Join us this week as we discuss the nature of video games, what’s attracting about them and exploring the reasons why we love them. 

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Sources:

Online Game Addiction: OGA https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/are-video-games-and-screens-another-addiction 

Autonomy, freedom, and choice in video games: https://www.gamerslearn.com/home/2020/11/29/autonomy-and-choice-in-video-games 

Why we game: https://gamequitters.com/15-reasons-people-play-video-games/ 

Mazlow’s hierarchy of needs: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html 

APA benefits to gaming: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/02/video-game

Procrastination: https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-019-0309-9

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