Sachin (mental health doctor) talks to Filipe F Thomaz, creator of Into a Dream. This new game tasks the player with entering the dream of a man who has severe depression, so that you can explore their mind, find out how their life has led to t

Kelvin Plomer from Jagex discusses developer mental health

Jul 6th, 2020 1h 18m

Sachin (mental health doctor) talks to Kelvin Plomer, Director of Player Experience at Jagex, to learn what the company is doing to support the mental health of their staff, and how wellness culture has evolved in the workplace. Also, he discus

Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 16th, 2020 1h 11m

COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic, and anxiety around the illness, as well …

Mental health advocacy in video games – EGX panel

Oct 25th, 2019 54m 30s

Listen to our panel at EGX 2019 about mental health advocacy in video games. There's lots of interesting talk about how games can portray mental health well, the importance of games in raising mental health awareness, and also a whole lot about

Judgement and cocaine

Sep 16th, 2019 36m 59s

The release of Sega’s Yakuza spin-off Judgement was delayed on the PS4 after …

Blue Whale, Momo, and Doki Doki Literature Club – the myths of games compelling suicide

Sep 5th, 2019 1h 8m

[content warning - mentions of suicide] In this episode Don, Marcus and Sachin discuss "games" which have variously been reported as the cause of suicides: but is there any known truth to such claims? We look at the phenomena of Blue Whale an

Virtual violence: “sin tax” and morality

Aug 13th, 2019 1h 2m

Violence in video games: does it cause violence in real life? And how do we morally feel about it? [content warning - mentions of suicide and shootings]In this episode Don, Fai, Marcus and Sachin discuss a report of a bill in Pennsylvania tha

Mortal Kombat and PTSD

Jul 9th, 2019 48m 10s

Can people develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder following exposure to traumatic media? …

Apex Legends – who decides if the voices are real?

Mar 12th, 2019 55m 12s

Wraith in Apex Legends hears a mysterious voice that helped her unlock her …

Hikikomori and dreams in Yume Nikki

Feb 11th, 2019 45m 24s

[content warning - this episode features mentions of suicide and abuse within the context of the game Yume Nikki]In this episode Don, Fai, Andrew and Sachin (mental health doctors) and Hammy (medical student) discuss the experimental horror g

Episode 5 -“Gamer burnout”

Jan 30th, 2019 46m 17s

In this episode Sachin, Don, and Marcus (mental health doctors) discuss:– Gamer burnout: What is burnout and can you experience burnout from video games? (check out this article for more https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/mby89y/millenni

Find us on our new host

Jan 17th, 2019 43s

Hi, thanks for listening to this podcast!We're moving to a new host, so to continue to get new episodes, simply go to https://gamingthemind.org/podcast/ to find all the different ways you can keep listening.Bye for now and catch you on the