How The Study of Play Can Help You Pick Better Games

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How do you like to play IRL? In this video, I explore how understanding our true play personality can provide us with clues about which kinds of video games we’ll enjoy the most. Sources / Additional Reading: - Play [Book] - Dr. Stuart Brown: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/play-9781921640537 - Identify Your Play Nature PDF: https://nifplay.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/take-your-play-history-2023.08.02.pdf - https://academic.oup.com/book/27445?login=false - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728447/ - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-29986-0_3 - https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/five-surprising-animals-play - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0885200686900050?via%3Dihub - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11409050/ - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09524622.2021.1905065 - https://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/issues/v11/n07/ggar2446.pdf Game Recommendations Mentioned: *The Explorer* - No Man’s Sky - Breath of the Wild - Tunic *The Joker* - Yakuza series - Thank Goodness You’re Here - Jackbox games (specifically Fibbage and Quiplash) - Casual multiplayer games like Fortnite, Party Animals *The Storyteller* - Red Dead Redemption 2 - Nier: Automata - Baldur’s Gate 3 - Disco Elysium *The Competitor* - Sekiro - Slay the Spire - Hades - Rogue Legacy 2 *The Director* - Cities: Skyline - Stardew Valley - Civilization series - Against the Storm *The Creator* - Minecraft - Valheim - Satisfactory - Animal Crossing - The Sims - Été *The Kinesthete* - Synth Riders (VR) - Thrill of the Fight (VR) - Rollerdrome - Hi-Fi Rush - Monster Hunter (World/Rise) *The Collector* - Cassette Beasts - Ori - Hollow Knight - Super Mario Odyssey - Dredge