Panels & Discussions

Take This has been privileged to bring panels to various gaming and pop culture shows (and online) since we were founded in 2012. We’ve worked diligently to preserve these panels and talks where possible in order to provide them as resources for further use and discussion.

2020 PAX Online

• Welcome Home: The power of playful communities
• Rx: Games as Social Healing
• The Psychology of the Final Fantasy Series
• Did Animal Crossing Save Our Souls?

2020 TIGS

• The International Game Summit panel playlists for Day 1 and Day 2

2020 Mental Health Month

• Anita Interviews Eve Crevoshay from Take This #StayInTheGame
• Todd Talks Mental Health Month – It’s Ok To Not Be Ok

2020 GDC

• Mental Health State of the Industry: Past, Present & Future

2019 Roll20Con

• TakeThis Panel hosted by Dr. B

2019 PAX East

• Remaking or Reinventing Games? The Science Behind Nostalgia
• Games for Good: How Games Make us Better Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

2019 GDC

• Beating the Burnout: Finding Success Under Stress

2019 PAX Unplugged

• Development and Dragons: Modifying RPGs to Play with Kids

2019 SXSW

• The Psychology Of The Legend of Zelda

2019 PAX South

• Autism in Media: Fantasy vs. Reality

2019 American Association for Suicidology

• Mental Health in Gaming

2018 GDC

• Mental Health and Making It: Succeeding Through the Struggles

2018 PAX West

• Am I Really Playing a Role? Identity Exploration in RPGs

2018 TwitchCon

• It’s Dangerous to Go Alone: Mental Health in Streaming

2018 PAX East

• We’re All Frauds! Succeeding through Self-Doubt

2017 TwitchCon

• Creating a Culture of Support in the Twitch Community