What happens when an entire generation of gamers enter the workforce, academia, and government? The world is undergoing an experiment. The implications are growing steadily and invisibly. +7 Intelligence is here to shed light on how the virtual and real worlds collide.
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+7 Intelligence Discord ServerJoin an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Come chat and play games with me and your fellow listeners +++++++ About +7 Intelligence +7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people. Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoun…
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Teaching with Dungeons & Dragons
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Sarah Roman and Kade Wells revolutionized their classrooms using Dungeons & Dragons. Now they are helping teachers around the world do the same. Part of the Games + Education series Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Come chat and play games wit…
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Teacher, educator, and researcher Paul Darvasi returns to the show to talk about using Grand Theft Auto, The Path, and Dungeons & Dragons to educate about social issues and so much more Part of the Games + Education series Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the worl…
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Renowned game design professor Scott Nicholson talks about his designs for educational escape rooms and more Part 2 of a 2 part discussion with Professor Scott Nicholson Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Come chat and play games with me and you…
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Renowned game design professor Scott Nicholson douses us with the wisdom he runs his game design program with Educational escape rooms How games are so effective as an information delivery system Part 1 of a 2 part discussion with Professor Scott Nicholson Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games t…
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This episode starts a 7 episode series on Games + Education Renowned thinker on how education through problem-solving, James Paul Gee, joins us to discuss his discoveries. Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Come chat and play games with me and y…
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Hey everyone! Ches lost his voice. But some awesome human listeners stepped up last minute to help announce the games and education series, with their perspectives on what games have taught them. The Games + Education features 7 episodes with guests with insight into all the ways that games are shaking up how we approach education. It starts March …
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Jakub Vambersky of Madfinger Games talks about the partnership between their game Shadogun: Legends and the charity War Child for their 2018 Armistice event. This is episode 7 of the Games + Social Change series Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us…
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Dan Machado of Smart Iguana Games returns to talk about what he learned from his first board game crowfunding campaign - and his new project, the board game DOCE! Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Come chat and play games with me and your fello…
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Tune in Nov 21th at 4:37pm for a live recording of an interview for +7 Intelligence! Live on Twitch.tv/plus7intelligence Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Come chat and play games with me and your fellow listeners +++++++ About +7 Intelligence …
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Tune in Nov 18th (that's the day this episode is published!) at 6:07pm for a live recording of an interview for +7 Intelligence! Live on Twitch.tv/plus7intelligence Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Come chat and play games with me and your fel…
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The director of an upcoming documentary on how video games can help alleviate mental health issues, Emily Crawford, shares her experiences with games, mental health, and filmmaking Support the documentary on IndieGoGo Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world aro…
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Carrie Ray-Hill reveals how they revolutionized education through iCivics How a former Supreme Court Justice decided to change the world through video games How games can be effectively incorporated into education Links +7 Intelligence Discord Server Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around …
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- Dr.Rachel Lawes talks about how her expertise in consumer psychology and her love of gaming overlap - We discuss how gamers often want their virtual worlds to resemble the real world in unexpected ways Links - +7 Intelligence Discord Server - Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world around us. Co…
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- Pawel Miechowski of 11bit Studios comes on to talk about their impactful games This War of Mine and Frostpunk - He explains how gameplay is the language of games, and how to use it to cover challenging subjects - Their strategy for asking moral questions of players - How they made This War of Mine as close to reality as possible Links - +7 Intell…
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- Asi Burak, legendary creator of Peacemaker and the Chairman of Games for Change speaks about the huge potential of games to change the world - He explains how we wants his book Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World (LINK) to change how people see video games - How games have been used to change people's hearts and minds about subway safe…
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- Dr. James Pita shares how we creates games for security applications - How passion for games led to a career in emerging technology - How to turn even the most important and complex problems into a game you can win - James' solution have been used to secure airports, trade ports, and wildlife preservation. - This is Part 2 of our series on Games …
