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Episode 95 Sense of Place

Episode 95 Sense of Place

FromPsychology of Video Games Podcast


Episode 95 Sense of Place

FromPsychology of Video Games Podcast

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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Jul 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Have you ever become attached to a place in a video game? A virtual environment that you've obviously never visited in the flesh but which you start to think of it like a real place?  Maybe the dwarven capitol of Ironforge in World of Warcraft? The spaceship The Normandy in Mass Effect? Link and Zelda's land of Hyrule? Maybe you you have become so familiar with those virtual places through repeated navigation and interaction that you attach importance and character to it like you do your childhood home, the first place you ever had a part-time job, or the neighborhood through which you walk your dog? Or even a whole city?This is a relatively new concept that some researchers, such as my guest expert this episode, call "sense of place."
Released:
Jul 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Examining how psychology explains why video games are made how they are and why gamers behave as we do.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3329893/advertisement