Gaming as a force for good: Chips with Everything podcast
by Presented by Jordan Erica Webber and produced by D from Technology | The Guardian on (#432PH)
Jordan Erica Webber meets the academics disproving the unsociable gamer stereotype and discovers how one game is helping scientists learn more about dementia
Video games are one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, but they also get a lot of hate. Violence, antisocial behaviour, loneliness - these are just some of the things that people blame on games.
So what does the research say? Well, according to some academics, video games can be a force for good.
Continue reading...