Good Game: How Games Play Us
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What compels us to sit in a dark room, boot up a game about zombies and cults and killers, and scare ourselves silly? How do these games tap into our lizard brain to get the adrenalin pumping? We put a giant wimp (Angharad Yeo) and a glutton for fear (Susan Arendt) together to figure it out, and...
Published 10/09/19
Sometimes a game will make us want to hurl our controller out a window, and at other times they let us unleash the inner monster to vanquish all our frustrations. In episode four, we explore the anger and rage we find in videogames — and ourselves!
Published 10/09/19
From exploring the complexities of personal relationships to just getting it on with NPCs, it seems that videogames are capable of providing quite the thrill. But why do we crave intimate connections in videogames?
Published 10/09/19