+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 profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games inf...
May 06, 2019•5 min
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 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 Teaching with DnD (LINK) Critical Core therapeutic tabletop RPG Kickstarter +7 episode with the founders of Game to ...
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 22
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 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 Ludic Learning (LINK) @pauldarvasi on Twitter Paul's first appearance on th...
Mar 25, 2019•54 min•Season 2Ep. 22
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 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 Critical Core therapeutic tabletop RPG Kickstarter Brantford Games Network Lab Scott Nicholson's website Twitter: @snicholson Board ...
Mar 20, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 20
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 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 Brantford Games Network Lab Scott Nicholson's...
Mar 11, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 19
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 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 James Paul Gee's website +7 Intelligence episode about iCivics: Games that bring power to the people+++++++ About +7 Intelligence ...
Mar 04, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 18
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 4th - don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 11, 2019•4 min
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 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 Armistice event War Child charity Shadowgun: Legends Madfinger Games +++++++ About +7 Inte...
Jan 08, 2019•38 min•Season 2Ep. 17
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 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 DOCE IndieGoGo Smart Iguana Games website+++++++ About +7 Intelligence +7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people. Each e...
Dec 24, 2018•34 min•Season 2Ep. 16
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 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 profoundly influence the real ...
Nov 21, 2018•1 min
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 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...
Nov 18, 2018•1 min
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 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 Mr. KoyaUse the code PLUS7 at checkout to get 20% off an order of 2+ shirts and get ...
Oct 15, 2018•58 min•Season 2Ep. 15
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 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 Mack WeldonUse promo code at checkout for 20% off your first order History of FunPodcast...
Oct 08, 2018•51 min•Season 2Ep. 14
- 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. Come chat and play games with me and your fellow listeners - Mack Weldon - Use promo code at checkout for 20% off your first order - Quality Control - P...
Sep 24, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 13
- 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 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 game...
Sep 17, 2018•32 min•Season 2Ep. 12
- 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 safety, have allowed old enemies to empathize, and will be diagnosed by doctors - His current organization, Power Play, and what they do to bring the powe...
Sep 10, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 11
- 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 + Social Change Links - +7 Intelligence Discord Server - Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world a...
Sep 03, 2018•46 min•Season 2Ep. 10
The series on Games + Social Change rides back in on Sept 3rd! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2018•1 min
- 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, BrainHex: LINK Links - +7 Intelligence Discord Server - Join an awesome community all about the power of games to influence our lives and the world aro...
Jul 30, 2018•55 min•Season 2Ep. 9
- 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 into board game mechanics - What it's like to use a board game to push for a cause - How game publishers can be hesitant to create a game with political...
Jul 28, 2018•31 min•Season 2Ep. 8
- 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 people address their mental health needs and develop skills Links - +7 Intelligence Discord Server - Join an awesome community all about the power of ga...
Jul 23, 2018•46 min•Season 2Ep. 7
- 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 Dungeons & Dragons - How Take This! is promoting a better space for discussion and community in the gaming sphere Links - +7 Intelligence Discord Server ...
Jul 16, 2018•59 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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/adchoices
Jul 09, 2018•57 min•Season 2Ep. 5
- 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 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 ...
Jul 02, 2018•56 min•Ep. 4
- 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 - ^ basically, how a group of psychiatrists wants to define what we are always calling "gaming addiction" - What your first step should be if you think y...
Jun 25, 2018•54 min•Season 2Ep. 3
- 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 Snidely Whiplash in games - A game that walks you through cognitive behavioral therapy for depression - Games that have mental health as a theme - Gaming...
Jun 18, 2018•50 min•Season 2Ep. 2
- 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 research on the psychological benefits of video games (hint: RPGs are apparently amazing) - The number 1 game that gamers find improves their mental ...
Jun 11, 2018•42 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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 their life and work. +++++++ Listen to the show: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Radiopublic RSS feed Find the show onl...
May 22, 2018•1 min
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 the unique way that games influence their life and work. +++++++ Listen to the show: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play |...
May 12, 2018•2 min
- 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 - Gravity Warfare on Twitter: @_GravityWarfare - Gravity Warfare on Facebook - Gravity Warfare on Board Game Geek - LOOT +++++++ About +7 Intelligence +7...
Apr 07, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 21
