
Podcast 34: Games Design Education and Psychology 101
Psychology of Video Games Podcast
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The Psychology of Mental Health in Games
I challenge students, particularly my design students, and I say let's have a protagonist who is experiencing a mental health disparity. A lot of times it's the villain so I kind of lightly threaten them that if you take in my class and you graduate did you create a character who suffers from schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder? It comes up probably once or twice a year. And the question on deck is, well, Arkham Asylum is always gonna be a thing. That's really not what these institutes look like at all.
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