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FULFILLMENT/EFFECTIVENESS

New research suggests playing video games can satisfy deep psychological needs and improve a person's well-being for a short time. Dr. Scott Rigby of Immersyve, a Florida-based virtual environment think tank says the more a game fulfills a players' sense if independence, achievement, and connectedness to others, the more likely they are to continue playing. The more fully a game satisfied a player's needs, the better they feel about playing.

Rigby says most of the research to date has focused on the harmful effects of video games. Rigby's research focuses on a person's motivation for playing games and the immediate effect the games have on well-being. Rigby says the research does not prove video games are always good for you, but adds, "Video games we think have tremendous potential to impact people, particularly today's video games which are incredibly rich and complex. Video games in some ways are very good at satisfying these psychological needs. Often time real life is not as clear... real life often can make you feel ineffective."

—http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=95E2B3BC377AB32C26E010300CE0081B. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

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