Episode 31: I Think I Know What You Know
Show Notes When playing games, we find it useful to consider what other players know, and how that affects game play. Psychologists study theory of mi...
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I examine how cognitive psychology can help explain and inform how we play games. Each episode looks at how a particular cognitive phenomenon affects game playing. All types of games are considered, from board games to video games to games of chance. Check out cognitivegamer.com for more information.
Episode 30: The Invisible Boardgame
I ruminate on playing games online and how that relates to both game and interface design, as well as how humans experience emotion. This has ties to ...
Episode 29: This is Like That: The Importance of Analogies
In talking about a game, we almost always make references to past games in order to describe or teach the new game. What does cognitive psychology hav...
Episode 28: From Novice to Expert in One Easy Step
What happens, cognitively speaking, as we move from novice to expert in a game? The episode examines changes in memory and strategy as people gain exp...
Episode 27: Mental Models
If you are an experienced gamer, you have seen that you can pick up a new game much more quickly than someone who doesn’t have as much gaming experien...
Episode 26: To Switch or Not to Switch (but not that type of Switch)
Multi-tasking happens a lot. We’re in a meeting, we email. We watch TV, we text. And to the chagrin of many, we play a game with our friends, we scrol...
Episode 25: Now That’s Deep!
We examine the concept of levels of processing in this episode, that if you process an experience more deeply, you will remember it better. This comes...
Episode 24: Wingspan Cognalysis
Wingspan is a hot new boardgame that’s rocketing up the boardgamegeek’s rating chart. In this episode we take a look at some explanations of why so ma...
Episode 23: Game, Mental Set, Match
Game players often get stuck, either not seeing how to properly use an object in the game or perhaps persisting in an inefficient strategy. I discuss ...
Episode 22: The Amazing Declarative to Procedural Transition
Big changes happen in memory and knowledge as a person goes from beginner to expert. What does this entail for playing games? We take a close look at ...