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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIDEO GAMES


EXAMINING THE INTERSECTION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND VIDEO GAMES


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PODCAST 92 – GAMING NOSTALGIA

What is nostalgia, how does nostalgia for games differ from nostalgia for
different kinds of experiences, and what does it mean for our well-being?

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PODCAST 91 – AVATARS

What do research and theory say about how our avatars in video games and virtual
reality may shape our behaviors –and how they don’t?

Podcast


PODCAST 90 – ADHD AND GAMING

I talk with an expert on ADHD in children. We’ll talk about the challenges video
games present and some strategies for dealing with problems.

Podcast


PODCAST 89 – IN-GAME PURCHASES AND VIRTUAL CURRENCY

How do games use the psychology of in-game purchases and virtual currency to
affect your purchasing decisions?

Podcast


PODCAST 88 – DUNGEONS & DRAGONS & SKILLS

How can Dungeons & Dragons teach all of us skills and let us practice important
skills?




PODCAST 87 – HOW DO WE GET IMMERSED IN GAME WORLDS?

What makes us forget about the screen between us and a game world so that we
start to feel like we’re actually there?

October 1, 2023 in Podcast.


PODCAST 86 – THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ROLE-PLAYING

What’s the psychology behind role-playing in Dungeons & Dragons or video games?

September 1, 2023 in Podcast.


PODCAST 85 – THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LOOT AND THE DIABLO SERIES

What can the psychology of loot drops tell us about the evolution of the Diablo
series?

July 1, 2023 in Podcast.


PODCAST 84 – GAMES AND MORAL REASONING

Can playing a lot of games lead us to become better at explaining why a given
character or behavior is moral or immoral?

June 2, 2023 in Podcast.


PODCAST 83 – GAMING MOTIVATION AND GRINDING

Why are we motivated to keep playing games, sometimes even doing the same thing
over and over again?

April 4, 2023 in Podcast.


PODCAST 82 – THERAPY WITH DUNGEONS & DRAGONS

How some therapists are using games like Dungeons & Dragons for therapy and how
it’s different (and the same) from the game you play.

March 1, 2023 in Podcast.


PODCAST 81 – THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DIGITAL SALES

In this episode, I talk about some of the psychology behind sales, especially
digital sales that have no physical items or storefronts involved.

February 1, 2023 in Podcast.


PODCAST 80 – THE STATE OF ESPORTS RESEARCH

Could we develop a training regime for esports teams? My guest expert and I
discuss the state of research on esports psychology.

January 2, 2023 in Podcast.


USING SOCIAL PROOF TO BATTLE TOXIC BEHAVIOR

How can we use one classic finding in the persuasion literature to combat toxic
behavior in games?

December 4, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 79 – VIDEO GAME NOSTALGIA

I share a lecture I recently gave on the psychology behind video games and
nostalgia, that bittersweet remembrance of times past.

November 15, 2022 in Podcast.


USING VR GAMES AS PAIN MANAGEMENT

Why video games are a great solution for the difficult problem of pain
management.

November 2, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 78 – CRITICAL ROLE, D&D, AND TRANSFORMATIVE PLAY

What kinds of transformative experiences can watching Critical Role or actually
playing Dungeons & Dragons create?

October 17, 2022 in Podcast.


HOW TO GIVE YOUR DUNGEON MASTER FEEDBACK LIKE A PRO

How do you best give feedback to a Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master about how
to improve their game?

October 3, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 77 – THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FANDOM

Why are fans so ready to get in fights over their preferred game properties or
gaming consoles?

September 16, 2022 in Podcast.


USING GAMES TO DEVELOP EMPATHY

What if a video game could help nurses and doctors to be more empathetic with
their patients?

September 1, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 76 – VIRTUAL REALITY IN THERAPY

Could a commercial VR game you’re playing be used for therapy? What to know
about VR therapy.

August 15, 2022 in Podcast.


HOW TO DISGUISE LOUSY LUCK AS AN ABSOLUTE WIN

Ever played a tabletop role-playing game with “story dice”? Here’s some of the
simple psychology behind why they’re so much fun.

August 4, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 75 – CHEATING IN GAMES

What’s the psychology behind when and why people cheat and what can we apply
from that research to cheating in video games?

July 17, 2022 in Podcast.


WATCHING EYES AND LISTENING EARS IN VALORANT

Riot’s AI is listening to your voice chat. Will it curb toxic behavior?

July 1, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 74 – 1.5-SIDED PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

Twitch is changing how we think about parasocial relationships. Is it only
one-sided when there’s audience interaction?

June 17, 2022 in Podcast.


LEVEL DRAIN AND LOSS AVERSION IN D&D

How has one particular quirk of psychology shaped the design of Dungeons &
Dragons across editions?

