Video games sometimes have an image problem. Honestly some days it feels like one black eye after another. But let’s not lose sight of the good stuff. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that video games help people and make our lives better. They create scaffolds on which we can build social support. They motivate us to improve. They get us into healthy mindsets around problem-solving, developing new skills, and cooperating with others. And a lot more. In this episode, I talk with my guest expert Dr. Ryan Kelly about the overlap between video games and positive psychology.

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Audio Credits:

• “Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
• Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod.  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/