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Notes from experiments on RPG optimization - Maximizing enjoyment, benefit, immersion, flow, safety, etc.: by Hawke Robinson — published Jun 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 05, 2023 12:22 PM — filed under: Full Text, hawke robinson, correlative research, Gender Bias, Case study(ies), Potential RPG Research Question, Effects of RPG, anecdote, FAQs / Frequently Asked Questions, Analysis, research, Biofeedback, Neurofeedback, EEG, absorption, blog posting, RPG Research Essay, RPG Research Project Updates, causal study(ies)
Here is a summary of many observations I have made over the decades through various experiments in trying to optimize the RPG experience. This is from a huge pile of hundreds of documents I have written, spanning over 15+ years of research (and nearly 40 years of RPG experience). It will likely take me a year or more to finish integrating all that information into this document. All of the placeholder topics I currently have documents to fill in the blanks, but I time is the challenge in doing so. Bit by bit I am uploading all that content to here.
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TRPG in Online Format - Observation, Analysis, and Commentary: by Hawke Robinson — published Jun 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 05, 2023 12:22 PM — filed under: hawke robinson, Case study(ies), Analysis, broadcast, anecdote, blog posting
This article provides observation, analysis, and commentary on efforts to "port" face-to-face Tabletop Role-Playing Games (RPG / TRPG) to an online and entertainment medium.
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Therapeutic Role-Playing Games (RPG Therapy) for older adults. & Cohort Considerations: by Hawke Robinson — published Jun 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 05, 2023 12:22 PM — filed under: Population: Adults, Aspect: Memory, Population: Older Adults / Elderly / Geriatric, blog posting, Population: Older Adults, Effects of RPG, recreation therapy, therapeutic role-playing game, In-patient, therapeutic recreation, Aspect: Cognition, Discipline: Psychiatry, RPG and psychiatric disorders, therapeutic rpg, Informal / Less formal - Observations, rpg for therapy, Opinion, Case study(ies), Aspect: Assessment Tool(s), Discipline: Psychology, anecdote, recreational therapy, Setting: Long-term care
In the past 10 years I have been receiving increasingly frequent inquiries about using RPGs in therapeutic settings for older adults. Here is a summary of information to help you get started with this population...
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1993 - Role-playing games and the gifted student: by Hawke Robinson — published Apr 17, 2012 — last modified Dec 08, 2022 10:49 AM — filed under: archived article, Others' research, Case study(ies), Effects of RPG, Discipline: Education / Formal Classroom Setting, rpg for education, TODO
Cardwell, Paul, Jr. (1993). Role-playing games and the gifted student. Analysis of how RPG can be used in talented/gifted curriculum Covers a couple dozen each academic subjects and learning skills aided by these games. (This is an update of a paper submitted earlier but published in 1995: Role playing games and the gifted student. Gifted Education International, 39-46.) 8 pages.
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1988 - Therapy is fantasy: role-playing, healing, and the construction of symbolic order.: by Hawke Robinson — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Nov 05, 2023 10:27 AM — filed under: archived article, Others' research, Anthroplogical/anthropology, Case study(ies), Potential RPG Research Question, Effects of RPG, correlative research, sociological / sociology, Diagnosis: Depression, anecdote, TODO, Material to read
Hughes, John (1988). Therapy is fantasy: role-playing, healing, and the construction of symbolic order. Australian National University honors paper in medical anthropology on the use of RPG in the self-treatment of clinical depression. 23 pages.
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