June 1, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 73 – TOXIC BEHAVIOR IN GAMES

What’s some of the psychology behind players’ turning toxic once they’re online?

May 16, 2022 in Podcast.


MORALLY DISENGAGED MURDER HOBOS

How do Dungeons & Dragons players justify bad behavior? And how can a DM use the
same tricks to make really bad and really believable villains?

May 2, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 72: ESPORTS MEDICINE

My guest and I discuss how physicians can specialize in caring for the mental
and physical health of professional gamers.

April 15, 2022 in Podcast.


HOW SOME GAMES KEEP YOU PLAYING

How games like Guardians of the Galaxy and Gears of War try to keep you from
quitting when you end a level.

April 1, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 71: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIDEO GAME ENGAGEMENT

Why will people invest their whole time, vigor, and attention to some games and
not others?

March 15, 2022 in Podcast.


FLUENCY IN DRAGON

Why you shouldn’t always randomly generate names from a table for the dragons or
characters in your D&D game.

March 1, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 70: MEMES AND MEMETIC COMMUNICATION

Memes are a lot more sophisticated and complicated than you might assume. This
episode unpacks the idea of memes and how we use them.

February 15, 2022 in Podcast.


MAKING MONSTERS OF THE MULTIVERSE MORE COLLECTIBLE

How Wizards of the Coast could have leaned into the psychology of collecting to
sell more Monsters of the Multiverse

February 1, 2022 in Articles.


PSYCHOLOGY OF GAMES IN 2022

Here’s what’s coming to the site and podcast in 2022!

January 30, 2022 in Site Announcements.


NFTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY

Ubisoft is experimenting with using NFTs to make in-game items unique. But
they’re getting the psychology wrong.

January 11, 2022 in Articles.


PODCAST 69: GAME TRANSFER PHENOMENA

Ever seen or heard something from a video game while you weren’t playing? We
talk about these “game transfer phenomena” and their implications.

July 1, 2021 in Podcast.


PODCAST 68: FAN CONVENTIONS

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

May 3, 2021 in Podcast.


PODCAST 67: ESPORTS PERFORMANCE CONSULTING

How can psychologists help esports athletes improve, stay healthy, and thrive?

March 5, 2021 in Podcast.


PODCAST 66: PROCEDURAL RHETORIC IN GAMES

When games have a message, do players respond?

January 10, 2021 in Podcast.


PODCAST 65: PSYCHOLOGY AND FINAL FANTASY

I have a full house of guests this episode, talking about a new book about
psychology and Final Fantasy.

December 3, 2020 in Podcast.


PODCAST 64: HOW CAN GAMES MAKE US HAPPY?

What does the research say about how video games can help us be more positive
and happy?

November 1, 2020 in Podcast.


PODCAST 63: LOSS AVERSION AND GAME DESIGN

How game designers avoid –or deliberately use– the psychological phenomenon of
loss aversion

September 1, 2020 in Podcast.


MY NEW BOOK ON PSYCHOLOGY AND GAMES IS OUT!

My new book explains why your workplace should look more like a video game. And
it’s out now!

August 29, 2020 in Plugs.


PODCAST 62: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TROLLING

What does research say about why people troll in video games?

August 1, 2020 in Podcast.


PODCAST 61: TWITCH DONATIONS

Why do people donate to Twitch streamers? What kinds of relationships do
streamers and viewers have?

July 1, 2020 in Podcast.


PODCAST 60: TAKE THIS (DOT ORG)

My guest expert and I talk about supporting those who play and work in gaming
communities.

June 1, 2020 in Podcast.


DEEP ROCK HABITS VS. REWARDS

Are rewards the same as incentives in game design?

May 17, 2020 in Articles.


PODCAST 59: WHAT IS A GAMES RESEARCHER?

I and my guest expert, a psychology Ph.D. and researcher at Riot Games, talk
about using psychology to make better games.

May 1, 2020 in Podcast.


GOOD OLD SCARCE GAMES

How one online games marketplace is hoping to sell you more by offering less.

April 18, 2020 in Articles.


PODCAST 58: ECONOMICS AND ONLINE GAMES

How one guild leveraged a basic understanding of economics to dominate other MMO
players.

April 1, 2020 in Podcast.


PODCAST 57: MENTAL MODELS IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

How do the mental models of League of Legends experts differ from other players?
And what does it matter?

March 1, 2020 in Podcast.


VIDEO: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIDEO GAME ENGAGEMENT

A lecture I gave on what makes for an engaging game.

February 16, 2020 in Videos.


PODCAST 56: RPG THERAPY

How one non-profit is using RPGs to teach skills, help people, and enhance
therapy.

February 2, 2020 in Podcast.


THE PERILS OF IN-GAME CURRENCY

The psychology behind how we spend in-game currency.

January 16, 2020 in Articles.


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