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Podcast 30: Gaming Addiction

Is it possible to be addicted to video games? How well are scientists doing at finding out?

September 16, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 29: Morality and Moral Choices in Video Games

How morality and moral choices affect game design and how we play.

July 17, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 28: How We See Our In-Game Avatars

How avatars can affect our attitudes towards games –and life outside of games.

June 20, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 27: Collecting Things in Video Games

Why do people collect things in video games, and how can game designers make it more enjoyable and worthwhile?

May 16, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 26: Moral Combat on Violent Video Games

I interview the authors of the new book Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong.

April 19, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 25: A Parent’s Guide to The Psychology of Video Games

I talk to the author of the new book, A Parent’s Guide to Video Games about psychology, kids, video games, and what we really know (and don’t know).

March 18, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 24: Using Video Games for Therapy

In this episode I talk about how some psychologists are using video games as a therapy tool.

February 15, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 23: Self Determination Theory and Why We Play Games

This episode’s guest helps us understand what motivates us to play games, and even specific games in particular.

January 17, 2017 in Podcast.

Podcast 22: Research on Games, Aggression, and Addiction

Pitfalls, limitations, and caveats around research on video game aggression and addiction.

November 14, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 21: Achievements and Motivation

Do achievements, badges, and other sources of external motivation always work as game designers expect, or can they undermine motivation to play?

October 14, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 20: 12 Months of Psychology of Games Posts

Enjoy the audio versions of 12 Psychology of Games articles all assembled together for your listening pleasure.

September 19, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 19: Habit Forming Games

What’s the formula for habit-forming mobile games like Pokemon Go? How do you break these habits if you don’t want them?

August 15, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 18: Biofeedback and Video Game Design

How can biofeedback and psychophysiology –the physiological bases of mental processes– be used to design better video games?

July 18, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 17: Gaming Psychology and Learning

What is it about video games that make them such effective tools for learning and teaching people new material?

June 20, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 16: The Qualities of Online Relationships

In this episode we discuss friendships and other relationships formed in online games. Can they substitute for offline relationships? Are they better or worse in some ways?

June 6, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 15: Simulation Sickness and Virtual Reality

I talk with Ben Lewis Evans, a psychologist and UX researcher at Epic Games, about simulation sickness in VR and how developers work around it.

May 16, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 14: Why People Play Games

Nick Yee from Quantic Foundry talks about their research on what motivates different kinds of people to play different kinds of games.

April 18, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 13: Stress, Games, and Recovery

This episode I talk to Dr. Emily Collins about how video games can be used to recover from a stressful day.

March 14, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 12: Video Game Violence

In this episode I talk to Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson about research on the effects of video game violence.

February 16, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 11: Video Games and Our Health

How do video games affect our health –both physical and mental– for better or worse?

January 19, 2016 in Podcast.

Podcast 10: Can Video Games Make You Smarter?

I talk to Dr. C. Shawn Green from the University of Wisconsin-Madison about whether brain training programs work and if regular old action games can make you smarter –and what that really means.

December 16, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 9: How Do Games Differ From Other Media?

I talk to Dr. Nick Bowman from West Virginia University about how video games differ from other media in terms of the demands they place on players and thus how our approaches to studying them should differ. It turns out that video games ARE special and something new.

November 16, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 8: Envy and Microtransactions

How can envy can drive us to make in-game purchases and microtransactions? But also, what do we think of others who just buy things we chose to grind out? Let’s see what the research suggests.

October 12, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 7: The State of Video Game Debates

What’s the popular topics and state of academic research on psychology and video games? And how can academics package that information for the media and everyone else?

September 14, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 6: Using Psychology to Craft User Experiences

If the users of games are humans, then a little psychology should help a lot in user research, right? Celia Hodent from Epic Games explains why in this episode.

August 17, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 5: Building Better AI Through Psychology

How can a little psychology make NPCs and other artificial intelligence agents in games seem more like real humans?

July 16, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 4: Toxic Behavior

I talk to Dr. Jeffrey Lin about using psychology to curb toxic behavior in online games.

June 15, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 3: Psychological Flow

I talk to Dr. Linda Kaye about psychological flow in video games, including the new topic of group flow in multiplayer gaming.

May 18, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 2: Big Data and Becoming a Video Game Psychologist

We talk to Dr. Nick Yee about game companies’ use of big data and how he became a video game psychologist.

April 14, 2015 in Podcast.

Podcast 1: Rage Quitting, Frustration and Aggression

I talk to Dr. Andrew Przybylski from Oxford about video game aggression, frustration, rage quitting, and motivation.

March 13, 2015 in Podcast.

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