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Are there any intellectually stimulating videogames? Do any of you play videogames?

I've cut myself off entirely to focus on school and reading as videogames represent a slippery slope toward a hedonistic and self sabotaging lifestyle for me, but I feel the itch again. I figure maybe if I can at least convince myself what I'm playing is beneficial to some sort of neural processes and also limit my time, perhaps I can enjoy something I've enjoyed so much but in moderation.

>t. ex player of world of warcraft for 12-16 hrs a day
I can't let myself go back to that shit man. Its basically a lifestyle of being plugged into a dopamine-drip simulator. Its barely even a fucking game

>> No.16084278

>>16084265
depends on game. I do play once in a while but only single player campaigns, no multiplayer ain't got time for that.
finished The Invincible and Talos Principle 2. once every month-two months I allow for 2-3 days of non-stop play.

>> No.16084349

>>16084265
I like games like this:
https://www.euclidea.xyz/en/
It also has a mobile version.

>> No.16084706

Brain age, professor layton, baba is you, myst. Puzzle games and other games which are similar.

>> No.16084709

>>16084265
>t. ex player of world of warcraft for 12-16 hrs a day
What if you play a game that isn't a moba or an mmo? or like that

>> No.16084711

Shenmue 1&2
Baldurs Gate 3
Starfield

>> No.16084715

>>16084711
NPCs use dimensional bots in video games, they literally believe muscle memory exists but that's just bot lul. There's no point in playing multiplayer games, you're like a victim of life cheat.

>> No.16084726

>>16084265
Freecell is good. It's in the Microsoft Solitaire Collection desktop app on the Microsoft store. It has ads but there's no ads while you're actually playing. Freecell is a bit harder than solitaire but it's more enjoyable I find once you work it out. And because it's just a card game you don't have to play it for long, you can just have a few games throughout the day to take a break from other stuff or whatever.

>> No.16084727

>>16084265
Valve screwed over the Artifact fanbase by cancelling the Artifact 2.0 beta without even allowing users to invite friends like they said they would in January 2021 and does not deserve your financial support for these gross consumer-unfriendly practices.

>> No.16084735

>>16084265
No, there are no good video games for intelligence. You’re much better off going for a walk, reading, drawing, painting, playing a musical instrument, studying, working out, etc.
It’s rare to find successful people who spend time playing video games. The majority of video game players are NEETs or total losers with no prospects for advancement in life.

>> No.16084740

I play with my dog.

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16084751

Use the characters in your videogames-for-girls as inspiration to study and exercise instead of mindlessly playing as them.

>> No.16084756

Baba is you.

Prepare yourself

>> No.16085055 [DELETED] 

>>16084751
GOD I wish that were me

>> No.16085059

Any fellow Factorio chads here?

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>>16085055
Same.

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>>16084711
>Baldurs Gate 3
>Starfield

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>>16084711
>Baldurs Gate 3
>Starfield
>>16084735

>> No.16085246

video games are for children, if you're playing them as an adult its because you have arrested psychological development. before the term "retarded" became stigmatized, "arrested psychological development" was referred to as "retarded psychological development".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_development
>the UK's Mental Health Act 1983 used the term "arrested development" to characterize a form of mental disorder comprising severe mental impairment, resulting in a lack of intelligence

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16085264

>>16085246

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>>16085246
LMAO

>> No.16085896

>>16084265
KSP is a lot of fun and you learn orbital mechanics along the way.

>> No.16085929

>>16085246
I'm >150 IQ and all I do is play videogames.

>> No.16085947
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16085947

Read books and learn to manipulate the elements

>> No.16085986

>>16085947
I'm manipulating coffee atm and a sammich later.

>> No.16086030

>>16085929
You aren't, you're low IQ and thats why you're still mentally a child regardless being an adult physically, you IQ is well below 100, your fixation on video games proves that

>> No.16086040

>>16086030
did you ever play any computer game?

>> No.16086225

>>16084265
>Activities linked to IQ increase
Doing difficult math and logic problems (e.g. Springer Graduate Texts)
Orbitofrontal D1-D2 stimulation (apparently very potent)
Learning a new language (the more it differs from your mother tongue, the better)
Nucleus Basalis stimulation
Learn to play an instrument
Some (!) meditation techniques
Neurofeedback training (specifically Dual-N-Back)
Intermittent fasting
transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
some memory activities/games
Continued education
lucid dreaming
some binaural beats

>> No.16086283

>>16085059
The only downside to this approach is that you won't have enough time left over to do anything with your newfound intellect

>>16084756
This game makes me a little mad sometimes

>> No.16086290

>>16085210
4000

>> No.16086294

>>>/v/

>> No.16086299

Hellblade was nice. really hope the new one doesn't suck.

>> No.16086330

>>16084265
kys and stop trying to sound like a redditor by using big words retard. either get a lorefag series like fallout, elderscrolls, that you can shitpost about for years or etc or find a game that has a high skill ceiling and work on that for the rest of your life

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16086603

Read books instead of playing video games

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16086639

>>16086225
> lucid dreaming
Every kid should learn how to do it. Of course that will never happen as long as the deep state exists.

>> No.16086750

>>16085059
Yeah
Don't play this op. It's heroin.

>> No.16086753

>>16084715
sounds to me like someone got their shit rocked one too many times

>> No.16086757

>>16085059
this is the answer you are looking for OP

hope you didnt intend on having a social life

>> No.16086764

>>16086753
Neckbeard gtfo

>> No.16086818

>>16084265
the witness can train systems and pattern thinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul7kNFD6noU&ab_channel=GOG

>> No.16087083

>>16086818
might try it

>> No.16087503

>>16084265
https://store.steampowered.com/app/469610/Rick_and_Morty_Virtual_Rickality/

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>>16084265
I've enjoyed Far Cry Primal and Hellblade's campaigns very much. Both are unpozzed games with a decent amount of historical research that's gone into them.

FC Primal in particular features a reconstructed proto-proto-indo-european language too, which is very beautiful to listen to

>> No.16088162

Zachtronics games
>>16085059
Winner