The Mind of a Gamer - Gaming Podcast
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What types of gamers are there?
Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. You know, gamers come in all different types and have vastly different reasons for the games they play and why they love them. From the hardcore competitive gamers that love a challenge to the chill, relaxed gamers that want nothing more than to tend their farms. The psychology of gaming is a fascinating and oftenly debated subject, and that's what we're diving into on today's episode. But first, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh, and joining me, he still refuses to try Path of Exile 2, and if a game involves dodge rolling, he's instantly skeptical. Maybe today we'll find out why he's so weird.
It's Ryan. Listen, listen, we figured out last time with the sushi roll with the crab's treasure and stuff. No, we're not going there, Ryan. Yeah, just rolls aren't for me, man. That's all it is. Oh, man. Oh, man. And yet I know you love sushis. Yeah. Yeah. I know. Right.
Who is Jamie Madigan and what are his contributions to gaming psychology?
And joining us, he's got an actual PhD in psychology, has been a lifelong gamer. He's one of us and has made analyzing gamers, both his career and passion. It's the one, the only Jamie Madigan.
Hey, guys.
All right.
Thanks for having me on.
Oh, man. We are so pumped to have you, Jamie. Thank you so much for being here with us. Absolutely. Yeah. So just to give our listeners an introduction to you, Jamie, you do have a PhD in psychology. And not only that, but you have written several books about On this, one of them is getting gamers the psychology of video games and their impact on the people who play them. And then you had the engagement game, which is why your workplace should look more like a video game.
Love that. I'm going to second that one right there.
Yeah, that's a good read. And then most recently, the psychology of Dungeons and Dragons. I am a huge D&D fan, as are many of our listeners. Amazing, yes. And not only that, but you also have a podcast that is the psychology of video games.
Yeah. Psychology games. I cover both video games and tabletop role-playing games like D and D. You're a busy man.
Yeah.
It's fun. Time flies though.
Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Yeah.
I've been doing this since about 2009. I think it was when the first blog post went up. So I've been at it a while.
That's a long time. It takes a certain dedication, a touch of crazy, and a lot of passion to do that for this long. We've been doing this for, I think we're getting close to five years now. Yeah? Yeah. And it's been a blast, but there's definitely some work involved there as well.
And I want to say that shows the longevity too by I don't know how many people today use the term blog anymore, which I grew up with. I know Josh knows and a lot of people used it from the old days. But yeah, people don't really blog anymore or vlog.
I did always call them articles on my portfolio website.
There you go. It's a blog. Yeah, exactly. You got to make it official sounding. Is Blogspot even around anymore? Probably. Somebody probably gobbled them up. Yeah. I used to have a bunch of friends that were like, hey, I have a blog. Check it out, everybody. And then everybody would follow each other's blogs on Blogspot.
So the first blog that I ever ran, I actually hand coded in HTML.
Wow.
It was before the blogging platforms were even a thing.
That's before they made it easy for everybody. Exactly.
I go in there and manually update it by editing things and text edit.
We have a website that's easy to update, and we don't remember to update that. Well, listen, Jamie, it's awesome to have you with us. We're really excited to pick your brain about some of the topics on gamers and gamer behavior. We're really just trying to figure out how Ryan's brain works, honestly. But let's touch on the really important stuff first, and that's that you are a gamer at heart. Have you always been a gamer?
Yeah, no, I'm kind of aging myself here a little bit, but I was of the generation that grew up in the arcade.
Oh, here we go. Here we go. Now we're going to have to hear 30 minutes of Street Fighter from Josh. Oh, yeah.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What types of gamers are there?
0:11–1:12
2
Who is Jamie Madigan and what are his contributions to gaming psychology?
1:12–5:48
3
What are Jamie's favorite games and why?
5:48–28:30
4
What is Gamer ADD and how does it affect gaming habits?
28:30–30:40
5
How do game mechanics influence player engagement?
30:40–31:09
6
What psychological insights can we gain from gaming experiences?
31:09–43:52
7
How does nostalgia impact our gaming preferences?
43:52–57:36
Speakers
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