Month: August 2016

A No Man’s Sky Celebration!

# 4: We have a lot of very nice things to say about No Man’s Sky. Josué and special guest Lara Taylor briefly discuss some of the hate directed toward No Man’s Sky and celebrate everything they love about it,

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Conversation Starter Questions, Trigger Warnings, Kimmy Schmidt, Star Trek: First Contact, Room, United States of Tara, Mr. Robot, The Tick, #MentalHealthRep

#57: We discuss adding reflection/conversation starting questions to the Library. We talk about the topic of trigger warnings and mental health representation (#MentalHealthRep) in media. Shows/movies mentioned this week: Kimmy Schmidt, Star Trek: First Contact, Room, United States of Tara, Mr. Robot, The Tick. *The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite…

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Runaways, Papo & Yo, The Unfinished Swan, Goodbye For Now, I’m Not From Here (No Soy De Aquí)

#56: ​This week we discuss Runaways, Papo & Yo, The Unfinished Swan, Goodbye For Now, and I’m Not From Here (No Soy De Aquí). Warning: We had technical difficulties so there are some audio issues. *The Geek Therapy Library is designed to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for…

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Positivity and Prosocial Game Design in Overwatch

# 3: Blizzard’s Overwatch is oozing with positivity. It not only encourages prosocial behavior, it is designed to give you very few antisocial options. Kelli is out this week so Josué talks with special guest Dr.

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Suicide Squad, Mental Health Representation, Patreon

#55: Josué and Lara discuss the new Suicide Squad movie, mental health representation in the movie and in the DC universe. Josué brings up Kimmiy Schmidt again. Also, we have a Patreon! So we discuss what becoming a patron means for us. Visit our Patreon at: www.patreon.com/geektherapy. *The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans…

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Cooperative Games

#3: In this episode Brian and I discuss the psychology of cooperative games. The discussion looks at definitions, research and applications to education and therapy. Thanks for downloading another episode of Rolling For Change.

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Thinking about Worker Placement Games

#2: In this episode we discuss our experience of worker placement games and how these games can be used in therapy and education.

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Nimona, Monstress, Relatability, Stranger Things, Kimmy Schmidt

#54: This week we discuss Nimona, Monstress, Stranger Things, and Kimmy Schmidt as Library entries. We also discuss representation in Monstress and relatability in general plus how we choose what to make an entry for. *The Geek Therapy Library is meant to help fans communicate through their favorite movies, books, and games. It is a resource for…

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What does game design say about mental illness?

# 2: Did you know that in the Halo series there are Marines commonly referred to as “AWOL,” “Suicidal,” and “Paranoid”? These are NPCs that seem to display symptoms of mental illness and are unique in that you can kill them without any repercussion wha…

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