Video Games Inspire Creativity

Prior research has shown that video games can inspire creativity. An article we based our research on was “The light side of Gaming: creativity and Brain Plasticity”. And, they stated there is potential that playing games can be effective in emphasizing creativity (Christiane Ganter-Argast, Marc Schipper, Manouchehr Shamsrizi, Christian Stein, & Radwa Khalil, 2024). Research also showed that “digital games can dynamically adapt the environment to the player’s abilities, optimizing creativity” (Christiane Ganter-Argast, Marc Schipper, Manouchehr Shamsrizi, Christian Stein, & Radwa Khalil, 2024). This research goes along with our own because it shows the overall potential and proves the great possibility that video games can increase creativity. Our research topic is important because it shows how video games can increase creativity, inspiring people to play more video games and become more creative. Participants in the study were undergraduate male and female Penn State students between the ages of 18-23. We are testing our hypothesis by giving a survey and then calculating our responses. We anticipate our findings to show that no matter the game or genre, all video games can increase productivity.