🎮 Prosocial video games intended to foster social connectedness amongst teens and their communities.
Five social connectedness games coming 2025-2026. Two published to-date.
For more info about the importance of social connectedness and the winning games visit our website: 🌐 www.connecting.games
Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections
▪️ During the Covid pandemic, countries with strong community ties had fewer deaths from COVID-19.
▪️Chronic loneliness weakens our immune system.
❤️ Quality social connections are a fundamental human need
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Having a strong social network is known to offer protective benefits as you age... “But not all social ties are supportive,”
Researchers found that for every additional non-supportive person participants regularly interacted with, their pace of aging increased by 1.5 percent.