Study reveals playing Breath of the Wild & watching Studio Ghibli films improves mental health

A study examined the well-being of 518 graduate students by dividing them into four groups. One group played an open-world video game, another watched heartwarming, nostalgic movies, a third did both, and the final group didn’t participate in either activity. Afterwards, researchers asked all participants to rate their feelings of exploration, calmness, competence, purpose, and overall happiness.






