Gaming the Mind Podcast

Talk Show Replays

Doctors by day; gamers by night! Exploring interactions between mental health and gaming, and promoting wellbeing in the gaming community. In this podcast we discuss a wide range of stories regarding video games and mental health.

Episodes

Genshin Impact’s “loneliness syndrome”

Exploring CBT in Vampire Therapist

Is AI all it’s cracked up to be?

Psychological Layers of ‘Everything, Everywhere, All At Once’

World of Horror and “sanity meters”

Suzume and grief following disasters

Resident Evil 4 Remake and PTSD

Virtual suicide in games

Live panel: “Soulsborne: Mythology and Mental Health”

Kirby and the healing power of cuteness!

Elden Ring and impostor syndrome

Belle: coping with grief and anxiety in the online world

Talking about Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Goliath: Playing with Reality – speaking to the directors

Ace Attorney and dependent personality disorder

Mental health stigma in games

Into a Dream – interview with creator Filipe F Thomaz

Kelvin Plomer from Jagex discusses developer mental health

Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental health advocacy in video games – EGX panel