reports on his research into understanding the differences between the mental models of League of Legends players at different levels of expertise and accomplishment. Can understanding how these mental models are structured and developed help players become better and suggest ways that game designers can facilitate such development?

  • Episode 56 - Game to Grow

    02/02/2020 Duración: 48min

    How therapeutic Dungeons & Dragons sessions are reaching people who need help in an engaging way.

  • Podcast 55 - Psychology of Level Design

    04/01/2020 Duración: 01h01min

    What are some of the ways that video game level designers look to psychology for helping players can navigate, move through, and make sense of their virtual worlds?

  • Podcast 54 - Sexualization in Games

    01/12/2019 Duración: 49min

    Should you expect playing as a sexually objectified avatar like Lara Croft to impact women's attitudes towards their own bodies or to create other harmful attitudes? My guests this episode engaged in what they called "adversarial collaboration" to run a study and find out. One didn't think they would find an effect from playing as Mrs. Croft. The other did. Find out who was right.

  • Podcast 53 - Online Relationships (Rebroadcast)

    01/11/2019 Duración: 54min

    Are friendships and other relationships formed in online games substitutes for offline relationships? Are they better?

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