Do You Play Video Games?

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J-Kat

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I was pulling things out of a closet and ran across a X-Box 360 Kinect that I bought years ago. I remember using it some mainly with exercise games. I also had a Wii at one time but I think that is packed away out in the garage somewhere. I remember having a Game Boy when they first came out. I was never very good with the Mario type games. I would reach a certain point and never be able to get past it. The fighting and war games never interested me. I mainly play card games on my iPad now and Words With Friends. My nephew who used to call me his "cool Aunt" because I had the Game Boy has been telling me to get a Nintendo Switch. I don't even know what that is. Do you have a video game console and do you play games on it?
 

No video games for me either. I for sure do not like the fighting, shooting, or war games. The kids at school want me to play Minecraft. There is a "creative mode" where you just build stuff and there's no fighting. I have downloaded it for the computer but have yet to give it a try.

I spend some time at Nitro Type, type-racing with other people in real time. Again, I found this from the kids and have been active there for several years. It has raised my typing speed quite a bit, and I find it a lot of fun.
 

We got our first Atari console when my boys were about 8 in 1982-83. They had been diagnosed with hand/eye motor coordination issues and i researched (old fashioned way, at library) what might help. Turns out 'shooting' games like Missile Attack? Command? help improve the issue, today i'd have the option of Bubble Shooter type games that are practice for the same skills. (i also built them a close to ground balance beam out of 2 x 4s, cause that was recommended.) Turned out, decades later we realized they were neuro-atypical, high end of autism spectrum.

We've had different gaming things over the years but now you can just dowload games. I mostly play ones that i will help keep mind sharp, Bookworm, Word Search games, Bubble Shooter games, and there's a whole series called the "Istries" free download on Kindle Fire.

They are a Matching game with different themes (dogs, cats, birds, butterflies, gems etc) but all involve a cube made of smaller cubes. That you can set to rotate 3 dimensionally or have stationary (harder but doable). The matching pairs disappear when you click on second one. Goal is to make whole big cube vanish. But not as simple as it sounds because they send mixed visual messages to the brain: one pair of birds face right another left, one pair of cats may look identical to another but different color background. And some of them are just visually lovely -- matched butterfly pairs fly away, the gems sparkle as they disappear.

My daughter plays Star Trek, Survival games, and has multiple Sims packs. I fear if i got near the structure building Sims I'd get hopelessly addicted because i used to draw houses and floor plans a lot when young.
 
J-Kat said:
I was pulling things out of a closet and ran across a X-Box 360 Kinect that I bought years ago. I remember using it some mainly with exercise games. I also had a Wii at one time but I think that is packed away out in the garage somewhere. I remember having a Game Boy when they first came out. I was never very good with the Mario type games. I would reach a certain point and never be able to get past it. The fighting and war games never interested me. I mainly play card games on my iPad now and Words With Friends. My nephew who used to call me his "cool Aunt" because I had the Game Boy has been telling me to get a Nintendo Switch. I don't even know what that is. Do you have a video game console and do you play games on it?
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Why is your Wii in the garage?

I have a Wii but haven't used it in a while. It's in the living room. I had 2 Nintendo Switches but one got screwed up by an update so I can't use it. I have 2 computers now. One with Microsoft and no sound and then I got a Chromebook recently. I prefer Sims but they're too expensive. I have several games on my Switch Lite that I enjoy. Plus there's a couple on Facebook I play. I also got one off the Google Play Store on my Chromebook.
 
I still play video games, but these days on a tablet rather than a console. Why, I am so addicted to Angry Birds 2 that to this day I can barely resist the urge to hurl poultry at pigs when driving past a pig farm! I am, you see, Jet Faster! Those filthy, egg-stealing pigs must be held accountable!

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MarciKS said:
Why is your Wii in the garage?

I think I got the X-Box and moved the Wii to the garage thinking I would not play with it any more. You mentioned the Nintendo Switch. Do you have to have a console to use the Switch? I just don't know much about that game gadget.
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feywon - I remember playing Bookworm almost non-stop but seems it could not be updated any longer so I deleted it. The Istry matching game sounds interesting. I found it in the Apple App store so I might try it.

Fryefox - I remember being addicted to Angry Birds and still have it on my iPad. Have not played it in a long time.
 
J-Kat said:
feywon - I remember playing Bookworm almost non-stop but seems it could not be updated any longer so I deleted it. The Istry matching game sounds interesting. I found it in the Apple App store so I might try it.

Fryefox - I remember being addicted to Angry Birds and still have it on my iPad. Have not played it in a long time.
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The Switch is a handheld console.
 
fenwon, I downloaded the Istries app for my iPad and have been playing the "match the dogs" game. I like it a lot and I appreciate that the author of the app does not blast you with ads, etc. Thank you for the recommendation.
 
J-Kat said:
fenwon, I downloaded the Istries app for my iPad and have been playing the "match the dogs" game. I like it a lot and I appreciate that the author of the app does not blast you with ads, etc. Thank you for the recommendation.
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You're welcome i've only played a half dozen or so ofthe
 
J-Kat said:
fenwon, I downloaded the Istries app for my iPad and have been playing the "match the dogs" game. I like it a lot and I appreciate that the author of the app does not blast you with ads, etc. Thank you for the recommendation.
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You're welcome, I've especially like the gems and 'magic' ones cause the visuals are cool but i try a new one now then. The Dollaristry one a challenge because there's not much variance in color and one set may be the upper right corner of a bill amd another set a different corner but you see the denomination and your brain thinks 'match'.
 

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