Podcast Episode – Page 5 – +7 Intelligence

Bonus Level! + Gaming with a Phobia + 004

July 20, 2017 ChesLLYG 00:15:23 Comments Off

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In this BONUS episode, a gamer gets help from the community to deal with an unexpected phobia.

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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 designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence their life and work.

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Video Games for Therapy + Josué Cardona + 003

July 17, 2017 ChesLLYG 00:58:29 Comments Off

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How video games can be used in mental health counseling
Josué Cardona is a mental health counselor who founded Geek Therapy – a site and podcast network devoted to exploring how geek culture can be used in therapy
Josué talks about how his initial attempt to use video games in therapy had some setbacks
Josué plays games with his clients in order to connect with them
Josué helps his clients create games using Twine in order to break down and navigate difficult situations
Josué talks about how he prescribes video games
We talk about how what we learn from video games is transferrable to real life
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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Geek Therapy (LINK)
Headshots Podcast (LINK)
Twine (LINK)
SuperBetter (LINK)

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Games for World Peace + Paul Darvasi + 002

July 17, 2017 ChesLLYG 00:40:57 Comments Off

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My guest today flips common stereotypes about games on their head.
Paul Darvasi investigates how video games can foster world peace.
What video games can do that no other medium can
How video games can promote peace education
How video games can be used for conflict resolution
How to turn your classroom into a video game
How video games can be used in a classroom to teach history
How video games can serve as inspiration for immersive experience games to teach literature in a totally different way
How video games have influenced Paul’s life

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Ludic Learning (LINK)
Paul’s working paper about video games for UNESCO (LINK)

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Hush (LINK)
1979: Revolution Black Friday (LINK)
Depression Quest (LINK)
Rome II : Total War (LINK)

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Video Game Archaeology without Lara Croft? + Andrew Reinhard + 001

July 17, 2017 ChesLLYG 00:38:55 Comments Off

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Andrew Reinhard is a videogame archaeologist
Somehow that is a real thing.
We talk about his site Archaeogaming
He talks about the infamous E.T. Atari cartridge excavation – the first video game excavation in history
The No Man’s Sky Archaeological Survey (NMSAS)
We talk about the Prime Directive and the ethics of investigating video games as archaeology

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