This article is a bit broken on Firefox so I highly recommend playing this on anything Chromium, but it’s really cool - they essentially turned the article into a webgame to showcase the mental health benefits of a cozy video game.
There’s a lot of things that are like “duh”, but it’s good that someone writes it down so someone else later down the line will have a harder time saying “um acktually video games cause stress and anxiety, not the lower wages and hotter summers” and get a fat cheque from the Heritage Foundation.
Duh!
I mean, isn’t “winding down” and having fun a main reason a lot of people play video games to start with?
There’s few things more satisfying than a well tossed stick of dynamite landing in a KKK meeting in RDR2, then cleaning up the leftovers with a shotgun.
Unless you play competitive online team games. Then your stress and anxiety go up even higher.
As a lifelong gamer and and an almost lifelong enjoyer of the despair of watching humanity defile our one and only home… duh.
Video games are weapons grade copium for smart people.
It’s not just about dopamine/cope either. Knowing that people saw the state of the world they lived in, and came together to make good art anyway, is good for the soul. It reminds us that there is still good in the world worth fighting for.
It’s easy to forget that when algorithms show us the worst and stupidest of humanity every day for peak engagement.
Video games are weapons grade copium
Using this from now on.
I agree it’s really obvious to anyone who plays games, but it’s always nice to be backed up with proper research.
That’s so cool! On Firefox mobile I recommend putting it into desktop mode, but you’re right, it’s a bit broken on Firefox.
