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Boost Your Self-Esteem; Play Video Games

Submitted by Metta

Edited by Rahodeb

Tags: video games, self esteem, DS, new

Instead of turning to your shrink for help with the whole mental-health thing, why not just turn to your video game console?

A new game entitled DS Therapy will assess a person's social and mental-health just by asking some simple questions about their state of being. With the success of Brain Age, developers are looking a gaming in a whole new light.

Instead of driving a car, shooting people or casting spells, the new series of games will promote mental and social health by informing you on your current conditions.


Mark Baldwin, a psychology professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada is the designer of another mental-health game: Mindhabits Booster. It's nice to know that for the price of a video game you can receive piece of mind.

This new category of video games will hopefully somewhat subdue protestors, with developers having more time and money spent on developing games that have a positive impact on players rather than parents just trying to take games off store shelves.


DS Therapy is expected to be released in Japan in May, however, a US release date has yet to be determined.

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Lydia

Lydia

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

FEB 12, 2007 04:05 PM

Interesting.

DCruz

DCruz

Montreal-nord, QC
November 2006

FEB 12, 2007 04:20 PM

Mindhabits Booster is sure fun, I saw it yesterday and I can tell you it's amazing how sometimes it's hard to find the proper face !

Karilynn

Karilynn

Minneapolis, MN
February 2007

FEB 12, 2007 05:01 PM

Seems kinda cool... in the mean time, play video games anyways. They sure are a good distraction. Healthy? Doubtful.

Zort

Zort

Milton, ON
July 2006

FEB 12, 2007 05:04 PM

we truly do live in a great world for gamers, I love my DS, and this seems like a pretty interesting concept, Nintendo is really pushin the bar with their new generation of games and platforms. *tear* I love it.

ShadowDrgn

ShadowDrgn

Boca Raton, FL
August 2006

FEB 12, 2007 05:28 PM

Iv been saying that about games for years, loggin on and killing people its the best stress reliever ever )

legocupcake

legocupcake

Hewlett, NY
August 2005

FEB 12, 2007 05:40 PM


DS is like the best thing that ever happened to my life, I swear.
What an interesting idea.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

FEB 12, 2007 06:00 PM

i'd still go to a real therapist...

Tallboy66

Tallboy66

Chicago, IL
January 2005

FEB 12, 2007 06:14 PM

I bookmarked Brain Age, but I'm still one to like shooting a bunch of stuff/people on Play Station. whatever

Ngila

Ngila

Portland, OR
June 2006

FEB 12, 2007 06:23 PM

Sounds fun to me biggrin I love Brain Age and Big Brain Academy games.

Momozilla

Momozilla

Manchester, CT
September 2006

FEB 12, 2007 07:39 PM

i dunno as if i'd spend the money on a game like that. i look for things that are mad entertaining, and not programs that try to calculate my state of being when they cant possibly grasp my situation or state.

metalxsexkitten

metalxsexkitten

USA
June 2005

FEB 12, 2007 08:47 PM

sweet

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