I had the pleasure of talking about Dungeons & Dragons and several psychological components of roleplaying games with Mike Shea for the Critical Hits Podcast. You may know Mike Shea from his popular blog, Sly Flourish. Long-time readers of this site may remember he spent some time being interviewed by me last summer; but the roles have now been reversed!
During the podcast, Mike asked me questions about my approach to playing and running 4th Edition D&D games, which is certainly influenced by my education and professional work as a psychologist. I present ideas for how to monitor and manage communication before, during and after sessions, and we discuss how to respond if you happen to be “a bad DM” in addition to the notion that the DM is primarily an Entertainer. He also reviewed my previous research efforts on tracking combat speed and the progression of status effects in 4th Edition.
The 70-minute conversation is available for your downloading pleasure at Critical Hits, which should be included in your “I go to these sites at least a few times each week” list.
The Id DM 
Terrific podcast. I just finished it–and thereby discovered this site.
BTW, I feel your pain. I’m a long-time 4e DM, and it IS an obsession. What else can I say about it?
Thank you for listening to the podcast, and thank you for visiting the site!
Thought I’d chime in and say I came to the site after hearing the podcast as well. A quick look around and I’m already hooked. Looking forward to pouring over the existing content here and any new posts to come!
David,
Thank you for stopping by and checking out the site. There are approximately 80 posts on the blog, so it can certainly keep you busy for a while!