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The series on Games + Social Change rides back in on Sept 3rd! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi +7 Intelligence | Ches Hall | Gaming Enthusiast
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- Dr. Steve Kuniak, mental health professional and founder of Experience Points - Dr. Kuniak shares his experience as a person looking to games to get through hard times, as well as a professional, helping other gamers - Problem-focused coping - what it means that gamers favor this approach to handling their challenges - Gamer motivation profile, B…
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- A board game that lets you be a corrupt politician - manipulating elections to get yourself elected again and again and again - Joshua Lafair, one of the creators of Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game, speaks about creating a game based on a particular method of voting manipulation - How to turn a serious topic that doesn't get enough attention in…
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- Therapeutic tabletop role-playing games - what they look like, how they work, and who they help - with Adam Johns and Adam Davis, Founders of the non-profit Game to Grow - How Game to Grow uses the unique story building of tabletop RPGs to address the needs of the players in therapeutic game sessions - Some examples of the adventures that help pe…
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- Dr. Rafael Boccamazzo, Clinical Director of Take This! talks about his work at the nonprofit promoting mental health in the gaming community - The personal roots of Dr. B in psychology and in gaming - How Take This! helps prevent anxiety and overload for gaming convention participants - How and why Dr. B is teaching therapists how to play Dungeon…
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Josué Cardona and I continue our discuss with the fallout of recognizing gaming disorder as a mental health condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi +7 Intelligence | Ches Hall | Gaming Enthusiast
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- Licensed mental health counselor Josué Cardona returns to share his expertise on the classification of "gaming disorder" as a mental health condition by the World Health Organization - We dive into what exactly this classification means, and do our best to understand what a diagnosis of the disorder looks like Links - +7 Intelligence Discord Serv…
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- Cam Adair, founder of Game Quitters on video game addiction - His personal struggle, turning to games for help, and realizing how he could improve his life without them - The American Psychiatric Association (APA) criteria for Internet Gaming Disorder in the "Conditions for Further Study" Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5th Edition (DSM5): LINK - ^…
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- Game designer/clinical psychologist Kelli Dunlap discusses the overlap of game design and psychology - What she learned from her dissertation on gaming habits + psychology - How games are being studied differently than in the past - Ellie Beagle: Therapy Dog - the game about a psychologist dog based on an Ace Attorney style - Why we turn into Sni…
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- Episode 1 of a new season and a 7 episode arc on Games + Mental Health - Dr. Jennifer Hazel is a psychiatric doctor and the founder of Checkpoint Organization - Checkpoint is a nonprofit that raises awareness and gives resources about mental health in the gaming community - Normalizing the language around mental health - The results of the latest…
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Just a little trailer for Season 2!+++++++About +7 Intelligence+7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people.Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence the…
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A brief announcement about the launch date of Season 2 of +7 Intelligence!+++++++About +7 Intelligence+7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people.Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss …
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- Dan Machado talks about the unique dexterity board game Gravity Warfare and it's unconventional origins - How a family spread throughout the globe works together to make the game a reality - Gravity Warfare started as a dream (literally), but we discuss the reality of what it takes to bring a board game to life Links - Gravity Warfare website - G…
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- Calls for video game legislation and NRA boycotts have me thinking - A thorny side of the issue that isn’t often discussed - Show announcements - including a new website! Links - 2013 Article on the licensing deals between video game companies and weapon manufacturers: Shooters: How Video Games Fund Arms Manufacturers - 2018 Guardian article: Vid…
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A puntastic Status Update First, a quick comment about progress on +7. A recommendation for a great podcast about video games to hold you over until +7 returns: Forbes Overworld Then: the trailer for Season 2 of the Podgolmerate show about immigration: Status Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Moral Combat + Violence in Video Games + 020
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- Many of the stories we hear about the video games influencing acts of mass violence are exaggerated or incorrect - The flaws of the research pointing to violent content as a cause of actual violence - How video games and other media can incidentally lower violence - Guests Dr. Patrick Markey and Dr. Christopher Ferguson discuss their book and res…
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- Robin Bates of Coaching for Geeks introduces us to the ways that games can be used for self-development - Robin recites the most epic Playstation ad of all time - Why and how roleplaying games reinforce soft skills like confidence, teamwork, and communication to bridge the gap between knowledge and real world implementation Links - Coaching for G…
