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