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Psychology of Video Games Podcast

Psychology of Video Games Podcast

69 episodes

Examining how psychology explains why video games are made how they are and why gamers behave as we do.

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Episode 91 - Avatars

Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 10 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 90 - ADHD and Gaming

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 12:17 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 89 - In-Game Purchasess

Published: Dec. 4, 2023, 3:17 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 88 - Dungeons & Dragons & Skills

Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 22 seconds

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Podcast 87 - Immersion and Presence in Video Game Worlds

Published: Oct. 1, 2023, 1:41 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds

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Podcast 86 - The Psychology of Role-Playing

Published: Sept. 1, 2023, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 57 seconds

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Podcast 85 - The Psychology of Loot and the Diablo Series

Published: July 1, 2023, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 84 - Games and Moral Reasoning

Published: June 1, 2023, 5:50 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 83 - Grinding

Published: April 1, 2023, 4:38 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 27 seconds

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Podcast 82 - Therapy With Dungeons & Dragons

Published: March 1, 2023, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 81 - Digital Sales

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 5:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 38 seconds

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Podcast 80 - The State of eSports Research

Published: Jan. 2, 2023, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 48 seconds

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Podcast 79 - Video Game Nostalgia

Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 8:10 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds

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Podcast 78 - Critical Role, D&D, and Transformative Play

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 44 seconds

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Podcast 77 - The Psychology of Fandom

Published: Sept. 16, 2022, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 1 second

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Podcast 76 - VR Therapy

Published: Aug. 15, 2022, 4:32 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 39 seconds

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Podcast 74 - Cheating in Video Games

Published: July 15, 2022, 10:10 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 55 seconds

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Podcast 75 - Cheating in Video Games

Published: July 15, 2022, 10:10 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 55 seconds

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Podcast 74 - 1.5-Sided Parasocial Relationships

Published: June 16, 2022, 10:33 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 18 seconds

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Podcast 73 - Toxic Behavior

Published: May 16, 2022, 3:31 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 48 seconds

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Podcast 72 - Esports Medicine

Published: April 15, 2022, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 6 seconds

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Podcast 71 - Video Game Engagement

Published: March 15, 2022, 1:19 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 17 seconds

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Podcast 70 - Memes

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 32 seconds

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Podcast 69: Game Transfer Phenomenon

Published: July 1, 2021, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 1 second

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Podcast 68: Convention Fandom

Published: May 1, 2021, 3:31 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds

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Podcast 67: Esports Performance Consulting

Published: March 4, 2021, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 seconds

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Episode 66 - Procedural Rhetoric

Published: Jan. 10, 2021, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 65 - Psych of Final Fantasy

Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 64 - How Can Video Games Make Us Happy?

Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 63 - Loss Aversion

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 62 - The Psychology of Trolling

Published: Aug. 1, 2020, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 61: Twitch Donations

Published: July 1, 2020, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 60: Take This (dot org)

Published: June 1, 2020, 11:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 59: What is a Games Researcher?

Published: May 1, 2020, 3:17 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 1 second

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Episode 58 - The Economics of Online Games

Published: April 1, 2020, 1:11 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 57 - Mental Models in League of Legends

Published: March 1, 2020, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 56 - Game to Grow

Published: Feb. 2, 2020, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 28 seconds

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Podcast 55 - Psychology of Level Design

Published: Jan. 4, 2020, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 28 seconds

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Podcast 54 - Sexualization in Games

Published: Dec. 1, 2019, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds

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Podcast 53 - Online Relationships (Rebroadcast)

Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 11:26 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 16 seconds

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Podcast 52 - Being Indistractable

Published: Oct. 2, 2019, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 53 seconds

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Podcast 51: Lost in a Good Game

Published: Sept. 7, 2019, 2:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 23 seconds

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Podcast 50 - Moral Choices in Games vs. Other Media

Published: Aug. 3, 2019, 8:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 57 seconds

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Podcast 49: Empathy

Published: July 4, 2019, 3:31 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 41 seconds

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Podcast 48: Loot Boxes Part 2

Published: June 19, 2019, 12:21 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 22 seconds

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Podcast 47: Loot Boxes and Gambling

Published: May 8, 2019, 2:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 26 seconds

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Podcast 46: Collecting Virtual Items

Published: April 1, 2019, 11:43 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 42 seconds

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Podcast 45: Psychology of The Legend of Zelda

