Think you know Final Fantasy? The Psychology of Final Fantasy explores how the game resonates with a player's psychological drive toward an emotional sense of wholeness, bonding, and completion as they take part in this epic quest.

This fascinating audiobook contains more than 100 amazing facts about Pokémon, with chapters including the games, the movies, statistics and so much more. So whether you’re the world’s biggest Poké-fan or you are completely new to the franchise, this is the perfect addition to your audiobook collection.

Integrating Geek Culture into Therapeutic Practice: The Clinician's Guide to Geek Therapy is a comprehensive compendium of how Geek Therapy clinicians and scholars currently use a variety of games, media artifacts, and other geek culture items in therapeutic context and intervention. Even more important, the authors within this book are currently at the forefront of their research fields and are accordingly considered experts within the growing field of Geek Therapy clinical practice.

With all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a glowing arcade, volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them. Starting in arcades then moving to televisions and handheld devices, the video game invasion has entranced kids and the young at heart for nearly fifty years. And gaming historian Steven L. Kent has been there to record the craze from the very beginning.

Video game sales as a whole have continued to grow, now raking in twice as much money per year as the entire film industry, and countless psychologists have turned their attention to the effects gaming has on us: our confidence, our identity, and our personal growth. The Psychology of Zelda applies the latest psychological findings, plus insights from classic psychology theory, to Link, Zelda, Hyrule, and the players who choose to wield the Master Sword.

Reggie Fils-Aimé, retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Inc., shares leadership lessons and inspiring stories from his unlikely rise to the top. Learn from Reggie how to leverage disruptive thinking to pinpoint the life choices that will make you truly happy, conquer negative perceptions from those who underestimate or outright dismiss you, and master the grit, perseverance, and resilience it takes to dominate in the business world and to reach your professional dreams.

Writing advice tends to be full of "rules" and "tips" which are either too broad to be helpful or outright wrong. In On Writing and Worldbuilding, we will discuss specific and applicable ideas to consider, from effective methods of delivering exposition and foreshadowing, to how communication, commerce, and control play into the fall of an empire.

Batman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman and Psychology explores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante.

More than just a simple journey through the history of Pokémon, Daniel Dockery offers an in-depth look at the franchise’s many branches of impact and influence. With dozens of firsthand interviews, Monster Kids covers its beginnings as a Japanese video game created to recapture one man's love of bug-collecting as a child before diving into the decisions and conditions that would ultimately lead to that game's global domination.

From social disruptions like economic recessions, pandemics, and new technologies to individual disruptions like getting married or divorced, illness and injury, career transitions, and becoming a parent, we undergo change and transformation—both good and bad—regularly. Change is not the exception. It’s the rule. Yet we endlessly fight it, often viewing it as a threat to our stability and sense of self.

If you’ve had a lot of questions about yourself or you feel like you don’t fit into any environment you’re in, it could be because you haven’t found your social cluster. Rather than sitting back, pointing fingers at others, or becoming self-critical of yourself, the Enneagram could be the answer you need. It will open your eyes to a whole new way of looking at the world; it is insightful and can answer many of your questions you might have in life. If that sounds like you then this book is meant for you.

Taking the Enneagram as a starting point, this book leads you through a journey of self-development and spiritual growth, helping to manage your personality type and getting the best out of it in everyday situations. Whatever type you are, this audiobook gives you real tips on how to manage the struggles in your life and achieve well-balanced behavior in an easy-to-understand way.

Three-audiobook bundle on emotional intelligence. Dialectical Behavior Therapy - to better regulate your emotions, deal with stressful situations, and use the power of mindfulness. The Enlightened Empath - how to embrace your empathic personality. The Complete Enneagram - to understand your inner emotions, your three bits of intelligence, and what really motivates you and moves you to act the way you do.

In The Power of Enneagram John Turner reveals a unique and listener-friendly way to leveraging the principles of enneagram for a better life and exploring its wisdom for self-discovery. This book reveal how ordinary people from all walks of life can easily lead fuller and more satisfying lives through acts of understanding who they really are at the core using the power of enneagram.

The enneagram, a funky nine-pointed geometric structure, has been all the talk in personality testing and career coaching over the past decade. The enneagram is an ancient personality system that can unearth some of your hidden desires and fears. One of the things that the enneagram can tell you about yourself is how desperate you are to find something that seems almost unattainable. This book will explore some of the things that each enneagram type searches for in life, but finds hard to actually maintain or grasp.