Ep 10. Games and Spirituality
On this episode of Beyond Gameplay, we give new meaning to the term "God mode." Menachem Cohen is game designer, rabbi, and spiritual director researc...
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Beyond Gameplay is a podcast owned, created, and distributed by the iThrive Games Foundation. It is hosted by Kelli Dunlap, Psy.D., and promotes discussion within the intersection of gaming and psychology.
Ep 9. High School eSports Part II
Earlier this month I talked with J Collins, a leader in the academic eSports space, about developing eSports programming at the high school where they...
Ep 8. High School eSports
eSports is a booming market that has made its way into academics. Some colleges even offer full-ride scholarships to top eSports competitors, just lik...
Ep 7. Critical Core
Tabletop gaming brings people together and can support personal journeys of growth and discovery. On this episode, I spoke with Adam Johns and Adam Da...
Ep 6. Room at the Table
Unlike digital games that are constrained by code, tabletop games are only limited by the imagination of the players and the DM. TTRPGs bring us toget...
Ep 5. Roll for Therapy
This month on Beyond Gameplay, we're rolling for wisdom and digging into the tabletop RPGs as a therapeutic tool. In this episode, Kelli talks with Me...
Ep 4. Designing Empathic Experiences
Is empathic design something only for indies or is there room for empathy in the AAA game space? In this episode, Osama Dorias, Senior Game Designer a...
Ep. 3. The Limits of Empathy
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Peter McDonald, an assistant professor of game design at Depaul University, about his research on the ways players ma...
EP 2. Digging Deep into Empathy Games
Is there something inherent in games that makes them uniquely equipped TO promote or evoke empathy? In this episode, leap head-first into the research...
Ep 1. Empathy 101
Empathy is a buzzword in the games industry, but what does it actually mean? In this episode, host Kelli Dunlap digs deep into the construct of empath...