Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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Let me know how that goes. You can bring a preorder list of upcoming games. I wonder if they would recommend a differemt genre for a specific ailment too. Anger management and stressed patients gets shooters, ADHD gets RPG's or Sims for the longevity and attention required. I think this is doable. Ana
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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We can start a movement! What shall we call it?
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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I believe that an active mind keeps you on your toes and is good for you.Even as you slow down as you get older if you have some thing to think about and some thing to do it keeps you going /I am 53 soon and even though at times I feel it most say I don t look that old and that I am young in my ways .So maybe there is some thing in the gaming at least my head is always thinking about some thing and just not mondane every day living lol
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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Wow what a breakthrough :LOL: they must have been a gamer to come up with that. Not long ago they thought that we were all addicted and needed therapy :LOL: How cool is this. I agree it should be prescribed!!!! Nan
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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about time some things changed for the better .I don t know about where any one else lives I cant see why they cant give us a free game now and then on the NHS they give all the other addicts what they need free lol
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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However, there could be another side to this. How high does one's blood pressure go when you reach this stage in a game Amen! Sometimes the adrenalin really gets racing during a timed sequence, too. Also kudos to the other comment made about resorting to a WT. And isn't it amusing how the general population can already have determined something significant through experience that so-called scientists have to go out and spend umpteen thousands of dollars "proving" for us? So many folk remedies have been "proven" to be effective when we already knew it through centuries of use. Sigh. Our tax dollars at work . . . One thing I have noticed is how my performance in a game drops drastically when I am feeling ill, like with a cold or flu. Shows how much brain power you lose when faced with illness. The main thing, though, is that we keep stimulating our brains by playing a game rather than going numb before a TV set. That will keep us young and sassy!
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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And isn't it amusing how the general population can already have determined something significant through experience that so-called scientists have to go out and spend umpteen thousands of dollars "proving" for us? So many folk remedies have been "proven" to be effective when we already knew it through centuries of use. Sigh. Our tax dollars at work . . . Amen to that, Reenie! I try to avoid pharmaceutical meds if there is a natural remedy that will be just as effective. That was a neat article. And I was excited to see that it mentioned Music Therapy (they called it musical therapy but that's incorrect). That's what my BA is in. Nice to see that it's continuing to grow.
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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I think it's pretty amazing Celtic that you found that article. I don't think I've ever read a medical journal. Not even in a doctor's office. Just proves a point - I'm not crazy.
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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Hi Kraken! I didn't find the article, Reenie did. I just read it. I had to read that kind of stuff in college. I wouldn't say it's my reading material of choice, but I'm used to the jargon. MysteryLover - I think Lights Out may have increased stress for me. LOL Talk about putting one on edge at every little sound!
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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When I was working and living in London with stress and violence all around I used my adventure games as a way to chill out and get away from it all. In the game I had control and could solve a puzzle with the help of a bit of string and a rubber chicken- quite different from my job. Now I am retired and living in a peaceful small town in Cornwall and my adventure games are just that - an adventure. A stimulation for the gray cells that might otherwise rot from daytime TV. Hip hip hurray for the games that solve different needs in different ways And I'm proud and happy to see that I'm no longer a shy boomer but a settled one
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Has any one seen any little gray cells around as I think I've lost some? Reward for finder.
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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Wait a minute here, the thing about reflexes is that they do NOT use the mind, at least not the conscious, thinking mind. Reflexes are part of the autonomic nervous system that governs involuntary actions! Which is probably why I find action scenes requiring reflexes to be so BORING.
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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Welcome back Gordon24 I take it you are out of plaster and back home. Good for you I agree serriamindy and I think I'm getting Repeditive Strain in my wrist playing Dead reefs on WASD. I've ordered the Carol Reed games eastside story + the 3 previous games - I may have got the names wrong - they promise depatch in 24 hous, 4 games including shipping for £30 or $60 that is amazing. The only problem is the post office workers have gone on strike What can I say - I used to work for a trade union so I can't complain
Has any one seen any little gray cells around as I think I've lost some? Reward for finder.
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Re: ANOTHER great reason to play Adventure Games!
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Which is probably why I find action scenes requiring reflexes to be so BORING. Me, too! Isn't it odd how action games can be boring and, at the same time, so stressful? My interpretation of the article is that it is not the reflexive activity that counts. It is the cognitive process involved in puzzle games that is the important factor: developing a longer attention span, following along with a mental thought, assessing information and correlating facts, etc. That is the stimulus the brain needs. Probably why music therapy is also effective: you follow the line of music and have to concentrate to some extent in order to appreciate what the composer is doing.
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