Psychology of Gaming 9: Amnesia and Fear of the Unknown

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Psychology of Gaming. In this ninth episode of the series we take a look at Amensia: The Dark Descent and explain how the developers used the human tendency towards fearing the unknown and the uncontrolled to their advantage in order to scare the crap out of us. Thanks for watching guys!

More on Fear of the Unknown:

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/things-people-choose-fear-usually-they-are-unknown-uncontrolled-not-near.html

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201611/study-fear-the-unknown-compounds-many-anxiety-disorders

Interview with Thomas Grip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAJgTv58DE

Psychology of Gaming Episode 6:

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=cSRP9uo95f8

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