Damn, I didn’t know Reuters produced this kind of graphical article, it is really cool.
Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety
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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oce@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
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.
oce@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Also a bit buggy in Firefox desktop on Linux.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 weeks ago
I switched to Reader Mode. So annoying.
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.
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.)
Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
you might be interested in !cozygames@lemmy.world then
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.
2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s so cute uggghhhhh
lath@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Cozy games stress me out and give me anxiety.
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!
OozingPositron@feddit.cl 2 weeks ago
And the days go by so fucking fast, I swear rainbow six siege is less stressful.
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.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Animal crossing during COVID was a huge relief.
Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Helldivers 2 is my goto cozy game <3
BossDj@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Necromerger
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
Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You know what gives me stress? Websites that reinvent scrolling.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
This^
It’s the most frustrating thing that I encountered today
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
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.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 weeks ago
That page was made for Firefox’s Reader Mode. Sheash.