Video games have been delivering happiness for over 50 years.
Authentic feelings promote the most powerful positive emotions. This article focuses on some of the many ways that well designed video games have been shown to deliver happiness including:
– Belief: Being Drawn Into Something Bigger than Ourselves
– Agency: Gaining a Positive Sense of Control
– Collaboration: Engaging in Satisfying Personal Interactions
– Iteration: Finding a Solution Through Incremental Change and Improvement
– Completion: Ability and Authority to Finish What You Start
I hope you enjoy this chipper piece and are having the happiest of holidays!
About the Author: Laurie Trueblood is a writer, life coach and the founder of Adventures to Authenticity.
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