Podcast 44: Gamification and Video Games as Employment Tests
Why does gamification work, or not work? Can a game be used to screen job applicants?
Why does gamification work, or not work? Can a game be used to screen job applicants?
How games provide feedback …and how they’re lacking.
My guest and I talk about the application of Dungeons & Dragons to psychology –and vice versa.
Should game tutorials hold players’ hands or encourage them to fail?
A Product Manager from King discusses how he measures players’ affinities for different kinds of mobile games and what developers can do with that information.
My guest and I explore how video games teach and reinforce skills psychologists have found to be important for success in work and life.
What kinds of relationships do people form with their video game avatars, and why?
How game developers might use a bit of psychology to better structure moral choices.