If your opinion of games have been tarnished in recent days, or perhaps ever, then sometimes its helpful to take a look at the big picture. It’s especially helpful when that picture is painted with a sanitizing brush of 50s television.

Jerusalem-based student Paul Rozenboim pulled together clips from the Prelinger Archive of found footage and scientific studies from TED talks to produce a delightful five-minute primer on the positive effects of games. The project was submitted for his final thesis project for his degree on visual communication at Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. We hope he got an A.