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There are a lot of… places in gaming. A lot of spaces. But the one space that I think is so often thought about but rarely talked about is the space between the respawn point and the boss or even where you are currently stuck at. Today on Psych of Play, let’s dive into that gap and talk about how our minds handle when that space is small and when it is vast.

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▶Games Shown

Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) - Rockstar Games
Hollow Knight (2017) - Team Cherry
Metroid Dread (2021) - Mercury Steam
NieR:Automata (2017) - PlatinumGames
Undertale (2015) - Toby Fox
Dark Souls (2011) - FromSoftware
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Nintendo
Ghost of Tsushima (2020) - Sucker Punch Productions
Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) - Square Enix
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (2021) - ILCA
Control (2019) - Remedy Entertainment
Persona 5 (2016) - Atlus, P Studio
BioShock (2007) - 2K Games
Firewatch (2016) - Campo Santo
Florence (2018) - Florence
Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021) - Nintendo
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021) - Eidos-Montréal
Deltarune Chapter 2 (2021) - Toby Fox
Metroid Prime (2002) - Nintendo
OMORI (2020) - OMOCAT, LLC
Pokemon Ruby (2001) - Game Freak
Gris (2018) - Nomada Studio
Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) - Guerilla Games
Magic: The Gathering Arena (2018) - Wizards of the Coast, Digital Games Studio
Resident Evil Village (2021) - Capcom
Control (2019) - Remedy Entertainment
Astral Chain (2019) - Platinum Games
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020) - Omega Force
Celeste (2018) - Matt Makes Games
Super Mario Bros (1985) - Nintendo
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019) - FromSoftware
Cyber Shadow (2020) - Aarne Hunziker
Elden Ring (2022) - FromSoftware Inc.
Dead Cells (2017) - Motion Twin
Hades (2020) - Supergiant Games
Monster Hunter Rise (2021) - Capcom
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (2015) - The Coalition
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD (2017) - Nintendo
Returnal (2021) - Housemarque
Dandara (2018) - Long Hat House
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy (2007) - Nintendo
Eastward (2021) - Pixpil
Ghostrunner (2020) - One More Level, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks
Axiom Verge (2015) - Thomas Happ Games LLC
Shin Megami Tensei V (2021) - Atlus
Final Fantasy XIII (2009) - Square Enix
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) - Nintendo
Super Metroid (1994) - Nintendo
Demon's Souls (2020) - FromSoftware
Undertale (2015) - Toby Fox
Super Meat Boy (2010) - Team Meat, Edmund McMillen
Dead Space (2008) - Visceral Games
Dark Souls 3 (2016) - FromSoftware

▶Other Media/Clips/Considerations:

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▶Music Sources:

Shops - Persona PSP OST
08 - Your Vibe - R4 / Ridge Racer Type 4 / Direct Audio
Elegant Summer - Melty Blood Actress Again OST
Coasting - Transistor OST
Darkmoon Caverns - Diddy Kong Racing OST
Through The Trees - Shantae: Risky's Revenge OST
The Street Corner at Sunset - Wild ARMS 5 OST
Clock Tower - Dead Cells OST
Starjump - Celeste OST
Silence Before the Storm - Final Fantasy X OST
Birdman - Pilotwings 64 OST
A Rusted Scar - Wild ARMS 5 OST
Tension - Persona PSP OST

▶Research Articles Cited

(1) Brief diversions vastly improve focus, researchers find
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...

(2) How Do Work Breaks Help Your Brain? 5 Surprising Answers
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/bl...

(3)On the need for attention-aware systems: Measuring effects of interruption on task performance, error rate, and affective state (106% MORE ANNOYED STUDY)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

(4) Recently published OHIO study reveals humans are impatient, even down to seconds
https://www.ohio.edu/news/2020/07/rec...

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-3...

https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/por...

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