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It’s time for part one of a two part miniseries on Psychology of Games summer reading! In this episode I’ll talk with Dr. Pete Etchells, author of the new book Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do For Us. Which is available …checks calendar NOW!

Part travelogue, a little bit memoir, and a whole lot of psychology of video games, Lost in a Good Game explores what makes games so special and what they can do for us. Dr. Etchells also dives deep into the research and state of the debate around things like video game violence, gaming addiction, screen time, eSports, and what good psychology research on video games looks like. It’s a good read and this was a fun conversation.

About Pete Etchells:

• More about Lost in a Good Game
• Follow @PeteEtchells on Twitter
• Pete’s writing on The Cosmic Shambles

Audio credits:

• “Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.
• “Industrious Ferrit” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/