Headshots: The Psychology and Gaming Podcast

Ep. 19: This episode is an interview with Asi Burak, CEO of Power Play, the Chairman of the organization Games for Change (G4C), and co-author of Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World.

Notes:

• PAX East panel information – http://east.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/cards-vs-psychology.
• Asi Burak – http://asiburak.com/
• Power Play (Amazon Link) – http://a.co/5gKIqeU

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Ep. 18: There is a genre of games that is all about the love! Kelli and Josué explore the fascinating world of affection games. Get ready for lots of talk of kissing and flirt lasers.

Notes:

• Affection games | DiGRA – http://bit.ly/2knFOey

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Ep. 17: Kelli and Josué discuss games that have taken on political significance in different ways. Sometimes a character becomes a symbol or a game takes on a new meaning because of current events. We think this is more common in other mediums so we explore how it can happen in games. Can you think of any games that have become politically significant?

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Notes:

• Geek Therapy Community group – http://bit.ly/2jwHRv8
• Overwatch’s gamer girl hero inspires a feminist movement – http://bit.ly/2keS9yr
• Girls Believe Men Are Smarter as Early as 6 Years Old: Study – http://for.tn/2keTXHN
• Papers, Please – http://papersplea.se/

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Ep. 16: What is a self-care game? Is there a Self-Care Game genre? Kelli and Josué discuss self-care in-depth, how games can (and cannot) be used for self-care, and why more self-care games sounds like a good idea.

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Notes:

• Waypoint Radio – http://bit.ly/2iG3HrQ
• Superbetter by Jane McGonigal – https://www.superbetter.com
• Self-Care Jam – http://bit.ly/2iG3zZx

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Ep. 15: Like Return of the Jedi, the third installment of our PsychTech Superbetter Fan Club Book Club is the best yet! We cover chapters 9 – 12, rant passionately about feedback loops, discuss the importance of allies, explore the power of identity, and share some of the ways they’ve been getting Superbetter.

*This episode was originally published on 10/14/15 as part of PsychTech. Please forgive any audio issues. We’ve gotten much better!

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Notes:

• Superbetter by Jane McGonigal – https://www.superbetter.com

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Ep. 14: The Superbetter love continues! We cover chapters 5-8 of Jane McGonigal’s Superbetter and dive deep into the first four rules of how to be gameful: 1) Challenge yourself, 2) collect and activate power-ups, 3) find and battle the bad guys, 4) seek out and complete quests.

*This episode was originally published on 10/7/15 as part of PsychTech. Please forgive any audio issues. We’ve gotten much better!

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Follow us on Twitter: @HeadshotsCast @KelliNDunlap @JosueACardona

Notes:

• Superbetter by Jane McGonigal – https://www.superbetter.com
• Four Hour Body by Tim Ferriss – http://fourhourbody.com/
• Teaching Ourselves to Be Heroes panel at New York Comic Con 2015 – http://nycc15.mapyourshow.com/6_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=229

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