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Reuters: New research backs up that video games can be an antidote to stress and anxiety [interactive article] (www.reuters.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

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.

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