Jamie Madigan
@jamiemadigan.bsky.social
My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
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The Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons
My new book on the psychology of D&D is out! See the table of contents, listen to audiobook excerpts, and buy wherever you order books.
www.psychologyofgames.com
Are you holiday shopping for a Dungeons & Dragons player?Get 'em my book on the psychology of D&D instead of yet another set of dice! It's fun, approachable for anyone, and available wherever you buy books! Go here for the table of contents and more info: www.psychologyofgames.com/2024/07/psyc...
Are you holiday shopping for a Dungeons & Dragons player?Get 'em my book on the psychology of D&D instead of yet another set of dice! It's fun, approachable for anyone, and available wherever you buy books! Go here for the table of contents and more info: www.psychologyofgames.com/2024/07/psyc...
The Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons
My new book on the psychology of D&D is out! See the table of contents, listen to audiobook excerpts, and buy wherever you order books.
www.psychologyofgames.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Are you holiday shopping for a Dungeons & Dragons player?Get 'em my book on the psychology of D&D instead of yet another set of dice! It's fun, approachable for anyone, and available wherever you buy books! Go here for the table of contents and more info: www.psychologyofgames.com/2024/07/psyc...
Fun video. I also had a whole chapter on the psychology of random dice rolls in my book the Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons.
The Quantum Quest for a Perfectly Random d20
YouTube video by SciShow
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Fun video. I also had a whole chapter on the psychology of random dice rolls in my book the Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons.
Okay then It doesn’t sound like a very good pick, does it?
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Okay then It doesn’t sound like a very good pick, does it?
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The psychology of a troll may start with a specific type of envy
The psychology of a troll may start with a specific type of envy
What drives online trolls? A new study suggests a specific type of envy and a preference for certain media content may connect narcissistic personality traits to aggressive online behavior
www.psypost.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The psychology of a troll may start with a specific type of envy
There are so many historical events happening so fast that if Billy Joel did another rewrite of We Didn't Start The Fire he would never get to stop singing. Someone would be frantically shoving pages of new lyrics in front of him in real time.
October 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There are so many historical events happening so fast that if Billy Joel did another rewrite of We Didn't Start The Fire he would never get to stop singing. Someone would be frantically shoving pages of new lyrics in front of him in real time.
On the internet, nobody knows you're an AI-generated dog.
October 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On the internet, nobody knows you're an AI-generated dog.
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Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons (Play Story Press 2025) edited by Suzanne Richardson & Edmond Y. Chang: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w... - in print or open access PDF! #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons (Play Story Press 2025) edited by Suzanne Richardson & Edmond Y. Chang: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w... - in print or open access PDF! #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
Does anyone else have a nickname for Alexa/Siri that you use to avoid activating it? If so, what is it? I'm looking for something better than "Robot Lady."
September 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Does anyone else have a nickname for Alexa/Siri that you use to avoid activating it? If so, what is it? I'm looking for something better than "Robot Lady."
I have come up with a new true crime mystery sub-genre where a Roomba vacuum is found dead and alone in a closed bathroom but it turns out that it went in there, nudged the door closed behind itself, and then ran around in tight circles until its batteries died the end.
September 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I have come up with a new true crime mystery sub-genre where a Roomba vacuum is found dead and alone in a closed bathroom but it turns out that it went in there, nudged the door closed behind itself, and then ran around in tight circles until its batteries died the end.
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Hello, and welcome to my sense of humor.
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hello, and welcome to my sense of humor.
#1 downside of working at home is that there’s nobody around to laugh when I do stuff like this.
August 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#1 downside of working at home is that there’s nobody around to laugh when I do stuff like this.
I went to change my profile pic on my doctor's office website and accidentally clicked on the wrong file, resulting in this. I laughed for a solid minute, which is supposedly the best medicine so I guess we're all right. Also, I'm leaving it.
August 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I went to change my profile pic on my doctor's office website and accidentally clicked on the wrong file, resulting in this. I laughed for a solid minute, which is supposedly the best medicine so I guess we're all right. Also, I'm leaving it.
We have simultaneous thunderstorms, extreme heat warnings, and flash flood warnings where I live right now. I guess I live in a rainforest? I thought there would be more cool frogs.
July 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We have simultaneous thunderstorms, extreme heat warnings, and flash flood warnings where I live right now. I guess I live in a rainforest? I thought there would be more cool frogs.
Astrophysicist: The edge of the universe is 16 billion light years away and no matter what you do, you’d NEVER be able to reach it.
