Games

The  rise  of  computers  has  parall'd  the  resurgence  of games  in  our  culture.  This  is  no  accident.  Games  like Chess,  Go,  and  Parcheesi  are much  like digital computers,—machines  for  creating  and  storing  numerical states. In  this  sense, computers  didn’t  create  games; games  created  computers.Manifesto for a Ludic... by an Eric Zimmerman (1969-).
I use them to get an aesthetic + tactile (movement/brain use) experience while I listen to lectures on academic topics and business topics even, just whatever I learn from. Psychology too, for many many reasons. I didn't do this when I was younger though.
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*Diablo; Bioshock; System shock
*Gaming; Vampire Survivors clones
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