Why do you believe video games are the fastest medium to teach human behavior and reverse the modern loneliness epidemic?

Irena Pereira
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Founder & CEO at Unleashed Games

Niche: Technology
Revenue: Pre-Revenue/month
Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Started: 2022

Video games structure repetitive daily behavioral loops faster than any textbook, lecture, or social platform. Today, empty playgrounds and unsupervised screen time mean kids often memorize hundreds of military weapon specifications without learning the basic social skills required to make a neighborhood friend. If game mechanics reward shooting and dominating others, players internalize hostility. If you instead design mechanics where you cannot progress without healing an ally, communicating clearly, and solving group puzzles, you train neural pathways for empathy, collaboration, and trust.

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