Me: Lady, some days I don’t even leave my house.
Me: Lady, some days I don’t even leave my house.
June 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Astrophysicist: The edge of the universe is 16 billion light years away and no matter what you do, you’d NEVER be able to reach it.
Me: Lady, some days I don’t even leave my house.
Me: Lady, some days I don’t even leave my house.
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Just $77 more dollars and we can call Grim Hollow Transformed a million dollar Kickstarter! So close! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
Grim Hollow: Transformed
Grim adventures in a godless world. 40 Subclasses, 100+ Magic Items, 12 Transformations, Untold Horror Awaits. 5E 2024 Compatible
www.kickstarter.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just $77 more dollars and we can call Grim Hollow Transformed a million dollar Kickstarter! So close! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
I was interviewed for this article on Mr. Porter about escapism and video games: www.mrporter.com/en-us/journa...
www.mrporter.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I was interviewed for this article on Mr. Porter about escapism and video games: www.mrporter.com/en-us/journa...
Man, Gamepass is rockin' right now. Clair Obscur, Blue Prince, Doom, Monster Train 2, Oblivion. Lot of good stuff on there.
...Then again Elden Ring Nightreign comes out in less than 4 days so never mind.
...Then again Elden Ring Nightreign comes out in less than 4 days so never mind.
May 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Man, Gamepass is rockin' right now. Clair Obscur, Blue Prince, Doom, Monster Train 2, Oblivion. Lot of good stuff on there.
...Then again Elden Ring Nightreign comes out in less than 4 days so never mind.
...Then again Elden Ring Nightreign comes out in less than 4 days so never mind.
Violence in video games is out as a debate/research topic, effects of smartphones and social media use is in! But seems like some of the same patterns persist. www.science.org/content/arti...
Social media consensus paper causes social media uproar
Preprint reporting common ground among researchers on smartphones and teen mental health is premature and flawed, critics say
www.science.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Violence in video games is out as a debate/research topic, effects of smartphones and social media use is in! But seems like some of the same patterns persist. www.science.org/content/arti...
So this is kind of cool. Just received my copies of the Chinese and Russian translations of my first book Getting Gamers:The Psychology of Video Games! Two more foreign language translations are also in the works. Can’t read a word of these myself, but it’s neat!
May 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So this is kind of cool. Just received my copies of the Chinese and Russian translations of my first book Getting Gamers:The Psychology of Video Games! Two more foreign language translations are also in the works. Can’t read a word of these myself, but it’s neat!
Oh, hey, bunch of new followers. Cool! ...Did I get linked to from somewhere?
May 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Oh, hey, bunch of new followers. Cool! ...Did I get linked to from somewhere?
PSA for those talking about the swashbuckler subclass in D&D (and also the new Baldur's Gate 3 patch): "Rakish" as in "Rakish audacity" is pronounced like the garden tool, not the torture instrument. Because it comes from the word "rake," as in an immoral or dishonorable person.
April 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
PSA for those talking about the swashbuckler subclass in D&D (and also the new Baldur's Gate 3 patch): "Rakish" as in "Rakish audacity" is pronounced like the garden tool, not the torture instrument. Because it comes from the word "rake," as in an immoral or dishonorable person.
Interesting article about game transfer phenomenon research. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Health bars and power ups: The 'freaky and unpleasant' world when video games leak into the physical realm
Video games are the biggest form of entertainment in the world, but sometimes they bleed into people's lives offline in surprising and disturbing ways.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Interesting article about game transfer phenomenon research. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
I was interviewed by Adweek for an article they did on some of the psychology behind why The Sims franchise has been so popular for 25 years. www.adweek.com/brand-market...
For 25 Years, The Sims Has Delivered Amusement, Distraction, and a Sense of Security
The Sims lets you “redefine life on your own terms—there is no judgement,” said EA’s Lyndsay Pearson.
www.adweek.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I was interviewed by Adweek for an article they did on some of the psychology behind why The Sims franchise has been so popular for 25 years. www.adweek.com/brand-market...
I have something like an abusive relationship with the daily Connections puzzle in the NYT. Specifically the purple part.
April 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have something like an abusive relationship with the daily Connections puzzle in the NYT. Specifically the purple part.
I heard the phrase "Gen Z nostalgia" today and I just stood there on the sidewalk, blinking and mouthing the words to myself for a good two minutes.
April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I heard the phrase "Gen Z nostalgia" today and I just stood there on the sidewalk, blinking and mouthing the words to myself for a good two minutes.