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Video games improved mental health during COVID

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨loops@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨gaming@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02643-8

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  • mynamesnotrick@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Found memories of my AC: New Horizons island.

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  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Videogames is a form of games. Every game you play will help during bad times. Racing? Puzzles? Story? Competition? Social? Is it really that surprising that Videogames CAN help with mental health during bad times?

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    • loops@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not that it’s surprising, it’s that it’s somewhat scientifically confirmed now.

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  • mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even League of Legends?

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    • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Especially NOT League of Legends.

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      • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Turn off /all chat and watch 95% of the toxic flame disappear.

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    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Come to the ARAM/TFT retirement home, it’s where the chill people are.

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  • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Joke’s on them. I played Soma during Covid…

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You sure you didn’t play Bofa?

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  • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They aren’t helping me anymore.

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    • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s amazing what having the potential of ownership ripped away can do.

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