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- Robbie Farlow of Side Quest Fitness chats about his video game-inspired coaching methods - How boss battles help get motivated to exercise Links - Side Quest Fitness - @sidequestfm - LOOT +++++++ About +7 Intelligence +7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people. Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundl…
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- Jordan Erica Webber and Dan Griliopoulos discuss their book Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us: (about life, philosophy and everything) - We discuss a variety of ways that video games approach philosophical concepts, such as ethics, the philosophy of mind, and more - Some games mentioned in this episode: - Bioshock - System Shock - SOMA - To the…
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- Tony Chan talks with +7 about developing his first game and about his game dev industry podcast - How he bounced back from initial disappointment to fulfill his dream of creating a game - How Final Fantasy 7 helped him learn to read when other teaching strategies had failed Links - Game Dev Loadout Podcast - Game Dev Loadout on Twitter: @gamedevl…
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- This week I am talking with Matt Forbeck - We talk about his journey finding and sharing healthy lifestyle methods - and how games fit into it all. Links - The Force Within Website - The Force Within on Twitter: @forcewithintv - The Force Within Youtube channel - This week's episode is brought to you by Sudio Sweden. Click this link to check out …
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This week I am talking with Mike Sweetman, the founder of The Force Within We talk about his journey finding and sharing healthy lifestyle methods - and how games fit into it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi +7 Intelligence | Ches Hall | Gaming Enthusiast
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Games for Research + Betty Adamou + 013
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This week I am talking with Betty Adamou about her firm Research Through Gaming. What she does is a mix of psychology, game design, technology, and business that all combines and works together to solve modern problems. We also talk about the 3 Pillars of science that she builds her games upon. Research Through Gaming: http://www.researchthroughgam…
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No new episode this week. Hurricane Irma has required my full attention this week. Just a brief check-in. Check out the LOOT page! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi +7 Intelligence | Ches Hall | Gaming Enthusiast
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I speak with Jupiter Hadley about the phenomenon of game jams and the world of indie games Game Jams How to get involved in making games Awesome places to find indie games, like itch.io How she has played more indie video games than anyone – but the Guinness World Book of Records won’t give her credit for it How indie games can explore topics that …
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I speak with Kim Hansen and Kelly Wright, former game designers who have created a tech startup known as Gretta How games are slightly more fun than computational linguistics Their experience working on the Mass Effect series Working on educational games Why Myst is not the best model for a kids game Working on UX for Eon Altar – which fuses tablet…
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I speak with Shanna Zwart, also known as the Twitch Streamer Shannanina We talk about her video game and music streaming career Shanna’s history with video games The personal connection that Shanna has about games and how they helped her through a difficult period of her life How playing games online can either improve or hurt your friendships Shan…
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I speak with Leslie – one of the current operators of Habitica – the app that turns your life into a game We talk about how Habitica has been helping people with everything from flossing to getting through med school How we wish that we would spend as much time on ourselves as we do on our avatar How games hold the key to so many productivity effor…
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Tyler Renelle is the creator and co-founder of Habitica, an app that turns your everyday tasks and habits into a video gameWe talk about the road from an idea to the successful Kickstarter of HabiticaHabitica is very complex, but uses strategies form games to ease users into creating new habitsMany people claimed to hold the secret to effective hab…
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+7 Talks with Travis Eriksen of the Gamer-founded charity, Child’s PlayWe talk about how Child’s Play was founded by gamers of Penny Arcade wanting to counter negative press with positive actionHow the most uninteresting game of all time is used to raise moneyChild’s Play donates games because the positive effects on mood, morale, confidence, and e…
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Dr. Jamie Madigan spreads awareness of what psychology can tell us about video games.How psychology plays a role in designing video games.How a study about memory explains the “one . . . more . . . turn . . . ” phenomenonHow the psychology of arousal might explain why you play games through the night. Links The Psychology of Video Games WebsiteDr. …
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Zhenghua Yang tells how video games helped him through a truly frightening part of his life – and now he creates them to bring meaning to people.Z talks about his first video game created at the age of 10, and now, his studio: Serenity Forge.5 areas where video games are transforming the future.The diverse ways that video games can bring meaning Li…
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In this BONUS episode, a gamer gets help from the community to deal with an unexpected phobia.Links The Reddit post that inspired this episodeThe Games Without Butterflies spreadsheet+++++++ Share this Episode: 1-click Twitter 1-click Facebook Share 1-click Google+ Share Link to this episode +++++++ About +7 Intelligence +7 Intelligence is the podc…
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