Arnelle (Shayna's bestie) and Matt (Kathy's husband) join Shayna and Kathy to talk video games. Matt and Kathy bring the Gen X perspective, and Shayna and Arnelle weigh in as Millennials. And believe it or not, there are some very real mental health benefits to playing video games.

 Citations and Resources:

The Psychology Behind Video Games During Covid 19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Reducing intrusive traumatic memories after emergency cesarean section: A proof of principle randomized controlled study 

Tetris and Word games lead to fewer intrusive memories when applied several days after analogue trauma

Computer Game Play Reduces Intrusive Memories of Experimental Trauma via Reconsolidation-Update Mechanisms

How Playing Tetris Tames The Trauma Of A Car Crash

Post-traumatic stress disorder: alleviating flashbacks by playing Tetris

Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com

Editing by Ryan Merrill

Intro Music is "Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)-Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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