Video Games May Fulfill Innate Human Need

[HardOCP News]

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.

 

[Bowhuntr11]

Yah...If I used this on my g/f though, she probably would say...STFU...lol

 

[jcll2002]

tell that to my mom

 

[MichaelJB]

thx alot, this thread just got me a slap.

 

[jstnomega]

Hidden in plain sight: Grand Theft in their mainline product title. Clever.

 

[NMR Guy]

The next time your... girlfriend or wife tell you to get off the PlayStation 3…you tell her you are fulfilling your psychological needs.

That's a sure-fire way of making sure some of your other needs aren't fullfilled.