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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Racial representation and gaming
My interviewee this time is André Brock from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa....
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Violence and Video Game Play Revisited
We revisit the question of video game play and subsequent violence in my interview with James Ivory. He writes that...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Family Life and Video Game Play
This time I spoke with Pål Aarsand who has a PhD in Child Studies and works as a senior lecturer...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Problem Video Game Play and Genre
Luther Elliott, of the Institute for Special Populations Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York, NY, and I talked...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video Games Let You Be All You Can Be
Andrew Przybylski and I chatted this time about how ones sense of ideal self can be encouraged with the play...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – What is a gamer identity or gamer culture?
This time I spoke with Adreine Shaw who is at Temple University . We talked about her research into video game...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video game technology supporting the elderly
On this show I chat with Hannah Marston who coauthored an article “Interactive Videogame Technologies to Support Independence in the...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Women in Gaming
The author of “Getting Women in the Game”, Shira Chess is the focus of my interview this time. She is...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Culture-jamming activists in video games
This show is a conversation with Dr. Roger Stahl who is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Communication Studies...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – A senior artists view of computers
In this show we are chatting with Fiammetta Rubin of the Naturopathic Educational Services in Philadelphia, PA. This interview is...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Transitioning between real and virtual
In this show we will be discussing the borders between virtual and real. My guest is Dr. Greg Garvey who...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Consciousness and the Avatar
Denise Doyle, of the School of Art and Design at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom is my...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Visual Arts and Gaming
This week we’ll be discussing the relationship between the visual arts and gaming. Here I do not mean the graphic...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Music and Video Games
Dr. William Gibbons, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Texas Christian University, chats with me about the role of music in...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Self-discovery with Mindbloom
Our interview is with Chris Hewett, Founder & Executive Producer of a new social media and self-development tool, Mindbloom. A...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Casual Games for Improved Thinking in the Elderly
This interview is with Garth Chouteau who oversees all surveys and research related to the health benefits of video games...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Hello Avatar Author Interviewed
This is Dr. Jayne Gackenbach and this week on Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? we’ll be discussing avatars. What...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Games for Health Journal Founded
This time we will be talking with the editor of a new journal devoted to games for health, Bill Ferguson....
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Attention, Memory and Information Processing Advantages to Gaming
In this show we’ll be talking about various perceptual and cognitive advantages to gaming. Dr. Walter Boot is the director...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Military and Gaming
In this show the use of games in the military is explored. In a recent study in the journal, Military...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Horror in Film and Video Games
In this show I am talking with Dr. Barry Grant, who is a professor in the Department of Communication, Popular...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Personality and Video Game Violence
Dr. Patrick Markey director of the Interpersonal Lab at Villanova University is interviewed. He has examined how personality can be...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Past and Future of Gaming
There are two parts to this show. First the history of video game chapter is read from my forthcoming book,...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Narrative and Gaming: Influences of Mixed Media
Dr. Evelyn Ellerman, chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Athabasca University, is interviewed in this show. She talks...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Teaching Experts: From Gamers to Lifelong Learners
This interview is with Dr. Jose Zagal, who is with DePaul University. He is the author of Ludoliteracy. In his...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Constructive and Cooperative Gaming
Dr. Amy Bruckman is interviewed this time. She is an Associate Professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – The Casual Game Revolution
Dr. Jesper Juul, author of The Casual Game Revolution and Half-Real is interviewed in this show. He is a Danish...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Middle Aged Female Gamers!
Mia Consalvo who is has just begun teaching at Concordia University in Montreal after a year as a visiting scholar...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Game Transfer Phenomena
My guest this week is Angelica Ortiz de Gortari, who will talk about the Game Transfer Phenomena. This young woman...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Translations to Reality: Interview with a Psychologist who is a Serious Gamer
This show is a conversation with a female serious video game player. Eva Murzyn, who is originally from Poland, completed...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Children, Media and Video Games – A First Look
Two elements of children and video games are covered in this show. First I summarize a recent study by the...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Exergaming
Tad Stach is a computer science doctoral student at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. Tad’s current research is in the...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Gamification. Community Involvement Made Fun by Applying Video Game Play Mechanics
Gamification is the use of game play mechanics for non-game applications. It works by making technology more engaging and by...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Simulation or Game: PTSD Training Game
In this show the principles of gaming and practice in virtual realms are illustrated with the work of Dr. Glenn...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Games for Health: Avatars
This show is coming to you from the annual Games for Health meeting. This is a group of researchers, developers...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video Game Play and Meditation, Spirituality and Dreams?
This time Jayne reviews her own research into the effects of gaming on nighttime dreams as well as her thesis...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Addiction vs. Play
Is video game addiction simply drug free coping or is it the ultimate expression of play? While the Chinese are...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video Game Play and Relaxation?
To some it seems quite obvious that playing a video game is relaxing while for others this claim may seem...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Biting the Bullet: Does Playing Violent Games Cause Aggression? It Depends
Communication Studies has examined the history of the introduction to all new media from poetry to the printing press to...
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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – FYI
Ever wonder what’s the truth and what’s media hype regarding video games? This show will answer your questions. In this...
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