{"id":990249,"date":"2026-01-07T18:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cbnVSBg6wcuPz5VKnsoe2a"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:52:20","slug":"gaming-is-a-good-thing-for-the-workplace-apparently-so-if-youll-excuse-me-im-off-to-do-some-extensive-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/gaming-is-a-good-thing-for-the-workplace-apparently-so-if-youll-excuse-me-im-off-to-do-some-extensive-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming is a good thing for the workplace, apparently\u2014so if you&#8217;ll excuse me, I&#8217;m off to &#8216;do some extensive training&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>One of the big myths about working in gaming is that we spend all our days playing games non-stop. Of course, that&apos;ll be the case if you&apos;re reviewing a new release, but otherwise we spend a lot of our time looking at blinking cursors, spreadsheets, and all that terribly interesting work-related stuff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Good news though\u2014several studies say that gaming improves skills needed in the workplace, so we can all petition our bosses to allocate some time for a bit of R&#038;R.<\/p>\n<p>The findings range from tabletop gaming encouraging creativity, empathy and teamwork, to video games building cognitive skills and contributing to stress management (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2024\/10\/why-gaming-is-good-for-the-workplace?utm_source=pocket_discover_gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard Business Review<\/a>). Those all sound like things us gamers already knew, but it&apos;s nice to have some science to back it up, isn&apos;t it?<\/p>\n<p>For tabletop gaming, a study based on 25 individuals <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/g4h.2023.0158?journalCode=g4h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playing eight one-hour D&#038;D sessions<\/a> found that participants &#8220;demonstrated significant decreases in depression, stress, and anxiety and significant increases in self-esteem and self-efficacy over the study period.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&apos;s a pretty small sample size, admittedly, but how about this one published in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/psychology\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2022.1010800\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frontiers in Psychology journal<\/a>, which found that 399 D&#038;D players exhibited significantly higher extraversion, openness to experience and emotional stability compared to 402 non-players?<\/p>\n<p>These studies and those like them have led some to posit that gaming in the workplace may actually be highly beneficial\u2014like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pursuit.unimelb.edu.au\/articles\/why-dungeons-and-dragons-is-good-for-the-workplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Jesse Olsen of the University of Melbourne<\/a>, who argues that the teamwork, flexibility and creativity found in a D&#038;D session has direct parallels with the skills needed in an effective workplace team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&apos;s not just tabletop either\u2014our beloved vidya games get a look in on the action, too. In <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/psychology\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2018.02127\/full?ref=remote-work-inspiration-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a review of 35 studies<\/a> assessing the effect of video games on cognitive and emotional training, researchers found that, overall, &#8220;findings give evidences of benefits of video games training on cognitive and emotional skills in relation to the healthy adult population, especially on young adults.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&apos;s not just purely educational games or brain-training apps, either. The review goes on to conclude that &#8220;efficacy has been demonstrated not only for non-commercial video games or commercial brain-training programs, but for commercial video games as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Your next machine<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"xXhrEsP3nMY9e43WUFUxSC\" name=\"gaming-pc-group-shot.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"Gaming PC group shot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/gaming-is-a-good-thing-for-the-workplace-apparently-so-if-youll-excuse-me-im-off-to-do-some-extensive-training.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best gaming PC<\/strong><\/a>: The top pre-built machines.<br \/>\n<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best gaming laptop<\/strong><\/a>: Great devices for mobile gaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So, better teamwork, better cognitive skills, more empathy, and significant increases in self-esteem? Those all sound like the building blocks of a happy, healthy, and productive workforce to me. The Harvard Business Review suggests that managers <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2024\/10\/why-gaming-is-good-for-the-workplace?utm_source=pocket_discover_gaming#:~:text=1.%20Ask%20potential%20hires%20about%20their%20gaming%20experience%2C%20and%20challenge%20them%20to%20consider%20how%20that%20might%20add%20value%20to%20the%20organization.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ask potential hires about their gaming experience<\/a>, normalise gaming conversations in the workplace, and lead by example by playing a game.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds good to me. Now, if I can just convince my higher-ups to let me get back to building my abomination of a facility in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sim\/satisfactory-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Satisfactory<\/a>\u2014purely to boost my overall well-being and my contributions to the team, of course\u2014that&apos;d be just grand.<\/p>\n<p>No? Ah, better get working on the next article then.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-is-a-good-thing-for-the-workplace-apparently-so-if-youll-excuse-me-im-off-to-do-some-extensive-training\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the big myths about working in gaming is that we spend all our days playing games non-stop. Of course, that&apos;ll be the case if you&apos;re reviewing a new release, but otherwise we spend a lot of our time looking at blinking cursors, spreadsheets, and all that terribly interesting work-related stuff.\u00a0 Good news though\u2014several studies say that gaming improves skills needed in the workplace, so we can all petition our bosses to allocate some time for a bit of R&#038;R. The findings range from tabletop gaming encouraging creativity, empathy and teamwork, to video games building cognitive skills and contributing to stress management (via Harvard Business Review). 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