Tetris
Attenuates or reduces trauma and potentially eases the severity where its already happened
Seems to promote geometric and analytic thinking irl
No real skills but Stardew just happened to come out and a pretty rough time in my life and helped a lot. I would absolutely call it therapeutic.
Same here with A Short Hike.
For me it’s Solitaire and Nonograms. They relax me.
At adult day programs they play games like wordle and tic tac toe which apparently help reduce cognitive decline.
I play boggle and find it helps with my anxiety but I’m most likely just using it to distract myself rather than it actually helping.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of video games help with reaction time and peripheral vision. I haven’t seen any studies, but it would be interesting to know if regular video game players have better driving and accident avoidance skills.
Have you seen GTA players?
/joke
I have definitely seen studies saying that people who play video games are better surgeons. Surgeons who don’t play video games take longer to develop their fine motor coordination to the same level of competence.
Surgeons sometimes claim students who play video games tend to perform much better off the bat than non gamers so there‘s that. I remember an interview a while ago where one claimed he always asks the gamers among the students to demonstrate a technique for the class first because of that.
Slay the Spire for improving risk analysis skills.
D&D for social anxiety… I mean, it didn’t “fix” mine, but it helped.
And public speaking… And improvisation… And conversational skills… And strategy… And creativity… Am I missing something?
“Revita” is a game I play when I get distraught. It’s a game that focuses on the stages of grief and is a somber game. It comes with a warning regarding the themes and messages of the game.
Very well done, very good game.
Have you played Undertale?
I have not! I’ve Heard of it and watched a bunch of gameplay. I might pick it up at some point, but as of right now it’s just in my wishlist
Just watch a playthru real quick sometime and see if it appeals to you. The falling down song absolutely slays me 🥹
All of them, as long as you take them seriously and continue learning about them. Games can be a mindless escape from reality when used passively, but when played actively they are vessel for learning and testing of various ideas and theories.
Yep, but we’re looking for specifics please
The Souls series has made me a more patient, observant person IRL, and helped me manage my medically caused anger.
My friends and I all had rough days for various reasons, and we got together and played a game of Hallertau. It was so relaxing and therapeutic, we all mellowed out and had a good time on our little bavarian farms. The pace is super chill and by the time we were done, we all felt happy and relaxed. The game is just marvelous.
Passage
It’s a game released to the public domain, that gives a Zen kind of appreciation for life, and how it is finite but filled with experiences.
https://libregamewiki.org/Passage
For the best experience, don’t read spoilers on the bottom part of the page.
Playtime is 5 minutes.
crazy 3 looks fun. reaction, coordination, music, visual stimulation.
I remember tanggrams being great as a kid as solitary creative play. Helps reinforce colors and shapes, their relation/fit with each other. How they combine to form new shapes. Prob more I’ve forgotten.
Playing League for years improved my reflexes and I’ve managed to catch a few things mid-air that I accidentally dropped. It made me feel like Spiderman on more than one occasion.
