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You might have heard that video games are bad for you.

They'll rot your brain, or make you violent, or antisocial, or something.

And parents often fret about what their child or teen's gaming hours are doing to their brains.

But what if we're thinking about video games all wrong?

Well, that's what some psychologists think.

Counterintuitive as it might seem, they're studying how we can use video games to improve

mental health, especially in kids and teens.

Studies estimate that only about a third of American teenagers with mental health disorders

actually receive treatment.

That may be because their parents are worried about the cost of therapy – which isn't

always covered by insurance – or because the kids are worried about the social stigma

that comes with "seeing a shrink".

So some psychologists think there's another way to help them out—give them video games.

Already, they're a nearly ubiquitous feature of the American childhood—surveys estimate

that over 90% of kids between the ages of 2 and 17 in the US play video games.

So they're socially acceptable, and relatively inexpensive.

Plus, since kids can play in their own homes, they can maintain their privacy.

And video games are fun.

You might not think it's important that therapy be fun, but enjoyment of an activity

does increase your motivation to keep doing it.

And all that means there's huge potential for certain video games to help mental health—but

only if they actually work.

And they just might.

Though the evidence is very preliminary, several trials have shown promise in using specially

designed video games to treat mild to moderate mental illness.

Many of these therapeutic games are based on already existing treatments like cognitive

behavioral therapy – a type of good ole talk therapy which aims to help people identify

and alter problematic thoughts or behaviors.

For example, researchers in New Zealand created a game called SPARX for treating depression.

Through playing, kids ultimately learn strategies for relaxation, social interaction, and dealing

with difficult emotions and situations much like they would in therapy.

But that's all disguised as an interactive fantasy video game.

When the game's designers compared it with regular counseling in a trial of nearly 200

kids, both groups showed about equal improvement, indicating that SPARX might be just as effective

as therapy.

And similar results were found by researchers working with a game called MindLight.

In MindLight, children navigate through a scary mansion, learning techniques to control

their anxiety along the way.

And in a preliminary trial of 174 kids with anxiety, six weekly sessions of gameplay worked

about as well as eight weekly sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Similar trials have been conducted on games designed for adults with equally positive

results.

Though such findings still need to be replicated by other researchers – ones who weren't

involved in making the games – before these games could become widely-accepted therapies,

the results are encouraging.

Scientists are now designing games to try and treat everything from addiction to eating

disorders to ADHD.

There are even some in the works to help manage psychosis.

Other researchers are hoping to create social support networks in virtual reality, or integrate

video games into therapeutic programs.

And they might not have to create all these games from scratch.

Researchers have found playing certain simple distracting games like Peggle and Bejeweled

can improve mood, so they could help manage stress or even depression.

And the right game could maybe even help treat illnesses like PTSD.

In one 2010 study, researchers had 60 healthy participants watch a traumatic film and then

play Tetris, a word game, or no game at all.

In the following week, subjects had fewer flashbacks concerning the film if they had

played Tetris compared to the other two groups.

The researchers think that may be because visual games like Tetris somehow interfere

with the storage of the traumatic images as long-lasting memories.

Though, this has yet to be confirmed with people who've experienced actual traumatic

events.

And the word game actually made flashbacks worse in one experiment— so the choice of

game seems to be really important.

None of these studies invalidate the research that has found some games, especially violent

ones, can possibly increase stress and aggression in some people.

So if doctors are looking into using video games therapeutically, they'll need to be

careful about which they use and how they use them.

Not to mention though, they'll have to consider the effects of different games might have

on different types of people, because even games designed to be therapeutic probably

won't work the same for everyone.

But, the results coming from these preliminary studies using video games in a more clinical

way are exciting, especially to psychologists working with younger patients.

And that's because mental health disorders seem to be a growing problem among children

and teens in America, with rates of things like depressive episodes and anxiety jumping

20 to 30 percent in recent decades.

While traditional therapies can be highly effective, they often don't reach the kids

who need them the most.

So even though there's a lot of work to be done, there's hope that video games will

one day make therapy more widely accessible, leading to happier healthier kids.

And in the meantime, maybe you can tell the haters that rag on you for your gaming to

chill out a bit.

Thanks for watching this episode of SciShow Psych!

If you liked learning about how video games might be used for good, you might like our

episode on whether violent video games actually make you more aggressive.

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Top 10 Final Video Game Bosses That Were Ridiculously Easy To Beat - Duration: 6:01.

Nothing is more groan worthy than getting to the end of a really enjoyable game and

coming head to head with a final boss who goes down quicker than a Mario Kart on a banana

peel.

It's oh so painful.

So today we're recounting the disappointment with our list of the top 10 final video game

bosses that were ridiculously easy to beat.

Most of the games on this list are critically acclaimed, and some are flat out iconic, which

perhaps makes these final boss battles even worse.

10 Joker – Arkham Asylum Arkham Asylum is a fantastic game.

It spawned a franchise of Rocksteady Batman video games that were almost all critically

acclaimed.

But the game has one major flaw that many fans didn't enjoy; the final boss battle

with the Joker, where the penultimate villain jacks himself up on toxins.

