Hayley Behnke Interview #2

Unknown Speaker  0:01   Hello, my name is Zachary Behnke. I'm the manager of the audio production team on the social media team. And I am here with my guest, Hayley Behnke. Who is a former alumni here at San Jose State. Why don't you introduce yourself with what you majored in? Unknown Speaker  0:17   Hi, yes. I majored in English with a prep for teaching. Unknown Speaker  0:22   And how would you say that went? Unknown Speaker  0:25   It went pretty good. It was really fun. The classes that I had to take were really, really cool. Unknown Speaker  0:33   The purpose of this interview is to basically gauge or get your take on how video games have helped the pandemic or help people through the pandemic with their stress and all that. So first question first important question, you play video games, right? Unknown Speaker  0:48   Well, yeah, play video games. Unknown Speaker  0:52   Okay. Okay. So to get that out of the way. First question, what games did you play during the pandemic to help you keep your stress levels low? Unknown Speaker  1:01   Oh, man. Well, definitely. We we were both on that Animal Crossing New Horizons train. Yeah, like, it was perfect timing. Because with Animal Crossing, you know, it's all about just relaxing. You know, you're on your own island. You're, you know, making it your own little piece of yourself. Unknown Speaker  1:27   Yeah, no, it's definitely some of our other other interviewees have brought up Animal Crossing. It's definitely it's definitely a common theme. That's for sure. Unknown Speaker  1:36   It's almost kind of like a conspiracy theory like, like Nintendo. Hey, how'd you do it? Like, Unknown Speaker  1:43   they waited for the pande- aw jeez. So, would you recommend Animal Crossing for people who maybe have trouble with their stress? Maybe as a way to deal with it? Would you recommend them getting a switch and some other games on the console? to help them? Unknown Speaker  2:01   Yeah, I absolutely would. Because what's not to love about escaping reality and going to a deserted island where you just you plant flowers, you talk to animal friends, you just you just relax, you have a good time? Unknown Speaker  2:16   Yeah, absolutely. Well, okay, so, I know that was a little short. But I really want to thank you, Haley for being here on the podcast here today. For this interview, sure that even though it was a little short, I think we definitely got some really good insight on you know, just how video games can help with stress during the pandemic. And yeah, Unknown Speaker  2:36   For sure. Unknown Speaker  2:38   Alright, so again, thank you so much for being on here. And we'll see you guys for our next podcast. See you.