The Psychology of Video Games: A Psychologist's View of Video Games, Gamers, and the Gaming Industry
19.99 €
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This book will dispel popular myths and misconceptions about the harm of video games. They actually help you develop skills, succeed at work, and form good habits. Explore what goes through our minds when we buy and play games, and start approaching them on our own terms, benefiting and enjoying them.
- Is it true that video games make us smarter?
- Why do people like violent games and why is that okay?
- How do games sell each other and get us to donate in apps?
- How do games train us to chase achievements and enjoy loot?
Understand how games and game marketing affect players and how people can establish a healthy approach to them. Learn how to use psychology to create engaging games that fulfill players' needs without starting to exploit them. Learn why certain approaches to marketing, community development, social media, and pricing work - or don't work - in the game industry.
- Is it true that video games make us smarter?
- Why do people like violent games and why is that okay?
- How do games sell each other and get us to donate in apps?
- How do games train us to chase achievements and enjoy loot?
Understand how games and game marketing affect players and how people can establish a healthy approach to them. Learn how to use psychology to create engaging games that fulfill players' needs without starting to exploit them. Learn why certain approaches to marketing, community development, social media, and pricing work - or don't work - in the game industry.
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- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The world's best-selling computer book. Game Design
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