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Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨chaospatterns@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/VIDEO-GAMES/MENTAL-HEALTH/akpeewkqgpr/

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  • Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You know what gives me stress? Websites that reinvent scrolling.

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    • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This^

      It’s the most frustrating thing that I encountered today

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    • iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I spent a couple of minutes on that website, but I still don’t understand what it wanted me to do

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    • brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh shit. I probably would have thought that site didn’t work and I would have given up immediately if I hadn’t read that comment.

      I think I both love and hate that.

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    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That page was made for Firefox’s Reader Mode. Sheash.

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Damn, I didn’t know Reuters produced this kind of graphical article, it is really cool.

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    • i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just as a point of interest, it doesn’t work properly in the Android version of Firefox. Use Chrome.

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      • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Also a bit buggy in Firefox desktop on Linux.

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      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I switched to Reader Mode. So annoying.

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  • iamkindasomeone@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I recently bought Dredge because I thought it was a cozy fishing game with some relaxed adventure bits. Oh was I silly.

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  • chaospatterns@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Personally, I’ve been enjoying cozy games like Dorfromantik, Rail Route, or even Transport Fever 2 (I just play with unlimited money and build great transit networks that I wish existed in my home country.)

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    • Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      you might be interested in !cozygames@lemmy.world then

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  • Diurnambule@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That was a shitty website. I don’t even remember why I clicked the link. The page jump around while you scroll down. I thought I was at the bottom PF the page at least 3 time.

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    • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What browser were you using? I had the same issue.

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      • Diurnambule@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Firefox on android.

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  • 2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s so cute uggghhhhh

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  • lath@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cozy games stress me out and give me anxiety.

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    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Screw anyone who says Stardew Valley is a cozy game. If I don’t water my plants and they die! If I stay up too late I’ll lose money! I can’t get the fish I need unless I fish at 6pm in the mountain lake on a rainy Tuesday in winter! Abigail has once again dominated me at the egg hunt! Ahhhhh!

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      • OozingPositron@feddit.cl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And the days go by so fucking fast, I swear rainbow six siege is less stressful.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I say this with all the kindness in my heart. If stardew valley estresses you out, then the problem is not the videogame. Your perfectionism and minmaxing POV might be what’s causing the anxiety and you would feel anxious and estressed in most other activities as well.

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Animal crossing during COVID was a huge relief.

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  • Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Helldivers 2 is my goto cozy game <3

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  • BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Necromerger

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  • H_dev@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    nothing beats journey in that regard, whenever life seems overwhelming I go back to that game as therapy

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