Gaming the Mind Podcast

Gaming the Mind Podcast

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Gaming the Mind Podcast episodes

  • Episode 2 – Esports doping and Tourette’s syndrome representation

    In this episode Sachin, Fai, and Marcus (mental health doctors) discuss:

    – Claims of stimulants used as performance enhancing drugs in esports (see article motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/…fficial-league)

    – A Twitch streamer with Tourette’s and what this means for representation (see article kotaku.com/the-singular-life-o…streamer-1830499961)

    They then discuss games used for teaching!

    https://gamingthemind.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gtm-episode-2.mp3

    51 min
  • Episode 1 – trans representation and esports touring

    In this episode Sachin, Don, Fai (mental health doctors) and Hammy (medical student) discuss:

    – Gaming in moderation, based on an article by student Timothy Franklin advocating this (http://collegian.tccd.edu/?p=37310)
    – Concerns about how Cyberpunk 2077 will handle trans identities, in light of how the tabletop game handles it, and problematic tweets from the developer (see article https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-08-24-the-big-cyberpunk-2077-interview)
    – Plans for the Overwatch League to adopt a touring model, and how this could add additional stress to esports athletes (https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/the-overwatch-league-was-meant-to-be-city-based-but-that-wont-be-possible-until-it-improves-its-scheduling)

    They then discuss how they used to game with their parents!

    https://gamingthemind.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gtm-episode-1.mp3

    58 min

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Doctors by day; gamers by night! Exploring interactions between mental health and gaming, and promoting wellbeing in the gaming community. In this podcast we discuss a wide range of stories regarding…