Plus 7 Intelligence | How Games Impac...
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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Game Design + Mental Health
- 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:...
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Dark Souls is Good for your Mental Health?!
- 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 healt...
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Season 2 Trailer
Just a little trailer for Season 2!
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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 des...
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Season 2 Launches June 11th
A brief announcement about the launch date of Season 2 of +7 Intelligence!
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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...
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Gravity Warfare + Dan Machado + 021
- 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...
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Video Game Violence Reprise
- 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 compan...
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Status Update January 29, 2018
A puntastic Status UpdateFirst, 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 immigrati...
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Moral Combat + Violence in Video Games + 020
- 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 c...
64 min
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Coaching for Geeks + Robin Bates + 019
- 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, a...
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Side Quest Fitness + Robbie Farlow + 018
- 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 +++++++ ...
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Video Games and Philosophy + Jordan Erica Webbe...
- 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...
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Game Dev Loadout + Tony Chan + 016
- 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 tea...
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Shotguns & Sorcery + Matt Forbeck + 015
- 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 Wi...
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Mindfulness, Wellness, and Games + The Force Wi...
This week I am talking with Mike Sweetman, the founder of The Force WithinWe talk about his journey finding and sharing healthy lifestyle methods - and how games fit into it all.
43 min
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Games for Research + Betty Adamou + 013
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...
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Hurricane Week Check-in (Irma)
No new episode this week.Hurricane Irma has required my full attention this week.Just a brief check-in.Check out the LOOT page!
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Indie Games and Game Jams + Jupiter Hadley + 012
I speak with Jupiter Hadley about the phenomenon of game jams and the world of indie gamesGame JamsHow to get involved in making gamesAwesome places to find indie games, like itch.ioHow she has played...
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From Mass Effect to Dragon’s Den + Gretta + Kim...
I speak with Kim Hansen and Kelly Wright, former game designers who have created a tech startup known as GrettaHow games are slightly more fun than computational linguisticsTheir experience working on the Mass Effect...
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The Journey of a Twitch Streamer + Shanna Zwart...
I speak with Shanna Zwart, also known as the Twitch Streamer ShannaninaWe talk about her video game and music streaming careerShanna’s history with video gamesThe personal connection that Shanna has about games...
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Bonus Level! + Turn Life into a Game Part 2 + H...
I speak with Leslie – one of the current operators of Habitica – the app that turns your life into a gameWe talk about how Habitica has been helping people with everything from flossing to getting through med schoolHow we...
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Turn Life into a Game + Habitica + Tyler Renell...
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...
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Games for Charity + Child’s Play + Travis Eriks...
+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...
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The Psychology of Games + Dr. Jamie Madigan + 006
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 . . . ”...
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Designing Meaningful Games + Serenity Forge + ...
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...
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Bonus Level! + Gaming with a Phobia + 004
In this BONUS episode, a gamer gets help from the community to deal with an unexpected phobia.Links
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