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Plus 7 Intelligence | How Games Impact People

08/28/17

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I speak with Kim Hansen and Kelly Wright, former game designers who have created a tech startup known as Gretta
How games are slightly more fun than computational linguistics
Their experience working on the Mass Effect series
Working on educational games
Why Myst is not the best model for a kids game
Working on UX for Eon Altar – which fuses tabletop role-playing with a couch co-op. Also smartphones.
Robot Round Robin – the gamified survey they use to test their speech-to-text algorithms
How games give inspiration and motivation for real life

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About +7 Intelligence

+7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people.
Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence their life and work.
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August 21, 2017

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42m

I speak with Shanna Zwart, also known as the Twitch Streamer Shannanina
We talk about her video game and music streaming career
Shanna’s history with video games
The personal connection that Shanna has about games and how they helped her through a difficult period of her life
How playing games online can either improve or hurt your friendships
Shannanina’s tough love advice for how to be a successful streamer
How Shanna’s experience going to school for game design (and dropping out) gave her a respect for indie game developers (Stardew valley)

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+7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people.
Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence their life and work.
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Listen to the show:

Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Radiopublic

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+7 Intelligence Website

On Twitter: @7_Intelligence

On Facebook: @plus7intelligence

+7 Intelligence is a member of the Podglomerate network.
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September 4, 2017

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I speak with Jupiter Hadley about the phenomenon of game jams and the world of indie games
Game Jams
How to get involved in making games
Awesome places to find indie games, like itch.io
How she has played more indie video games than anyone – but the Guinness World Book of Records won’t give her credit for it
How indie games can explore topics that AAA games can’t

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