The Psychology of Video Games

The benefits of gaming to the player, in game purchases, motivation to play, psychology of game mechanics or systems. Social contexts, biases and decision making heuristics and games and game design,. competition, states of mind that players get into, and what I call the dark side of psychology and games. The first question is how can games be used for stress recovery? Some research on how leisure activities are used to recover mental resources and cope with stress would be interesting and insightful here.