How The Study of Play Can Help You Pick Better Games

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/boo...
Identify Your Play Nature PDF: https://nifplay.org/wp-content/upload...
https://academic.oup.com/book/27445?l...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11409...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
https://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/...

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