By 2014 researchers and journalists had already figured out that playing video games as a family is beneficial.
This Forbes article digs into several studies from a decade ago, where we can see the formation of ideas that has helped shape our thinking today.
“My sons and I cooperate: working together to achieve a common goal. We talk about our expectations: I ask them what they think the next level will look like. We transfer the game metaphors into the real world: I discuss their real life challenges as if they were game scenarios.”
Check out this well researched and presented article by one of the early authors / scholars who defined how video games could draw families closer together.
Shapiro, J. (2013, December 4). Research Says Parents And Kids Should Play Video Games Together. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2013/12/04/research-says-parents-and-kids-should-play-video-games-together/?sh=47a872648928
