PAX South 2017 – Embracing The Chaos Emeralds: Understanding Your Nerd Power
Being a nerd is finally cool! So many of us remember being considered awkward, unpopular, and feeling like an outcast for loving sci-fi, video games, anime, comic books, etc. We explore the...
PAX South 2017 – Finding Your Tribe: The Psychology of Online Communities
Online communities are a powerful and influential force in many of our lives. We build strong and lasting relationships with people before ever meeting them face-to-face. How do communities form and...
PAX AUS 2016 – No-one’s Sky: A dissection from various perspectives
Game scholars dedicate their lives to understanding games but often from very different positions. Just as No Man's Sky generates diverse environments and gameplay, each scholar on this panel has a...
PAX AUS 2016 – The Psychology of Magic the Gathering: Playing Positively
Do you love, or are you curious about the world’s most popular trading card game, Magic the Gathering? And have you ever wondered why it’s so popular? Come along to our panel, where a researcher,...
PAX AUS 2016 – Playing on Hard Mode: The Psychology of Dark Souls
Why are difficult games so compelling? Whether you defeated the Soul of Cinder or heard your friend obsess over Ornstein & Smough, you've wondered what makes Souls games special. We'll explore a...
There was a lot of psychology talk in the gaming world last year including League of Legends research on players, famous psychologists hating on gamers, a new book by Jane McGonigal, talk about game...
