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Games that calm you down: Temple Run
By Malikbek (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons In this post I’m going to be talking about a mobile game which actually isn’t that old, but if you asked almost anyone (especially a kid) they would call it borderline ancient. You already know what game it is thanks to the title, but I’m …
Playing table top games
wikipedia user Nils-Hennes Stear [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Nowadays when we hear the word games and gamer, we automatically associate them with someone sitting in front of a screen, pushing buttons and shouting at their mother demanding food. But people seem to forget that this form of gaming is actually relatively new. Before …
Finding people who share your interests
By Niccolo Raimondi (IT Museum Felonica) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons Humans are social animals, for the most part we need one another not only to survive but to stay sane; no one can live in complete isolation. That’s why we hang out with each other and make friends. The thing is, we can …
Games that calm you down: Destroy your computer
By tara hunt from Montreal, Canada (Broken Computer) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons A few posts ago I talked about an extremely violent game called Whack Your Boss where you try to find different ways to kill your annoying boss (if you haven’t seen that already you can check it out here -put link …
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Games that calm you down: Whack your boss
By Trizek (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons For the people who have a narcissistic, self-absorbed, unsympathetic, unforgiving, uncaring, annoying and downright bad boss (feel free to add in any other attributes of a bad boss I might have missed), this game was made for you. It is a very violent and blood …
Games that calm you down: Best fiends
Today I am going to tell you about a mobile game I recently started playing called Best Fiends. It’s a fun and simple puzzle adventure game made by a company called Seriously. Seriously that is their name, seriously. It has a very cartoony style and has these adorable little creatures (fiends) that you need to …
Hobbies that calm you down: Jigsaw puzzles
Jigsaw puzzles: those things that make up a giant picture by putting together many weirdly shaped small pieces in the correct way. By Puzzle_Krypt.jpg: Munsderivative work: Schlurcher (Puzzle_Krypt.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons You probably played them when you were a kid and most likely your parents helped you solve them (I know mine …
Games that calm you down: Akinator
So this post is going to be a little different from the others. Just like the heading says, it is about a game that can help you calm down, but the difference here is that this game has not been made for stress relief and has no evidence pointing towards that either. Instead it’s just …
Dance away your blues
A lot of people like to dance whenever they feel good, even when they’re in the car and can’t get up they still move their upper bodies around like they’re in the club and on the dance floor. Now why do people do this? While some people will say that they can’t control the way …
Alternative Yoga 