For starters, that kind of tactic is a bit out of character for the clown prince of crime.

Second, the battle felt a little forced; jacked up Joker jumps up and sends his minions after

you, then occasionally jumps down so you can dish out some damage to him.

And it wasn't all that challenging; it didn't offer up anything new in the game, either.

Luckily, Rocksteady made up for it with Arkham City and the final boss battle there, but

there's still a few gamers out there who are sore over Asylum.

9 Ganon Ganon is not a foe to be taken lightly as

far as The Legend of Zelda is concerned.

Unless you're playing Ocarina of Time, that is.

Despite his terrifying aesthetic, the final battle against Ganon is actually fairly simple,

once you get the swing of it.

It's repetitive, and as long as you make sure to roll between his legs and slash his

tail, as long as you keep the pace, the battle is incredibly straight forward and manageable.

Not so threatening now, are you Ganon?

Ganon's lack of diversity in his attacks is what makes this possible, which is a bit

of a shame considering the rest of the game is considering to be one of the best titles

of all time, despite its severely aged graphics these days.

8 Natla - Tomb Raider Jacqueline Natla is similar to our last number

in the sense that all you really have to do is repeat the same move over and over and

you'll knock her out.

It's a bit of a shame; for a character that means so much to Lara's story, she's defeated

fairly simply.

Essentially, all you have to do is non-stop fire your uzis while doing somersaults as

a means of dodging her attacks, which is pretty lame considering she transforms into A WINGED

BEAST WITH FIRE BALL POWERS.

You don't even really need to aim well, either!

It's also worth noting that her attacks are strong, but the pillars scattered around

act as a significant amount of cover, and if you have any medi packs, you're sure

to withstand her attacks.

7 Jacknife – Mirror's Edge The 2009 EA Dice Mirror's Edge was arguably

a really well done game, but it's final confrontation with Jacknife, a former runner,

is incredibly anti-climatic.

All you have to do after he boards the helicopter is run and jump, causing him to fall to his

death.

While the gameplay immediately after is tense (you need to help Kate safely escape the now

falling helicopter which apparently gets so severely damaged from your jump and Jacknife's

firing that that it starts going down) it still feels like quite a letdown.

6 Saddler – Resident Evil 4 Saddler gets a lot of hype in Resident Evil

4, but when it finally comes down to facing it, it's not all that difficult to get the

upper hand on the terribly deformed monstrosity.

Once you determine where his weak spots are, it doesn't take long to fire away and deal

some serious damage to him.

The area in which you fight him gives you a lot of advantages; there's a lot of traps

and areas you can sneak into when trying to avoid him.

Plus, after you've gotten his health down significantly, Ada just shows up and gives

you a one hit kill rocket launcher, which kind of makes the whole battle redundant to

begin with.

5 Black Hand – Shadow of Mordor The Black Hand of Sauron final boss battle

is essentially a game of cat and mouse, which is then followed by a quick time event.

While it may do the narrative justice, in terms of actual skill it didn't really challenge

players all that much, despite the Talons of the Black Hand you fight off prior being

much more interesting.

There is a timer though, so for some, that may add some level of intrigue, but still.

4 Lambent Brumak – Gears of War 2 For something so terrifying to look at, this

final boss is a piece of cake.

Just hold down the trigger down for the Hammer of Dawn to fire.

Keep that up and it'll eventually die.

Which is pretty funny considering everything else leading up to this final boss in the

game is hard as balls.

Moving on.

3 Fontaine (BioShock) Fontaine is quite the physically imposing

boss, but unfortunately, was more of a letdown than a challenge.

Despite BioShock being a wonderfully crafted game, players quickly found out that there

was an easy tactic you could use to finish the baddie in no time; you can blast Fontaine

with the chemical thrower weapon, with the electric gel leaving the boss pretty much

paralyzed.

From there, you just shoot, without having to fear for any real repercussions.

Plus, if your weapons were upgraded fully by the end of the game, the damage you deal

is pretty superior, meaning the battle will be over in no time.

2 343 Guilty Spark Aside from typically being considered one

of the most annoying video game characters in history, Guilty Spark is also a pretty

crappy boss.

It's incredibly easy to take out, and its own attacks towards you are really predictable

and easy to dodge.

Despite being able to fly around, it lingers A LOT, and it doesn't even bother to use

its small size to its advantage.

It feels as if it was just an afterthought to the game, a boss battle slapped on the

ending of a story otherwise jam packed with other memorable and compelling moments.

1 Lucien – Fable 2 Nothing is more anti-climatic than not getting

to brutally destroy a villain that has driven you absolutely mental the entire game.

Fable 2 features one of those moments.

The final encounter with Lucien, a character who has antagonized you right from the start

of the game, is nowhere near the kind of justice that players wanted.

Dude kills your sister at the start of the story, and all you get is hop and a skip and

a short cut scene.

While there is some satisfaction in shooting him after his shield was down, if you listened

to his last words and waited too long, someone else would shoot him.

There we have it friends!

Are there other bosses we should have mentioned on our list?

