Monthly Archives: March 2014

PLEASE & THANK YOU ~ Weird Influence Tricks ~ Video

As most regular readers here know, I teach quite a bit on social influence, social psychology, critical thinking, and critical theory in various contexts from undergraduate and graduate courses at National Chengchi University where I am an Associate Professor to the Hypnosis Practitioner Training Institute where I teach a couple required courses to my own…

THE NAME GAME ~ Weird Influence Tricks ~ Video

As most regular readers here know, I teach quite a bit on social influence, social psychology, critical thinking, and critical theory in various contexts from undergraduate and graduate courses at National Chengchi University where I am an Associate Professor to the Hypnosis Practitioner Training Institute where I teach a couple required courses to my own…

LARPing as Therapy

Kristin Brumley (https://www.youtube.com/user/OrlySunja) has begun a fascinating new series which will become regular live online conference sessions via Google Hangouts on Youtube in which she is gathering a group of LARPing experts to discuss various topics. In this particular LIVE Google Hangout of 26 March 2014, they had a discussion on how LARPing and RPGs…

SECRETS ~ Weird Influence Tricks ~ Video

As most regular readers here know, I teach quite a bit on social influence, social psychology, critical thinking, and critical theory in various contexts from undergraduate and graduate courses at National Chengchi University where I am an Associate Professor to the Hypnosis Practitioner Training Institute where I teach a couple required courses to my own…

DYSTOPIA Edition of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About LARP (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Here we go . . . DYSTOPIA ROLEPLAY AND INTERACTIVE DRAMA! Okay, this video thingie is yet another sequel to an earlier video I shared (here) and it’s followup (here) and like the earlier version, this one is also cute and a half while addressing some intriguing issues such as Dystopia in Interactive Drama or…

BECAUSE ~ Weird Influence Tricks ~ Video

As most regular readers here know, I teach quite a bit on social influence, social psychology, critical thinking, and critical theory in various contexts from undergraduate and graduate courses at National Chengchi University where I am an Associate Professor to the Hypnosis Practitioner Training Institute where I teach a couple required courses to my own…

Hierarchy of Motives

Prof. Brian David Phillips discusses the HIERARCHY OF MOTIVES or the Hierarchy of Needs that essentially looks at what drives human behavior as based upon the work of Abraham Maslow. As students of the assorted communication and influence courses I teach at the university or various institutes are well aware, if you can peg someone’s…

The Monomyth: Mythic Structure or the Hero’s Journey Model

Prof. Brian David Phillips discusses the MYTHIC STRUCTURE or the Monomyth or the Hero’s Journey Model of literature, film, and psychological transformation as adapted from the work of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell. Students in my literature and film courses as well as a number of other courses that I teach at the university or various…

The Orgasm Machine is Here: Doctors Invent Spinal Implant that Causes Orgasms in Women at the Push of a Button

Yep, you read the headline right . . . doctors have invented an orgasm machine. A device is implanted on the spine of an anorgasmic woman. When a remote button is pushed, the woman then experiences powerful orgasms. Regular readers here know I’ve a keen interest in orgasms – not just for their awesomeness and…

HypnoThoughts Live 2014 Conference Schedule is Now LIVE! Join Us for Hypno-Awesomeness in July!

SORRY, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND HYPNOTHOUGHTS LIVE 2014 SORRY, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND HYPNOTHOUGHTS LIVE 2014 Awesome news and a half . . . the preliminary schedule is up for HYPNOTHOUGHTS LIVE in July in Las Vegas! I am speaking all three days and have a very special two-day post-conference seminar…

Ars Amandi: An Introduction to Love and Physical Intimacy Mechanics for Interactive Drama LARPS

Here we go . . . An Introduction to ARS AMANDI with Emily Care Boss, Lizzie Stark, and Sarah Lynne Bowman Okay, this video thingie is a more formalized continuation of intimacy and love simulation in interactive drama that we have seen from a few earlier videos I have shared and like the earlier pieces,…