Heading out from another awesome Gamehole Con ! Panel on the psychology of D&D went well, I thought, and played some new games. Alien RPG, One Ring, Tales of the Valiant, Call of Cthulhu, Dungeon Crawl Classics, and more. Thinking of DMing next year.

The Power of You. No, Wait, Others. I Meant The Power of Others open.substack.com/pub/psychology…

Stop asking me to turn on notifications, Twitter app. I turned them off because you kept sending fake notifications when someone random be made a new post.

Paraphrasing, but still: "We chose Overwatch for this study on toxicity in games because it's both popular and toxic AF." Haha, fair. I love it when researchers slip in stuff like this into academic journals.

Article on Substack: Why Do People Collect Virtual Items in Video Games? open.substack.com/pub/psychology…

For my Psychology of D&D panel at Gamehole Con, we used a 1d6 and this table to determine topics. First roll came up "1" so we did that. Then we rolled again and got *three more 1s* in a row. Which we took as a sign that we had to address the psychology of random dice rolls.

New Psychology of Games podcast episode is up! How do people justify toxic behavior in games and how can games support those subjected to it? psychologyofgames.com/2024/11/podcas…

Had a fun time appearing on this podcast to talk about my upcoming (out 11/25!) book, The Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons: buzzsprout.com/2031091/episod…

new substack article about how in-game achievements or trophies could undermine player engagement. substack.com/home/post/p-15…

FYI, I've been bsky.app/profile/jamiem… on🦋for a while now. Come follow me there! I might post links here when I publish new articles or podcasts, but I've ditched Twitter otherwise.

New Psychology of Games article up on Substack: Why we sometimes mistake strong feelings for exciting gameplay (and vice versa). Please share if you dig it. substack.com/home/post/p-15…

A new Psychology of Games article is up at psychologyofgames dot com! Are Dungeons & Dragons players more charismatic than non-players?

New psychology of games post on my free-to-read Substack: I talks about how game designers can improve player reactions to balance patches and other nerfs (or buffs) using the psychology theory of procedural justice. psychologyofgames.substack.com/p/procedural-j…

Going to be at PAX Unplugged this weekend? Alas, I'm not, but you can come by the Geek Therapeutics booth #3021 in the expo hall where they will be selling copies of my new book The Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons! #PAXUnplugged2024 #Dungeonsanddragons

New Psychology of Games post is up on my Substack! Why do game prices usually end in ".99" and not an even dollar amount? substack.com/home/post/p-15…

Hey, I was this week's guest on the Mastering Dungeons podcast, where we talked about TTRPG news and of course my new book on the Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons. Check it: youtu.be/-KQDNkvpAHo?si…

I've posted a new Psychology of Games article, including audio for paid supporters! It's about why players choose options that complete a set of objectives even if it means fewer rewards. And how game designers can use this. patreon.com/posts/11944570… or substack.com/home/post/p-15…

Sorry if I haven't replied to any messages here. As a reminder, I don't use this app anymore. Come follow me at bsky.app/profile/jamiem…

patreon.com/posts/state-of…