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Gaming the Mind Podcast

Gaming the Mind

Frequency: 1 episode/74d. Total Eps: 30

Doctors by day; gamers by night! Exploring interactions between mental health and gaming, and promoting wellbeing in the gaming community. In this podcast we discuss a wide range of stories regarding video games and mental health.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - videoGames
12/11/2024
#78
🇬🇧 Great Britain - videoGames
03/11/2024
#100

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Exploring CBT in Vampire Therapist

jeudi 31 octobre 2024 • Duration

Vampire Therapist is a visual novel where players assume the role of Sam, a cowboy vampire offering cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to fellow vampires. The game integrates CBT concepts into its gameplay, allowing players to identify cognitive distortions. This podcast discusses how the game depicts and educates regarding CBT.

Is AI all it’s cracked up to be?

jeudi 11 juillet 2024 • Duration

This podcast discussion delves into generative AI's potential applications, including in gaming, and raises ethical concerns about AI using others' work and replacing human workers. It questions whether we should attribute human qualities to AI and explores the concept of AI providing therapy without being recognized. Additionally, it ponders the meaning of AI "hallucinations" and suggests considering the term "confabulation."

Belle: coping with grief and anxiety in the online world

vendredi 4 février 2022 • Duration 01:19:32

In the latest episode of the podcast we are having an “anime takeover”, as we cover Mamoru Hosoda’s new film Belle! It’s a contemporary take on the tale-as-old-as-time: Beauty and the Beast, partly set in a vast online universe. We’re joined by TheGamer’s Lead Features Editor (and our good friend!) Jade King, who brings her […]

Talking about Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

mardi 21 décembre 2021 • Duration 01:11:41

In the latest episode of the podcast we discuss the game Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. It’s a relatively short visual novel in which you help a girl face the challenge of going out to buy milk. It’s worth playing through, so go check it out if you don’t […]

Goliath: Playing with Reality – speaking to the directors

mardi 9 novembre 2021 • Duration 46:28

In the latest episode of our podcast we chat to Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla, about their VR experience, Goliath: Playing with Reality, which is available for free on the Oculus store. The experience features interactive elements and takes you through the world of Goliath, a man who has spent years in psychiatric institutions […]

Ace Attorney and dependent personality disorder

lundi 1 novembre 2021 • Duration 01:07:39

Spoiler warning: this episode contains an in-depth discussion of the final case in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All. If you don’t want to know the big twists and turns of that case, please come back after having played it! Content warning: this podcast episode references the suicide of a fictional character and […]

Mental health stigma in games

lundi 30 novembre 2020 • Duration 55:39

What is stigma, how does it apply to mental health, and what are its consequences? And how might video games perpetuate mental illness stigma? In this episode, Hamilton (doctor), and Donald and Sachin (mental health doctors) discuss ways of understanding stigma and its impact, and look at studies of games which may cause stigmatisation. We […]

Into a Dream – interview with creator Filipe F Thomaz

vendredi 24 juillet 2020 • Duration 50:17

Sachin (mental health doctor) talks to Filipe F Thomaz, creator of Into a Dream. This new game tasks the player with entering the dream of a man who has severe depression, so that you can explore their mind, find out how their life has led to this depression, and to help them out. They discuss the inspiration behind the game, how depression is presented within the game. They also get into some spoilers in the second half of the interview, to get into what messages and lessons the game conveys - don't worry, the spoiler half of the interview is clearly indicated!

Kelvin Plomer from Jagex discusses developer mental health

lundi 6 juillet 2020 • Duration 01:18:24

Sachin (mental health doctor) talks to Kelvin Plomer, Director of Player Experience at Jagex, to learn what the company is doing to support the mental health of their staff, and how wellness culture has evolved in the workplace. Also, he discusses how Jagex along with their partner charities are raising mental health awareness among the player community. He also talks about the measures Jagex are taking to keep players safe online, and how Jagex is working to help players who find it difficult to regulate play time or spending on microtransactions and loot boxes. Also he discusses the positive impact RuneScape has had on many players.

Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic

lundi 16 mars 2020 • Duration 01:11:10

COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic, and anxiety around the illness, as well as self-isolation and quarantine practices can have an impact on people’s mental health. In this episode, Hamilton (doctor), and Marcus and Sachin (mental health doctors) discuss the potential psychological impact of quarantine, and then talk about how the gaming community is reacting […]