Cognitive Gamer

I am Dr. Stephen Blessing, and I have a podcast about the intersection of psychology and gaming. Search for 'Cognitive Gamer' where you listen to podcasts!

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

I am speaking at 47th Annual NITOP. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Star Trek escape room! Yes, please!!
Star Trek Murder Mystery and Escape Room Games
https://t.co/lKumny27v7, via Kickstarter

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

This looks like fun!
Publish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about Academia
https://t.co/jZNF5ZBEfi, via Kickstarter

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

@Huddyrx I see no problem here.

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

It's been a bit since the last one, but there's a new Cognitive Gamer episode! Here's Episode 35, where I take a closer look at @Scorpionmasque's Sky Team and also @Capstone_Games's Wandering Towers!

Give a listen: https://t.co/ufJpKs6o0p

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Playing Switchback by @AllplayHQ Fun, quick game!

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

@benjdyson @gengelstein @Psych_UAlberta @EagleGryphon Way cool! If you have time, I’d love to hear what the class thought!! (Is it an intro to cog psych course or something else?)

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Check out the new GameTek by @gengelstein. Make your predictions before part 2 comes out! https://t.co/qgjeaMgbz0 Be sure to read to end about new book series on game design, with first book on theme by Sarah Shipp!

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Good, simple fun! Wandering Towers, published by Capstone Games

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

The KS version of Wombat was a big Thanksgiving Day hit!

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Looking forward to the live action game of Donkey Kong that my university is erecting!

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Ava the Cat wants to try out @FlatoutGames Fit to Print! The humans enjoyed it, once we extracted the cat…

[George Kachergis @kachergis]

@cogsci_soc Looking forward to great talks and discussion with @cognitive_gamer, @CeliaHodent, @FernandGobet, @FTMLeone, @CognitiveSibert, @braingamecenter, @ChrisJMacLellan, Aaron Seitz, C. Shawn Green, and Joaquin Anguera! A good mix of academic and industry folks!

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Taught the family Rummikub tonight (well, my version is called The Original World Rummy). I played with this set around 1980 with my mom and dad and aunt and uncle. Good memories!

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

@drjsblessing @matagotnfriends I’m pretty sure we played it correctly, but it was our first play and we all didn’t quite know what we were doing, so @drjsblessing managed to have 4 of her clans in a space that had 3 of mine and 3 of our son’s. We planned poorly…

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

First game of Canvas by @R2iGames. Pretty game and a nice puzzle. Looks like a good game for my Cognition of Gaming class.

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Sharing some good news in the life of the Cognitive Gamer! https://t.co/mt0Kn3d0CP

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

Awesome discussion of ⁦@OpenAI⁩ ChatGPTs use in RPGs by ⁦@thesecretcabal⁩ . Real people talking AI in this cool use case. Listen to the verbs they use, like “understand,” “create,” and “reason.” Sharing with my cog sci class https://t.co/PkIeZTe98H

[Cognitive Gamer @cognitive_gamer]

@donsheldon @gengelstein Historically cog psychologists have used "content" or "surface structure" to speak about such things, so I'm just leaning in to that ummm, er... context. It also mirrors the terms I used in an earlier, very similar paper looking at how people solve algebra word problems.

[Geoff Engelstein @gengelstein]

Years ago on GameTek I did a thought experiment about theming and player behavior - in terms of the moves they would make. @cognitive_gamer actually performed the experiment, and here's the formal paper: Adventuring v. Firefighting
https://t.co/73QSMQsSID