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Researchers are finally realizing something you and I have known for a long time, video games can fulfill psychological needs and improve our well-being. The next time your mom, girlfriend or wife tell you to get off the PlayStation 3…you tell her you are fulfilling your psychological needs.
The more a game fulfilled a player's sense of independence, achievement and connectedness to others, the more likely he or she was to keep playing, Dr. Scott Rigby of Immersyve, a Florida-based virtual environment think tank, and colleagues from the University of Rochester in New York found. And the more fully a player's needs were satisfied, the better he felt after playing.