Celia Hodent

@celiahodent.com

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Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science • Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi • Phd psych • She/Her 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 celiahodent.com

Photo of Mbappé smiling as he points a finger towards an unknown person on the field
Screenshot of the EPA app showing 192 AQI Unhealthy current quality air in New York City today
GamesBeat Summit 26 promotional image with a photo of Celia Hodent as speaker spotlight
Photo of NASA Artemis commander Reid Wiseman peering out of the Orion’s spacecraft cabin window looking back at Earth
Picture of Alysa Liu skating in her Olympics figure costume and looking radiant and happy. The text says: We can achieve SUCCESS on OUR OWN terms.
Photo of a pile of one copy of The Gamer’s Brain
Photo of the BreakPoint bookstore, featuring piles of books and Dave the manager standing, smiling, holding a copy of The Gamer’s Brain.
Photo of Celia holding three copies of The Gamer’s Brain 2nd edition
Celia speaking in a mic at GDC, wearing a Pearl Jam tshirt featuring a white dove spreading its wings.
Photo of a group of diverse people smiling facing the camera, in the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco
Photo of Alexis Denancé on stage at GDC
Picture of viking ruins on a green hill next to the water
Photo of an albatros in flight with the ocean below and hills in the distance. Its black wings are fully deployed, filling nearly the whole frame vertically.
Picture of the sun on a clear blue sky and we see a white bird quite far flying by.
Présentoir de la Fnac figurant les coups de coeur des libraires pour le rayon informatique. Plusieurs livres sont mis en valeur dont Dans le cerveau du gamer.
Picture of a glass wall filled with pictures of people killed during the Pinochet dictatorship.
Picture of a memorial site in Paris where a banner prominently displayed reads "MÊME PAS PEUR" which translates to "Not even scared" or "Not afraid". The scene is covered in flowers, candles, and messages. A French flag can be seen.
Photo of a horse standing inside a soccer goalpost in the middle of a green pasture next to the Beagle channel.
In the style of Mamdani’s campaign poster: “Ethical Games for Less Wrong, More Fun!”
Marching band in front of Leuven Town Hall
Robin-Yann Storm on stage of Gamescom congress. The slide next to him says: “If you work on the future of immersion, you have a responsibility to know the history of these technologies, so that you can guarantee the well-being of your users.”
Photo taken from inside a train: Toronto’s CN tower can be seen next to skyscrapers in the background and train tracks can be seen in the foreground.
Photo of the Digital Dragons awards stage. The big screen says “Best Polish Game: Frostpunk 2”. Over 30 people stand on the stage to receive the award.
Photo of the inside of a restaurant. Next to the table is a mini coat stand with a hat, scarf, and purse hanging from it.
Photo of a hawk in flight, with its wings and tail spread, taken from below, with blue skies behind. Palm trees can be seen on both sides of the hawk.
Screenshot of the LibGen search showing 9 results with the name “Hodent”
Game Developers Choice Awards stage
Photo of the IGF award stage
Photo of United Videogame Workers union leaflet. The text “We’re done playing” is written in white on a black and red background. In the background we see chess pieces falling off.
Photo of Emilio Jeldrez on the GDC stage. The title slide says: “Making the world playful: the importance of accessible mobile games”
Photo of Vanessa Hemovich on the GDC stage. The title slide says: “Mind over mechanics: using cognitive science to enhance game development”
Photo of Marie Potel on the gdc stage. The title slide says: From dark patterns to fair play?
Photo of Reine Abbas on the GDC stage. The title slide says: “Surviving conflict, designing for engagement”
Photo of Jonathan Bieda on the GDC stage. The title slide says: “Designed to scale: optimizing game ux for cross-platform audiences”
Photo of Tabby Rose on the GDC stage. We can see the title slide that says: “VR is for everyone. Designing comfortable virtual reality”
Photo of Patricia Gomez on the GDC stage. We can see the speaker’s title slide saying “UX writing: a new(ish) craft in mobile games”
Photo of the DICE Awards
Photo of Meggan Scavio on the stage of DICE summit
Photo of a floor with a line of yellow smileys that goes to the lobby of a restaurant
Bluesky post from Financial Times: Picture of Donald Trump showing a signed executive order. Below, the headline says: “Trump has made a good start. A series of early moves has breathed fresh life into the business community”.
Photo of the facade of Notre Dame
Picture of the front of a Barnes & Noble store
Picture of the DevGAMM awards stage
Photo of the Gamescom Asia stage
Photo of Seattle at dusk, with the Space Needle in the foreground
Flyer for the book signing event repeating the same information
Photo of Jazmin Cano and Peter Galbraith on the GDC stage
Photo of Tina Chan on the GDC stage
Photo of Sweta Mohapatra on the GDC stage
Photo of Daanish Syed on the GDC stage
Photo of Lanie and Sebastian on the GDC stage in front of a packed room
Covid test showing a negative result, next to Celia Hodent’s GDC badge
Picture of a beautiful yellow with black stripes butterfly resting on tree leaves with its wings open.
Screenshot of an earthquake app alert notification to drop, cover and hold for an incoming earthquake.
Screenshot of an earthquake app alert notification to drop, cover and hold for an incoming earthquake.
Picture of a tiger heron with orange and back feathers, resting on a branch, looking to the left
Screenshot of the Devcom app with the details of the talk