Choices vs Consequences - What Player Decisions Mean in Games - Extra Credits
Games give players the agency to make decisions, but whether they highlight choices in advance or deliver consequences after the fact changes the experience and the game design itself. Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC (---More below) _______ Get your Extra
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The Bystander Effect - Standing Up From the Crowd - Extra Credits
Wanna watch without ads and see exclusive content? Go to https://go.nebula.tv/extracredits Thank you to Lane Stanely for writing this episode ( www.lanemichaelstanley.com ). The Bystander Effect is a fairly well-documented phenomenon that states when people are in a crowd, they are less
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Humane Design - Games Must Be Good to Their Players - Extra Credits
Games do not dictate our behavior, but they do affect us. They can affect us in positive ways, by letting us share experiences with other people or giving us a refuge from the troubles of our daily lives. They can also affect us in negative ways, however, by building Skinner Box traps that
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The Joy of Losing - Learning to Have Fun Playing Games - Extra Credits
The design of multiplayer games means that, in most cases, half the playerbase is losing games at any given time. However, that shouldn't mean that half the playerbase is miserable or is unable to have fun. You can still have fun learning how to be a better team leader and practicing mecha
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Peace Games - Gaming for a Better Future - Extra Credits
Since the founding of the Olympics, games have been a tool to bring people together, allowing us to compete but also to recognize the humanity in our opponents. Although online games have become a breeding ground for toxicity, they still have the potential to teach us about each other and
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The Disappointing Final Level - Making Better Endings For Better Games - Extra Credits
By keeping a consistent tone with the gameplay, tying up all loose plot and character threads, and balancing the emotional payoff with the emotional buildup, games can have amazingly powerful endings that leave us wanting more. We look at some well-done examples like Super Mario Odyssey, P
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Game Addiction - I: Myths About Gaming's Impact on Health - Extra Credits
While "game addiction" is not a real diagnosis, games can still have negative effects on minds and bodies if they aren't handled responsibly. That doesn't make games a bad thing, but it does mean we need to be aware of the cultural and behavioral problems associated with them. Subscribe fo
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Understanding Your Player: Play Sessions - How Will People Play Your Game? - Extra Credits
How much time will players spend with your game in one sitting? The answer affects many aspects of your game's design. Test the game in different environments, and learn how they affect the amount of time players are willing or able to put into your game. Then you can choose to design towa
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IMT4102 Serious Games Lecture 8
2014 IMT4102, Serious Games, Lecture 8
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Morality and Video Games - Philosophy Tube
Moral choice systems in video games and how they vary between consequentialism, deontology and virtue ethics. TV, Books, and Film Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvoAL-KSZ32ckBZpvJkGLXMwzbtTznejK The background music is Smooth McGroove singing the Super Mario Overworld th
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Ethics discussion about technology and games
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The Illusion of Choice - How Games Balance Freedom and Scope - Extra Credits
It's extremely hard to create truly limitless choices in games--so designers have to find a workaround that doesn't feel fake or unrealistic. How do you create the *feeling* of choice when you can't provide infinite options? Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC
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11 - Psychological Effects of Serious Games
Student Lecture on Psychological Effects of Serious Games
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PrepTest 90 Game 2: Complex Consequence Questions // Logic Games [#28] [LSAT Analytical Reasoning]
On to the second game of LSAT PrepTest 90, a beautiful little two-dimensional order game. This is a wonderful example of a game where the setup does not determine difficulty or pacing. Rather the final question throws us for a loop and almost doubles the amount of time we have to spend in
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IMT1362 - Experience Design - Introduction to Games, Part 2 (2018)
Experience Design - Introduction to Games part 2
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Loading Screens - The Waiting Game - Extra Credits
Nothing is more frustrating than a game crashing behind a loading screen, or the game grinding to a halt as you have to travel in-between areas. Even as tech gets stronger, our games get bigger, so it doesn't look like loading screens are disappearing anytime soon. But do they have to kill
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The Power of Choice | Nat Geo Live
Nobel Laureate Daniel McFadden and Nat Geo explorer Jared Diamond discuss why humans make decisions the way they do and the impact of those choices on the survival of our species. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Ge
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