Published: March 4, 2019, 11:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 25 seconds

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Podcast 44: Gamification and Game Based Assessments

Published: Feb. 3, 2019, 9 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 6 seconds

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Podcast 43: Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology

Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 41 seconds

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Podcast 42: Mobile Game Affinity

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 55 seconds

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Podcast 41: How Video Games Prepare You For Success

Published: Nov. 1, 2018, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 43 seconds

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Podcast 40: Our Avatar Relationships

Published: Oct. 2, 2018, 9 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 41 seconds

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Podcast 39: Thirty Questions About the Psychology of Video Games

Published: Sept. 1, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 13 seconds

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Podcast 38: Mental Health Professionals and Video Games

Published: Aug. 6, 2018, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 25 seconds

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Podcast 37: Cognitive Psychology and User Experiences

Published: July 2, 2018, 2 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Podcast 36: Psychology, Escape Rooms, and VR

Published: May 2, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 46 seconds

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Podcast 35: Player Empathy and Drivers of Gameplay

Published: March 18, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 14 seconds

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Podcast 34: Games Design Education and Psychology 101

Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 28 seconds

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Podcast 33: Executive Skill Transference and Play Diets

Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 2:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 36 seconds

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Podcast 32: Twelve More Months of Psychology of Video Games

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 24 seconds

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Podcast 31: Harassment in Video Games

Published: Nov. 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 4 seconds

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Podcast 30: Gaming Addiction

Published: Sept. 14, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 8 seconds

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029 - Morality in Video Games

Published: July 17, 2017, 3 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 54 seconds

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028 - Avatar Identification and Video Games

Published: June 19, 2017, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 32 seconds

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027 - Collecting in Video Games

Published: May 16, 2017, 5 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 41 seconds

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026 - Moral Combat and the War on Video Game Violence

Published: April 19, 2017, 1 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 54 seconds

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025 - A Parent's Guide to Video Games

Published: March 17, 2017, 1:33 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 12 seconds

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024 - Electronic Gaming Therapy

Published: Feb. 15, 2017, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 seconds

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023 - Self Determination Theory and Video Games

Published: Jan. 16, 2017, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 30 seconds

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022 - Research on Addiction and Aggression

Published: Nov. 14, 2016, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 9 seconds

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021 - Achievements, Goals, and Motivation in Games

Published: Oct. 14, 2016, 1 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 43 seconds

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020 - Year 1 of Psych of Games Articles

Published: Sept. 16, 2016, 1:22 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 48 seconds

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019 - Habit Forming Games

Published: Aug. 15, 2016, 12:02 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 35 seconds

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018 - Biofeedback and Video Games

Published: July 17, 2016, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 6 seconds

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017 - Psychology and the Gamification of Learning

Published: June 20, 2016, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 34 seconds

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016 - Online Relationships and Friendships

Published: June 6, 2016, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 40 seconds

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015: Simulation Sickness and Virtual Reality Game Design

Published: May 15, 2016, 11:23 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 2 seconds

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014: Why Do YOU Play Games?

Published: April 15, 2016, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 50 seconds

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013 - Stress, Games, and Recovery

Published: March 14, 2016, 1:34 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 32 seconds

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012 - Video Game violence

Published: Feb. 15, 2016, 2:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 8 seconds

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011 - How do video games affect our physical and mental health?

Published: Jan. 18, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 59 seconds

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010 - Can Games Make You Smarter?

Published: Dec. 16, 2015, 1:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 seconds

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009 - How Games Differ From Other Media

Published: Nov. 16, 2015, 2:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 44 seconds

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008 - Envy and Microtransactions

Published: Oct. 12, 2015, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 7 seconds

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007 - Video Game Debates and Research

Published: Sept. 14, 2015, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 56 seconds

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006 - Psychology and UX

Published: Aug. 17, 2015, 1:04 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 21 seconds

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005 - Psychology and Game AI

Published: July 15, 2015, 5:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 seconds

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004 - Toxic Behavior in Video Games

Published: June 15, 2015, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 41 seconds

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003 - Psychological Flow

Published: May 18, 2015, 11:48 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 6 seconds

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002 - Big Data and Becoming a Video Game Psychologist

Published: April 14, 2015, 12:43 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 27 seconds

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001 - Video Game Frustration, Aggression, and Rage Quitting

Published: March 13, 2015, 2:50 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 41 seconds

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