The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play by Alexander Kriss
The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play by Alexander Kriss
Overview: Are videogames bad for us?
It’s the question on everyone’s mind, given teenagers’ captive attention to videogames and the media’s tendency to scapegoat them. It’s also—if you ask clinical psychologist Alexander Kriss—the wrong question.
In his therapy office, Kriss looks at videogames as a window into the mind. Is his patient Liz really “addicted” to Candy Crush—or is she evading a deeper problem? Why would aspiring model Patricia craft a hideous avatar named “Pat”? And when Jack immerses himself in Mass Effect, is he eroding his social skills—or honing them via relationship-building gameplay?
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