RPG Research on SpoCon Panel, Psychology of Gamers and Hackers from the Information Security Perspective

Discussion on the psychological similarities and differences between gamers and hackers.


Panelists included: Dr. Mark Rounds and Hawke Robinson

About the speakers:

Dr. Mark Rounds: Dissertation: "DEFINING ATTACKER BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN THE CONTEXT OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM"

Hawke Robinson: "The Grandfather of Therapeutic [Role-Playing] Gaming" founder of the non-profit 501(c)3 research and human services charitable organization RPG Research, & the for-profit RPG Therapeutics LLC. Also a full and fractional CSO, CIO, & CTO, for multiple companies globally.


Here is the audio recording from the SpoCon 2017 panel on the "Psychology of Gamers and Hackers". Panelists included: Dr. Mark Rounds and Hawke Robinson.


Audio File (MP3): https://w3.rpgresearch.com/research/archives/public/audio/rpg-research-at-spocon-panel-psychology-of-hackers-and-gamers-2017-08-13-09-06-10.mp3/view

Duration: ~1 hour

File Size: ~60 MB MP3.


Convention Schedule Link: (archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20240222184708/https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/spocon/en/spocon-2017/schedule/427/Psychology+of+Gamers+and+Hackers (original link, expired: https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/spocon/en/spocon-2017/schedule/427/Psychology+of+Gamers+and+Hackers )


Transcript: This is a (not very good) autogenerated transcript. I have not had time to clean it up, so it may be a little nonsensical at some points: https://rpgresearch.com/files/RPG-Research-at-SpoCon-Panel-Psychology-of-Hackers-and-Gamers-2017-08-13.txt


Discussion topics covered: (coming soon)


Related Paper from Hawkes-Robinson: "Today’s Hacker Culture, Developing Innovators or Criminals?", June 5th, 2007. Audience: Anyone interested in technology's impact on privacy, security, civil rights, or hacker culture.


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