Jamie Madigan
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard Feb 2025
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All right. So, you know, we all grew up playing video games. I consider myself a very good problem solver. I know Ryan is too. He's awesome at just kind of analyzing something. What's wrong? How do I fix it? That kind of thing. And I actually attribute a lot of that to the fact that I grew up playing video games. Games are always presenting you with some sort of challenge.
They're presenting you with a problem that you have to overcome, whether it's a boss fight or a level or any number of things there. But, you know, and I think we see that, you know, in an age where kids grow up playing Minecraft nowadays, that was the first game that like my kids actually played. Because as again, as a parent, I kind of went, there's value to this game.
Like they have to learn how to think they have to solve these problems. And, you know, I do feel like there is a good tangible benefit here. And, you know, it's one of those things that makes me curious, right? Because Back in my day, as the old man, there was the big thinking, well, video games are going to rot your brain. And that was a common saying.
And I had friends who weren't allowed to play video games because that's exactly what their parents thought, is, oh, those will rot your brain. And I know that this is something that you have looked into specifically because I know you actually kind of broached this subject in your book. So like the question is, do video games make us smarter?
Do they help with problem solving or is there maybe a little bit of that? Yeah, they can rot your brain.
I grew up playing Zork. I mean, honestly, I attribute playing these text based games to helping me learn how to read.
Yeah. Yeah, it's interesting that you mentioned that because it's one of those things where, again, just kind of a real world example is, you know, I'm getting older. My reflexes aren't what they used to be. You know, my ability to, you know, play a fast paced first person shooter and have really good aim is not what it was 10 years ago. but I kind of, I call it like battlefield awareness.
Like I can kind of see when that person off in the distance is low on health and this guy's running off behind this pillar to try to regenerate health. And it's like, I'm better at that now than I am at like the clicking heads really, really fast and quickly and things like that. And so I think there, there definitely is that like, Almost like you said, like training or reinforcement.
Right. So you hear that, Ryan? We're getting better at game sense as we go. I love it. Oh, man, this is awesome. So listen, we're running out of time here, Jamie. But as we wrap things up, I we always love this too. Is there a game that is coming up that is just got you super hyped is at the top of your your meter is like, I can't wait to play this game.
Is there anything in the on the horizon for you there?
weapons classes i know yeah i play a warrior in path of exile too i'm level 80 ish somewhere around there i'm pretty much at the end game for that and it's like but there's no axes there's no swords yet like there's there's all this stuff and so i'm i'm very excited for the future of that game as well uh alas ryan will never know maybe one day it's it's early access still what do you mean i got plenty of time
It'll be free to play too when it comes out. It is free to play. I know. So awesome. Jamie, thank you so much. Again, I just want to remind people about your books, Getting Gamers, The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People Who Play Them. That sounds fascinating to me. I actually really want to check that one out.
The Engagement Game, Why Your Workplace Should Look More Like a Video Game. So any business people out there that run a business, you should absolutely check that one out. And then your newest one, The Psychology of Dungeons and Dragons. Again, I know we have a lot of fans of Dungeons and Dragons, myself included. So I think that is a fascinating read as well.
And then also your podcast, which is The Psychology of Games podcast as well. Jamie, what's the best place if people want to pick up these books? What's the best place to point them towards? I'm going to put a link in the episode description to make life easy for them. But is there a best place for them to check these out or to purchase these?
Oh, awesome.
Awesome. Well, thank you so much, Jamie. Again, a link is going to be to your website in the episode description.
Yeah, there you go.
This, this was an absolute blast, Jamie. Thank you so much for coming on the show with us. I mean, what a cool insight into just some aspects that I don't think gamers really, you know, like think about, I think we kind of feel some of these things, you know, as, as gamers, but it's really been really neat to kind of get an inside look on that.
So we absolutely appreciate you lending your expertise. Um, And just coming to hanging out with us, man. We're going to have to get you in that Marvel Rivals night because that would be awesome. So we'll definitely touch base on that as well. So that is it for this episode. Thank you for tuning in. Remember to follow the podcast in your podcast app. Click the follow button. Click the plus button.
Don't forget to rate us five stars and leave a review if you enjoyed this as well. Make sure you go check out Jamie's website. That's it for this one. Until next time, happy gaming.
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