Each chapter in the book will cover a variety of approaches to the game and the series, including fandom, game design and development, game mechanics, embodied play, spectatorship, transmedia storytelling, post-apocalyptic narratives, race and gender representations, and ecocriticism, among other topics.

Ted Lasso is a three season Apple TV exclusive that took the world by storm with its unusual brand of kindness and in-depth exploration of human relationships. The show explores the character arc of a football turned ‘futbol’ (soccer) coach from Wichita, Kansas as he is recruited to help an underdog soccer club in the UK.

His experiences with those surrounding him make for a meaningful exploration of psychological concepts for psych nerds, while the depicted ideals of kindness through the final episode prove that all of us can positively leave a mark on everyone we meet.

We seek various chapter contributions from researchers and fans, old and new, who want to further explore the psychology of the Legend of Zelda.

This book is part of The Psychgeist of Pop Culture collection published by ETC Press. This book series highlights iconic pop culture content from television, film, literature, and video games by examining the psychological mechanisms that endear us to these stories for a lifetime.