Headshots: The Psychology and Gaming Podcast

Ep. 25: Rewards are a big part of why we play games so Kelli and Josué discuss a GDC 2017 presentation on reward psychology by Ben Lewis-Evans, a user experience researcher at Epic Games, that address the good and bad rewards we see in games and how they affect us.

Notes:

• GDC Vault – Throwing Out the Dopamine Shots: Reward Psychology Without the Neurotrash – http://bit.ly/2rfHbPw

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Ep. 24: May is Mental Health Awareness Month so Geek Therapist Lara Taylor joins Josué to talk about video games and mental health services. They address some of the misconceptions about video game “addiction” and discuss how they’ve used video games in therapy.

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Ep. 23: Kelli and Josué discuss how games can be a part of a much bigger story told through different media. Think of how Star Wars and Halo stories are told through books and movies in addition to games. Do stories in other formats make your play experience better and vice versa?

Notes:

• Transmedia Storytelling on Wikipedia – http://bit.ly/2oIaPHz
• The Battlefront II tie-in novel is Lucasfilm’s incredible creative strategy in action – http://bit.ly/2oIay7k

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Ep. 22: We discuss the mental state of flow in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with special guest Lauren Keller. Lots of love for BotW on this episode.

You can reach Laren on Twitter: @CHICKENDINOSAUR

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Ep. 21: On this episode we review our recent PAX East panel which was our take on Cards Against Humanity, using psychology and gaming concepts, played live in front of an audience. It was tons of fun and now you can play at home too! Here is the link to the exact game we used during our panel: http://bit.ly/2npkZxu

Notes:

• Wheelhouse Workshop PAX South 2016 panel – https://youtu.be/-NjVlNRmba8
• Cards Versus Psychology game – http://bit.ly/2npkZxu

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Ep. 20: Kelli and Josué try to objectively explain why gamers prefer one video game console over another by looking at their own reasons for being on their respective teams. We fail miserably, by the way. Kelli says she bleeds green, throwing all objectivity out the window. Where do you stand in the console war and why?

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