Give us a shout in those comments below!

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Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Video - The Power of Integrity and Forgiveness - Duration: 5:27.

Hi, I'm Olivia, and today's Happy Nugget! comes from Mahatma Gandhi, the great leader

of the Indian Independence movement against British rule.

I grew up listening to stories about Gandhi because my mom's great aunt Sucheta Kriplani

and her husband Acharya J.B. Kriplani

were devout disciples of Gandhi and important figures in India's independence

movement, helping Gandhi when he came back from South Africa.

My great great aunt Sucheta was India's first woman Chief Minister, serving as the

head of Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967.

Her husband held the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power

in 1947.

I didn't pay much attention to this growing up because my mother's life in India is

filled with so many painful memories, and our lives in Peru were so far removed from that reality

However, I did read Gandhi's autobiography when I was fifteen years old.

Gandhi was born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1869 in Porbandar, India.

He came from a very religious household, exposed early on to the tenets of non-violence.

His performance in school on the whole was below average.

When Ghandi was thirteen he was married in an arranged ceremony, eventually having four children.

His family was of humble origin, and when he was presented with the opportunity to travel

to England to become a lawyer he jumped at the chance in spite of his mother's objections

fearing her son would succumb to danger and temptation.

Three years later when Ghandi came back to India his professional prospects were not good.

Gandhi was very shy, unable to argue in court successfully, making a modest living by drafting

petitions for litigants.

In 1893 Ghandi was offered a better job in South Africa and he took it, spending twenty-one

years away from home.

It was in South Africa that Gandhi's outlook in life changed.

When he got there he thought of himself as British before Indian, but when he experienced

utter discrimination, being publicly beaten and humiliated, he began to question the Indian's

place in the British Empire.

Where he had once been shy, Ghandi took up the calling of fighting for the dignity and

rights of his people, becoming active in politics and developing many of the ideas that would

later characterize his independence movement in India, including non-violent resistance.

Almost four decades later, under the guidance and leadership of Gandhi and his followers,

India achieved her independence from the British Empire in 1947.

There are moments in life that are critical in shaping the characters of great men and women.

When Gandhi was a young adolescent he went through a rebellious streak, eating meat which

was a sin in his religious household, smoking and stealing money from servants to purchase

cigarettes.

In his autobiography Ghandi wrote, "Well, it was done, and the debt cleared.

But this became more than I could bear.

I resolved never to steal again.

I also made up my mind to confess it to my father.

But I did not dare to speak.

Not that I was afraid of my father beating me…I was afraid of the pain that I should

cause him.

But I felt that the risk should be taken; that there could not be a cleansing without

a clean confession.

I decided at last to write out the confession, to submit it to my father, and ask his forgiveness.

I wrote it on a slip of paper and handed it to him myself.

In this note not only did I confess my guilt, but I asked adequate punishment for it, and

closed with a request to him not to punish himself for my offense.

I also pledged myself never to steal in the future.

I was trembling as I handed the confession to my father.

He was then suffering from a fistula and was confined to bed…He read it through and pearl

drops trickled down his cheeks, wetting the paper.

For a moment he closed his eyes in thought, and then tore up the note…I also cried.

I could see my father's agony…Those pearl-drops of love cleansed my heart and washed away

my sin.

Only he who has experienced such love can know what it is."

For all the political and social roles Gandhi was known for, at his core he was deeply rooted

in his religious beliefs, always looking to improve himself.

The word "Mahatma" used to honor Gandhi means "Great Soul."

Even the greatest among us, someone as noble and with such a grand destiny as Gandhi,

make mistakes.

The key is to be humble enough to accept those mistakes and courageous enough to take responsibility

for them, so that the true greatness that's inside of us can shine.

And that's today's Happy Nugget!

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As always, I link below the video anything I recommend.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Thanks for watching.

See you next time.

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Tina Knowles Shares Video Of Beyonce Performing At A Young Age - Duration: 4:24.

Tina Knowles Shares Video Of Beyonce Performing At A Young Age

Tina Knowles must be one of the proudest parents in the universe.

Both of her daughters are talented entertainers, and her eldest, Beyonce, is worshipped like a God across the world.

If you have ever seen Beyonce perform, you can tell she enjoys every minute on stage.

It was like she was born to be on tour, and a rare video shared by Tina Knowles proves that Bey was comfortable on stage from a young age.

Tina posted a video of 7-year-old Beyonce dancing on stage to Instagram.

The first thing that comes to mind when watching the clip is how similar Beyonce and Blue Ivy look.

In fact, Blue is the spitting image of her mother, and you would easily mistake the two.

In the short clip, Beyonce narrates as her younger self breaks it down.

"I was really shy," begins Bey, a statement that is a stark contrast to the lively girl having fun.

"I did not speak much, I was more comfortable with adults because my mother owned a hair salon and I stayed in her salon.

I was in grown people's business all day trying to listen to their conversations.

And when I got on the stage, my mother put me in dance lessons, and I really loved it.

And I think when they saw me perform they were like, 'wait a minute, she's like in heaven.'".