Embracing Failure as a Practice with ADHD
We’re wrapping up our series on games with an exploration of failure, how we learn from it, and how practicing the embrace of failure in gaming, might just help us become more resilient practioners in that game we call life with ADHD.
An Over-the-Counter Video Game for ADHD with Akili CEO Eddie Martucci
We’re continuing our series on gaming and ADHD this week. So far, we’ve explored how gaming ignites creativity and can expand perspectives and horizons. But what if we told you there was a game that is designed and build expressly to aid in treatment of attention disorders? Eddie Martucci is CEO of Akili and joins us today to talk about that very game, how it works, and what it just might be able to do for you.
Decoding the World of Games with Professor Colleen Macklin
Colleen Macklin is a game designer and a Professor in the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design and author of Iterate: Ten Lessons in Design and Failure. She’s interested in how games model and reveal ideologies through systems. And, incidentally, she reports she was recently diagnosed with ADHD, which makes her doubly cool in our crowd. She joins us today to talk about games and gaming and neurodiversity.
The ADHD Table Top Role Playing Game Experience with Chris Legge
Chris Legge is a computer tech with a love of photography, game development, and creating things. He’s here with us today to talk about his game, Soft Focuses, a journaling game aimed at simulating the experiences of living as an individual with ADHD.
Turning ADHD Daily Life into a Game Worth Playing
You (yes, you), are a gamer. You might not think it, but somewhere deep inside you is a playful puzzler playing tag on the playground, making up rules for neighborhood romps, and kicking cans down the street. This week, we’re kicking off a series of conversations on games, and why rekindling that spirit of playfulness in yourself might just be key to unlocking a new perspective on your relationship with ADHD
413: Game Time: Games to help the ADHD Brain Tune up and Tune In!
This week on the show, we're talking all about games that may — or may not — improve the ADHD (research is thin!). But they're a lot of fun and might just help you build some new connections for the cold winter nights ahead!